Progress in Kosovo ‘overshadowed’ by import tariffs, says EU report (Prishtina Insight)
The EU published its annual report on Kosovo on Wednesday, hailing improvements in the country’s rule of law reform, but condemning several policies enacted by the Kosovo Government as undermining Kosovo’s progress in relation to the EU. The EU’s 2019 Kosovo Progress Report, published on Wednesday, praised the Kosovo Government’s commitment to the implementation of […]
Read More →New Kosovo war crimes court ‘doomed’, experts warn (Prishtina Insight)
The Assembly speaker’s push to create an internationally backed tribunal on Serbian war crimes that would prove Serbia guilty of genocide is a non-starter with questionable motives, civil society experts and political opposition concur. See at: https://prishtinainsight.com/new-kosovo-war-crimes-court-doomed-experts-warn-mag/
Read More →Thaci demands from EU condemnation of Serbian PM’s racist language (RFE, media)
The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci told Radio Free Europe that the language used by the Prime Minister of Serbia Ana Brnabic, is “yet another proof of pathologic hatred of the current Serbian regime against the citizens of Kosovo.” Thaci’s comment comes a day after Brnabic said in presence of the Ambassador of the European […]
Read More →Bishop Teodosije visited people injured in police action in north (Radio KIM)
Raska-Prizren Eparchy Bishop Teodosije visited yesterday people injured in Kosovo police special unit action, who are staying in Mitrovica North Clinical Centre, Radio KIM reports. Bishop Teodosije thanked the doctors and medical professionals there for their efforts to help those injured. He also wished them a speedy recovery. Bishop Teodosije in particular spent the time […]
Read More →Osmani: Brnabic made fascist statement, Serbia doesn’t want peace (media)
Vjosa Osmani, chair of the Kosovo Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee, reacted today to a statement by Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic who referred to Kosovo Albanians as “people who come from the mountains”. Osmani said: “it is a fascistic statement that proves that the Serbian leadership is still led by the mindset of the time […]
Read More →Scott: Belgrade, Pristina must get back to talks (TV N1)
US Ambassador in Belgrade Kyle Scott told TV N1 on Thursday that Belgrade and Pristina must get back to the table because their dialogue has been regressing in the past six months. He noted the situation is not good but added that diplomats have to be optimists and look for solutions. We must be realistic, […]
Read More →Kosachov on situation in Kosovo: We could help Serbia, if Belgrade requests so (Tanjug, B92, Sputnik)
Konstantin Kosachov has assessed as “really dangerous” the situation in which “Pristina’s authorities deteriorate relations with neighbours,” Tanjug news agency reported. President of the Russian Federation Council Committee for International Affairs, Kosachov noted Russia could provide help to Serbia in ensuring the security, if it gets Belgrade’s request. He also noted the West does not […]
Read More →Thaci: National unification, an inevitable necessity (Telegrafi)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has called for unification between Kosovo and Albania again today, the news website reports. “One of the obstacles that Kosovo is facing is the isolation that comes as a result of lack of unity in the European Union. This is why we need to live in a joint state and for […]
Read More →Condemnations to attack on Roma woman in Lipjan (media)
Civil society organisations and leaders in Kosovo have condemned the attack on a Roma woman in Lipjan after online media showed pictures of her saying there were concerns she was dangerous, an allegation which the Kosovo Police dismissed after interviewing her. Kosovo Police said yesterday the woman in question, whose picture was widely distributed by […]
Read More →Diplomats Call For Calm As Kosovo-Serbia Dispute Heats Up Over Raids (RFE)
European diplomats are warning that a dispute pitting Serbia and Russia against Kosovo over a series of raids by Kosovar police in the country’s Serb-dominated north threatens to ignite the Balkan tinderbox. Serbia put its army on high alert and moved some troops near the border with Kosovo as the two sides traded allegations on […]
Read More →Serb nationalists protest over Kosovo Albanian culture festival (Reuters)
Dozens of Serb ultranationalists protested on Wednesday against a festival promoting Kosovan Albanian culture in Belgrade, a day after Serbia ordered its troops on full alert following an incident involving Kosovo’s police and ethnic Serbs. https://reut.rs/2KfT0xJ
Read More →Kosovo prosecutor asks to lift Russian UN staff’s immunity (AFP/France 24)
A Kosovo prosecutor on Wednesday asked to revoke the diplomatic immunity of a Russian UN staff member suspected of obstructing a police crackdown on organised crime, despite Moscow blasting his detention as “outrageous”. The United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) said the Russian was injured and briefly detained during a raid in northern Kosovo on […]
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