ISIS Appeal Remains Challenge For Kosovo, Report Warns (Balkan Insight)
New report by the Kosovar Center for Security Studies warns that Islamic State will remain a challenge for Kosovo until its institutions mount a comprehensive, multifaceted campaign to combat its message and ‘narrative’. A new report, “The Islamic State Narrative in Kosovo Deconstructed One Story at a Time”, by the Kosovar Center for Security Studies, […]
Read More →Dačić: Tramp is my old friend, he called me (N1, Alo)
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić says that he did not approach the US President Donald Trump in New York without being invited, regional N1 reports. N1 reports that Dačić in his statement to the Alo daily explains the circumstances that led to the conversation with Tramp, which has raised a lot of dust in public. […]
Read More →Kosovo withdraws membership candidacy for INTERPOL (Koha)
Kosovo withdraw its membership candidacy for INTERPOL in order to avoid a debacle similar to the failed membership bid for UNESCO two years ago, the paper reports on page two. The main obstacle for Kosovo’s membership this year is believed to be Palestine’s candidacy. An unnamed source in Kosovo’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs said “friendly […]
Read More →Srpska Lista condemned Nataliya Apostolova statement: ZSO will be established as it was signed in Brussels (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)
Srpska Lista, condemned in strongest terms late on Friday the statement of the EU Representative in Kosovo, Nataliya Aposotlova, who said “that the Association of the Serb Municipalities would be established in line with the Constitutional Court from Pristina decision,” and added that Srpka Lista will never accept the establishment of the Association if not […]
Read More →Young man from Kosovo killed in Syria (KoSSev portal)
One more Kosovo citizen was killed in Syria, KoSSev portal reported today. According to KoSSev portal, 28-year old V.Q. from Urosevac municipality is killed. KoSSev portal referring to Pristina media sources, also said the family was informed about his death on Friday.
Read More →Guterres commended opening of internal dialogue on Kosovo (Tanjug, B92)
United Nations Secretary General (UN SG) António Guterres, said on Friday during the meeting with the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, that he follows the progress of Serbia and commended the initiative to open an internal dialogue on Kosovo, Serbian media reported. During the meeting, the Serbian President Vucic highlighted that Serbia considers the United Nations […]
Read More →Thaci: State of Kosovo is getting stronger in international arena (media)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci said on Sunday that his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and representatives of different countries at the United Nations General Assembly is evidence that Kosovo is getting stronger in the international arena. “Together with Kosovo’s delegation we held over 50 meetings with representatives of different countries, presidents and prime ministers. […]
Read More →Srpska Lista: We will not give our votes to Kosovo Army (Vecernje Novosti)
Srpska Lista keeps the stance that based on the UN SC Resolution 1244, KFOR is the only armed force in Kosovo, stated Igor Simic, spokesperson of the Srpska Lista, commenting on the announcement of the Kosovo President Hashim Thaci who said Kosovo Army would be established by the end of this year, Novosti daily reported […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 25 September
• Pacolli: UNMIK to be transformed into a UN political office (Kosovapress)
• Powerful lobbying in New York (Epoka)
• Albanian PM calls for Kosovo recognition and UN membership (Koha)
• Serbian paper “reveals” Vucic-Pacolli conversation at UN (Koha)
• Haradinaj: Issue of missing persons requires urgent epilogue (media)
• Jevtic: Association/Community will be formed in 2018 (media)
• Tahiri: Brussels agreement on judiciary will be implemented soon (Epoka)
• Kosovo ready to accept decisions of parallel courts (Koha)
• Analysts: Incapacity of Kosovo institutions to join Interpol (Zeri)
• Former EULEX prosecutor Bamieh under investigation (Bota Sot)