Serbia Pivots Towards Russia Yet Again — But at What Price? (The Moscow Times)
It is time for Serbia to unambiguously state its future aspiration and political orientation. Last weeks’ political dispute between Kosovo and Serbia — generated by a Kosovo-led police drive against organized crime — re-affirmed not only the fragility of the relations between the two countries, but also the combustionary potential of the Kosovo independence issue […]
Read More →UN: Balkans Faces Alarming Levels of Air Pollution (usnews.com)
A new U.N. report says people in all major cities across the Western Balkans face alarming levels of air pollution that are reducing their life expectancies, as the region is still heavily reliant on burning coal to generate power. See at: https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2019-06-03/un-balkans-faces-alarming-levels-of-air-pollution
Read More →Veseli requests from Germany and France decision on visa liberalisation (RTK)
The President of the Assembly of Kosovo Kadri Veseli, held a meeting with the delegation from Germany and France, who came to discuss preparations for Paris Summit and political developments in Kosovo and the region. PM Haradianj, and co-heads of the dialogue team, Fatmir Limaj and Shpend Ahmeti also participated at the meeting. Veseli requested […]
Read More →BIRN debates multi-ethnicity and cohabitation in Kamenica (Prishtina Insight)
In the final episode of a series of eight Town Hall debates funded by UNMIK to promote dialogue among communities in Kosovo, local officials and religious leaders in Kamenica opened up about their experiences living in a community shared between Kosovo Albanians, Serbs and Roma. Kamenica mayor and deputy mayor came together and discussed the […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Kosovo ready for agreement with Serbia with current borders (media)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister Ramush Haradianj said that he discussed with the delegation from France and Germany the flow of the Berlin Summit and preparations for the next meeting which will be held in Paris. “Kosovo is ready for a comprehensive agreement, mutual recognition with Serbia with current borders and we welcome the focus of Germany […]
Read More →Hodzic: ”One more difficult situation has hit citizens in northern Kosovo” (KIM radio, Slobodno Srpski)
Minister of Administration and Local Government in the Government of Kosovo Adrijana Hodzic expressed concern over the situation that occurred during and after the Kosovo Police action on Tuesday, 28 May, when arrested persons suspected of smuggling, abuse of office and corruption, reports KIM radio, quoting Slobodno Srpski (Free Serbian) show with Hodzic. “It is […]
Read More →Grasso: KFOR cannot give information on behalf of others (Danas)
KFOR Spokesperson Vincenzo Grasso told Belgrade based daily Danas that there is a lot of discussion about whether an information is given but one can check that during the interview for TV Prva, he said that “everyone was informed”, which meant that the information was previously disclosed. He added that KFOR cannot provide the information […]
Read More →Djukanovic: It is very important to hear the objective situation in the UN (RTS)
President of the Centre for Foreign Policy Dragan Djukanovic told Serbian state television (RTS) that the most important thing is to create the conditions for continuation of the dialogue that should result in final signing of an agreement on full normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina. Djukanovic said in the RTS morning news that […]
Read More →Pantovic: There is a possibility of new arrests (Kontakt plus radio, TV Prva)
One of the lawyers of the arrested Serbs Ljubomir Pantovic told TV Prva that 31 persons have been arrested in the action of ROSU, but that there is a possibility of new arrests, reported Kontakt plus radio, quoting Belgrade based TV Prva. As Pantovic said, there are reports that two more people voluntarily reported to […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Kosovo ready for agreement with Serbia with current borders (RTK)
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said today in Pristina that Kosovo was ready to reach an agreement on mutual recognition with Serbia with the current borders, the news website reports. After meeting a delegation from France and Germany, Haradinaj said they discussed the Berlin Summit and preparations for the upcoming summit in Paris. “I met […]
Read More →US army secretary visits Kosovo (media)
Kosovo’s Deputy Minister of Defence, Burim Ramadani, and Kosovo Security Force Commander, Rrahman Rama, met in Pristina the United States Secretary of the Army, Mark T. Esper. Ramadani and Rama thanked Esper for continuous U.S. support to security in Kosovo and the region and said they were honoured to discuss deepening of U.S.-Kosovo partnership and […]
Read More →UNMIK: Kosovo Police’s allegations about our staff are contrary to what we know, procedures and their rights violated, excessive use of force (KoSSev)
”The information presented by the Kosovo Police in its own latest press release is not at all in line with our information on the events, and no concrete evidence has so far been shared with the United Nations by relevant Kosovo police and other Kosovo authorities,” replied UNMIK to Kossev portal’s question on the Zubin […]
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