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Kosovo, the global far right, and the threat to liberalism (EUCFR)

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The history of Kosovo is a banner under which the international far right assembles. Western politicians would do well to understand its dangers. In June, Le Figaro magazine ran what may have appeared to be a relatively innocuous story about Serbs living in Kosovo 20 years on from the NATO intervention there. The report prompted […]

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Female Kosovo Journalist Targeted by ‘Evil’ Online Threats (Balkan Insight)

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N1 Television correspondent Zana Cimili, who was threatened with murder on social media by an anti-Albanian nationalist, told BIRN that journalists must challenge attacks on media freedom and keep on reporting the news. “This person’s words were so calculated, so evil. That’s why this time it genuinely made me feel threatened and scared,” Zana Cimili […]

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Kosovo Arrests Two Serbs for Alleged Espionage (Balkan Insight)

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The prosecutor’s office in the Kosovo town of Gjilan/Gnjilane told BIRN on Thursday that the two Serbs, which it identified by the initials T.T. and D.D., were detained at around 9am the previous day at the Dheu i Bardhe border crossing for allegedly trying to smuggle files out of Kosovo. “On this specific case, the […]

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OSCE Broadcast 11 July

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• Serbian general can’t stand Kosovo’s presence, quits meeting in Brussels (RTK)
• Trial of war crimes suspect, Djokic, begins (KTV)
• Campaign aiming at reconciliation between communities launched (KTV)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo and EULEX successes are one (RTK)
• Court of Appeals still dealing with backlogs from 2014, considers its performance successful (KTV)

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UNMIK Headlines 12 July

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• Thaci: Zaev has apologised to me and to Kosovo for his remarks (media)
• Haradinaj: All leaders in the region fear border changes (media)
• Haradinaj: Relations with NISMA are no threat to the government (Koha)
• Macaraeg: U.S. has no plans to withdraw troops from Bondsteel (media)
• Kosovo leaders in farewell meetings with EULEX head, Papadopoulou (media)
• Kosovo ministry defends lobbying contract with U.S. firm (Klan Kosova)
• Haradinaj confirms Holland skeptical about visa liberalisation for Kosovo (RTK)
• Deda: We could have brought down the government in June (RTK)
• Gjilan prosecution speaks about two arrested Serbs (Kallxo)
• Reconciliation coalition launched in Pristina (Koha/Klan)
• Serbian general leaves meeting in Brussels due to Kosovo’s presence (RTK)

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