Op-ed: Secret Negotiations Will Betray Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
David L. Phillips, Director of the Programme on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights and former senior adviser to the State Department, writes in an opinion piece published in Balkan Insight that a possible secret deal for swapping territories is reached between Kosovo and Serbian presidents it could […]
Read More →Fabrizi on EU reaction, police action in north of Kosovo (Tanjug, B92)
Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, Sem Fabrizi said it is not accurate that the EU did not react regarding police action in the northern Kosovo on Thursday, adding everything that happened is yet another evidence the dialogue is the only way to resolve the problems, Tanjug news agency reported. He added that lack […]
Read More →Kurti: Tribunal idea “naïve” and “childish” (Telegrafi/Zeri)
Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti said today at the Assembly session debating on the initiative of Speaker Kadri Veseli for setting up an international tribunal to try war crimes committed by Serbian forces in Kosovo that it would take years for such a mechanism to become fully functional and called the idea “naïve” and “childish”. “It […]
Read More →Topalli’s proposal for creation of the tribunal commission, approved (RTK)
Kosovo Assembly MP from the Social-Democratic Party Faton Topalli, proposed today creation of a parliamentary commission “which would harminise positions of all MPs and draft a text on the tribunal for Serbian genocide in Kosovo.” His proposal was voted with 62 votes for and none against. “My concrete proposal is for the Assembly to create […]
Read More →Vucic, Grasso exchange comments on action in north (Tanjug, B92, TV Pink)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said KFOR spokesperson Vincenzo Grasso with his latest statement confirmed KFOR did not inform official Belgrade about what is being prepared and happening, Tanjug news agency reported. Grasso said earlier that anyone reading the newspapers was informed about the action. He added there were no activities directed against the Serbs on […]
Read More →Veseli: Let my initiative for the tribunal be victory of all parties (RTK)
Kosovo’s Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli called on all MPs of the Assembly despite party distinctions to unite on voting today the initiative for the “tribunal on Serbian genocide in Kosovo.” He said that despite of being initiator for the establishment of the tribunal, he only aims creation while the merits would belong to all parliamentary […]
Read More →Cakaj: Unification is not in the agenda of Kosovo and Albania (Klan)
Albania’s Acting Foreign Minister Gent Cakaj told Klan Kosova that the perspective of unification of Kosovo and Albania is not in the official agenda of either of the countries. “We are currently making efforts to intensify cooperation with Kosovo but also with the other countries of the region,” Cakaj said adding that such cooperation is […]
Read More →Russian Investigative Committee probing attack on Russian UN employee in Kosovo (TASS, Serbian media)
The Russian Investigative Committee has launched a pre-investigation probe into the attack on Russian UN employee Mikhail Krasnoshchekov in Kosovo, the press service of the committee told TASS agency, Serbian media report. “The main office of the Russian Investigative Committee has launched a probe into the incident that happened with the Russian national Mikhail Krasnoshchekov, […]
Read More →Moscow expects UN’s response to Russian diplomat’s arrest in Kosovo (TASS)
THE UNITED NATIONS, May 29. /TASS/. Moscow expects that the United Nations will take resolute steps in the wake of the arrest of Mikhail Kranoshchekov, a Russian employee of the UN, in Kosovo, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin told reporters on Wednesday after the UN Security Council’s closed-door talks on Syria. “We condemn this. […]
Read More →Serb female border police officer arrested in Velji Breg, Zubin Potok (Tanjug)
Kosovo police has arrested a Serb female border police officer B.T. from the village of Velji Breg in Zubin Potok municipality, Tanjug news agency reported. She was arrested by regular police from the south. She was arrested in the premises of the Red Cross and Centre for Sports Development located at Gazivode lake, while visiting […]
Read More →NGO Human Centre Mitrovica condemns use of force in north of Kosovo, comments on KFOR (Radio kontakt plus)
Non-governmental organization Human Centre Mitrovica in the strongest terms condemned the excessive use of force against citizens in the northern municipalities by Kosovo police ROSU unit, Radio kontakt plus reported. “As a civil society organization it is our task to support the building of democratic society along with institutions that should carry out their duties […]
Read More →Kosovo tax administration official arrested in Serbia, released (media)
Marjan Gjoka, official of the Kosovo Tax Administration, has been released by Serbian authorities after being arrested on Sunday as he was travelling through Serbia, media report. Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli hailed the news of Gjoka’s release saying they made every effort to secure his release. “Serbia yet again does not hesitate to show […]
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