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Kosovo main ‘hurdle’ on Serbia’s path to EU: President Vucic (AFP)

By   /  15/05/2018  /  International  /  No Comments

Kosovo remains the major “hurdle” blocking Serbia’s path to European Union membership, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Monday, urging concessions from Pristina. “The only big problem that I see as a real obstacle in our European path is the Kosovo issue,” Vucic, an ultra-nationalist turned pro-European, told AFP in an interview. See more at: https://www.afp.com/en/news/826/kosovo-main-hurdle-serbias-path-eu-president-vucic-doc-14w94q1

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US wants $250 mn cut to UN budget (ABS-CBN News, AFP)

By   /  13/12/2017  /  International  /  No Comments

UNITED NATIONS – The United States is seeking a $250 million cut to the core budget of the United Nations for 2018-2019, on top of $200 million in savings already proposed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, diplomats said Tuesday. The budget is under negotiations in a General Assembly committee which is expected to adopt it […]

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UN chief will work with US despite UNESCO pullout (AFP)

By   /  13/10/2017  /  International  /  No Comments

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will continue to work with the Trump administration despite differences, a spokesman said Thursday after Washington announced it was pulling out of UNESCO. Guterres “deeply regrets” the decision but “at the same time of course we interact with the United States very productively on a range of issues through a […]

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AFP: Political blockade in Kosovo after the election, re-vote possible (Blic, Beta, AFP)

By   /  30/06/2017  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

The official results of the parliamentary elections in Kosovo “suggest a political blockade,” the French news agency AFP assessed last tonight. AFP explained that “no one can form the government independently, and different political forces look deeply divided.” According to political scientist Bekim Kupini, Kosovo is “at the brink of a knife”, and, in his opinion, […]

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Ex-guerrilla, economist and ‘Kosovo’s Che’ vie to be PM (AFP/Yahoo)

By   /  09/06/2017  /  International  /  No Comments

In Kosovo’s parliamentary election on Sunday, a former guerrilla commander will take on an economist compared to Emmanuel Macron and a popular former student leader once known as “Kosovo’s Che Guevara”. https://yhoo.it/2sarytf

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UNMIK Headlines 3 April

By   /  03/04/2017  /  UNMIK Media Reports - Morning Edition  /  No Comments

• Vucic claims victory in Serbian presidential elections (dailies)
• Government ready to submit border deal to Assembly (Koha Ditore)
• Haliti: Government will not submit border deal without securing votes (Zeri)
• COMKFOR: Kosovo army, political issue (Zeri)
• Haradinaj doubts France will extradite him to Serbia (Telegrafi)
• Apostolova: Freedom of expression, the most cherished European value (Zeri)
• Turkey concerned Thaci’s son is attending Gulen school (Koha Ditore)

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Balkans becoming ‘chessboard’ for big powers: EU (AFP/Yahoo News)

By   /  07/03/2017  /  International  /  No Comments

The EU warned Friday that the Western Balkans risk becoming a “chessboard” in a game between major powers, as Britain accused Russia of meddling in the region. https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/34578172/balkans-becoming-chessboard-for-big-powers-eu/#page1

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Haradinaj: Dialogue only if Serbia recognises Kosovo (Koha)

By   /  26/01/2017  /  Articles from Kosovo media  /  No Comments

In a telephone interview with AFP, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) Ramush Haradinaj, currently in France pending a ruling on an extradition request from Serbia, said that there can be no dialogue with Serbia for as long as it continues not recognising independence of Kosovo. He said it was damaging […]

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Headlines 3 October

By   /  03/10/2016  /  UNMIK Media Reports - Morning Edition  /  No Comments

• Government to resubmit demarcation without consensus (Zëri)
• Viets: Kosovo needs a unifying political culture (Koha Ditore)
• Kosovo authorities ban Đurić from entering Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
• Arrest of KP director to be addressed in Brussels (Koha Ditore)
• Thaçi’s arrest sparks tensions again between Pristina and Belgrade (Zëri)
• Vetëvendosje: Government is risking Trepça’s perspective (dailies)

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Alleged paedophile priest outstays welcome in Kosovo – arrested for child abuse in UK (AFP)

By   /  22/08/2016  /  International  /  No Comments

A British priest accused of child sex offences has been sent back to the UK from Kosovo and arrested at London’s Luton airport, five years after he went on the run, police said. Laurence Soper was detained on Sunday as he arrived back in the country, British police said in a statement. Soper, 72, was […]

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Kosovo holds first-ever gay-pride march (AFP)

By   /  18/05/2016  /  International  /  No Comments

A few hundred people from Kosovo’s gay and lesbian community held their first ever pride parade Tuesday, May 17, seeking acceptance and respect of their rights in the conservative society. The participants marched under heavy police presence through downtown Pristina, waving rainbow flags to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. Many public figures, […]

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Albania and Kosovo: A ‘New Front’ For Jihadists (AFP)

By   /  05/05/2016  /  International  /  No Comments

Three years ago, Albert and Yassin left their homes in Kosovo and Albania to wage jihad in Syria. Now they’re back, swelling the ranks of jihadists in a region the Islamic State has called a “new front” in Europe. Yassin, 30, who now works as a halal butcher in a downtrodden suburb of Albania’s capital […]

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