Digging in Kosovo on Suspicions of a War-Time Mass Grave (AP/NYT)
Kosovo authorities have started digging in the capital, Pristina, for the graves of people missing since the 1999 war. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/07/13/world/europe/ap-eu-kosovo-mass-grave.html
Read More →Kosovo PM accepts resignation of minister facing probe (AP)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister Isa Mustafa has accepted the resignation of his environment minister, who offered to step down last week after his name appeared on a list of officials being investigated on suspicions of abusing public money. Ferid Agani was among 64 people, 44 of them doctors, who allegedly used their positions to channel patients […]
Read More →Kosovo amends draft law to formally prolong EU’s mission (AP)
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) ” The Kosovo government has amended a draft law to prolong the European Union rule of law mission, known as EULEX, for two years. A statement received Tuesday said the previous evening the Cabinet met to amend a draft law on prolonging of the EULEX mandate after a letter. The Cabinet acted […]
Read More →Kosovo Police Arrest Turk Accused of Smuggling (AP/ABC)
Kosovo police say they have arrested a Turk working in Kosovo for illegal trafficking of his compatriots toward Western European countries. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-hungary-official-obama-muslims-europe-39226176
Read More →EU, Kosovo Police in Major Operation Against Organized Crime (AP/ABC News)
The European Union’s police mission in Kosovo launched a major operation against organized crime. Local media reported that police arrested a governing party lawmaker in Wednesday’s raids, and police also checked scores of bars and restaurants allegedly managed by criminal gangs. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/eu-kosovo-police-major-operation-organized-crime-38698431
Read More →Ex-Serb General Expelled From Kosovo After Illegal Entering (AP/ABC News)
A Kosovo court has decided that a former Serb general, who had illegally crossed the border, should be expelled. Earlier this month Milovan Bojovic was arrested and sentenced to one month in jail for illegally crossing the border. Kosovo’s Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms considered him a suspect of war crimes against ethnic […]
Read More →Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci in Sworn-in Ceremony (ABC/AP)
Kosovo’s new president, Hashim Thaci, has assumed his post in a swearing-in ceremony at the Parliament that the opposition boycotted. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kosovos-president-hashim-thaci-sworn-ceremony-38214665
Read More →Kosovo’s Constitutional Court Says New President Vote OK (AP/ABC)
Kosovo’s Constitutional Court has turned down an opposition request to void the election of Hashim Thaci as the new president because of irregularities. The court said it had found no evidence of irregularities. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kosovos-constitutional-court-president-vote-38133894
Read More →International Experts Approve Kosovo-Montenegro Border Deal (AP/NYT)
Kosovo’s outgoing president, Ahtifete Jahjaga, says international experts have concluded that a border demarcation deal with Montenegro is in line with international standards. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/03/31/world/europe/ap-eu-kosovo-montenegro-border.html?_r=0
Read More →Kosovo Opposition Disrupts Parliament Session With Tear Gas (AP/ABC News)
Kosovo opposition lawmakers have released tear gas to disrupt a parliamentary session to protest government deals with Serbia and Montenegro. A few minutes after the start of Thursday’s session, Speaker Kadri Veseli was obliged to suspend the session following the opening of a tear gas canister in the opposition seats. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kosovo-opposition-disrupts-parliament-session-tear-gas-37540834
Read More →Tear gas halts Kosovo Parliament debate on new president (AP)
A parliamentary debate on the election of a new Kosovo president was disrupted Friday when two tear gas canisters were opened on the opposition benches, prompting lawmakers to leave the chamber. Lawmakers were debating on whether to anoint Hashim Thaci, foreign minister and a former guerrilla leader, as the country’s next president. http://news.yahoo.com/kosovo-elects-president-opposition-protests-091355801.html
Read More →Kosovo Elects New President, Opposition Protests (AP/ABC News)
Kosovo’s Parliament is expected to elect Hashim Thaci, Foreign Minister and former guerrilla leader, as the next president. Thaci, who led the fighters of Kosovo’s successful separatist war against Serbia in 1998-99, believes he has the votes in the 120-seat Parliament. Kosovo declared independence in 2008, although that is rejected by Serbia. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kosovo-elects-president-opposition-protests-37214444
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