IMF warns of possible fiscal crisis (RFE)
In an interview with Radio Free Europe, head of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Office in Kosovo, Ruud Vermeulen, expressed concern that the Kosovo budget cannot cope with the increase of expenditures in the field of new social schemes. “Last year, Kosovo spent around €383 million on social schemes, 30 percent more than in 2015. Two-thirds […]
Read More →PM Haradinaj officially appoints Ekrem Mustafa new Interior Minister (media)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj has officially appointed Ekrem Mustafa from the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) as new Minister of Interior replacing Bejtush Gashi, also from AKR. Online media also reported that Gashi has formally handed over the post to his successor.
Read More →Patriarch Irinej: SOC is not for frozen conflict in Kosovo, but neither for recognizing fait accompli (Vecernje Novosti, Novi Magazin, Danas, RTS)
Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) Patriarch Irinej told Vecernje Novosti daily today that the Church does not support frozen conflict in Kosovo, but however, it is neither for “recognizing the fait accompli achieved by injustice, aggression, violence and crimes.” Patriarch Irinej also underlined that when it comes to Kosovo “one should not go for hasty and […]
Read More →Vucic: Whatever Kosovo government is for Scott and USA, for us it is “so-called” (Politika, Tanjug)
“Whatever Kosovo and its government are for the USA and Ambassador Scott, for us it is so-called government and the so-called state,” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said, reacting to the statement of the USA Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott, who stated earlier in Belgrade that Kosovo is a sovereign state. “Why then they negotiate with […]
Read More →U.S. Embassy comments on media reports on “cutting off communication” with KSF minister (Lajmi)
The news website reports that recently there have been reports in the media claiming that the U.S. have cut off all communication with Kosovo Security Force (KSF) Minister, Rrustem Berisha, and his deputy, Agim Ceku, over the indictment for the list of war veterans. Asked to comment on the reports, the U.S. Embassy told the […]
Read More →Brussels agreement on normalization of relations chance to establish trust (Danas)
Brussels agreement on normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina is a chance to establish the trust between Serbs and Albanians, concluded participants of a roundtable “Is Brussels Agreement Clinically Dead,” organized by the National Convent on European Union yesterday, Danas daily reports. Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister, Dalibor Jevic said that the Brussels agreement would […]
Read More →Chief of General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces: A complex situation in Kosovo the key problem; no reason for fear (Serbian media)
A key regional problem that jeopardizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia is a complex situation in Kosovo, says the new Chief of Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces Milan Mojsilovic in an interview for Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti. General Lieutenant Colonel Milan Mojsilovic adds that citizens have no reason to fear because the […]
Read More →Serb official denounces US ambassador over Kosovo (WAFF48)
Serbia’s pro-Russia defense minister denounced the U.S. ambassador to Serbia and suggested he should be thrown out of the country Monday for calling the former Serbian province of Kosovo a sovereign state. Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said in a statement that U.S. Ambassador Kyle Scott “has forgotten that Serbia is not a colony and that […]
Read More →GI SDP: Still unknown who killed Oliver Ivanovic after nine months (Kontakt plus radio, NMagazin)
Citizens’ initiative SDP warned today that even nine months after the assassination of party leader Oliver Ivanovic, there is no information about the course of the investigation, or whether there is any relevant information on who ordered, organized and committed the crime, reported Serbian media. CI SDP says in a statement that “from Belgrade and […]
Read More →Orthodox dignitaries visited St. Demetrius Church in Mitrovica North – Serbian, Russian, Church Slavonic heard (KoSSev)
We have received an icon as a gift in such days when we are all making great efforts to survive in this town, not by our own strength, but by the power of God and the hope of the Mother of God – the Bishop of Raska and Prizren Teodosije praised the new gift presented […]
Read More →Vulin on USA Ambassador: “If Vucic was there, he would be thrown out on his ear“ (KoSSev)
“I am sorry that Ambassador Scott has not tried to show his arrogance at some event with President Vucic, because he would be thrown out on his ear from the Government (building),“ the Serbian Minister of Defence, Aleksandar Vulin said, reacting to the statement of the US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott, who said in […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 16 October
• Thaci: Army is merit of all (T7, RTK)
• Pacolli: Border correction idea gaining increasing support (Klan Kosova)
• AKR dismisses Interior Minister Gashi, appoints Ekrem Mustafa (dailies)
• Opposition continues to boycott Assembly, leaving it with no quorum (Koha)
• Draft resolution on dialogue with Serbia removed from Assembly agenda (media)
• Assembly set to discuss KSF transformation bills Thursday (media)
• Serbian List: We will do the utmost to prevent creation of the army (Lajmi)
• Scott: U.S. consider Kosovo a state (RTK)
• Kosovo, topic of discussion at Belgrade Security Forum (Koha)
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