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Marić: Most important that protests are not turned against the Serbian Orthodox Church (RTS)

By   /  25/05/2016  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Minister for Local Government Administration in the Kosovo government, Ljubomir Marić, stated that it is important that protests of Kosovo Albanians in Dečani/Deçan are not turned against the Serbian Orthodox Church and Serbs who live there. The leadership of this municipality has called the protests tomorrow in this town at 12:00, against the decision of […]

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We can help Kosovo become fertile ground for religious pluralism (JTA/RTK)

By   /  25/05/2016  /  Opinions  /  No Comments

Opinion piece by Joshua M. Z. Stanton Kosovo is a “newborn” country, a majority Muslim state that fought for its independence from Serbia only eight years ago. Yet it has erected a Holocaust memorial outside its parliament, elected a female president, held pride parades in support of LGBTQ rights and supported the building of a […]

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Kosovo might become first state under NATO control (InSerbia)

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The US has been actively lobbying the idea of Kosovo joining NATO’s Partnership for Peace program. Kosovo’s president Hashim Thaci, who after a visit to the United States last year said that Washington approved the idea of establishing a Kosovo army operating under NATO, might now be happy about the new developments. The United States […]

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OSCE Broadcast 24 May

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• 3,000 families requested social housing since 1999 (RTK2)
• Shala: PAK is threatening and blackmailing RTK (All monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• RTK Board appoints Nikola Krstic as the new RTK2 director (RTK2 & KTV)
• Simic and O’Connell: Association is not a threat (RTK2 & Klan Kosova)
• Tahiri: Kosovo is willing to continue dialogue (TV21)
• Draft law on demarcation to be submitted with fast track procedure (TV21)
• Kosovo MPs get 1500 Euros a month and miss Assembly sessions (KTV)
• Kosovo has missed the chances to condition Serbia (KTV)
• PDK proposes names of new ministers (TV21)
• Jevtic and Haliti call on the displaced persons to return (RTK2)

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A Reporter Returns to Kosovo, 15 Years Later (NYT)

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Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times. In this article, Carlotta Gall, a reporter in Pakistan and Afghanistan, shares the personal back story to her recent news analysis of how Kosovo has changed since she set eyes on it in 1999. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/insider/a-reporter-returns-to-kosovo-15-years-later.html?_r=0

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Kosovo Public Broadcaster Ordered Out of HQ (Balkan Insight)

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The Kosovo Privatisation Agency has given an ultimatum to the country’s public broadcaster, RTK, to leave the building it is using within five days, alleging that it is there illegally. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-public-broadcaster-under-privatization-agency-threats–05-24-2016

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UNMIK Headlines 25 May

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• PDK nominates Hoxhaj, Kuçi, Koci to Mustafa-led government (Koha)
• Demarcation to be sent to Assembly soon (Zeri/RFE)
• Veseli: Border demarcation should not hinder visa liberalisation (Telegrafi)
• Government doesn’t give in to the conditioning for Association (Epoka)
• Government offered opposition ample alternatives on demarcation (Epoka)
• Stojanović: We are ready to discuss about Armed Forces (Zeri)
• Constitutional Court’s decision could lead to interethnic tensions (Telegrafi)

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