Kai Eide: Dialogue must start, a solution must be found (media)
Kai Eide, the Norwegian Ambassador to NATO, said today that dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia must start and that a solution should be found to stabilize bilateral relations. “A solution between Kosovo and Serbia must now be found to stabilize bilateral relations, create regional stability and inclusion into international organizations! Further steps that undermine relations […]
Read More →“Report on Ivanovic murder has just been sent to Pristina” (B92, Tanjug, TV Pink)
The Ministry of Justice has just forwarded to Pristina a comprehensive report and relevant minutes from questionings regarding the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic told Belgrade based TV Pink. She says that it was done based on the last request from Pristina to question certain individuals in connection with the investigation into […]
Read More →BIRN Publishes Report on Challenges to Transitional Justice (Balkan Insight)
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network published a major report on post-conflict justice in the former Yugoslavia, highlighting regional challenges in dealing with issues like war crimes prosecutions, missing persons and victims’ participation in judicial processes. BIRN’s newly-published report, ‘After the ICTY: Accountability, Truth and Justice in the Former Yugoslavia’, maps out current challenges in regional cooperation […]
Read More →Kosovo Film-Maker Explores Trauma of Sexual Violence (Balkan Insight)
Lendita Zeqiraj’s upcoming film ‘Aga’s House’ examines the psychological consequences of wartime sexual assault and domestic violence, telling the stories of women who are marginalised by social prejudices in Kosovo. See at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-film-maker-tackles-trauma-of-sexual-violence-01-03-2019
Read More →EU Should Consider New Kosovo Talks Format, Analyst (Balkan Insight)
A land swap between Serbia and Kosovo is now “off the table” but all sides must seize on the momentum created, a Munich-based Balkans analyst told BIRN. The European Union “should be open” to a new initiative by Kosovo’s government which reshuffles Pristina’s delegation in talks with Belgrade and explicitly rules out any land swap […]
Read More →Ahmeti slams LDK: If you don’t join in for Kosovo’s sake, why do you exist? (Indeksonline)
Shpend Ahmeti, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Kosovo (PSD) and co-head of the Kosovo state delegation for talks with Serbia, reacted today against claims by Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) representatives who said that the delegation lacks constitutional legitimacy. “The LDK thinks that the whole world will wait for them to join the […]
Read More →Albanians arrested for writing UCK on vehicles in Belgrade (Vecernje Novosti, TV N1)
Three Albanians were arrested in Belgrade for writing UCK (the acronym for the Kosovo Liberation Army) in the snow on vehicles, Vecernje Novosti daily reported. The three men, one from Prizren and two other from Belgrade, aged 20-25 were arrested on the night of January 6-7. The Serbian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas eve on that […]
Read More →Kusturica: Serbia should not give up Kosovo (TV N1)
Famous filmmaker Emir Kusturica said he would not give up an inch of Kosovo because “it was the greatest robbery of the 20th century”. Kusturica is a Sarajevo-born film director and actor who now lives in western Serbia. Speaking for TV N1 talk show Pressing Kusturica said that “the solution lies in seeking a solution”. […]
Read More →Kossev: Sylejman Selimi hospitalized two days before the trip to the Hague, received two days off for New Year’s celebration
The former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Sylejman Selimi, who is supposed to appear before the Special Prosecutor’s Office in the Hague tomorrow, is being treated at the Clinical Hospital Center of Kosovo and can only travel to the Hague with medical escort – the director of the ORL Clinic in Pristina, Hajdin Thaci […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 9 January
• EU calls for suspension of 100-percent tariff (media)
• Haradinaj: 100-percent tax to be lifted when Serbia recognizes Kosovo (media)
• President Thaci congratulates state delegation for dialogue (media)
• Veseli: We won’t allow any result that hurts integrity of our state (media)
• Hoti: Kosovo’s presentation in Brussels was never weaker (RTK)
• Serwer: Exchange of territories is not on the table anymore (media)
• Kurti meets Albanian President Meta (media)
• Haxhiu: Specialist chambers are using files prepared by LDK (T7)