Agreements reached to be scanned first before dialogue can resume, analysts say (Kallxo)
The news website notes that although the results of the October 6 snap elections in Kosovo have yet to be certified and new institutions to be formed, there are continuous international calls for Kosovo and Serbia to resume the process of dialogue. Kosovo’s partners, primarily the United States of America, have furthered their role in […]
Read More →Kosovo War Rape Survivor Seeks Attacker’s Prosecution (Balkan Insight)
Shyhrete Tahiri-Sylejmani filed a criminal complaint to Kosovo’s Special Prosecution for War Crimes on Monday in an attempt to ensure that her attacker during the 1998-99 war is prosecuted. “I am here today to share the pain I hold in my soul and to represent all the mothers, women, sisters and brothers who share the […]
Read More →Kosovo President Seeks Probe into ‘Poisoned’ Election Officials (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo President calls for competent bodies to investigate claims that members of the election commission suffered an allergic reaction after opening ‘poisoned’ ballots cast in Serbia – and urges restraint in the meantime. Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has called for an investigation into claims that members of the national election commission, the CEC, suffered an […]
Read More →Kosovo War Rape Survivor Comes Forward, Demands Justice (VoA)
A woman alleging she was raped by Serbian forces during the Kosovo War filed a criminal complaint Monday with the country’s Special Prosecution’s Office, asking that her attacker be prosecuted. Shyhrete Tahiri-Sylejmani became only the second among an estimated 20,000 raped during the 1998-1999 war to publicly recount her experience. “I am here with you […]
Read More →German MPs proud of 13 withdrawn recognitions of Kosovo independence (B92, Tanjug)
Armin Paulus Hampel is proud of the authorities in Serbia which have succeeded in persuading as many as 13 states to revoke recognition of Kosovo independence, Tanjug news agency reports today. Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD) in the Bundestag, Hampel, also emphasized the fact that […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast Report 14 October
• EU closely monitors the issue of CEC officials’ poisoning (RTK)
• Calls for investigation and declaration of Srpska List illegal increase (KTV)
• Srpska List complains envelopes from Serbia were unprotected (GazetaExpress)
• OSCE was not involved in process with envelops from Serbia (B92, Kosovo-online)
• Kosovo’s PM-designate: Under Constitution, Serb List doesn’t have to be in govt. (N1)
• NGOs want investigations into potential criminal actions in notary process (KTV)
• Media envelope poisoning (Kossev)
Janjic: Discrediting of Srpska Lista like shooting from an empty gun (Tanjug)
Political analyst Dusan Janjic said today that ideas to declare Srpska Lista illegitimate or terrorist represent a new nonsense coming from Pristina and evidence that there is still much Albanian extremism in Kosovo and Metohija, Tanjug news agency reports. “When it comes to the score of Srpska Lista it is not disputable based on the […]
Read More →Macron Seeks to Slow EU Expansion in Blow to Balkan Aspirations (Bloomberg)
Balkan hopes of starting accession negotiations with the European Union hang in the balance, as France insists the bloc is not yet ready to discuss the possibility of accepting new members, documents exchanged between diplomatic missions in Brussels show. See at: https://bloom.bg/2OMv0EM
Read More →Sheholli: Kurti to respect Serbs’ will, otherwise there could be riots (ekonomiaonline)
The news website reports that remarks by Vetevendosje candidate for Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, that he will not cooperate with the Serbian List, are seen by some political commentators as dangerous and with possible long-term consequences. Fatmir Sheholli, executive director of the Institute for Promoting Inter-ethnic Relations, told the news website today that Kurti and […]
Read More →“EU believes in Serbia’s European destiny” (Tanjug, B92)
European Union is Serbia’s largest donor and would never invest such energy and resources without a firm belief in its European destiny Herman van Rompuy said, Tanjug news agency reports. Former President of the European Council and Belgian Prime Minister, who will participate in a panel entitled “EU and Serbia: a common destiny?” on Tuesday […]
Read More →China will not support Kosovo membership in Interpol (Tanjug, B92)
China did not change its stance and will not support the admission of Kosovo to Interpol, Serbian media reported today. This was stated during the meeting of the Serbian Internal Affairs Minster Nebojsa Stefanovic and Head of the Chinese Delegation at the Interpol General Assembly session Duan Daqi. During the meeting the head of the […]
Read More →BiH will not support membership of Kosovo in Interpol (B92, N1 Sarajevo)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Foreign Affairs Minister Igor Crnadak said his country has a principled stance and will not support membership of Kosovo in Interpol, Serbian media reported. “We have a principled stance that the Council of Ministers maintains for already 4 or 5 years and it is that we support the membership of Kosovo in […]
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