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Minister Lekaj cancels visit to Gracanica, protesting absence of Kosovo symbols (Zeri/Koha)

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Kosovo Minister of Infrastructure Pal Lekaj has cancelled today’s planned visit to the Municipality of Gracanica as sign of protest over the absence of Kosovo state symbols. Lekaj said it was unacceptable for him to visit an institution that is not identified through the symbols of the state they it is in. Lekaj was set […]

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Lake Gazivode, troubled waters between Kosovo and Serbia (Digital Journal, AFP)

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Controlled by Serbs but a key resource for Kosovo, the cool blue waters of Lake Gazivode reflect the chilly relationship between the former war foes over their contested border. The 24-kilometre (15-mile) reservoir straddles the frontier separating Serbia and Kosovo, still locked in a diplomatic dispute 20 years after an ethnic rebellion split them apart. […]

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Kosovo Roma Ex-Fighter Jailed For Torturing Albanians (Balkan Insight)

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A court in Pristina jailed Skender Bislimi for ten years for torturing Kosovo Albanians with a Serb paramilitary group during the war in 1999. Pristina Basic Court on Thursday found Skender Bislimi guilty of war crimes against ethnic Albanian civilians in Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje and sentenced him to ten years in prison. The prosecution alleged during […]

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Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Palmer Interview with Goran Avramovic of KiM Radio, October 23, 2018 (USA Embassy)

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Goran Avramovic: Has, in your opinion, the U.S. policy toward the Western Balkans changed after you assumed the position of acting Deputy Assistant Secretary? Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Palmer: U.S. policy in the Western Balkans has been consistent over the years. We support the integration of the countries of the Western Balkans into European and […]

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Minister of Defence of Serbia: International law died when NATO attacked Serbia (B92, Tanjug)

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Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin emphasized in Beijing that after NATO bombed Serbia without a UN Security Council decision, international law died. “Even today there is pressure for Kosovo to be admitted to Interpol or UNESCO. How can Interpol preserve its reputation if it shares its data about drug dealers with Pristina, from where the most […]

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Rasic: Vucic and Thaci have already reached an agreement on borders (media)

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Nenad Rasic, leader of the Progressive Democratic Party, said in an interview to Top Channel that Kosovo and Serbia Presidents, Hashim Thaci and Aleksandar Vucic, have already reached an agreement on border correction. “Their body language shows that they have already reached a deal on borders,” said Rasic, who was a Minister of Labor and […]

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European Investors Council condemns Thaci’s assault on Sokolic (Express)

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The European Investors Council has reacted to the assault on the director of insurance company, Illyria, Gianni Sokolic, the news website reports. Sokolic and Blerim Pushkolli, head of the Kosovo Insurances Bureau, were assaulted on Wednesday by Gani Thaci, brother of Kosovo President Hashim Thaci. The European Investors Council issued a statement today saying it […]

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Angela envoy’s message: No recognition of Kosovo, no EU (B92, Tanjug)

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German parliamentarian Peter Beyer thinks Kosovo is “factually independent and Serbia should recognize de jure the sovereign state of the Republic of Kosovo.” Otherwise, Beyer continued, Serbia will not join the European Union, and that is, among other things, the message with which he came to Belgrade. “It is important that everyone understands that it […]

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UNMIK Headlines 25 October

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• Thaci and Vucic to meet in Paris on 11 November (Klan Kosova)
• Palmer: Neither red lines nor agreement without Assembly’s consent (Koha)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo army with support of international partners (Koha)
• Beyer: No EU for Serbia without recognising Kosovo (Koha)
• Jevtic: This is not the time to create an army (Klan Kosova)
• Hoxhaj: We will review relations with EU if no visa liberalisation decision (Zeri)
• Pacolli condemns attack on Albanian taxi driver in Mitrovica North (media)
• Thaci’s brother accused of assault against insurance companies’ officials (dailies)

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