Pacolli: Kosovo will apply again for membership at INTERPOL (RTK)
Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and Minister for Foreign Affairs Behgjet Pacolli, informed that Kosovo will be part of the agenda at the INTERPOL General Assembly which will be held this year in Chile. “Today, INTERPOL headquarters based in Lyon (France) debated about the application of the Republic of Kosovo and decided in favor of […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Rule of law is priority of the government (RTK)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj met today with the head of EULEX mission in Kosovo Alexandra Papadopoulou to discuss joint engagement on further strengthening of the rule of law. “We assessed that concrete steps to empower the rule of law and war against organized crime and corruption, as the only way that guarantees […]
Read More →Informal economy: the devil on Kosovo’s shoulder (Prishtina Insight)
Kosovo’s informal economy, a cycle of tax evasion by businesses, elusive governmental oversight and exploitation of workers, will continue to run until political will to formalize the system emerges. As the old saying goes, “When a French peasant paints the devil, he paints him in the guise of a tax collector.” A few hundred years […]
Read More →Vucic on food supply in north, Haradinaj’s statement (Tanjug, B92)
The Serbian state would help Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, and we expect nothing from the international community in regard to aggravated supply for our people in Kosovo, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Tanjug news agency reports. Vucic added Serbia must rely on itself and the state would see how it can help people in […]
Read More →Balkans’ Independent Journalists Must Unite, or Fall Together (Balkan Insight)
At a time when pressures on the media are stronger than ever – if often more subtle and less physical than before – it is vital for those of us who see our work as serving the public interest to stand together. Worsening trends in media freedom and security of journalists registered in EU Progress […]
Read More →Identity of protected witness disclosed in ‘Toka’ case (Prishtina Insight)
The EULEX prosecutor that drafted the indictment for the Toka case tells BIRN that one of two witnesses named in the opening court session today was under protection. On Tuesday at the Basic Court of Prishtina, the names of two witnesses were publicly disclosed in the opening session of the ‘Toka’ case by Kosovo Special […]
Read More →Brnabic on Kosovo: I am not big optimist (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said the government would do its utmost to enable that the goods from central Serbia would reach all people in Kosovo and Metohija, Tanjug news agency reported. She also expressed hope that the international community would start paying greater attention to it and enable free flows of goods in addition […]
Read More →A new approach to Serbia and Kosovo (Emerging Europe)
I was in Belgrade this past May, at the annual NATO Week, co-hosted by the courageous and indefatigable Jelena Milic of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies, Ambassador Bjornstad of Norway, and the NATO Public Diplomacy Division. I also had the privilege to meet with President Aleksander Vucic of Serbia. I left Belgrade concerned but strangely […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 25 June
• Pacolli: There hasn’t been humanitarian crisis in north since 1999, when Serbian forces left (Klan Kosova, RTK&KTV)
• Norway calls for improvement of relations between Kosovo and Serbia (KTV)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo is becoming leader in the region in respecting community rights (RTK2&KTV)
• Berisha: Egyptians in Kosovo not treated equally with other communities (KTV)
• Lancaster: UK to continue support KFOR (RTK)
President Thaci meets delegation of Egyptian community (Telegrafi)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci met today with a delegation of the Egyptian community led by MP Veton Berisha, congratulating the Egyptian community on the Egyptian Week and on June 24 – Egyptian National Day. “One of Kosovo’s biggest achievements is the integration of communities in society,” Thaci said. He also thanked members of the Egyptian […]
Read More →Business chamber of Kosovo concerned with developments in the north (RTK)
The chamber of doing business in Kosovo (OAK) issued a press release today expressing concern over the distribution of a document in the northern municipalities which calls on Serb citizens not to purchase any goods from Albanians. OAK calls on the Kosovo Government and institutions to take measures “against these actions which are damaging Kosovo […]
Read More →Kosovo authorities deny claims of humanitarian crisis in the north (Express)
Jetlir Zyberaj, advisor to Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli, denied today claims about a humanitarian crisis in the mainly Serb-inhabited northern part of Kosovo. “There has been no humanitarian crisis since 1999 when Serbian troops fled Kosovo and there will never be a humanitarian crisis. Kosovo will look after all its citizens. Kosovo Serbs are […]
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