French court delays decision on extradition of ex-Kosovo PM (AP/ABC)
A French court has delayed its decision on whether to extradite former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj to Serbia, where he’s wanted on war crimes charges. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/french-court-delays-decision-extradition-kosovo-pm-45851362
Read More →Kosovo Premier Asks Serbia to Drop Threatening Language (AP/ABC)
Kosovo’s prime minister has called on Serbia to refrain from threatening language and turn to dialogue and cooperation. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kosovo-premier-serbia-leave-threatening-language-44849615
Read More →Albania Arrests Kosovo Citizen Tried as Terror Group Member (AP/ABC)
Albanian police say they have arrested an ethnic Albanian from neighboring Kosovo who was wanted for allegedly fighting with terror groups in Syria. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/albania-arrests-kosovo-citizen-terror-group-member-44455960
Read More →Kosovo Gets UN Recognition in Phone Country Code of Its Own (ABC/AP)
Kosovo has received an important mark of recognition eight years after declaring independence from Serbia: its own telephone country code. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/kosovo-recognition-phone-country-code-44208370
Read More →Kosovo, Montenegro premiers meet in neighboring Albania (AP)
Officials say the prime ministers of Kosovo and Montenegro have met for talks on bilateral and regional issues. A statement said Kosovo Premier Isa Mustafa and recently-elected Montenegrin counterpart Dusko Markovic met Sunday in Shkoder, 120 kilometers (80 miles) north of Albania’s capital, Tirana, and close to the Montenegrin border. They talked about “intensifying especially […]
Read More →Kosovo citizen charged with participating in terror group (The Washington Post/AP)
Kosovo prosecutors say they have charged a citizen with participating in terror groups after the person joined fighters from the Islamic State group in Syria. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/kosovo-citizen-charged-with-participating-in-terror-group/2016/12/07/8120aa2a-bc8a-11e6-ae79-bec72d34f8c9_story.html?utm_term=.83355d4f5455
Read More →UK’s Johnson Urges Kosovo to Keep Talking With Serbia (AP/ABC)
British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson has urged Kosovo to continue its talks with Serbia since both nations “share a vital interest in a normal relationship.” Both nations want to join the 28-nation European Union, although their applications are at different stages. Serbia has launched membership talks while Kosovo last year signed the Stabilization and Association Agreement, the […]
Read More →Headlines 3 October
• 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)
Kosovo government holds up debated vote on Montenegro deal (AP/Fox News)
Kosovo’s Cabinet has withdrawn a much-contested draft law on the ratification of the border demarcation agreement with neighboring Montenegro, apparently bowing to opposition pressure. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa on Thursday said the law was withdrawn because of the tense situation, and pledged renewed cooperation on a new draft. For a year now the opposition Self-Determination […]
Read More →Assailants Strike Kosovo’s Parliament With Explosive (NYT/AP)
Assailants struck Kosovo’s Parliament with an explosive device late on Thursday causing damage to the building but no injuries, the police said in a statement. The force said the device that hit the building was fired from a distance. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/08/04/world/europe/ap-eu-kosovo-explosion.html?_r=0
Read More →Suspected Mass Grave Yields No Traces of Kosovo’s Missing (AP/ABC)
Kosovo’s special prosecutor’s office says excavations in the center of the capital, Pristina, have found no traces of any people still missing from the separatist war in 1998-99. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/suspected-mass-grave-yields-traces-kosovos-missing-40960230
Read More →5 Kosovo Albanians jailed for plans to prepare IS video (AP)
A Kosovo court has sentenced five ethnic Albanians to jail terms for plans to prepare an Islamic State video. A Pristina court sentenced them Monday from four to 13 years in prison. The verdict said the five, who were arrested last year, aimed at “frightening the population, destabilizing and destroying fundamental political, constitutional, economic and […]
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