Kosovo and Slovakia discuss cooperation against organised crime (Koha)
Kosovo’s Minister of Interior, Flamur Sefaj, met today head of Slovakian liaison office in Pristina, Ljubomir Batary, Koha reports. The two discussed security situation in Kosovo and police cooperation. Minister Sefaj said despite diplomatic status between Kosovo and Slovakia, it is important to coordinate institutional actions in the fight against organised crime.
Read More →FM Pacolli meets U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Mitchell (RTK)
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Behgjet Pacolli, met in Washington D.C. the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Wess Mitchell, who was also accompanied by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Hoyt Yee. Pacolli said the meeting took place in a positive atmosphere and that they discussed Kosovo-U.S. relations, including priority issues and the […]
Read More →Tahiri: No normalisation of relations without Serbia recognising Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
Former Kosovo’s chief negotiator in the dialogue with Serbia, Edita Tahiri, said that Kosovo and Serbia need to address the issue of their border demarcation and compensation of war damages. In a debate organised today in Mitrovica north the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue, Tahiri said there can be no normalization of relations without Serbia recognising independence of […]
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Friday 1 December 2017
LOCAL PRESS
• Brnabic at conference “World in 2018” in Hong Kong (RTS/Beta)
• Dacic: Minimum joint interests of US and Serbia over stability (RTS)
• US administration denied Thaci’s and Haradinaj’s claims (Tanjug/B92)
• Opening of new chapters on 11 December (RTS)
REGIONAL PRESS
Bosnia & Herzegovina
• RS President: ICTY’s verdict in ‘Prlic et al’ case is result of various combinations of Croatian reps in political calculations (TV1)
• SDS: First war crime in B&H was committed by regular Croatian army and paramilitary units of SDA and HDZ B&H (BNTV)
• Serb and Bosniak victims’ associations to file lawsuits against Croatia following verdict to ‘Prlic et al’ (EuroBlic)
• EUD, EUSR comment verdict in case ‘Prlic et al.’: We fully support ICTY and its verdicts (BHT1)
• UK Embassy: ICTY verdict sends message that all perpetrators will be held responsible for their crimes (Oslobodjenje)
Croatia
• Questions remain after Slobodan Praljak’s courtroom suicide (HRT)
• Parliamentary speaker reads out joint statement on ICTY verdict in the Sabor (HRT/TV1)
• Croatia initiated establishment of the Hague Tribunal (HRT)
Montenegro
• Fajon: A lot of work before joining the EU, opposition to return to Parliament (CDM)
fYROM
• Baily: There must be responsibility for 27 April, but also the presumption of innocence (Meta)
• British Embassy: The violent attacks that occurred on 27 April must be investigated and there has to be a legal outcome (Meta)
• EU Ambassador: All parties to set state interests and its future as priority (MIA)
• VMRO-DPMNE will be blocking intersections the whole month ahead (Meta)
• Dimitrov – Tillerson: Our commitment to becoming part of NATO is great (Meta)
• Macedonia, Serbia to introduce joint duty clearance in 2018 (MIA)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Kosovo Businesses Doubtful About Planned Free Trade Zone (BIRN)
• Western Balkan region ‘high priority for the US,’ Trump aide McMaster says (ekathimerini)
Kosovo Government to pay quarter million euros to SOC (Tanjug)
The Kosovo Government adopted a decision to pay rent for the premises, owned by the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) in Pristina, used for a long time by Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency, Tanjug news agency reported today. The decision, adopted unanimously, says that a debt in the amount of almost 285.484 euros, covering the rental period since […]
Read More →US administration “denied Thaci’s and Haradinaj’s claims” (Tanjug)
Pristina’s claim that possible future US involvement in dialogue with Belgrade is a proposal coming from the official US administration is “incorrect,” Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, who in Washington, told Voice of America, Tanjug reports today. “The things that Thaci and Haradinaj are saying have been denied by the US administration. They even told […]
Read More →Dacic: Stability in Balkans requires common Serbia-US interest (B92)
Ivica Dacic says his message in Washington this week was that there is no stability in the Balkans unless the US finds a common interest with Serbia. The Serbian foreign minister and first deputy PM noted that the US “has some policy of its own, and is interested in the Russian influence in the region”. […]
Read More →Kosovo Businesses Doubtful About Planned Free Trade Zone (Balkan Insight)
After Kosovo’s Foreign Minister urged Serbia to help set up a free trade zone in the divided town of Mitrovica, local businesses say they question the likely benefits. Declaring the northern Serb-run half of the town of Mitrovica as a free trade zone might help the reconciliation of ethnic Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo and […]
Read More →Kosovo: The Balkan Treasure Trove of Humanity (Huffingtonpost)
The youngest country in Europe is miracle born out of imperial ashes and the rumble of former Yugoslavia. Its story is as unparalleled as it is painful. Over the course of two millennia, Kosovo was swallowed by the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires before transitioning into the Kingdom and later the Socialist Federal Republic of […]
Read More →Haradinaj on proceeding demarcation at the Assembly (RTK)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said today during the meeting of the government of Kosovo that head of the Commission for border demarcation has informed him on Thursday that the commission’s report with its findings is ready. “I proposed to him to come at one of the future meetings of the government. Most […]
Read More →Albin Kurti and Donika Kadaj handcuffed in front of the judge (RTK)
Vetevendosje MPs, Albin Kurti and Donika Kadaj Bujupi were brought this morning handcuffed at the Basic Court in Pristina. The other two MPs from Vetevendosje Movement, Albulena Haxhiu and Faton Topalli also arrived at the court. Kosovo Assembly MPs from the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) are also present as the damaged party. However, witnesses […]
Read More →Municipal transparency in north Kosovo low (Kontakt plus radio)
Municipal transparency index in the north of Kosovo is low, however a positive change was made comparing to the previous year, Kontakt plus radio reproted. This is one of the conclusions at a conference held yesterday in Mitrovica north, where municipal assemblies’ members from the four northern municipalities took part. Advocacy Centre for Democratic Culture […]
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