NATO says it respects Serbia’s right to choose partners (Beta, N1)
NATO fully respects the sovereign right of all states, including Serbia, to choose their own political and security arrangements, the Alliance said on Monday in a reply to Radio Free Europe on the Russian donation of armored vehicles to the Serbian armed forces. The NATO statement said that RFE should ask official Bucharest about the […]
Read More →Kosovo still in limbo after Haradinaj’s resignation, government continues to convene (European Western Balkans)
Following his resignation from the position of Prime Minister and return from Hague, where he was questioned for his role as a commander of KLA, Ramush Haradinaj has carried on as an acting head of government. After rounds of criticism, he sent the request to the Constitutional Court to interpret the competences and functionality of […]
Read More →Kosovo Telecom Workers Strike Over New Z Mobile Contract (Balkan Insight)
Workers at the state-owned Kosovo Telecom company have started a new 24-hour strike in protest against the reported signing on Monday of a new contract with the private mobile network provider Z Mobile. The first contract was signed in 2009 and is about to expire. “We do not want any type of contract with Z […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 29 July
• Veseli: Assembly should be dissolved, elections should be called (RTK & KTV)
• Tahiri: Veseli presented the stance of a statesman (RTK)
• Haradinaj: AAK stronger than ever, ready for elections (Klan Kosova)
• Muhaxheri doesn’t deny nor confirm that he is competing for LDK chairman (KTV)
• Constitutional Court declares admissible referral for Thaçi to appoint CEC members (KTV)
• Political situation in Kosovo suspends integration process (KTV)
• Protests in Kosovo against arrest of ex-KLA member in North Macedonia (Gazeta Express)
UNMIK Headlines 30 July
• Veseli: Parliament to be dissolved, elections to be announced (RTK)
• Haradinaj asks for legal interpretation from Constitutional Court (media)
• Haradinaj: I will not allow a government vacuum (media)
• Haradinaj cannot set in motion the Constitutional Court (Koha)
• Haxhiu: Haradinaj did not resign because of Specialist Chambers (Bota Sot)
• Court: President’s decisions for CEC members, constitutional (Epoka)
• “Haradinaj decided to bring himself down, covered resignation with patriotism” (KosovaPress)
• Hahn: Resolution of Kosovo – Serbia conflict, a priority of the EU (media)
• Ramadani: Serbia has turned into a mini Russia, region is concerned (media)
• Muhaxheri on election of LDK leader (Bota Sot)
• KLA veterans demand former fellow fighter’s release (media)
• Izetbegovic: Kosovo’s future status cannot be linked to Republika Srpska (Klan)