Resolution on dialogue with Serbia removed from Assembly’s agenda (Telegrafi)
Kosovo Assembly has dropped today’s scheduled vote on the draft resolution for dialogue with Serbia on request from Social Democratic Party (PSD) MP Visar Ymeri. “We are interested in sitting down together and trying to bridge our positions on the resolution,” Ymeri said calling on parliamentary groups to join the discussion.
Read More →Media as a tool for the promotion of politicians (RTK2, RTV Puls, Slobodno Srpski)
Pristina journalist Violeta Oroshi says, in the TV show ‘Slobodno Srpski’, that politicians from Kosovo are not responsible enough towards the public, as well as that in communication with the media, are not aware of their obligations towards citizens. Unlike politicians in the western countries, who consider the media as a very important mean of […]
Read More →Assembly to discuss KSF transformation bills Thursday (media)
Kosovo Assembly presidency has decided to include three draft laws relating to the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) on Assembly session’s agenda for Thursday. Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli said after the meeting of the presidency that Kosovo will have its armed forced by the end of the year. After the meeting, Vetevendosje MP Albulena Haxhiu accused […]
Read More →Dacic: Pristina no longer “favorite child”, position of Serbia getting stronger (RTS, Tanjug)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said he is not certain if the information that USA ceased communication with the Kosovo minister of defense is accurate, adding he heard it from the media, but reminded that the USA administration does not see Kosovo any longer as “its child,” and attempts to be balanced, RTS reported. […]
Read More →Serb National Council in Montenegro for referendum on revoking Kosovo recognition (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)
Serb National Council in Montenegro called upon Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic and parliamentary party Democratic Montenegro (DCG) to express their stances on an initiative calling for annulling decision by the Montenegrin Government to recognize Kosovo, Novosti daily reported. The Serb National Council initiated a petition for holding a referendum on revoking this decision, following the […]
Read More →IMF calls for reclassification of war veterans (RTK)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident representative in Kosovo, Ruud Vermeulen, told RTK today that there should be a reclassification of war veterans. He said initially €25 million were planned to cover the pensions of this category, for around 12,000-13,000 war veterans. “We have made some comments, including the ceiling of the expenditures and we […]
Read More →Zeman: Bombardment of Yugoslavia was mistake, there is nothing to justify it with (RTS, Tanjug)
Czech President Milos Zeman said on Friday that the bombardment of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ) was mistake, and there should be no pursue for an alibi to justify that mistake. This way, President Zeman commented on a statement of NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, who said during his recent visit to Belgrade, that […]
Read More →Diaspora as a subject, not object, of state policies (Prishtina Insight)
Reciprocity between home countries and the receiving states is the key condition for unlocking the potential of the Kosovo and Albanian diaspora. Without the contribution and experience of active and engaged diaspora members, there is no chance for Kosovo to develop a stable policy for development. See at: https://prishtinainsight.com/diaspora-as-a-subject-not-object-of-state-policies/
Read More →LDK, Vetevendosje boycott today’s Assembly session (Indeksonline)
The two biggest opposition parties, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and Vetevendosje (VV), will boycott today’s plenary session of the Kosovo Assembly, the news website reports. LDK MP Armend Zemaj confirmed the news to Indeksonline, adding that LDK MPs will not attend assembly sessions, except for the session on Thursday that will discuss the […]
Read More →Putin to visit Serbia in January (IBNA)
Russian Ambassador to Serbia, Alexander Chepurin has conveyed a message of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic, suggesting he could visit Serbia in January 2019. Vucic had invited Putin to visit Belgrade during his latest visit to Moscow, earlier this month. At the meeting with Chepurin, Vucic underlined that “it […]
Read More →4 jihadi suspects charged in Kosovo over terror plots (AFP)
The group are also accused of planning to bomb the NATO-led security force KFOR at two discos in the Serbian enclave of Gracanica. PRISTINA, Kosovo – Four suspected jihadists have been charged in Pristina on suspicion of planning a series of attacks including at a church in Kosovo, two discos and unspecified assaults in France […]
Read More →Zubin Potok: Privately-owned car torched (KoSSev)
A private vehicle, a Golf 7, white in colour, KM registration plates, owned by an ethnic Serb was torched early this morning in Donje Varage village, in the Zubin Potok municipality, Deputy Head of Regional Police North, Besim Hoti, told KoSSev on Saturday. The fire was reported this morning at 2:44h. The vehicle was parked, […]
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