UNMIK Headlines 9 December
• Agreement reached with the Netherlands on special court (Koha/Zeri)
• Opposition to impede President Jahjaga’s annual speech (Indeksonline)
• Grabovci: “I’m confident opposition does not want elections” (Epoka)
• Vetevendosje MPs Haxhiu and Topalli held in detention (dailies)
• Allegations that AAK MP Kadaj-Bujupi was poisoned dismissed (Telegrafi)
• The coalition of failures (Koha)
• Serwer: Kosovo needs to urgently create its army (KosovaPress)
• Kosovo Government condemns incidents in Gorazhdevc (Bota Sot)
• Constitutional Court blocks lands surrounding Decani Monastery (Koha)
UNMIK Headlines 6 November
• EU Commissioner Hahn visits Kosovo today (Epoka e Re)
• Opposition with special messages on today’s Assembly session (Kosova Sot)
• Hahn: Careful with the rhetoric, words can become like swords (Koha)
• Conde: Throwing teargas at the Assembly, unacceptable (Epoka e Re)
• US, Germany and UK support Kosovo’s bid to join UNESCO (Kosova Sot)
• Tahiri: Dialogue has given significant results (Epoka e Re)
• Brazil considers recognizing Kosovo (Kosova Sot)
• Demarcation, 100 thousand hectares of undocumented land (Zeri)
• Mustafa President, Thaci Prime Minister (Zeri)
• “Mitrovica North must be undone in order to stop ethnic cleansing” (Koha)
Selimi: On November 9, we’ll need the votes of non-recognizing countries (Gazeta Express)
In an interview for TV Dukagjini, Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Petrit Selimi said Kosovo’s biggest battle at this point is membership of the UNESCO. Selimi said Kosovo will need 2/3 of votes at the UNESCO General Assembly, which means that even countries that have not recognized Kosovo’s independence would have to vote in favor. He […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 15 October
• Mustafa to opposition: Take the debate back to institutions (Indeksonline)
• Veseli: I will not order police intervention in Assembly (Telegrafi)
• Police to enter Assembly if lives of MPs are in danger (dailies)
• Krasniqi: We will prevent tomorrow’s session of the Assembly (Klan Kosova)
• Prosecutor: Police had no arrest warrant for Kurti (Kosova Sot)
• Kurti: I am against Serbia’s rights within Kosovo (RTK)
• Minister Abrashi pelted with eggs (Zeri)
• Thaci: Kosovo one step closer to UNESCO (RTK)
• EU keeps silent, Serbs react over Iber Bridge (Koha)
Veseli: Kosovo has proved it is a country of peace (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, met today in Pristina with the Council of Europe’s Rapporteur for Kosovo, Agustin Conde. Veseli informed Conde about the developments in the Assembly and Kosovo’s commitment to strengthening the rule of law, transparency and parliamentarian democracy. “The Republic of Kosovo has proved it is a country of stability and peace, […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 5 October
• Opposition determined to block Assembly sessions (Koha)
• Kurti: Vetevendosje is ready for elections, with or without united bloc (Koha)
• Pristina to host debate on current political developments (Kosovapress)
• “Time for parliamentary debate and positive agendas for the country” (Koha)
• Haziri: Assembly Presidency will resolve blockade, no elections (Zeri)
• Viets: Opposition’s actions unacceptable (Epoka)
• Shala: The Association is not against Kosovo (Zeri)
• Haradinaj aims to join ruling coalition (Zeri)
• Gecaj: Dacic is making criminal statements (Zeri)
• Nikolic: We’re fighting to impede Kosovo’s UNESCO membership (Epoka)
• CoE rapporteur to visit Kosovo today (RTK)
• KFOR: Foreign fighters are being recruited in the Balkans (Zeri)
UNMIK Headlines 7 August
• EU member states to decide on special court’s budget (Koha Ditore)
• CoE welcomes Assembly’s decision on special court (Kosova Sot)
• Haxhiu: We’ll address Constitutional Court on the special court (Epoka)
• Serbs happy for special court (Zeri)
• Gashi: Thaci played with special court to save himself (Koha)
• War veterans to protest today (Zeri)
UNMIK Headlines 10 June
• UN wants to revive its mission in Kosovo (Koha)
• Special court, without “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” (Zeri)
• Zbogar calls on Kosovo institutions to establish special court (Zeri)
• Thaci: Establishment of special court, state obligation (RTK)
• Areas where SITF investigated war crimes (Bota Sot)
• Bosch encourages Lumezi to strengthen the rule of law (Epoka e Re)
• FYROM political leaders to meet in Brussels (Zeri)
Mustafa: Kosovo ready to join UNESCO (Kosovapress)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa met the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous with whom he discussed the political situation in Kosovo and the region. Prime Minister Mustafa informed Ladsous about priorities of the Kosovo government, about sustainable economic development, rule of law, fight against corruption and organised crime and Euro-Atlantic integration. The […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 20 May
• Assembly presidency wants to be informed on Armed Forces process (Koha)
• Serbs walk out of meeting with the Kosovo side in Brussels (Kosova Sot)
• Kosovars involved in Kumanovo incident were under investigation (Koha)
• Families of arrested in Kumanovo to protest in Pristina today (KosovaPress)
• EU ambassador: FYROM has serious problems (Zeri)
• Bushati calls for Kosovo’s membership of Council of Europe (Koha)
• UNMIK offers support to Kosovo’s chief prosecutor (dailies)
• Rasic against executive powers for the Association/Community (Lajmi)
• Messages that reveal the jihad of Kosovars in Syria (Koha)
Collaku: We will apply for Council of Europe membership (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Minister of European Integration, Bekim Collaku, met today with the Council of Europe Head of Office in Pristina, Isabelle Servoz Gallucci, and informed her that the Kosovo government was making all necessary preparations to apply for membership of the Council of Europe. “I also notified Gallucci about our two priorities in the European agenda: […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 21 April
• Official response from Serbia: Thaci would be arrested in Belgrade (Bota Sot)
• Invitation for Thaci’s visit to Belgrade, annulled (Epoka e Re)
• Rapp: Special court needs to be established (Koha Ditore)
• Busek: Special court should not be established (Zeri)
• Movement “FOL” invites Vucic to Pristina (Epoka e Re)
• Mustafa to participate in “Western Balkans’ 6” conference (Bota Sot)
• Implementation of agreement on Civil Protection fails at outset (Koha Ditore)
• Suspects in Enver Zymberi’s murder, acquitted (dailies)
• Hyseni complains in Brussels (Kosova Sot)
• Lunacek values progress in Kosovo (Epoka e Re)