French Court Refuses to Extradite Former Kosovo Leader (The New York Times)
PARIS — A French court on Thursday turned down a Serbian request to extradite Ramush Haradinaj, a former guerrilla commander and prime minister of Kosovo who was arrested in France early this year. The prosecutor at the court in Colmar, in eastern France, said in a statement that Mr. Haradinaj had been released. The statement […]
Read More →Prva TV: Court first wanted to extradite Haradinaj (B92, TV Prva)
B92 reports, based upon information of Prva TV, that former KLA leader Ramush Haradinaj was acquitted on the basis of revised decision, by which he was supposed to be extradited to Serbia. As it was learned, the decision was justified by the fact that the consequences could be very difficult for Haradinaj, reported B92. The […]
Read More →Ivanović: Threats of war gave the result (KIM radio)
Leader of the CI SDP Oliver Ivanović says that there is no doubt that the decision of the court in Colmar is political. He told RTV KiM that from the beginning of the process he did not believe that Haradinaj’s case will be solved by legal means. “To me it seems that those deciding in the […]
Read More →Serbian government announced an emergency session on the occasion of the release of Haradinaj (Danas)
The Serbian government will hold a special, extraordinary session at 11am over the decision of a French court to acquit Ramush Haradinaj, suspected by Serbia of war crimes. As announced, there will be no statement but after the government session, the press release will be published, reported Danas.
Read More →French court decides against extraditing Haradinaj to Serbia (B92)
A court in Colmar, France, on Thursday decided to reject Serbia’s request to extradite Ramush Haradinaj on war crimes charges. The Kosovo Albanian politician and former KLA (“Kosovo Liberation Army”) leader will be released. A statement issued by the court added that the French public prosecutor has the right to, within five days, lodge an […]
Read More →Ramush Haradinaj released (media)
The Colmar Court of Appeals in France has decided to release former Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj. On 4 January of this year, Haradinaj was held by the French police based on a Serbian arrest warrant. Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, took to Facebook to write that cases like this with Hardinaj should not […]
Read More →McCain Calls for Greater US, EU Engagement in Balkans (VoA)
Increased U.S. and European engagement in the Western Balkans will be critical to countering an increasingly assertive Russian in the region, Republican Arizona Senator John McCain told VOA Wednesday. McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, made the comments shortly after returning from a tour of the region, which included a stop in Montenegro, […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 26 April
• Functionalization of Special Court postponed (Klan Kosova & KTV))
• KHL postpones blocking of the road in vicinity of Visoki Decani Monastery (KTV)
• Kosovo sliding towards dictatorship, say civil society representatives (KTV)
• LDK against early elections (KTV)
• Will Kosovo reapply for UNESCO membership this year? (RTK2)
– Kosovo Bar Association vs. Government
(Summary of RTK1 – Betimi për Drejtësi show)
UNMIK Headlines 27 April
• Thaci: Early elections, in the hands of political parties (Epoka)
• Failure in Brussels paves way to early elections (Zeri)
• Trendafilova: 10 provisions need further consideration (media)
• McCain: U.S. must reconfirm commitment to the Balkans (Koha)
• Ahtisaari: Kosovo has made progress, dialogue must continue (media)
• Haradinaj confident Thursday’s court session will be final (media)
• Kosovo Police seizes 300 kg of marijuana, arrests nine persons (media)
• League of Historians postpones road blockade near Decani Monastery (KTV)
Belgrade Media Report 26 April
LOCAL PRESS
• Nikolic: EU membership only if there is no requirement for recognition of Kosovo (Tanjug/Novosti)
• Dacic, Mikser: Statements about Albanian unification worrying (Tanjug)
• Turkey behind provocative statements (Novosti)
• Joksimovic: I don’t expect Serbia’s EU accession to be conditioned with recognition of Kosovo (Beta)
• Musliu: Rama is my president, not Vucic (TV Prva)
• Telenor and VIP to stop broadcasting signals as of 1 May (Beta/FoNet/RTS)
• Pristina University to remain in Serbian education system (Politika)
• Students join protesters in Savamala district (Danas)
• Conference on Serbia-NATO cooperation organized at Hotel Moskva (N1)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• RS CC’s Vital Interest Protection Council rules that RSNA’s decision on referendum results does not violate Bosniak people’s VNI (TV1)
• Sepic expelled from SDA, three “renegade” MPs leave SDA Caucus (TV1)
• Chaos in SDA deepens crisis in state-level authorities (Glas Srpske)
• Daily slams OHR for failure to react to Croats’ announcements on annulment of Washington and Dayton Agreements and Bosniaks’ rattling weapons (EuroBlic)
Montenegro
• Legislative committee on NATO on Thursday (RTCG)
• Milic: Parliament sitting on Friday to be like the one held on 12 July 1941 (Pobjeda)
fYROM
• Parliament continues filibustered debate on the Tirana platform (MIA)
• Gruevski: VMRO-DPMNE calls for early elections to remove the post-electoral fraud (MIA)
• SDSM: There will be new government, no fresh elections (MIA)
• Instead of new elections, a new government should be formed, says Plomp, Staffansson and Jazbec (Meta)
• Hoyt Yee will arrive in Skopje to meet with political leaders (Meta)
Albania
• Rama and Meta meet EP envoys Mc Allister and Fleckenstein (ATA)
• Basha prior to meeting with MEPs McAllister and Fleckenstein: I will only represent citizens’ interest (ATA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Thousands protest against Serb government and flagship project (Reuters)
• Russia Is Trying, But It Can’t Stop NATO Entry, Montenegro Says (Bloomberg)
Opposition to object demarcation “by force” (RFE)
Representatives of the opposition political parties have threatened that they would use “all means” to prevent ratification of the agreement for the border demarcation with Montenegro. These statements came after the meeting between the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa with the European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos, who appealed to […]
Read More →Balkan States Suffer Decline in Media Freedom (Balkan Insight)
Reporters Without Borders’ latest World Press Freedom Index says media freedoms are diminishing in several Balkan countries, with Croatia and Serbia registering the worst declines over the past year. Reporters Without Borders, which campaigns for media freedom and journalists’ rights, said in its 2017 World Press Freedom Index, published on Wednesday, that there have been […]
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