Headlines 11 November
• EU Commissioner Hahn to visit Kosovo today (media)
• Lunacek: Demarcation does not guarantee visa liberalisation (Kosova Sot)
• Opposition rejects Thaçi’s invitation again (Gazeta Express)
• President Thaci meets representatives of missing persons (Telegrafi)
• Ahmeti: Astrit was blackmailed (Klan Kosova)
• Molliqaj: We do not trust investigations by “Pronto” clan (Bota Sot)
• Haradinaj accuses government for lack of progress (Bota Sot)
• Schwendiman wants a special court office in Belgrade too (Koha)
• Vetevendosje will not run in Drenas/Glogovac elections (Kosova Sot)
Ymeri: We will not leave a stone unturned to bring justice for Astrit in place (Gazeta Express)
The leader of the Vetëvendosje movement, Visar Ymeri, spoke today at the commemoration ceremony held for the Vetëvendosje activist, Astrit Dehari. He said that Denhari was arrested during a terrorizing action, without any evidence or fact. “The police and the prosecution deceived and lied everyone,” said Ymeri and pledged to bring justice in place and […]
Read More →Headlines 7 November
• No explanation behind Vetevendosje activist’s mysterious death in jail (media)
• Specialist prosecutor Schwendiman to visit Kosovo and Serbia (Express)
• Special court to start “hunting” beginning of 2017 (Zeri)
• Serbian List against elections, wants formation of Association (Koha)
• PDK MP Buja wants breakup of coalition with LDK (Zeri)
• Detained Islamic State suspects planned attacks in Balkans (media)
Headlines 21 October
• Pristina refuses to discuss Trepca in the Brussels dialogue framework (dailies)
• Simic: Return to Kosovo institutions at this time, meaningless (Zeri)
• EU Office head urges Serbian List to return to Kosovo institutions (Koha)
• Ruling coalition not working on government reshuffling (Koha)
• President Thaci comments on U.S. presidential elections (RTK)
• Djuric to boycott NATO seminar in Pristina (RTK/Gazeta Express)
Headlines 17 October
• Trepca can “aggravate” relations between Kosovo and Serbia (Koha)
• Vucic: Someone helped Albanians with Trepca law (dailies)
• Rama-Vucic agreement on school books bypasses Kosovo (Zeri)
• EU does not interfere in Thaci case (Zeri)
• Djukanovic’s party wins Montenegro elections (media)
Nitaj: Even if Serbian List leaves, AAK not interested to enter coalition (Gazeta Express)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) spokesperson, Muharrem Nitaj, told the news site that even if the Serbian List leaves the ruling-coalition, the AAK will not accept any possible invitations to enter this coalition. However, Nitaj said “the current government has failed and the AAK cannot be part of it.” He stressed that […]
Read More →PAK chief: Trepca belongs to Kosovo, Belgrade has no properties here (Gazeta Express)
Petrit Gashi, chairman of the board of the Privatisation Agency of Kosovo, told Radio Free Europe that “Serbia has no shares in any property in Kosovo” and that “Belgrade knows well that Trepca is Kosovo’s property”. The status of the Trepca mining complex has been a topic of discussion for quite some time in Kosovo. […]
Read More →O’Connell: “Pronto” is not the only evidence of corruption in institutions (Gazeta Express)
The British Ambassador to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell, said in an interview with the news website today that the “Pronto” affair is not the only evidence of corruption within Kosovo’s institutions. “We need to combat the culture of nepotism where people are employed based on family ties,” he said. O’Connell said the Kosovo government should seriously […]
Read More →Kosovo Police director arrested in Serbia (media)
Most news websites report that Nehat Thaci, the Kosovo Police director for the Mitrovica region, was arrested on Wednesday evening at the Koncul border crossing point between Kosovo and Serbia. Kosovo Police have confirmed the arrest. Koha carries a press release issued by the Serbian Ministry of Interior Affairs on the matter. “Members of the Ministry […]
Read More →Headlines 22 September
• PM Mustafa meets U.S. President Obama (dailies)
• Assembly to meet today, demarcation not on agenda (Kosova Sot)
• Opposition not in the mood to meet PM Mustafa (Epoka e Re)
• Thaçi: Kosovo people not to be affected by Kurti’s statement (Gazeta Express)
• Jablanović: We will self-organize after Kurti’s statement (Indeksonline)
• North officials not yet convinced about opening of Mitrovica bridge (Koha)
• Đurić: Apology for victims, through dialogue (RTK)
• Dinosha, first Montenegrin ambassador to Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
Headlines 9 September
• Pristina and Belgrade reach agreement on license plates (Epoka e Re)
• Tahiri: Team for Association has no authorisation to draft the statute (Koha)
• Kocijančič: Association/Community not discussed in Brussels (Telegrafi)
• Haliti: Serbian List to respect coalition’s decisions (Indeksonline)
• Đukanović: Montenegro needs not an inch of land from Kosovo (RTK)
• “Serbian List set conditions in exchange for demarcation vote” (RTK)
• PDK ready for early elections (Zëri)
• Warlick: New power plant will help Kosovo’s economic development (Koha)
• Putin: West to recognise Crimea, same as it did with Kosovo (Koha)
Prosecutor requests return of Vetevendosje activists in jail (GazetaExpress)
The prosecution appealed against the decision of the Basic Court in Pristina, which left three from the six arrested Vetvendosje activists suspected for the attack on the Kosovo Assembly building using explosive device, in house arrest. The Special Prosecutor, Abdurrahim Islami, who submitted the appeal at the Court of Appeals, said that the suspects acted […]
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