Danas: West also promises financial assistance to Serbia for Kosovo recognition
This was told to Belgrade based daily Danas by representatives of diplomatic circles from the West, referring to the meetings that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic had on the sidelines of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York these days. Danas writes that according to diplomats, US officials – Assistant Secretary […]
Read More →Czech expert on Seman’s request to withdraw recognition of Kosovo (Express)
Czech expert Tomas Dopita from the Institute for International Relations told ‘zpravny.aktualne.cz’ that behind the request for withdrawal of the recognition of Kosovo stands Zaman’s effort to strengthen his position as President. He said he does not believe that the Czech people sleep and wake up thinking about the issue of Kosovo’s recognition. “I only […]
Read More →Launch of the Albanian-Serbian online dictionary (Kosovapress)
Language has been identified as one of the main barriers for interaction and inclusion of different ethnic communities living in Kosovo. In the last thirty years people did not have an opportunity to learn other languages in schools with percentage of people speaking two official languages is declining, the United Nations Team said at the […]
Read More →Only 17 percent of women in Kosovo have property (media)
Most news websites cover a roundtable held today in Pristina on a study for shared property conducted by the Initiative for Justice and Equality (INJECT). At the roundtable it was said that alongside insufficient rule of law, the rights of women remain one of the key problems in Kosovo. Only 17 percent of women have […]
Read More →Milunovic and Rajcic expelled from the CI SDP (Kontakt plus radio, KIM radio, KoSSev)
KiM radio reports that the Vice President of the CI SDP Ksenija Bozovic announced on Wednesday that councillors Dusan Milunovic and Igor Rajcic from this initiative can only act as independent councillors as of that day. She explained that they were expelled from the CI SDP because they had violated the Statute of this civil […]
Read More →Kosovo Artists Use Culture to Promote Justice and Peace (Balkan Insight)
Artists and cultural activists from Kosovo have been using their work to address the traumas of the wartime past – but collaborations with Serbian artists intended to bridge post-war divides have sometimes sparked angry reactions. Milica Djurdjevic of the far-right Serbian political organisation Zavetnici was angry. Djurdjevic was addressing a protest rally in May in […]
Read More →EU envoy for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue to be appointed after 7 October (RFE)
Diplomatic sources in Brussels told Radio Free Europe that it is certain that the European Union will appoint a special representative for the dialogue for normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia but that the announcement is likely to come following the confirmation hearing of Josep Borrell to the post of EU High Representative for […]
Read More →Vucic to Lavrov: Good that Serbia has Russia as reliable ally (Beta)
After meeting Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New York, Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic told reporters it was good for his country to have Russia as a reliable friend and ally in all of the important issues for Belgrade, the Beta news agency reported on Thursday. He described the meeting as “very, very good, honest […]
Read More →Haradinaj: October 6 is a referendum that Kosovo’s borders won’t be touched (media)
Kosovo’s outgoing Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, took to Facebook today to comment on the 28th anniversary of the referendum for Kosovo’s independence, saying that a similar referendum will be held on October 6. “On September 26, 1991, the people of Kosovo responded en masse to the referendum on the independence of the country. This historic […]
Read More →Hoti reacts to Haradinaj’s post: Elections are not about borders (RTK)
Avdullah Hoti, candidate from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) reacted to a statement made by acting Prime Minister and leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj that 6 October will be a type of referendum on Kosovo’s borders. “6 October elections are a referendum for putting an end to the […]
Read More →RTK: Serbian List slogan contrary to the law; Serbian List: We will not change the video (KoSSev)
The slogan of the Serbian List’s pre-election video – „When Serbia calls, I give my vote“ – is unacceptable for Radio Television of Kosovo, as it is contrary to the law on Kosovo public service broadcasting but also to the law on general elections, RTK election campaign chief, Lorik Arifaj told KoSSev. Arifaj added that […]
Read More →Situation in Balkans won’t improve on its own, US General says (VoA, N1, Danas)
The appointment of Matthew Palmer as the US special envoy to the Western Balkans proves how much it is important for the American diplomacy that Kosovo and Serbia reach a long-lasting solution, a retired US Army General Ben Hodges has told the Voice of America (VOA) on Thursday, adding Belgarde and Pristina leaders should have […]
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