Gecaj: Border with Montenegro should not be used for political purposes (Indeksonline)
Kosovo’s Deputy Minister of Local Government Administration, Bajram Gecaj, said on Monday that the border between Kosovo and Montenegro should be determined by professionals, “based on arguments rather than excited politicians and led by the narrow interests of political purposes”. He wrote on social media that people must learn to separate the issues of national […]
Read More →Border demarcation would not have to be related to visas (Koha Ditore)
Augustin Palokaj writes in his weekly column for the paper that while the news of visa liberalization for Kosovo is good, it should be received with caution as it is difficult to give an exact estimate of when the visa regime will actually be lifted. According to Palokaj, on one hand, there is no predictability […]
Read More →Maric: Membership of Kosovo in UEFA and FIFA is political decision (RTS)
Minister for Local Government Administration in Kosovo, Ljubomir Maric, told RTS that after violations of the UEFA Statute and admission of Kosovo into this organization, it was expected that the next step was its admission to FIFA. In regards to the statement of Isa Mustafa that the format of the talks will be reconsidered, Maric […]
Read More →Patriarch calls on Serbs to stay in Kosovo, urges returns (Tanjug)
Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), on Sunday called on Kosovo Serbs to remain in the province, urging its displaced population to return. Following a liturgy he served in St George’s Cathedral in Prizren, he said that “Kosovo will remain ours if we carry it in our souls”. The patriarch and bishops also […]
Read More →Fugitive British priest lived in Kosovo under false name (Reuters)
A British former priest wanted for child sex abuse lived as a historian in Kosovo, was treated to cakes by his neighbors and almost died in a freak accident a year ago, local people told Reuters on Sunday. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kosovo-uk-arrest-idUSKCN0Y60L3
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 15 May
• Kosovo Serb Minister against Kosovo’s admission in UEFA and FIFA (KTV)
• Lunacek: Violence in the Assembly would postpone the final step on visas (KTV)
• Ban Ki-moon: Pace of implementation of agreements slow (RTK2)
• Ibër Bridge not being revitalised (RTK1)
• Limaj: I was persecuted over the last 13 years (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Jakup Krasniqi considers elections indispensable (TV21)
UNMIK Headlines 16 May
• UN chief concerned over slow implementation of Brussels agreements (media)
• Russia calls for police capacities for UNMIK for special court (Koha)
• UNMIK asked to assist in issuing international arrest warrants (Tribuna)
• Mustafa: Inclusiveness in dialogue (Epoka e Re)
• “Demarcation with Serbia, in third round of talks” (Gazeta Blic)
• Opposition to return to Assembly for demarcation (Zeri)
• Murati: Demarcation should be send to international arbitration (Koha)
• Sporadic protests don’t frighten the government (Zeri)
• Court of Appeals confirms Limaj’s innocence in Klecka case (dailies)
• Decan residents address Court over disputed property (Kosova Sot)