Joseph: White House believes Grenell will convince Germany on land swap idea (RFE)
Edward Joseph, U.S. analyst, told Radio Free Europe that the appointment of Richard Grenell as special envoy for Kosovo-Serbia peace negotiations is an indicator that the White House believes it can convince Germany to support the land swap idea. “It is both positive and concerning. Positive because each U.S. administration that shows increased interest in […]
Read More →Serbia’s Interior Minister: Kosovo’s membership will divide Interpol (N1)
A decision on Kosovo’s membership in Interpol would split this international organisation, Nebojsa Stefanovic, Serbia’s Interior Minister, told the Conference on National Security in Belgrade on Wednesday, N1 reported. He added that the Interpol General Assembly due next week in Chile was one of the biggest challenges for Serbia. Last November, Kosovo did not become […]
Read More →Surroi: The name of the change (Koha Ditore)
“LVV and LDK face only one alternative: making this country normal or leaving it the way it is,” writes publicist Veton Surroi in an opinion piece published in Koha Ditore today. Surroi says that an unusual day dawned in Kosovo on Monday, a day after early parliamentary elections: “This day had something more than what […]
Read More →German MP: Kurti to reach out to Serb minority (RTK)
German MP from the Social-Democratic Party Josip Juratovic called the result of Kosovo elections a victory for democracy. He told Deutsche Welle on the eve of his visit to Serbia and Kosovo that “eventual change of the government should be considered as a new dynamic in the democratic development of Kosovo. However, the result, especially […]
Read More →Crvena Zvezda returned to Serbia, after being stopped by Kosovo Police (media)
Media report that a bus with the Crvena Zvezda (Red Star) football players is returning back to Serbia after Kosovo Police banned their entrance to Kosovo. The match planned for today at 15:00 hours between the club of Kosovo Serbs and Crvena Zvezda in Kosovo territory will not take place as Kosovo Police at Jarinje […]
Read More →Norwegian diplomats meet Albin Kurti (media)
The leader of Vetevendosje Movement Albin Kurti, together with the member of the VV leadership Fitore Pacolli, welcomed today the Special Envoy for Western Balkans from the Department of South-Eastern Europe at Norwegian Foreign Ministry Arne Sannes Bjornstad and the Norwegian Ambassador to Kosovo, Jens Erik Grondahl. Arne Sannes Bjornstad congratulated Kurti for the election […]
Read More →Qosja: We should consider possibility of territorial exchange as well (media)
Kosovo academic Rexhep Qosja requested for the proposals of the United States of America to be considered carefully by Kosovo leaders. He told News 24 that in majority of cases, issues between the countries in Balkans were resolved by superpowers. Asked if Vetevendosje’s agenda should be in accordance with that of Washington or Berlin, Qosja […]
Read More →Red Star soccer team banned from Kosovo, Belgrade asks UEFA and FIFA reaction (N1)
Earlier, the Director of the Football Club Trepca from northern Kosovo Bojan Jaksic confirmed to the Kosovo online website that Pristina authorities banned the game between Serbia’s champion Red Star Belgrade and the Serbian club based in North Mitrovica. The two teams were supposed to play in the second round of Serbia’s Cup competition. “Kosovo […]
Read More →20 injured as police use pepper spray against protesters (Prishtina Insight)
Almost a year of protests against the construction of hydropower plants in Strpce ended in violence on Tuesday as Kosovo as police use pepper spray against demonstrators, including children, who pushed past police tape to protect the Lepenc River. Around 20 residents of the village of Lower Biti near the southern town of Strpce have […]
Read More →Osmani says LDK and Vetevendosje must lead new government (media)
Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) candidate for Prime Minister, Vjosa Osmani, said today that the results of the October 6 snap parliamentary elections showed that LDK and the Vetevendosje must lead the new government. Osmani wrote in a Facebook post that the citizens of Kosovo voted for change and punishment against bad governance. “The citizens […]
Read More →“Kurti could easily carry the title of Kosovo’s Baron Munchausen” (B92)
Marko Duric says the “Greater Albania” project and the erasure of the Serbs from the map are the backbone of Vetëvendosje leader Albin Kurti’s program. That is why he does not want to speak with those that the Serbs elected, Director of the Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric added. “It is possible […]
Read More →“Visit by U.S. representatives, clear sign they support the dialogue” (Telegrafi)
The news website reports that U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for the Kosovo – Serbia talks, Richard Grenell, and the envoy for the Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer, will visit Kosovo today and are scheduled to meet President Hashim Thaci and leaders of political parties. Jeta Krasniqi from the Kosovo Democratic Institute told the news […]
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