PM Mustafa: Border demarcation will be ratified soon (Koha)
Kosovo Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, said today that the ruling coalition is working to secure the required number of votes to resubmit the demarcation deal with Montenegro in the Kosovo Assembly. Mustafa also said he was confident that the draft law on the border demarcation with Montenegro will be ratified soon.
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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Dialing code allocated to the geographical area of Kosovo (RTS/Tanjug)
• Djuric enters Kosovo despite the ban (Tanjug/RTS)
• Scott congratulates Vucic on Serbia’s progress (FoNet)
• Scott: Serbia not expected to choose between Russia and US (Beta/Juzne Vesti)
• Stefanovic: Croatia dislikes everything about Serbia (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Ranko Debevec selected for new President of Court of B&H (TV1)
• SDA: Decision passed through outvoting of Bosniak members; Tegeltija will bear responsibility for the consequences that will follow (TV1)
• EC will pay special attention to “Sejdic-Finci” issue (Dnevni list)
• Plenkovic says no need to dramatize blockade of Serbia’s EU negotiations (Hina)
• Montenegro opposes blockade of Serbia (RTCG)
• Djukanovic: Lavrov might be allowed to make arrogant statements (CDM)
• VMRO-DPMNE calls on SEC to not yield to pressures (MIA)
• Data related to criminal association and abuse of office found during search in Kumanovo home (Republika)
• Orban congratulates Gruevski: Elections results show that VMRO-DPMNE is irreplaceable (Republika)
• Russian Foreign Ministry: Will of Macedonian voters to be respected (Republika)
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Đurić in Kosovo despite the ban; NIS pump opened (RTS)
In Mitrovica after 17 years, today was opened NIS fuel pump, and Director of the Office for KiM attended the opening ceremony. Đurić went to Kosovo despite the ban, reports Tanjug.
Read More →“Wall in the north, a political hara-kiri” (Indeksonline)
Faton Abdullahu, adviser to the Prime Minister of Kosovo, said that building of the wall in Mitrovica north is a political hara-kiri for Serbs there. “This wall is a rancorous and aversive action of some people with regressive mindset towards the institutions of Kosovo, the government of Kosovo, which is ruining walls for some time […]
Read More →Competence of the ZSO in the field of spatial planning is important, but … (Kontakt plus radio)
Analyst Petar Miletić assesses that if the Community/Association of Serbian Municipalities has no jurisdiction in the area of security, education and health it is irrelevant whether or not it will have jurisdiction in the field of spatial planning. Miletić says that if the ZSO is conceived as a kind of autonomy of Serbs within Kosovo, […]
Read More →Limaj: The wall in the north, product of the dialogue (Zeri)
Fatmir Limaj, leader of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), said today that the wall in northern Mitrovica derives from the agreement signed between Kosovo and Serbia on April 2011. He said that discussions in Brussels caused not only the wall but many other problems. “Not only the wall, but everything that derived, including the association, […]
Read More →Minister Hyseni to participate at Brdo Summit in Slovenia (RTK)
Kosovo’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Skender Hyseni travels today to Slovenia, to participate at the EU-Western Balkans Summit, at the level of the Ministers of Internal Affairs and Ministers of Justice. According to the press release issued by the Ministry, the two-day Summit will be held in Brdo, Slovenia. They will be discussing different issues […]
Read More →Haradinaj: We need bridges in Mitrovica, not walls (Koha)
The leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj, visited Iber/Ibar River Bridge today and said that Kosovo needs bridges in Mitrovica, not walls. “Today I visited Mitrovica and saw the wall that was built there. It is incomprehensible how provincial nationalist mentality builds walls at this time. It would be […]
Read More →O’Connell: Wall in Mitrovica, a sensitive issue (media)
The British Ambassador to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell, during a Q & A session on his Facebook page said that the wall in Mitrovica is a sensitive issue. “The wall is the issue of the week. I understand that it is a very sensitive issue. The EU has worked with both parties for years to ensure […]
Read More →Serb representatives with the delegation of Hungary (RTK2)
Serb representatives in the Kosovo institutions, Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović, Minister for Local Government Ljubomir Maric and Director of the Office of Community Affairs Ivan Tomić met the Foreign Minister of Hungary Péter Szijjártó and the Hungarian Ambassador László Márkusz. and informed about the political situation in Kosovo. According to the Office of the […]
Read More →Mustafa: Millions in benefits from the telephone code (Koha)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, said today that Kosovo has made a big step in completing He said that Kosovo has made a big step in completing the statehood by obtaining international dialing code +383. In a post on Facebook, Mustafa said that the allocation of telephone code strengthens Kosovo’s sovereignty. “Today, the Republic of […]
Read More →OSCE presents “safety guide” to reporters in Kosovo (KIM radio, B92)
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has presented two journalist associations in Kosovo with its Safety Guide manual. The Association of Journalists of Kosovo and the Association of Journalists of Serbia in Kosovo also received desktop computers, laptops, and printers. The ceremony was attended by the presidents of the two associations, Shkelqim Hysenaj and Budmir Nicic, […]
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