Hoxha: EU not able to deliver on visa liberalisation promise (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’a Minister for European Integration Dhurata Hoxha said in a meeting in Brussels that European integration is Kosovo’s main objectives and while there is no doubt Kosovo is the most pro-European country in Europe, the question is whether the EU is making efforts to make Kosovo citizens feel part of Europe. Hoxha said European Commission […]
Read More →Is Veton Surroi joining Hashim Thaci’s delegation? (Gazeta Express)
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj met today with publicist Veton Surroi and civil society representative, Luan Shllaku, to discuss the process of dialogue with Serbia, the news website reports. Haradinaj said Surroi and Shllaku expressed their readiness to be involved in the final phase of dialogue with Serbia. Haradinaj wrote in a Facebook post: “With […]
Read More →Banned entry to Kosovo for the Basketball club Partizan and Deputy Director of the office for KiM (RTS, N1)
This morning the Basketball club ‘Partizan’ from Belgrade was banned from entering Kosovo. Partizan was supposed to play a friendly game with the Basketball club Trepca from Mitrovica North, RTS learns. The club was stopped at Jarinje crossing. The club ‘Partisan’ wanted to support the Serbs’ protest over Pristina’s measure by which taxes on products […]
Read More →PM summons all MPs, resolution on Kosovo – Serbia talks to be voted today (Indeksonline)
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has invited all MPs from the ruling coalition to attend today’s extraordinary session of the Kosovo Assembly that will vote on the PSD-sponsored resolution for defining institutional responsibilities for the Kosovo – Serbia dialogue. The news website notes that some MPs are already travelling back to Kosovo to attend the […]
Read More →CEFTA Week underway in Pristina (media)
At the event organised to mark end of Kosovo’s presidency of the Central Europe Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), Minister of Trade and Industry Endrit Shala said that the government of Kosovo is committed to liberal economy in line with World Trade Organisation principles. Shala accused Serbia of not respecting CEFTA and continuously placing barriers on […]
Read More →Veseli to travel to U.S. for Kosovo army (Koha)
Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli will travel to the U.S. Wednesday and is expected to meet senior State Department officials. Sources said that Veseli’s visit ahead of the Kosovo Assembly’s planned vote on Kosovo army is aimed at coordinating steps before the draft laws are voted and also to sign agreements for armament supply.
Read More →Constitutional Court considers Thaci’s request ‘inadmissible’ (Kallxo)
Constitutional Court of Kosovo has not clarified the dilemma President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci raised with regards to the new composition of the Central Elections Commission (CEC). After months of deliberations, the Court declared Thaci’s request to be ‘inadmissible.’ Thaci had requested the Court to interpret article 139 of the Constitution of Kosovo concerning the […]
Read More →Blair Institute Recruits Advisor for Serbia Govt (Balkan Insight)
The former UK prime minister’s institute is seeking to hire a senior advisor for a Belgrade posting, to ‘work closely and advise’ top officials on governance issues. The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, TBI, is seeking a senior communications advisor, who will provide strategic communications advice and public relations support to the Serbian government. […]
Read More →Kosovo says to maintain its tariffs on Serbia despite EU pressure (Euractiv, Reuters)
Kosovo will keep its 100% tariffs on Serbian goods until Belgrade recognizes Pristina, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said on Monday (4 December), defying calls by the European Union and United States for the tariffs to be abolished. Last month Haradinaj’s government raised tariffs on locally-produced Serbian and Bosnian goods to 100% from 10% because Belgrade […]
Read More →Church desecrated in Vitina municipality (KIM radio, TV Most, Kontakt plus radio, N1, Beta)
The Orthodox church of St Nicholas in a village Grncare, in the municipality of Vitina, has been robbed and vandalized, announced the Serbian List on Monday. The List said that the interior of the church had been desecrated and called for the perpetrators to be found quickly “in order to send a clear message that this type […]
Read More →“Give single evidence and we will arrest Radoicic” (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told opposition which is alleging Milan Radoicic is a murderer to go to the police if they have evidence for their claims, Tanjug news agency reports. He added in that case Radoicic would be immediately arrested. “Just provide a single evidence, not empty stories (…). No one wants to hide a […]
Read More →Serbian president asks China for help (B92, Tanjug)
Aleksandar Vucic informed Chinese Ambassador Li Manchang about “the danger of the announced formation of the army of the so-called Kosovo on December 14.” Vucic asked Li to, as a friend of Serbia, “regularly report to the Chinese leadership on the development of the situation in Kosovo and Metohija,” the Serbian president’s cabinet said in […]
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