OSCE donates books to KPSA (Epoka e Re)
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo donated 300 books to the Kosovo Public Safety Academy (KPSA) as part of its support for the academy. The general director of the KPSA, Ismail Smakiqi, welcomed the donation. “This donation is a very special and valuable gift for the KPSA and its students. As a result of the tireless […]
Read More →A narration for exit strategy (Koha Ditore)
Lumir Abdixhiku considers that Hashim Thaci’s election for president, comforted one individual while holding the fate of an entire country hostage. He says that political clashes in Kosovo have become so deep, that giving up would be perceived as a political weakness, mistake or defeat. On the other hand, he notes, international voices have started to […]
Read More →CDHRF: Molotov attacks should not go unpunished (Koha)
In a statement to the media, the Kosovo-based Council for Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms (CDHRF) expressed concern that the recent violent methods used by the opposition parties could provoke violent reactions that would be detrimental to all sides. The CDHRF therefore calls for restraint and denouncement of violent actions “starting from the use […]
Read More →Serbia national arrested in Montenegro on Kosovo war crime charges (RTK)
Zoran Vukotic (45) has been arrested by Montenegrin authorities in the city of Niksic on an Interpol arrest warrant issued by UNMIK. Vukotic is being accused of killing three Albanian civilians in 1999 in the town of Vushtrri/Vucitrn.
Read More →Kosovo parliament buys scanners to stop MPs bringing teargas to work (The Guardian)
Kosovo’s government is buying a body scanner to try to stop opposition legislators smuggling teargas canisters into parliament and releasing them as they have done in every session for the past six months. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/11/kosovo-parliament-buys-scanners-to-stop-mps-bringing-teargas-to-work
Read More →Putin Promises Serbian Leader Russia Will Back Claim To Kosovo (RFE/RL)
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic says he has received assurances from Russian President Vladimir Putin that Moscow will continue to back Belgrade’s claim to Kosovo. http://www.rferl.org/content/putin-promises-serbian-leader-russia-will-back-claim-kosovo/27604028.html
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 10 March
• Opposition MPs tried to block Assembly’s work with different methods (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• LDK considers throwing water at PM Mustafa indecent and unacceptable (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Haradinaj: Opposition MPs have decided to abandon the Assembly (KTV)
• Daka: Opposition MPs can be replaced from candidates of their entities (TV21)
• Inter-ministerial committee for community affairs held its first meeting (RTK2)
• Media freedom discussed in a roundtable (Klan Kosova & RTK1)
• Serb house in Rahovec/Orahovac set on fire (RTK2)
OSCE Broadcast 9 March
• Kadri Veseli elected as PDK Acting Chairman (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• New plenary session on 10 March (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Mustafa: Foreign Affairs Ministry belongs to PDK (RTK1)
• Selimi takes many decisions as Acting Foreign Minister
• Enver Hasani pleads not guilty (KTV)
• KDI criticizes Government’s non-transparency (TV21 & KTV)
OSCE Broadcast 8 March
• Tomë Gashi: Thaçi is an invalid President (KTV)
• Opposition looks into possibility of boycotting Assembly’s work (RTK1)
• Mustafa announces sooner Government reshuffling (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Women and men marched to end violence against women (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Disappointing figures on employment of RAE women (Klan Kosova)
• Four Vetëvendosje activists arrested (Most monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
UNMIK Headlines 11 March
• Haradinaj: Opposition will not be part of illegitimate Assembly (Epoka e Re)
• Limaj: We have to boycott the Assembly (Koha)
• National Program for SAA endorsed (Epoka e Re)
• Kosovo welcomes the visa assessment mission (Epoka e Re)
• Serbs in the north urge Belgrade to organise elections in Kosovo (Koha)
• Kosovo court sentences former ISIS member to three years in prison (Koha)
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