UNMIK Headlines 10 August
• Assembly Committee passes demarcation bill despite teargas (dailies)
• Delawie: Teargas is not democracy (Kosova Sot)
• Coalition doesn’t have necessary votes for ratification of demarcation (Zëri)
• Mustafa: Opposition’s cause on demarcation: False (Zëri)
• Kurti: Protest against crime and treason (Koha Ditore)
• Explosive device found near the house of Murat Meha (dailies)
OSCE Broadcast 9 August
• Draft-law on border demarcation adopted in spite of teargas (All monitored broadcasters, RTV21, KTV)
• AAK reacts against adoption of draft-law (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Government presents facts on border demarcation (All monitored broadcasters, KTV, RTK1)
• Explosive device found in Meha’s house (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Vucic speaks about Kosovo in his inaugural speech (Klan Kosova, Koha.net)
Kosovo FM Slams Jeremic’s Bid to Head UN (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj told BIRN that the former top Serbian diplomat Vuk Jeremic should not get the job of UN Secretary-General, claiming he is not committed to peace. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-fm-slams-jeremic-s-bid-to-head-un-08-09-2016
Read More →Vice President Biden to Travel to Serbia, Kosovo (VOA)
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will travel next week to Serbia and Kosovo, where the government recently named a highway after one of the vice president’s sons. http://www.voanews.com/content/joe-biden-to-travel-to-serbia-kosovo/3458220.html
Read More →Protests in Kosovo ahead of parliament’s vote on border deal (Reuters)
A lawmaker opened a tear gas canister in Kosovo’s parliament and protesters hurled stones in the capital on Tuesday ahead of a vote on a deal to demarcate its border with Montenegro as the last hurdle to obtaining visa-free access to the European Union. http://news.trust.org/item/20160809142542-w88wj/?source=hpbreaking
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