UNMIK Headlines 17 April
• Jacobson: UN to set up special court if Kosovo Assembly fails to (Kosova Sot)
• Mustafa, Vucic to meet in Brussels on Tuesday (Koha)
• Opposition parties say Saturday protest will be peaceful (Zeri)
• Kurti: Protests, until the state is free (Zeri)
• Blerim Shala, coordinator for the dialogue (Zeri)
• Report confirms failure to address corruption in Kosovo (Koha)
UNMIK Headlines 2 April
• Jahjaga: Special court not to undermine Kosovo constitutional order (Epoka)
• Cliff: Too many political appointments (Koha)
• AAK: Government is playing games with creation of Armed Forces (Zeri)
• Mustafa, Gallucci discuss Kosovo’s membership of Council of Europe (Bota)
• Dacic: Serbia’s constitution should be changed (Zeri)
• Kosovo more isolated than North Korea (Kosova Sot)
The long road of Kosovo to the Council of Europe (TV Most)
The Council of Europe has not yet received a formal request for the admission of Kosovo despite announcements from both Pristina and Belgrade that Kosovo is rapidly preparing to apply for membership, was said from the office of the Secretary-General of that pan-European organization. According to unofficial information from Strasbourg, Pristina authorities are planning to […]
Read More →Kosovo to apply for Council of Europe membership in three months (Koha)
The Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hashim Thaci, informed today the government of Kosovo about his visit to Brussels and meetings with senior officials of the European Union. Thaci said that Kosovo has met the criteria for applying for membership in the Council of Europe. “Kosovo has met the criteria […]
Read More →EU ministers: Serbia made progress, more work ahead (Tanjug)
BRUSSELS – The Council of the European Union commended on Tuesday the progress Serbia made in internal reforms and in the normalization of Belgrade-Pristina relations, noting, however, that there is still work to be done. “The Council welcomes the progress made by Serbia in the past year, including in public administration reform, judicial reform and […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 18 November
• US Ambassador expects Assembly session to be called this week (dailies)
• Thaci: They understood that blockade does not make sense (Epoka e Re)
• LDK to enter coalition with PDK, if AAK fails to meet request (Bota Sot)
• Kosovo with strategy for CoE membership (Tribuna)
• Preteni: Names of those suspected of corruption should be published (Koha)
• French consortium promises €410 million investments in Brezovica (Koha)
UNMIK Headlines 31 July
• Williamson: If there were a special court, I’d file indictments today (Koha)
• Brasseur: Truth’s march continues in cases of organ trafficking (Koha)
• Veseli: Williamson’s report a step towards the truth (Epoka e Re)
• HLC: Williamson told the reality (Lajm)
• Veterans reject Williamson’s report (Epoka e Re)
• Bytyqi family sues Serbia at UN (dailies)
• Jahjaga: Kosovo won’t become source of religious extremism (Koha Ditore)
Dick Marty: I never focused on organ harvesting (Koha)
Former Council of Europe (CoE) rapporteur, Dick Marty, in an interview for SRF (Swiss radio), says statement by Special Investigative Task Force (SITF) prosecutor, Clint Williamson, is of extreme importance. “Not too many people expected such positive results. Ambassador Williamson speaks of crimes against humanity. He knows what meaning these words have. What has happened […]
Read More →Pristina evaluate human rights (Vecernje Novosti)
The recent decision of the Venice Commission to allow entry of Kosovo in its composition will have a series of symbolic as well as practical consequences, and precedents in the work of this institution, which has a strong influence in international relations. We examined what will change in the ‘treatment’ of the southern province within […]
Read More →10 to 20 accused from Marty’s report (Tribuna)
On the front page, the paper claims that investigations into war crimes allegations presented in the Council of Europe (CoE) report have concluded there is no evidence that an organ trafficking trade existed, but in the course of the investigation, evidence was found regarding other crimes alleged to have been committed by members of the […]
Read More →Kosovo, member of Venice Commission (Tribuna)
Kosovo has on Wednesday been admitted as a member to the Venice Commission which the paper says is a step forward in gaining membership in the Council of Europe. A statement issued by the Kosovo Foreign Ministry stated that 35 countries voted in favour of Kosovo’s membership in one of the most important institutions of […]
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