Kosovo Says No New Cases Of Citizens Joining IS In Iraq, Syria (Radio Free Europe)
Kosovar Interior Minister Skender Hyseni says there have been no recorded cases in the past year of citizens joining the Islamic State militant group in Syria and Iraq. “It is now a year that we did not record any case of the departure of the citizens of Kosovo in foreign wars,” Hyseni said on August […]
Read More →Hyseni: Kosovo praised for preventing extremism (Koha)
Kosovo’s Interior Minister, Skender Hyseni, during a visit to the municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane today, said that within the last year, Kosovo was praised for fighting terrorism and preventing extremism. “It has been eleven months now since someone from Kosovo went to Syria. The decline of this phenomenon should not make us comfortable in this direction and […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 3 August
• Montenegro doesn’t intend to renegotiate border demarcation deal (Koha)
• Veseli: I expect positive conclusions from demarcation debate (Zëri)
• Demarcation, not in arbitration (Zëri)
• Haradinaj: Experts to prove that demarcation was wrong (Epoka e Re)
• Vetëvendosje: Thaçi-Veseli, pillars of crime in Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
• Rasić: Association/Community cannot be established this year (Epoka e Re)
• Kosovo prosecution indicts a man for trying to join ISIS (Koha Ditore)
5 Kosovo Albanians jailed for plans to prepare IS video (AP)
A Kosovo court has sentenced five ethnic Albanians to jail terms for plans to prepare an Islamic State video. A Pristina court sentenced them Monday from four to 13 years in prison. The verdict said the five, who were arrested last year, aimed at “frightening the population, destabilizing and destroying fundamental political, constitutional, economic and […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 19 July
• AAK determined to oppose border-demarcation deal (Zëri)
• University professors and state committee to debate demarcation (Koha)
• “Vetëvendosje’s return to Assembly, not a smart decision” (Epoka)
• Hasani: Kosovo to enter deep crisis if there are no early elections (RTK)
• Hoxhaj: Demarcation with Serbia, within two years (Epoka)
• Zbogar goes to Skopje, Apostolova replaces him (Epoka)
• 49 years imprisonment for five defendants in Badovc case (dailies)
• Kosovo’s state leaders pay homage to Nice massacre victims (media)
Kosovo jails five for planning to pledge loyalty to ISIS (Reuters)
A Kosovo court sent five people to prison for terms ranging from four to 13 years on terrorism charges for planning to pledge loyalty to ISIS and post a video of the event on the internet. “Their aim was to read the oath of the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS) and publish it on the […]
Read More → Is Kosovo the New European Hotbed of Jihadi Extremism? (The Nation)
Kosovo is tiny, smaller than Connecticut, home to 1.8 million people, over 90 percent of whom are ethnically Albanian, and over 95 percent are Muslim. European in location and feel, the Islam is hard to spot, apart from the five calls to prayer punctuating the day. There are a few hijabs around, but far fewer […]
Read More →Hyseni: 33 indictments against participants in foreign wars (Indeksonline)
Kosovo’s Interior Minister, Skender Hyseni, during the Assembly session today said that within the period of one year, since the law that prohibits participation in foreign wars entered into force, the prosecution filed 33 criminal charges against persons who participated in foreign wars. “The law was very effective because there has been 10 months now […]
Read More →Two myths about Kosovo’s “ISIS problem” (Prishtina Insight)
Pristina Insight has published the following opinion piece written by Shpend Kursani, who is a PhD researcher in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the European University Institute, where he researches post-1945 cases of contested states. He is also an external senior research fellow at the Kosovar Center for Security Studies where he conducted an […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 3 June
• PDK backs down, Mustafa rejects Koci as Minister of Justice (Koha)
• Visa liberalisation for Kosovo, in autumn (Zeri)
• “Increased threat from violent extremism in Kosovo” (Telegrafi)
• Thaçi: Kosovars did not join ISIS because of their religious beliefs (Insajderi)
• Kosovo, Albania governments to meet today in Pristina (RTK)
• Bahtiri, Rakić agree that “media should not cover the Iber Bridge” (Koha)
• Kadriu: Kosovo’s underground is threatening me (Lajmi)
Mustafa: Kosovo is important in the fight against ISIS (Kosovapres)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, during the Interfaith Dialogue conference in Pristina on Wednesday, said that Kosovo is very important in the fight against ISIS. “Kosovo has taken legal action against individuals and extremist groups,” Mustafa said, adding that not only the police and judiciary, but everyone must be engaged to stop extremism. Mustafa also […]
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