UNMIK Headlines 20 June
• MPs will not be able to vote on draft law on special court (Koha)
• German Special Envoy: Serbia must implement agreement with Kosovo (RTK/Danas)
• Haradinaj: No one can play games with Albanians (RTK)
• Ahmeti and Sejdiu will not leave Vetevendosje (Zeri)
• KLA war veterans begin protest in Kacanik (Indeksonline)
Orthodox church at UP campus to be treated as special case (Koha)
The Orthodox Church on the campus of the University of Pristina (UP) will not be listed for demolition, even though no one has applied for its registration. Although municipal officials earlier had declared that the church “Christ the Saviour”, built in the 90s, will be treated as all other facilities without permission, on the grounds […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 5 June
• Failure to establish special court will have negative consequences for SAA and visa liberalization (Koha)
• EU calls for radical changes in public procurement (Zeri)
• Kosovo terrorism suspects to appear in court today (Zeri)
• Sami Lushtaku: Who did I kill? (Koha/Epoka)
• Ahmeti: FYROM leaders to respect the agreement (Epoka e Re)
• ICTY to shut down in 2017 (Koha)
Thaci: Joint meeting between Kosovo and FYROM governments soon (Kosovapress)
Ali Ahmeti, leader of the Democratic Union for Integration in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, said today in Pristina that it is not the position of the FYROM government that a group of Kosovars are responsible for the recent incident in Gushnica, but that it is rather the position of an individual official. Ahmeti […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 14 April
• Opposition: 18 April protest will be peaceful (dailies)
• Serb paramilitaries will become prison guards (Koha)
• Thaci: No room for terrorists in Kosovo (Zeri)
• European Parliament supports Kosovo’s integration (Zeri)
• EULEX, an erroneous administration (Zeri)
• Derguti: Kosovo is being ethnically divided even in security sector (Epoka)
• Search ongoing for 17 year-old missing in Mitrovica North (dailies)
• Tensions in the north (Kosova Sot)
• Grenade attack at the police station in Zubin Potok (KosovaPress)
UNMIK Headlines 7 April
• Jahjaga: Political blockade postponed visa liberalization (dailies)
• Thaci: I will be President in 2016 (Zeri)
• Bosch: Serbian List is damaging the Kosovo Serbs (Zeri)
• Selimi: We are expecting several recognitions (Epoka)
• Government, embassies dealing with Orthodox church at UP yard” (Epoka)
• Financial blockade leads to increased frustration in the north (Koha/Epoka)
• Police, education and healthcare, most corrupt in the north (Zeri)
Ahmeti: Demolition is not a solution; we will work according to the law (RTK2)
Mayor of Pristina Shpend Ahmeti said there will be no discrimination, or privileges, in the process of legalization of buildings, including religious, such as the Temple of Christ the Savior, but also a number of mosques in the territory of the municipality. When asked what kind of message Pristina would send to the displaced Serbs […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 29 January
• EU: Kosovo needs to find a common language (Zeri)
• Interior minister accuses protesters of damaging Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
• Opposition to support upcoming protest (Zeri)
• Kurti meets EU representative (Epoka e Re)
• Haradinaj expects elections in June (Kosova Sot)
• LDK and PDK demand Shpend Ahmeti’s resignation (Koha Ditore)
Ahmeti criticizes Mustafa over Serbian List (Telegrafi)
Pristina Mayor and Vetevendosje deputy leader Shpend Ahmeti criticizes the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) leader Isa Mustafa over his remarks for including the Serbian List in the new government. “Based on what I am reading, it is more important to include Vucic’s Serbian List than Vetevendosje in the new government. After everything that has […]
Read More →Ahmeti: We need to fight corruption on our own (RTK)
Pristina Mayor Shpend Ahmeti writes on his Facebook account that the latest developments within the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) show that nationality does not make one immune to corruption. “Corruption is not a cultural phenomenon. Sayings such as ‘Balkans people are naturally corrupt’ are both inaccurate and unrighteous. We should urgently […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 18 August
• Cliff: New elections would not be in Kosovo’s best interest (dailies)
• Pristina and Belgrade, centers of dialogue (Tribuna)
• Haliti: Coalition between PDK and LDK would be ideal (Gazeta Blic)
• Ahmeti: The majority forms the government (Bota Sot)
• Northern municipalities to request €100 million from Belgrade (Zeri)
• Slobodan Petrovic re-elected leader of SLS (Koha)
• Two Serbs suspected of war crimes arrested and released (Tribuna)
• Ukraine withdraws troops from Kosovo (dailies)
• Kosovo ranked 64th on list of most peaceful countries (Kosova Sot)
Ahmeti: Vetevendosje to boycott PDK, entire opposition should do the same (Telegrafi)
Pristina mayor and Vetevendosje deputy leader, Shpend Ahmeti, called on opposition parties today not to join a coalition government with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), guaranteeing that his party would not do so. “If all opposition parties stay true to their statements that they will not enter a coalition with the PDK, the latter […]
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