Rašić: Authorities not to divide Kosovo Serbs (KIM radio)
President of the Progressive Democratic Party Nenad Rašić says that Belgrade umpteenth time divides Serbs in Kosovo, by supporting a single list. “Serbs should take responsibility for their lives, and representatives of the state should not support one list and further separate the Serbs,” said Rašić. According to him, he never talked to anyone in the […]
Read More →Journalists Stampede to Join Parties in Kosovo
The last few weeks have seen a veritable rush of journalists, analysts and civil society activists joining political parties in Kosovo, a month before the snap elections are due to take place. The latest journalist to make the transfer into politics in the country is renowned journalist and chief of Kosovo’s Radio Free Europe service, […]
Read More →Serbs in six columns: Political pluralism or disunity? (RTK2)
Unlike the last parliamentary elections three years ago, when the political representatives of the Serbs appeared jointly in elections, in the scheduled elections on June 11, will participate six Serbian lists, or five political parties and one coalition. Does this means that the Serbs are no longer united, or their separate functioning is going to […]
Read More →Đurić: Elections of fateful importance for the future of the Serbian people (Danas, N1)
In Kosovo on June 11 are scheduled elections of fateful importance for the Serbian people in Kosovo and only the Serbian list can guarantee that an army of Kosovo will not be formed, this was said at a press conference after a meeting of representatives of the Serbian List and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić, writes […]
Read More →Pristina drops probe into suspected killers of 14 Serbs (B92)
The Special Prosecution in Pristina has stopped the investigation into all persons suspected of killing 14 Serb farmers in Staro Gracko in July 1999. The Serbs were gunned down from close proximity in this village near the town of Lipljan in Kosovo, while out harvesting their fields. Tanjug reported on Friday that an international prosecutor […]
Read More →How Kosovo Poisoned America’s Relationship with Russia (The National Interest)
Washington, DC perpetuated and deepened its Balkan blunder a few years after the Bosnia intervention when it intervened in Kosovo. Civil strife in Serbia’s restless, predominantly Albanian province, simmered and then flared in the mid-and late-1990s. This time, Washington didn’t even make a gesture of deferring to the leading European states, but took the policy […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 21 May
• Haradinaj and Mustafa clash in distance (KTV)
• Ymeri cancels Kurti’s arrest warrant, judge denies (KTV)
• Serb candidates for MP guarantee non-establishment of Kosovo Army (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Ivanovic: Division of Kosovo Serbs suits enemies (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Expatriates face difficulties registering as voters for 11 June elections (KTV)
• Women discriminated in job vacancies (KTV)
UNMIK Headlines 22 May
Parties don’t heed appeals to ‘clean’ election ballots (Koha Ditore)
PDK and LDK continue to keep their ballots under wraps (Zeri)
Daka: Problems with diaspora voters due to snap elections (Koha Ditore)
Veseli: Elections called because of government’s lack of vision (Zeri)
Kurti presents Vetevendosje’s political programme (dailies)
Haradinaj promises visa liberalisation in three months’ time (Kosova Sot)
Pacolli: With Vetevendosje after elections (Zeri)
“Serbian List would prevent creation of Kosovo’s army” (Lajmi)
Apostolova: Kosovo decides on whether to renegotiate demarcation (RTK)
Thaci travels to Austria to meet President Van der Bellen (RTK)
UNMIK Headlines 20 May
• 26 political entities to participate on 11 June elections (RTK)
• Ymeri: Acceptance of election results depends on their flow (Lajmi)
• Hoyt Yee writes to Arbana Xharra (Lajmi.net)
• The chaotic western Balkans take sudden turn for the better (The Economist)
Kurti: Dialogue with Serbia to be based on reciprocity principle (KTV)
Vetevendosje’s candidate for prime minister, Albin Kurti, said in an interview with KTV that if elected he would not continue talks with Serbia in the same way as in the past and that he would work on establishing direct talks with Kosovo Serbs. “We would not stop dialogue with Serbia but our government would have […]
Read More →UN officials concerned over Belgrade-Pristina talks (EurActiv)
The chief of UNMIK, the UN mission in Kosovo, Zahir Tanin warned of rising tensions in Kosovo and weakening trust between Belgrade and Pristina during Tuesday’s UN Security Council session (16 May). http://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/un-officials-concerned-over-belgrade-pristina-talks/
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 18 May
• U.S. Embassy and OSCE facilitate integration of non-majority communities (RTK1)
• Tomic and Braathu: Youth as a factor for building safer future (RTK2)
• Yee: Kosovo needs strong leadership (RTK)
• U.S. Embassy urges parties to support persons not tainted by corruptive affairs (TV21)
• German Embassy hopes to see a sooner establishment of Government (TV21)
• Final Voters’ List to be certified on 01 June (TV21)
– Kurti: Kosovo does not need Association of Serb majority municipalities (KTV Special show – Summary of Albin Kurti’s interview)
– Xharra: Lynching in social media reason behind attack against me (Summary of ‘Komiteti’ show – TV Dukagjini)
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