Dardan Sejdiu resigns leading Vetevendosje posts (media)
Vetevendosje deputy leader, Dardan Sejdiu, has resigned all leading posts in the party as a sign of protest towards recent developments. In a letter, Sejdiu said his resignation follows a period of problems within Vetevendosje and notes that he has not seen readiness on the part of the leadership to resolve these issues and move […]
Read More →Haradinaj: AAK is against special court and Association (RTK)
In a visit to the municipality of Gjakova/Djakovica today, Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj is quoted as having said that his party, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), continues to oppose the specialist chambers as well as the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities. Haradinaj said that the fact his party […]
Read More →Kosovar Court Gives Four Lawmakers Suspended Jail Terms For Disrupting Parliament (RFE)
A Kosovar court has found four opposition lawmakers guilty of repeatedly disrupting parliament by releasing tear gas in the chamber and has handed down suspended jail sentences for the legislators. http://bit.ly/2CpBlx3
Read More →Hoti calls on parties to join LDK in preserving friendship with U.S. (Telegrafi)
Avdullah Hoti, head of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) parliamentary group, has called Kosovo’s institutional leaders to demonstrate greater political maturity and not “experiment” and “undermine” relations with countries that helped Kosovo realize the dream for freedom and independence. In a Facebook post, Hoti wrote: “We have to show to our allies that we […]
Read More →Thaci: 2018, a year of challenges (Indeksonline, media)
Kosovo’s President, Hashim Thaci, told Indeksonline that creation of Kosovo’s Armed Force is on its final phase. Thaci also said that the border demarcation with Montenegro, was commenced in a rightful manner, delineation is precise and confirmed by local and international commissions. According to Thaci, Kosovo-Serbia dialogue is the only and irreplaceable mechanism to resolve […]
Read More →Haley: We will work hard for Kosovo’s membership at the UN (media)
The US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, hosted a “Friends of the US” reception Wednesday night, inviting those who had voted against or abstained from voting on a resolution condemning the United States for officially recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Ambassador Haley expressed appreciation to the 64 countries by reading names of […]
Read More →KSF announced talks on transformation into the army (RTK2)
The Ministry of the Security Forces will begin intensive talks with Serbian political representatives in order to reach a concrete agreement on the future of KSF, says Minister Rustem Berisha, reports RTK2. He says that the goal, of the meeting with the MPs of the Serbian List and its leaders, is to provide a consensus […]
Read More →“Serbia without Kosovo unimaginable; Pope won’t visit yet” (B92, Tanjug, Hram, Kossev, KIM radio)
Serbian Patriarch Irinej has said that Serbia can never give away Kosovo, and that it was not yet time for the visit of Pope Francis. “Kosovo can be taken away, be occupied as it is today, but Serbia can never say ‘we are giving that away’, because what is given away is lost forever, while […]
Read More →Stanojkovic: The case of “yellow house” still active (KIM radio, Politika, Blic)
War crimes prosecutor Snezana Stanojkovic says that the prosecution took over 761 cases from Kosovo, KIM radio reports. According to her, the cases are in the appropriate registers and distributed to the processors for further action. In an interview for Belgrade based daily Politika, Stanojkovic says that the subject of trafficking in human organs, known […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 4 January
Haradinaj: Kosovo cannot escape justice (Indeksonline/Zeri)
A special Court or a UN court? (RFE)
Selimi: Vetevendosje will vote for abolishment of the Special Court (Zeri)
Draft Law on demarcation to be discussed on 15 January (RTK)
Vetevendosje condemns sentencing of its MPs as political (Koha Ditore)
Surroi proposes law on amnesty as way to ‘reconciliation’ (Koha)
Vetevendosje MPs risk to lose their mandates (com)
Pacolli performs “selective rotations” in Kosovo embassies (Koha Ditore)