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Hoti: PAN does not have enough votes (Telegrafi/Koha)

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LAA coalition’s candidate for prime minister, Avdullah Hoti, said after the closing of today’s constitutive session of the Assembly that it is clear PAN coalition has not secured enough votes to form new institutions. “We should have had a new Assembly and Government three weeks ago”, Hoti said adding that Kosovo cannot afford to lose […]

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Vetevendosje’s Konjufca accuses PAN of blocking institutions (media)

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Vetevendosje deputy leader Glauk Konjufca accused the PDK-AAK-NISMA (PAN) coalition today of blocking the formation of new institutions. Konjufca called on PAN to announce the name of their candidate for the post of Assembly President. “They have delayed us for two months, and now they want two more hours,” he said.  

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PDK’s Hoxhaj: We have a new situation (Telegrafi)

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Following the decision of the chairman of the Kosovo Assembly’s constitutive session to end it, deputy leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Enver Hoxhaj, spoke to the media about PAN’s request to go on a break before announcing candidate for Assembly speaker. Hoxhaj said: “Our request, as the entity that won these elections, […]

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Kosovo Assembly constitutive session to resume at 3 (media)

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Kosovo Assembly’s constitutive session ended this morning without election of the Speaker. Once the MPs were sworn in, representatives of PAN coalition that was supposed to nominate a candidate for the post of Assembly Speaker asked for a two-hour adjournment citing need for “further consultations”.   Chairman of the session, Adem Mikullovci from Vetevendosje, put the […]

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Then nothing (Koha Ditore)

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In an opinion piece originally published in Podgorica-based paper Vijesti, Koha Ditore’s editor-in-chief Agron Bajrami writes that the idea of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to open an internal debate on Kosovo has been seen by some as a sure sign that Serbia has moved a step closer to recognising independence of Kosovo while others […]

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Survivor of Kosovo massacre faces new challenge – in parliament (Reuters)

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Kosovo’s new parliament convenes on Thursday but what has become a matter of routine in the 18 years since the young country broke away from Serbia marks another milestone in a remarkable journey for one new member of the assembly. http://reut.rs/2vrYOgc

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Mike Pence to the Balkans: Your future is with the West (Politico)

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that the future of the Western Balkans lies “in the West.” http://politi.co/2v14yvg

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OSCE Broadcast 2 August

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• Janjic: Srpska List will not be part of Kosovo institutions (KTV)
• Assembly Speaker election confusing (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Haliti: Veseli the only candidate for Assembly Speaker (Klan Kosova)
• TIKA inscriptions vandalised (KTV)
• Kosovo has been granted visa liberalisation several times since 2010 (KTV)
• Government adopts initiative for Kosovo’s admission to Interpol (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)

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UNMIK Headlines 3 August

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• Kosovo Assembly faces crucial test today (dailies)
• Rugova: There will be sanctions for any LDK MP that supports Veseli (Zeri)
• Thaci: Kosovo should join NATO (Epoka e Re)
• President Thaci meets U.S. Vice President Pence (dailies)
• KEK: Kosovo avoids energy crisis (Zeri)

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