CeSID: More than 50% of citizens for Kosovo in Serbia (Serbian media)
All Serbian media quoted a survey conducted by the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies in cooperation with CeSID. According to the survey, 53 percent of citizens are for Kosovo to remain in Serbia at all costs. Bojan Klacar, Executive Director of CeSID, presented the results of the research on “Euro-Atlantic integration and dialogue between Belgrade and […]
Read More →President Thaci signs laws on Kosovo army (media)
President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci signed in a solemn ceremony today three draft laws on transition of the Kosovo Security Force into army. Thaci signed the laws in the presence of KSF Commander, Lieutenant General Rrahman Rama and other KSF members and said on the occasion: “I would like to thank international supporters, the U.S. […]
Read More →“Who came up with this and what will we sign in Washington?” (B92, Tanjug, RTS)
Aleksandar Vucic says it’s not clear to him how Hashim Thaci came up with stating that an agreement between Belgrade and Pristina would be signed in Washington. Vucic told RTS late on Thursday that he “knows neither who came up with it, nor when Thaci was told this,” and also wondered, “what are we supposed […]
Read More →Kosovo towards new concessions in the dialogue with Serbia (Kosova Sot)
Didier Chabert, Ambassador of France to Kosovo, told the paper that it is important for Kosovo and Serbia to normalize their relations completely. Asked about the danger of mono-ethnicity in case of land swap, Chabert said no matter the content of the agreement that can be negotiated with Serbia, the Constitution of Kosovo guarantees protection […]
Read More →“Putin to honor Serb victims of Croatia’s Operation Storm” (BETA, Danas, B92)
The “advance party” of Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Serbia on January 12, Beta news agency is reporting, citing an article published by Belgrade-based daily Danas. It is then that the detailed plan of Putin’s visit, scheduled for January 17, will be known, the report added. Citing “unofficial diplomatic sources,” the newspaper states […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: U.S. and EU expect Kosovo-Serbia agreement by late spring (Telegrafi)
In an interview with RTV Dukagjini, Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and member of the Kosovo negotiating team, Enver Hoxhaj, said that the U.S. and EU expect Kosovo and Serbia to reach agreement by late spring. “We had a meeting today with Quint ambassadors. Their position is firm. There needs to be mutual recognition,” Hoxhaj said. […]
Read More →Kosovo War Witnesses Find Little Solace in Testifying (Balkan Insight)
Mehmet Mazrekaj’s hands shake in his lap as he recalls the night in March 1999 when death came to the village of Beleg in western Kosovo. The retired schoolteacher, now 74 years old, remembers how Serbian forces separated the men from the women and children, how he was tied up and heard the screams of […]
Read More →Kosovo police officer, bank robber killed in shootout (The Washington Post)
Police in Kosovo say that an officer and a bank robber have been killed during a shootout. A police statement says a man identified as K.M., 50, opened fire on two police officers responding to a robbery Thursday at a bank branch in Istog, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of the capital, Pristina. The robber […]
Read More →Haradinaj: We won’t allow criminals to take law into their hands (media)
Kosovo Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, visited today the General Directorate of Kosovo Police, after a police officer from Istog died in the line of duty on Thursday while trying to prevent a bank robbery in Istog. Haradinaj told reporters after the meeting that from now on police officers will receive even greater support and that […]
Read More →Heldt: Three things I would change with a magic wand in Kosovo (Zeri)
The German Ambassador to Kosovo, said in an interview to Zeri, that he if had the famous magic wand there are three things that he would change in Kosovo. “For Albanians and Serbs, and other communities, to reach out to one another more actively, for Kosovo and Serbia to reach a peace agreement as this […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 28 December
• Veseli tells Quint Kosovo is ready for agreement with Serbia (media)
• Quint ambassadors call for tax suspension to give chance to Agreement (Koha)
• Kosnett: 2019 should be the year of unity for Kosovo (Kosova)
• President Thaci holds end-year press conference (media)
• Thaci: Year of a big finale (Zeri)
• Veseli on tax: Serbia must stop their aggressive approach (Telegrafi)
• President Thaci to sign today the Laws on the army (RTK)
• Haradinaj: Formalisation of defence mandate of our army (Zeri)
• KSF and KFOR commanders agree to deepen cooperation (Epoka)
• “No EU for Kosovo and Serbia without resolving bilateral problems” (Kosova)
• Kurti: Thaci cannot make deal with Serbia, 2 million people will rise up (Koha)
• Kosovo leaders express condolences to family of killed policeman (media)
• Trendafilova: Specialist chambers don’t try corruption, bad governing (Kosova)
• Gashi: Sylejman Selimi not invited by Specialist Chambers (Bota Sot)
• Safehouses for victims of gender-based violence to close on Monday (Kallxo)
Djuric: Thaci to offer solid evidence who is Oliver Ivanovic’s murderer (RTV Puls)
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric called upon Hashim Thaci to tell domestic and international public by name and surname the murderer of Oliver Ivanovic and offer solid evidence for his claims, instead of, as Djuric said, spreading fake news and provocations as he did it today at end-year news conference, […]
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