Thaci: Blessed to have U.S. support (RTK)
The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci said his participation at Prayer Breakfast in the U.S. was a good opportunity to inform the U.S. officials about the achievements of Kosovo and the efforts to establish sustainable peace in the region. “The confirmation that all in Washington speak in one voice for Kosovo, no matter what institution […]
Read More →Scott, Kosnett: 2019 should be the year for agreement (Zeri/Politika)
In a joint op-ed published in Zeri, the U.S. Ambassador to Serbia, Kyle Scott, and the U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo, Philip Kosnett, said that the courage and creativity of leaders in Athens and Skopje to resolve decades-long dispute should serve as inspiration for all other leaders in the region and that it is time for […]
Read More →Tahiri: UNMIK does not depend upon Kosovo (FoNet, Danas, RTK2)
Kosovo analyst Ramush Tahiri said UNMIK in Kosovo has completed most part of its mission, both in the terms of time and functions, however, no state can prohibit work and engagement of this mission, FoNet news agency reports. “The statement is as it is, but to tell the communication with UNMIK is cut, it is […]
Read More →‘Antagonistic gestures and accusations’ drown out Kosovo dialogue hopes, Security Council hears (UN News)
Zahir Tanin, the head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), was briefing the UN Security Council on Thursday via video link, telling members that antagonism and accusations “continue to be far more prominent than efforts to return to a new phase of dialogue”. Kosovo, which has an ethnic-Albanian majority, broke away from […]
Read More →UN reduces meetings on Kosovo under US, Europe pressure (FoxNews)
The Security Council agreed Thursday to reduce the number of meetings it holds on Kosovo under pressure from the United States and its European allies who say the U.N.’s most powerful body has more important crises to discuss. Kosovo declared independence in 2008 from Serbia, a close ally of Russia which has refused to recognize […]
Read More →Reaching a proportionate way forward on Security Council action on Kosovo (GOV.UK)
Statement by Ambassador Karen Pierce at the Security Council Briefing on Kosovo Thank you very much, Mr President. Thank you particularly to the Special Representative for his briefing and the thanks of the United Kingdom to his team for their continuing dedication to this issue. I also extend a welcome to His Excellency the Foreign […]
Read More →Vucic: We need peace with Albanians (RTS, Tanjug)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he does not recognize borders of independent Kosovo and that Serbs need peace with Albanians, Tanjug news agency reports. Vucic added he does not believe a compromise is possible in near time, however it is needed to insist on that. He made these remarks in Vranje town, visiting it as […]
Read More →Darmanovic: We will support any agreement of Belgrade and Pristina (RTS, Tanjug, VOA)
Montenegro had reservations towards the principle of resolving the Kosovo issue by exchanging territories, Montenegro Foreign Affairs Minister Srdjan Darmanovic said, however, adding that “if the two sides agree” Podgorica would welcome that, Tanjug news agency reports. Darmanovic made these remarks in an interview to Voice of America, responding on how he sees the resolution […]
Read More →OSCE condemns abuse with the minor in Drenas (OSCE, media)
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo joins others in expressing our condemnation of the sexual abuse reported against a vulnerable person by individuals in positions of trust and authority. The acts alleged to have been committed by the young girl’s teacher, and subsequently over a longer time period by a police officer are appalling and unacceptable […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 08 February
• Çitaku: Kosovo doesn’t negotiate its statehood and independence (RTK)
• Çitaku considers UNSC meeting on Kosovo pointless (KTV)
• Thaçi: US reconfirmed support to a Kosovo-Serbia agreement (RTK)
• AAK: No border change, no conditions for dialogue, no rescinding of tariff (KTV)
• OSCE: Gllogoc/Glogovac case to be given highest priority and justice to be served (RTK, KTV, TV21, Klan Kosova)
• Police officer from Gllogoc/Glogovac put in one month detention on remand (KTV)
• Girl killed by institutions and then by provincial mind-set (Klan Kosova)
• Radojicic hires lawyer in Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
UNMIK Headlines 8 February
• Import tax dominates UN Security Council session on Kosovo (dailies)
• Pacolli reacts to Dacic’s speech at the UN (RTK)
• Kosovo’s Interior Ministry confirms cooperation with UNMIK (RFE/RTK)
• Scott, Kosnett: 2019 to be year of agreement between Kosovo and Serbia (Zeri)
• Thaci receives U.S. support for Kosovo-Serbia agreement (Epoka)
• Thaci meets with Nancy Pelosi (media)
• Haradinaj: Neither I nor Thaci are owners of Kosovo (T7, RTK)
• Pressure on Kosovo Government to lift tax increases (Koha Ditore)
• EU neither denies nor confirms Trepca’s involvement in dialogue (Koha)
• These are AAK’s three points for the dialogue (RTK)
• Radojcic hires a lawyer in Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
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