Vucic: Thank you to Erdogan for being ready to accept any decision on Kosovo (N1, KIM radio, RTV Puls)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said today that Turkey’s position on Kosovo is in line with its interests, which are different from Serbian ones, but that a major step forward is that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he will accept any solution that Belgrade and Pristina reach. Asked by a reporter addressed to the […]
Read More →With EU incapacitated and US discredited, idea on unification with Albania disturbing (B92, Der Standard)
Austrian analyst Paul Lendvai warns that what seems to be disturbing after the Kosovo election is Albin Kurti’s political agenda for reunification with Albania. The facts that the EU is incapacitated by the drama surrounding Brexit, and that the discredited US administration no longer acts as an anchor of stability in the Balkans, make the […]
Read More →Austrian chief diplomat: Kosovo is a reality (RTK)
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said today in Tirana that Kosovo is a reality although some member states of the European Union have not recognised its independence, RTK reports. “Kosovo is a reality, the majority of countries have recognised it, but there are some EU member states that have not recognised it. The EU has […]
Read More →Haradinaj: AAK will engage in topics of national interest (media)
Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) leader Ramush Haradinaj said today that his party would continue to engage in topics of national interest to Kosovo, several news websites report. Haradinaj wrote in a Facebook post that the AAK will engage in foreign policy, the dialogue with Serbia, economic policies, rule of law and security, […]
Read More →PDK wants a vote recount, claims 1,000 of their votes went to other parties (Express)
The news website reports that the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) filed a complaint on Monday afternoon with the Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel (ECAP) citing alleged irregularities in the vote count. ECAP chair Mul Desku confirmed they received the complaint. “We are aware that we received a complaint from this political party yesterday. This […]
Read More →LDK, PDK and NISMA ask for a Kosovo-wide vote recount (Gazeta Blic)
The news website reports that the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and NISMA, have filed separate requests with the Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel (ECAP) asking for a vote recount. The news website claims to have secured the complaints filed by these political parties and they focus on an […]
Read More →EU observers: October 6 elections were democratic, but not in Serb areas (media)
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EOM) in Kosovo said in a press conference in Pristina today that the October 6 parliamentary elections were well-administered, transparent and democratic, but that in Serb-inhabited regions they did not meet international standards as voters were intimidated to vote in favor of the Serbian List. EU Chief Observer Viola […]
Read More →Jevtic: It is impossible to form a Kosovo government without talking to the Serbian List (RTS, B92)
Dalibor Jevtic says that the Serb people in Kosovo in the Sunday parliamentary elections made it very clear that they remain firm and unique with their country Serbia. Vice President of the Serbian List Dalibor Jevtic stresses, in an interview with Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), that without a discussion with the Serbian List, it […]
Read More →Vecernje Novosti: United States encourage Thaci and Mustafa to form Kosovo government? (Serbian media)
Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti writes in today’s edition that Albin Kurti’s victory on the elections held on Sunday in Kosovo may turn out to be a Pyrrhic victory. According to the daily, Washington suddenly throws into a game a coalition of Hashim Thaci and Isa Mustafa into forming a future government in Pristina. The […]
Read More →Office for KiM Director Djuric: “Kurti could easily carry the title of Kosovo Baron Münchhausen” (Serbian media)
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said last night that the “Greater Albania” project and the erasure of Serbia and Serbs from the map are the backbone of Albin Kurti’s program, saying that he does not want to talk to Serbs which were elected by Serbs’s votes. ”Kurti may not become […]
Read More →Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti’s interview to Top Channel
Vetevendosje leader and candidate for Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, said in an interview for Tirana-based Top Channel on Monday that in the October 6 parliamentary elections, “the people of Kosovo decided that the weak state of Kosovo, because it is captured, cannot tolerate another government like the previous one, therefore, they brought about this change […]
Read More →“If China, India and Russia do not recognize Kosovo, it will not achieve statehood” (B92, Tanjug)
Newly appointed EU Foreign Minister Joseph Borrell says Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is taking too long He added that the current situation cannot be continued and that an agreement must be reached, on which he will strongly engage, and will first visit Pristina, because, he says, he already knows Serbia well. “One thing is clear: Kosovo and […]
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