Haradinaj: We are withdrawing our application for membership in Interpol (Kosovo online)
Prime Minister in resignation Ramush Haradinaj has sent a letter today to the Interpol Assembly announcing that Kosovo’s application for membership in Interpol is being withdrawn, portal Kosovo online reports. Bearing in mind that parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on October 6, I kindly request that application for membership be postponed until the next […]
Read More →Nine days after elections, NISMA – AKR coalition crosses election threshold (ekonomiaonline)
The NISMA – AKR coalition has crossed the election threshold and will be part of the new Assembly of Kosovo, the news website reports citing what it calls reliable sources in NISMA and the Kosovo Central Election Commission (CEC). A source said the coalition has won 5.04 percent of votes in the recent snap parliamentary […]
Read More →UNKT and Journalists Association announce winners of Journalism Poverty Prize (UNKT)
Marking the upcoming International Day of Eradication of Poverty on 17 October 2019 and to promote an increased debate around the issues and causes of poverty in Kosovo – the United Nations Kosovo Team (UNKT) and the Association of Kosovo Journalists held the 14th Award Ceremony of the Journalism Poverty Prize 2019 contest. The awards […]
Read More →Vucic: I did not know there was a poison on ethnic basis (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met today with the Ambassador of Russia to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharachenko, Serbian media report. During the meeting President Vucic expressed concern over the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, following the recent elections there and tensions provoked by Pristina. He noted he did not know there was a poison that works selectively […]
Read More →Source: These are the ministries divided by Kurti and Osmani (Lajmi)
Citing an unnamed source, the news website reports that the Vetevendosje Movement (LVV), which won the highest number of votes in the snap parliamentary elections, and the second-biggest party the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) have agreed in principle to share an equal number of ministries in a new coalition government. The two parties have […]
Read More →Kosovo authorities seeking a lab to examine envelopes (RFE, RTK)
The Prosecution of Kosovo is carrying on with the investigations after the reporting of allergic reactions of more than twenty officials who opened the ballot envelopes which arrived from Serbia. Eleven of them requested medical care and are hospitalized. Kujtim Munishi, Chief Prosecutor at Pristina Basic Prosecution told Radio Free Europe that all investigating steps […]
Read More →Bye-Bye, Balkans: A Region In Critical Demographic Decline (Balkan Insight)
Former communist countries in Southeast Europe face catastrophic depopulation, with far-reaching social and political consequences. Young people are leaving. Fertility rates have collapsed. Societies are ageing. And though hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants have tramped through much of the region, few want to stay. See at: https://bit.ly/31cjG7q
Read More →Kurti meets head of EU Office in Kosovo Nataliya Apostolova (RTK)
Albin Kurti, leader of the Vetevendosje Movement, together with members of the leadership of this political party, Arberie Nagavci and Fitore Pacolli, met today with the head of the EU Office in Kosovo Nataliya Apostolova and her associates. Apostolova congratulated Kurti on the election result and the flow of the elections process. She said that […]
Read More →Covic: Kurti talks what international stakeholders want to hear (RTS)
There is nothing logical or realistic in Kosovo, much of that is surreal, the former chief of the Serbian Coordination Centre for Kosovo and Metohija Nebojsa Covic told RTS. He added that Albanians want conflict, but the Serbian community should be seen as a culprit. RTS recalled that Albanian members of the Central Election Commission […]
Read More →Serbian and Albanian analysts: Belgrade and Pristina far from agreement (Blic)
The October 6 elections have changed the political situation in Kosovo, one of the conclusions of the panel “Prospects for normalization and dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina” held in Belgrade, with participants – Serbian and Albanian analysts – who all agree that a final agreement between the two sides will not come anytime soon. Professor […]
Read More →NATO for urgent resumption of Kosovo-Serbia discussions (Tanjug, RTK)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday in London that NATO’s cooperation with Serbia is good and assessed this country as a trustful partner. This statement of the NATO Secretary General was conveyed by head of the Serbian delegation at NATO Parliamentary Assembly in London, Dragan Shormaz. The latter told the Serbian news agency Tanjug […]
Read More →The citizens of Serbia do not care much about who will lead the government in Pristina, and most believe that nothing will change (Blic)
As many as 62 percent of Serbian citizens believe elections in Kosovo will not significantly affect the flow of negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina, according to a study by the Factor Plus agency. According to the same survey, 16 percent of Serbian citizens believe that negotiations will stop completely, 10 percent that it will accelerate […]
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