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Kosovo’s PM in a knot over pay rise (Euronews)

By   /  28/12/2017  /  International  /  No Comments

Activists are protesting against the prime minister’s pay rise after he said he needed the extra money to buy ties and shirts. Activists in Kosovo have hung hundreds of ties on a fence outside a government building in the capital, Pristina, to protest against a pay rise for the country’s prime minister. http://bit.ly/2lgJmge

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Prva TV: Court first wanted to extradite Haradinaj (B92, TV Prva)

By   /  27/04/2017  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

B92 reports, based upon information of Prva TV, that former KLA leader Ramush Haradinaj was acquitted on the basis of revised decision, by which he was supposed to be extradited to Serbia. As it was learned, the decision was justified by the fact that the consequences could be very difficult for Haradinaj, reported B92. The […]

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Serbia, Kosovo set for EU-backed talks (Euronews)

By   /  24/01/2017  /  International  /  No Comments

Senior officials from Serbia and Kosovo will hold talks in Brussels on Tuesday. The EU-backed meeting is part of a long-term effort to normalise ties between the two.  Relations became strained once more when an ex-Kosovo premier was arrested in France this month on a Serbian warrant accusing him of war crimes. “Both sides have […]

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War of wards as Kosovo stops ‘provocative’ Serbian train (Euronews)

By   /  16/01/2017  /  International  /  No Comments

Kosovo police have stopped a Serbian train described as provocative from entering the Balkan country. The words “Kosovo is Serbia” were painted down the side in multiple languages; on board was more nationalist material. Serbia doesn’t recognize the independence of its former province. The row has escalated tensions. “Enough is enough”, said Kosovo’s prime minister […]

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Kosovo’s success is overwhelmingly in US interest – Biden (Euronews)

By   /  18/08/2016  /  International  /  No Comments

The US Vice President has praised the independence of Kosovo during a political and personal visit to the Balkan country. On a visit to Pristina, Joe Biden also pushed for ties to be mended with Belgrade. “Your success is overwhelmingly in the interest of my country. Overwhelmingly,” Biden said. “For if you succeed, the region […]

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Kosovo doctors accused of bribery over referrals for dead patients (Reuters)

By   /  16/06/2016  /  International  /  No Comments

Prosecutors in Kosovo charged 64 people including a government minister and 44 doctors with taking bribes to refer patients with heart problems – some of them already dead – to private clinics, the office of the state prosecutor said on Wednesday. This is the biggest bribery investigation in the health sector since Kosovo became independent […]

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Kosovo PM pelted with eggs (Euronews)

By   /  07/10/2015  /  International  /  No Comments

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Isa Mustafa was pelted with eggs by a protester on Tuesday as he made a speech. It’s the second time the premier has been the target of an egg thrower. Last month , opposition lawmakers threw them while he was speaking about an EU-brokered dialogue with Serbia. http://www.euronews.com/2015/10/07/kosovo-pm-pelted-with-eggs/

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Kosovo corruption “omnipresent” despite EU’s €111m-a-year mission (Euronews)

By   /  01/06/2015  /  International  /  No Comments

The EU has failed to lay the foundations for fighting corruption in Kosovo, a report has concluded. Law professor Jean-Paul Jacqué said corruption was ‘omnipresent’ in the region and Kosovo’s judiciary incapable of meeting the challenges of organised crime. Mr Jacqué made the comments in his report on a scandal involving EULEX, the EU’s mission […]

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Why is there tension between Serbia and Albania? (Euronews)

By   /  17/10/2014  /  International  /  No Comments

By Chris Harris 15/10 13:21 CET A Euro2016 qualifier betweeen Serbia and Albania was called off on October 14, 2014, after fights among players and supporters, sparked by a drone with a pro-Kosovo flag landing on the pitch. Here euronews examines why both countries are at loggerheads. The tension centres around the history of Kosovo, […]

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