Popovic: Lekaj’s visit was agreed without any conditions (RTS)
Gracanica Mayor Srdjan Popovic said the meeting with Minister Pal Lekaj was previously agreed without any conditions, and that Gracanica Municipality has symbols regulated by the law, RTS reports today. “During the first year of my mandate I was a host to many prominent figures, domestic and international officials, ambassadors and citizens of different ethnic […]
Read More →Two moves of US and Pristina in a day with the same goal, but can they bypass Russia (Blic)
Accidentally or intentionally, a letter from former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Hayle on the withdrawal of the UNMIK mission from Kosovo coincided with the adoption of laws in the Kosovo Assembly, which will allow Pristina to form its own army, writes today Belgrade-based daily Blic. The Pristina authorities have come a step closer to […]
Read More →A Sculpture in Kosovo That Tracks a Country’s Struggle (NYT)
A decade ago, Fisnik Ismaili designed a sculpture to celebrate Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia: It was a word, “Newborn,” in 10-foot letters, painted a garish yellow. He did not have the cash to pay the metalworkers who built it, so he left his car and house keys as a deposit. https://nyti.ms/2q9WrLb
Read More →Kosovo Courts Try 111 War Suspects Since 1999 (Balkan Insight)
From 1999 to 2018, Kosovo courts heard 48 war crimes cases with a total of 111 defendants standing trial, said a new report published by the Humanitarian Law Centre. https://bit.ly/2AsOUgm
Read More →Stasis in the Balkans (The International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Paralysis in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia’s problematic name change, and fraught land-swap proposals between Serbia and Kosovo have increased political uncertainty and potential discord in the Western Balkans. Meaningful change will be difficult to effect and long-standing issues may continue to fester. Developments in the Western Balkans in the summer of 2018 hinted that regional stagnation could […]
Read More →Transforming Kosovo’s mental health system (Prishtina Insight)
The energy and potential of the diaspora should be utilized by Kosovo institutions to reform the country’s mental health sector. We have built enough houses, roads, and schools. We have brought enough cars, and we have even organized enough weddings and promoted music of different genres. See at: https://prishtinainsight.com/transforming-kosovos-mental-health-system/
Read More →Danas: Vucic would go for elections, before solution for Kosovo (Danas)
Elections, either regular or extraordinary would most certainly take place in Serbia, prior to the final resolution of the Kosovo issue, Belgrade-based daily Danas reports. Bojan Klacar, researcher at the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) made these remarks to Danas, responding to a question if more frequent appearances of the Serbian President Aleksandar […]
Read More →Markovic, Haradinaj and Ljajic coffee chatt in Budva (Politika, Beta)
Belgrade-based daily Politika reports that the prime ministers of Montenegro and Kosovo, Dusko Markovic and Ramush Haradinaj, and the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, Rasim Ljajic, took a break in Budva, spending the coffee time together. On the terrace of the hotel “Splendid” were and the Vice President of the FYROM Government, Koco Andjusev, and […]
Read More →Process of forming Kosovo army uncertain (Danas)
Leaders of major Western countries will not comment on an initiative to transform Kosovo Security Forces (KSF) into an army, since it remains “uncertain how the process would unfold further,” Belgrade-based daily writes today referring to its diplomatic sources. According to the daily’s interlocutors, USA, Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy “in principle support creation […]
Read More →Drecun: Answers to crimes in archives of international community (RTS, Serbian media)
Serbian Working Group for gathering facts and evidences in shedding the light on crimes committed in Kosovo and Metohija urged embassies of states that were part of KFOR’s contingents to open their archives, Serbian media report. Several thousand documents, Serbia got hold of, were presented to the ambassadors and international community representatives, urging them again […]
Read More →PM Haradinaj reiterates position against border correction with Serbia (media)
In a press conference after the meeting of the government, Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj reconfirmed his position against border changes. “There can be a legally binding agreement for mutual recognition with Serbia but not an agreement based on territory or border,” RTK quotes Haradinaj as saying. Zeri reports that Haradinaj said they know […]
Read More →OSCE condemns attack on Albanian taxi driver in the north (Express)
The news website reports that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Kosovo has reacted today to an incident reported on October 23, when a stone was thrown at the taxi of an Albanian driver in Mitrovica North. “The mission calls on all responsible institutions to identify the authors and do […]
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