Dacic: Brussels or Burundi? Burundi’s nicer, they like us there (Tanjug, B92)
Preserving and protecting territorial integrity, EU integration, and better cooperation with countries around the world are Serbia’s main foreign policy goals. First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said this on Wednesday in Belgrade, and pointed out that Serbia has strengthened its position on the international scene. At the session of the Foreign Affairs […]
Read More →Mogherini critical about tariffs and transformation of KSF (RTS, Tanjug)
During the meeting of EU leaders in Brussels, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and EU High Representative Federica Mogherini talked about problems in the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue, tariffs on Serbian goods posed by Pristina’s authorities and the transformation of the Kosovo Security Forces (KSF) and of which they said were not welcomed, learns Belgrade based […]
Read More →It’s no state, it can’t join – Dacic on Kosovo’s CoE bid (BETA, B92)
Kosovo will submit a request for membership in the Council of Europe (CoE) “during this month, at the latest in January,” Beta news agency reported. Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Enver Hoxhaj announced this. Citing the website Lajmi, the agency reported that Hoxhaj said that if the request were submitted now, Kosovo could join the CoE […]
Read More →Headlines 16 September
• Kosovo Specialist Chambers to begin work early 2017 (media)
• Tahiri: Redesigning of dialogue is needed (Epoka)
• Government and opposition meet on demarcation issue (media)
• PM Mustafa meets residents of border region with Montenegro (Epoka)
• “No work at Orthodox Church without proper documents” (Klan Kosova)
• Special prosecution files terrorism charges against five persons (Klan Kosova)
Hoxhaj meets Jagland, new cooperation with Council of Europe (media)
Several news websites report that Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj met in Strasbourg with Thorbjørn Jagland, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and discussed the further advancement of relations. Hoxhaj briefed Jagland on political developments in Kosovo, the need for more substantial relations between Kosovo and the Council of Europe and other issues. […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: Kosovo should intensify relations and benefit from CoE (Koha)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, Enver Hoxhaj, hosted today a meeting with the recently appointed head of the Office of the Council of Europe in Pristina, Isabelle Galluci. Hoxha valued highly the constructive approach of the Office of the CoE in Pristina on significant projects and its assistance offered to Kosovo. “Kosovo is […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 12 May
• Mustafa: We will review format of talks with Serbia (Epoka e Re)
• Mustafa: Kosovo committed to further Euro-Atlantic integrations (Bota Sot)
• Thaci on demarcation: Let’s not waste time with secondary issues (Kallxo)
• Haradinaj: Mass protest on Saturday (Zeri)
• Tahiri: Dialogue will conclude with mutual recognition (Epoka e Re)
• Kosovo still not issued with dial code (Kosova Sot)
• Thaci: Croats and Montenegrins in the Constitution and Assembly (Koha)
• Murtezaj: Membership of CoE, Kosovo’s next step (Zeri)
• Gashi: I will not join any new alternative (Epoka)
• Hyseni: We will fight cross-border crime (Epoka e Re)
• Politicization of a multi-million U.S. investment (Koha)
Kosovo has the right to speak but not vote at the European Council (Koha)
Despite the fact that Kosovo is not a member of the Council of Europe, the delegation of the Assembly of Kosovo will participate in future Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) activity, with the right to speak but not to vote. The draft resolution, based on the report of the Spanish deputy, Augustine Conde, […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 29 January
• Delawie: Special court to try the people that Kosovars cannot (Telegrafi)
• Government: Association in compliance with the Constitution (Zeri)
• European Parliament hails signing of SAA with Kosovo (Epoka e Re)
• Council of Europe passes resolution on Kosovo (dailies)
• Scenarios that empower UNMIK (RTV Dukagjini/Telegrafi)
• Konjufca: No coordination between Pristina and Tirana (Kosovapress)
• Opposition parties silent on quorum for election of president (Koha)
• Tahiri: Elections in Serbia could slow down dialogue (Epoka e Re)
• AAK agrees to return to Assembly to vote on election reform (Lajmi)
UNMIK Headlines 27 January
• Mustafa: I’m going to Brussels, the Association will be formed (Koha)
• EU: Visas and dialogue are two separate issues (Koha)
• Konjufca: Mustafa broke his promise not to attend dialogue (Koha)
• Serbia imposes 4 amendments on Kosovo in Council of Europe report (Koha)
• Viets: Solution for the crisis not elections (Kosova Sot)
• Grabovci: Too early to speak of elections (Epoka e Re)
• Thaci aims the presidency before 17 February (Zeri)
• Opposition’s action today: Honk against government (RTK)
• KLA veterans threaten to protest over pensions (Bota Sot)
• Ferguson: Kosovo has succeeded in improving security (dailies)
PACE in Strasbourg to also discuss Kosovo (RTKlive)
From 25 to 29 January, lawmakers of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will present their reports and adopt resolutions on the most immediate international issues, reports the media. International terrorism With regard to international terrorism, reports on “Foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq” and “Combating international terrorism while protecting Council of […]
Read More →Serbia absent at meeting for European Convention in Pristina (Klan Kosova)
The Council of Europe in cooperation with the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, organized an international conference in Pristina on the “Interpretation and implementation of the European Convention for human rights by the Constitutional Courts in Western Balkans.” In addition to the judges of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, those of the Constitutional Courts of Croatia, Albania […]
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