Kosovo lawmakers vote to dissolve parliament, paving way for election (Reuters)
Kosovo lawmakers voted to dissolve parliament on Friday, paving the way for a parliamentary election after Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj resigned last month. A total of 89 deputies voted to dissolve the 120-seat parliament. An election should take place within 45 days. https://reut.rs/2Hke4kl
Read More →Kurti: Today is a joyous day for all citizens of Kosovo (media)
Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti hailed the dissolution of the Assembly of Kosovo as a joyous development. Kurti accused the outgoing government of damaging Kosovo. “When we take into account the dizzying speed with which they increased the public debt, enormously increased the budgetary deficit, of course today is a joyous day for all the citizens […]
Read More →Hoti: President to announce fresh elections without delay (media)
Head of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) parliamentary group Avdullah Hoti called on President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci to announce early elections as soon as possible in light of Assembly’s dissolution. In his remarks before the Assembly’s vote, Hoti said: “Majority of time during the sixth legislature in this Assembly we dealt with trying […]
Read More →Isufi: Decisions taken by Haradinaj-led government were not taken in twenty years (media)
Head of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) parliamentary group, Ahmet Isufi, commended the work the government led by Ramush Haradinaj did during its term in office. Speaking to reporters after the Assembly’s dissolution, Isufi said: “In these two years, the government has taken decisions that other governments were unable to take in […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: PDK will restore people’s trust in the institutions (RTK)
Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) deputy leader, Enver Hoxhaj, took to Facebook today to note that the disbanding of the Kosovo Assembly marks a turning point in Kosovo politics and that during the last two years the people have lost trust in the institutions. “This should not have happened. Institutions exist to serve the people […]
Read More →Kosovo Journalists Association reacts to PDK press release (media)
Several news websites report that the Kosovo Journalists Association (AGK) has reacted to a press release issued on Wednesday by the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) in which it called on people “not to believe the fake news” by news website Gazeta Express. The AGK said in its reaction: “the AGK finds unacceptable the Democratic […]
Read More →Vucic says Serbia can’t recognize Kosovo in present circumstances (N1, VoA, Beta)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told the Voice of America that Serbia can’t recognize Kosovo in the current circumstances. He said the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue needs to be continued to reach a compromise solution. “We can talk about everything only if it’s about a compromise. They will never get my signature to give the Albanians everything and […]
Read More →Kosovo Assembly ratifies agreement on IPA funds, EU hails the move (media)
Kosovo Assembly MPs endorsed today the draft law for ratification of the financial agreement between Kosovo and the European Union on Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA). The agreement provides over €90 million assistance funds to Kosovo dedicated to reforms in democracy and good governance, rule of law, environment, energy, education, and employment. The EU Office […]
Read More →Landmark decision of Kosovo court, allows first ever sex change (Klan Kosova)
The Appeals Court has confirmed the ruling of the Basic Court allowing a 38-year-old woman to undergo a sex-change. The ruling invalidates provisions from the Law on Civil Status of 2011 by upholding the Law on Gender Equality of 2015, the Constitution of Kosovo and the European Convention on Human Rights. The issue reached the […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 21 August
Elections on 6 October, 29 September an option (Klan Kosova)
· Vetëvendosje: Nominating candidate for PM easy, if we agree with LDK on platform (KTV)
· Pacolli: Pompeo encouraged Serbia to resume dialogue with Kosovo (RTK)
· Vucic: Unacceptable that Albanians win everything, and Serbia recognises Kosovo (KTV)
· US and Russia court Serbia as pact with Kosovo remains distant prospect (KTV)
· MFA appoints six career ambassadors (KTV)
UNMIK Headlines 22 August
• Motion for Assembly’s dissolution to be voted today (media)
• “Early elections to take place on 6 October” (Koha Ditore)
• Kosovo leaders hail U.S. State Department’s statement (media)
• Haradinaj: Tariff will not be lifted (Kallxo)
• Petritsch: No option should be rejected (RTK)
• Vucic: We will fight for our interests, we understand the U.S. (VoA, RTK)
• Kosovo FM Pacolli appoints six new ambassadors (Koha)
• LDK: A resigned government has no right to appoint new ambassadors (Koha)
• Veseli pledges to invest illegally-obtained money in new jobs (Epoka e Re)
• Mitrovica Mayor Bahtiri says he will join Vetevendosje (media)
• Korab Sejdiu expected to join Vetevendosje (Gazeta Metro)