A debate on women’s role in decision-making positions (Prishtina Insight, KoSSev)
A panel discussion organized marking the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security for Kosovo’s Global Open Day was held in March in Prishtina, discussing the gender-responsive and inclusive political processes in Kosovo. The debate, which covered a range of local, regional and global issues, invited around 200 participants, […]
Read More →PDK expects Haradinaj to reflect on the import tariff (media)
Kosovo’s Minister of Justice, Abelard Tahiri, told Klan Kosova today that so far, the ruling coalition has not faced a crisis that could lead to the breakup of the agreement between the political parties. Tahiri said the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) is committed to foster good relations with the United States of America and […]
Read More →KoSSev: Thaci wanted amnesty, Mogherini faked the process to keep her job – Weber to KTV
”The exchange of territories is being discussed because Federica Mogherini faked the process and progress in order to keep her job, while HashimThaci wants an amnesty from the Special Court,” German political analyst and expert on the Balkans, Bodo Weber said during his guest appearance on the KTV Rubikon show. According to Weber, the narrative […]
Read More →Dacic: I also warn Serbian citizens do not go to Britain (RTS, Tanjug, B92)
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic has responded to a UK advisory to its citizens not to travel to northern, predominantly Serb, part of Kosovo, “because of crime.” Dacic said on Thursday that he, too, is warning the citizens of Serbia not to travel to the UK because of major political instability in that country, […]
Read More →Drecun: The British have placed the north under intensified observation and interfere with the mobile telecommunications (KoSSev)
After the British government sent a warning to its citizens not to travel to municipalities in the north of Kosovo due to risks of security incidents, thus causing intense reactions in the public, the UK government in Pristina issued a statement that the British embassy ”advised against all but essential travel to the northern municipalities […]
Read More →After Brits, Germans advise against traveling to north of Kosovo (Tanjug, B92)
After the Embassy of Great Britain issued a statement advising its citizens not to travel to the north of Kosovo due to the crime there, Germany did a similar thing, Tanjug news agency reported. Namely, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a warning to its citizens not to travel to the northern municipalities of Zubin […]
Read More →Company of Tony Blair’s wife advising Kosovo Government on Special Court (KoSSev)
The Kosovo Government has paid €500,000 to the company of Cherie Blair, the wife of Tony Blair, for legal counseling on the Special Court, Pristina-based television T7 claims, Gazeta Express portal reported. Although all contracts between the Kosovo Government and international companies are confidential, Kosovo Minister of Justice, Abelard Tahiri confirmed for T7 that the […]
Read More →Kosovo Police Arrest Four Suspected Illegal Organ Traffickers (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo police have arrested four people in the capital, Pristina, for suspected illegal transplants and trafficking of human organs and cells. Police said on Wednesday, based on a warrant arrest issued by the courts: “Two men and two women were arrested on Tuesday as suspects, all of them of Kosovo Albanian nationality.” The statement read […]
Read More →20 years on: Kosovo is still waiting (euobserver)
Twenty years ago this month, my region was wrought by unspeakable violence and crimes which at the time the world had thought it would never see again. Nato saved us. Its intervention between March and June 1999, based not on territorial ambition but on values, made clear that the world would not stand by: Slobodan […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 03 April
Kurz: No solution for Kosovo without support of great powers (KTV) Kosovo and Serbia should reach an applicable, lasting agreement (GazetaExpress) US Army presence in Kosovo necessary to prevent threats (GazetaExpress) Weller and Emerson – foreign experts in Kosovo’s negotiating team (RTK) Enver Hasani remains under investigation, qualifies this as a constitutional violation (KTV) Ratification […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 4 April
• Palmer: Serbia and Kosovo cannot prosper without agreement (CorD/Zeri)
• Kurz: No solution for Kosovo without backing from major powers (CorD/media)
• Stoltenberg: NATO intervention was necessary (RTK)
• PM Haradinaj meets U.S. Ambassador Kosnett (media)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo fulfilled criteria for visa liberalisation (Epoka)
• Weller and Emerson reported to join Kosovo negotiating team (media)
• Weber: Talk has it that Thaci pushes border idea to avoid specialist court (Kosova Sot)
• Osmani: Confirmed reports of Thaci-Vucic meeting in Rome (Koha)
• Head of EU civilian operations visits Kosovo (media)
• Albright and Clinton to visit Kosovo on 12 June (RTK)
• Turkey’s defence minister to visit Kosovo today (Telegrafi)
• Analysts: Parliamentary elections not before internal party ones (Zeri)