Commander of the US Military Base Bondsteel: Thaci visit was about local politics (RTV Gracanica, N1)
Colonel Nik Ducic, commander of the US Bondsteel base in Kosovo, said on Friday that President Hashim Thaci’s visit to the Gazivode lake was about domestic politics. The colonel told Gracanica TV that the visit upset both the Serb and Albanian communities even though there were no incidents. “You know that there was a protest […]
Read More →Vucic warns of incidents in northern Kosovo (N1)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic warned of Friday of possible violent incidents in the town of Mitrovica. “I fear ideas about Kosovska Mitrovica because we have indications that some people could try to storm across the bridge (between the Serb and Albanian sections of that town). We have informed the international community and we will ask them […]
Read More →“First time”: EU inks border deal with Albania (B92, Tanjug, AP)
The EU has announced that it signed an agreement with Albania that will allow its border patrols to be present and work in that country. According to AP, cited by Tanjug, this is “the first time the bloc has concluded such an accord.” The deal is aimed at tackling irregular migration, in particular sudden changes […]
Read More →Petronic: Kosovo Serbs are an easy target due to inefficiency of the police (RTK2)
Security researcher Veroljub Petronic told RTK2 in the Show ”razgovor” that Kosovo Serbs are an easy target for thieves due to inefficiency of the police and the judiciary. Petronic explains that there is no mechanism for punishing perpetrators, which gives freedom for other criminals to continue or, in the worst case, expand their criminal activities. […]
Read More →Number of women registered as owners and inheritors increases (Radio Free Europe)
The number of the properties registered in Kosovo under the name of both spouses, is increasing. This also increased number of women that became owners or inheritors of property. This increase is evident recently and follows the entry into force of an administrative instruction of 2016, which stimulates the registration of common immovable property on […]
Read More →Vucic: Thaci’s statement on the “dream of all Albanians” – continuous policy (RTK2)
President Aleksandar Vucic says that the statement by Hashim Thaci that the dream of all Albanians is “a national unity with Albania” is an expression of a continuing policy. He points out that he is more interested in what and will anyone in the international community react to such statements. “Serbia has become accustomed to […]
Read More →Riza Halimi: Thaci’s statements on correction of borders, unclear (Danas, Gazeta Express)
Riza Halimi, leader of the Democratic Action political party in Presevo Valley, said that it is not clear to him what the President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci means while talking about unification with Presevo Valley. According to him, this matter would not make sense if not decided to be discussed at the Assembly of Kosovo. […]
Read More →“Germans put Serb minister back in Kosovo government” (B92, Koha, Kossev, TV Most)
A Serb member of the Kosovo government, Dalibor Jevtic, on Thursday attended a meeting of that government, Pristina-based Koha.net website is reporting. Jevtic and all other members of the Kosovo government from the Serb List submitted their resignations back in March, after the arrest of Office for Kosovo and Metohija chief Marko Djuric, and have […]
Read More →Missing journalist Marjan Melonasi (B92, UNS, Kossev, Vesti)
“I know that Marjan was being threatened for socializing with Serbs. This is what he told me; however, there may have been other things.” “At the time of his disappearance, I had already moved to Gracanica and we were not so close anymore. I could only infer from his behavior that somebody was threatening him […]
Read More →Veseli: Formation of Army, a matter of days (Zeri)
Kosovo Assembly President and Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) leader, Kadri Veseli, said today that the formation of the Kosovo Armed Forces is a matter of days. “This is our freedom, our country and our future. We should not allow our freedom to be threatened, we need to work even more, as we stand in […]
Read More →Haradinaj: We owe it to martyrs to preserve territory of Kosovo (RTK)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said the fight for freedom is sacred and preserving territory is a debt Kosovo has towards its martyrs. In a commemoration ceremony for martyrs in the village of Marine, Haradinaj said Kosovo owes to its martyrs to strengthen freedom, state, economy and “preserve territory of Kosovo by making it […]
Read More →Dacic: In Kosovo only KFOR acceptable (RTS)
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in the morning RTS News that some expected that things in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina develop in the manner that Serbia recognize the unilateral act of Pristina and points that Serbia will not do it. He repeats his expectations, and in this morning’s RTS News, that by […]
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