Mustafa: Unemployment in Kosovo has dropped to 26.2 per cent (Klan Kosova)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said in a Facebook post that the level of unemployment in Kosovo has dropped to 26.2 percent, the lowest figure in five years. Mustafa said the figure comes from a labour force survey carried out by the Kosovo Agency of Statistics.
Read More →President Thaci pays homage at Rugova’s grave (Kosovapress)
Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci laid flowers today at the grave of former President Ibrahim Rugova on the occasion of November 28. “As part of the November holidays, today we pay the highest state honors to the first President of the Republic of Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova, for his sacrifices for the freedom and independence of Kosovo […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 27 November
• OSCE to launch media literacy pilot project in Kosovo schools (RTK2)
• Tahiri: Association will not be discussed until Kosovo gets its dial code (KTV)
• Maric blames EU for the non-establishment of Association (RTK2&Klan Kosova)
• Selmanaj: Electoral reform without opposition parties lacks legitimacy (TV21)
• No census in north during this year (KTV)
• Municipalities in north adopt budget for 2017 (TV21)
• AKJ urges Court to reopen Mekaj’s trial for the media (TV21)
Headlines 28 November
• Pristina-Belgrade dialogue to resume this week (Koha)
• Northern municipalities approve Kosovo budget for 2017 (Koha)
• Union of Albanian municipalities takes shape in Tirana (Telegrafi)
• “Prime Minister, find bosses of casinos, racketeering and bribing” (Lajmi)
• Nikolic: Serbia wants to join EU but it cannot recognize Kosovo (Telegrafi)
Tomislav Nikolic: Serbia won’t align with East or West (Al Jazeera)
The president discusses Serbia’s non-alignment stance, why it will never recognise Kosovo, and its commitment to Russia. http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2016/11/tomislav-nikolic-serbia-won-align-east-west-161124105054362.html
Read More →One City. Two Soccer Clubs Split by War. (NYT)
Depending on whom you ask, either KF Trepca or FK Trepca is the rightful owner of the decades of soccer history that came before war tore apart the former Yugoslavia. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/sports/soccer/mitrovica-kosovo-kf-trepca-fk-trepca.html?_r=0
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