Headlines 26 January
Thaci: Dialogue with Serbia has entered the final stage (dailies)
Mustafa: The next meeting in Brussels, in February (RTK)
Serbia considers Kosovo to be its own (Kosova Sot)
NATO calls for restraint and dialogue (Koha Ditore)
TI ranks Kosovo as the most corrupt in the region (Koha Ditore)
Mustafa: Kosovo will become example of war against corruption (Kosova Sot)
Gecaj: Wall demolition not related to Association (Zëri)
Headlines 19 January
Headlines – 19.01.2017 Thaçi: I stopped the train, I feared repetition of “Panda” case (Epoka e Re) Kosovo FM writes to 49 countries about Serbia’s provocations (Zeri) Thaci thanks Biden for efforts in de-escalating Kosovo-Serbia tensions (Telegrafi) KLA veterans ready to fight again with Serbia (Lajmi) Vucic: Majority of agreements reached with Pristina are only […]
Read More →Headlines 10 January
Kosovo MFA: Dacic provoking stability in the region (Koha Ditore)
EP: Kosovo Serbs to become independent from Belgrade (Zeri)
Albanian interior minister writes to Interpol regarding Haradinaj’s (Koha)
Justice agreement not implemented within set timeline (Koha Ditore)
Tahiri: Serbia towards recognition of Kosovo (Zëri)
Gecaj: Unilaterally established association will be proclaimed illegal (Zëri)
Headlines 4 January
Tahiri: In 2017, dialogue will enter final phase (Epoka)
“Mitrovica North wall issue to be resolved through dialogue” (Zeri)
Serbian List demands establishment of Association/Community (Kosova Sot)
Ymeri: Right path this year will start with government’s resignation (Epoka)
Thaci congratulates new UN chief Guterres (Lajmi)
2017, the year of the Special Court (Koha)
Dacic: Dialogue with Pristina biggest challenge for 2017 (Tanjug)
The dialogue with Pristina will definitely be the biggest challenge for Belgrade in 2017, FM Ivica Dacic said Thursday, noting the significance of maintaining the dialogue and implementing all agreements. This primarily applies to establishing the Community of Serb Municipalities, Dacic told Radio Belgrade 1 in an interview, adding that Serbia would never have signed […]
Read More →“Serb Community in Kosovo to be integral part of Serbia” (B92)
Belgrade will, along with representatives of Serbs, start forming the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo after February 15. Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said this on Wednesday. The events will unfold in that way unless the authorities in Pristina start fulfilling their obligations related to the […]
Read More →Havolli: Maric’s return out of the question, Mitrovica wall will be demolished (KTV)
Sokol Havolli, the chief of staff and advisor to Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, in an interview with KTV, commented on Belgrade’s recent ultimatums about former Local Government Minister Ljubomir Maric and the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities. Havolli said the Kosovo government has never functioned based on ultimatums, “especially those coming from the Serbian state”. “Such […]
Read More →Drecun: Serbs have all rights to form Community on their own (Tanjug)
In case Pristina fails to form the Community of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija on its own, the Serbs have the full legitimacy and legality to do so, the chairman of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija, Milovan Drecun, said Tuesday. Whether the Serbs will form the Community on their own primarily depends on the actions […]
Read More →Headlines 28 December
• Kosovo government: Serbia is trying to destabilise Kosovo (Koha)
• Kosovo Assembly postpones resolution on Mitrovica wall (Kosova Sot)
• Rakic: The wall, part of revitalisation of bridge agreement (Zeri)
• Poll: PDK first, followed by LVV, LDK, AAK-NISMA and AKR (Epoka)
• “Serbia does not want normalisation of relations with Kosovo” (Epoka)
• UN does not recognise Enver Hoxhaj as Foreign Minister (Bota Sot)
• Only Kosovo’s ambassador invited to Trump’s inauguration (Zeri)
Tahiri: Serbia without role on establishment of Association (lajmi.net)
Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, said for Radio Free Europe that “Serbia does not have any role on establishment of the Association for Serb-majority Municipalities.” According to her, Serbian representatives do not have the authority to deal with the issue. “It is not up to Serbia to impose dates or make pressure,” she said. […]
Read More →Agreement on judiciary – “step closer to ZSO” (B92)
Implementation of the agreement on the judiciary means that Serb judges and prosecutors will now participate in the work of judicial institutions in Kosovo. This significantly boosts the chances of proceedings being based on law, rather than ethnicity, says Milovan Drecun, chairman of the Serbian National Assembly’s Committee on Kosovo and Metohija. “This also means […]
Read More →Headlines 30 November
• Belgrade warns for an increased pressure on Association (Koha Ditore)
• Serbian List MPs will not participate in today’s Assembly session (Koha)
• Increased readiness within EU for visa liberalisation for Kosovo (Epoka)
• Prosecution to investigate Astrit Dehari’s visitors in prison (Indeksonline)
• Amnesty International raises Astrit Dehari’s case (Koha Ditore)
• Drenas/Glogovac elections bypass demarcation (Zeri)
• An additional month detention for Vetevendosje activists (media)
• Court requests additional information on Uke Rugova’s case (media)
• O’Connell: Nepotism culture needs to end in Kosovo (RTKLive)