• COMKFOR: Inciting statements by politicians can lead to incidents (media)
• Osmani: Thaci can put us before a fait accompli with Serbia (Koha)
• “Early elections won’t suit PDK or AAK” (RTK)
• Serbs interested to join Kosovo Army (Lajmi)
• There are no “camouflaged” goods from Serbia in Kosovo markets (media)
UNMIK Headlines 23 February
UNMIK Headlines 22 February
• Mogherini sees progress on Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (RTK)
• Kurz: We support exchange of territories (Zeri)
• Thaci and Negotiating Team with different views on Kosovo borders (Zeri)
• Ahmeti: No one in Brussels mentioned correction of borders (Epoka)
• Platform review delayed, shortcomings identified (Koha)
• Japan to open embassy in Kosovo in 2020 (media)
• UNDP publishes latest public pulse poll (dailies)
• Bahtiri submits petition for Mitrovica unification to the President (Epoka)
• Vetevendosje: President has blocked the CEC (Epoka)
• MP Blerim Kuci, summoned by Specialist Chambers (dailies)
Headlines - 22.02.2019
UNMIK Headlines 21 February
• Meeting of coalition leaders concludes (Epoka e Re)
• Kosovo citizens with different views on final agreement with Serbia (media)
• Thaci warns of destabilisation if there is no agreement this year (media)
• LDK seeks ‘political legitimacy’ for resolving problems with Serbia (media)
• LDK sets conditions to become part of eventual broad-based government (Koha)
• Kurti calls for document outlining Kosovo’s demands to Serbia (media)
• Limaj: Kosovo will never accept negotiations on its sovereignty (Indeksonline)
• EU denies secret talks (KTV)
• Veseli: Kosovo doesn’t yield to Serbia, but to the U.S.A (Bota Sot/KTV)
• Kurz requests from Trump more engagement on Kosovo (RTK)
• Pahor: Kosovo-Serbia agreement should not be based on ethnic principles (media)
• Russia’s stance against independence of Kosovo remains unchanged (Kosova Sot)
• NATO delegation visits Kosovo (Epoka e Re)
• Bahtiri to submit petition for unification of Mitrovica to Thaci (RTK)
• KP denies any standoff with Serbian side at northern border crossing (Klan)
• Specialist Prosecutor could file first indictments by June (Zeri)
UNMIK Headlines 20 February
• Haradinaj claims Mogherini led secret Kosovo-Serbia talks (media)
• Kocijancic: Final Kosovo-Serbia agreement to be sustainable and realistic (RTK)
• PDK tries to avoid early elections by seeking partnership with LDK (Koha)
• Pacolli calls for urgent meeting of Kosovo leaders with U.S. officials (media)
• Hoti: We are waiting to collect 61 signatures to bring Haradinaj down (T7, RTK)
• Ahmeti: PSD will not help PDK overthrow Haradinaj-led government (media)
• Ymeri: LDK wants an all-inclusive government (RTV Dukagjini, RTK)
• Nitaj: No cooling of relations between coalition partners (Epoka e Re)
• EP delegation to visit Serbia and Kosovo (Bota Sot)
• Kosovo to open new embassies (Klan Kosova)
Headlines - 20.02.2019
UNMIK Headlines 19 February
• Mogherini: No dialogue as long as tax is in force (dailies)
• Haradinaj: Tax will not be lifted while I am Prime Minister (Epoka)
• Divisions between ruling coalition partners deepen (dailies)
• Haradinaj: We are blessed to have U.S. friendship (Zeri)
• Hoti: New elections, broad-based government before dialogue resumes (media)
• Platform doesn’t ask Serbia to recognize Kosovo’s territorial integrity (Koha)
• Serwer makes remarks on Kosovo’s platform (Kosova Sot)
• EU against government’s decision to remove excise on tobacco (media)
• Veseli at World Business Angels Investment Forum in Istanbul (Epoka)
Headlines - 19.02.2019
UNMIK 18 February
• Haradinaj: Trump’s support, very beneficial (RTK)
• Haradinaj makes negative remarks believed to be against Veseli (KTV)
• U.S. delegation: We work to stop Russian aggression in the region (RTK)
• PDK MP on tariff: There will be concrete steps in the coming days (Klan Kosova)
• BDI leader Ali Ahmeti calls on Pristina to suspend 100-percent tariff (media)
• Bomb in Mitrovica North (RTK)
• Bahtiri: Albanian villages from Leposavic to join united Mitrovica (media)
• Simic: Serbs celebrate Serbia’s Day, not Kosovo’s (Tanjug, RTK)