KDI: 91% Serbs do not accept Kosovo’s recognition by Serbia (RTK2)
According to the results of the Kosovo Democratic Institute research, 91 per cent of Serbian community members would not accept Kosovo’s recognition by Serbia. The same research shows that, if the parliamentary elections were held next week, 45% of citizens would surely come out. A public opinion survey on the final phase of the dialogue […]
Read More →KDI criticizes parties for involvement in election campaign and Assembly neglect (RTK)
The Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI) think tank issued a statement warning that even four months of general elections and numerous obstacles, the Assembly of Kosovo is not yet fully functional. KDI said that apart from assigning parliamentary committees, political parties have yet to propose names of MPs that would chair them or take part in […]
Read More →KDI poll: Association/Community could worsen interethnic relations (Kosovapress)
Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI) think tank presented today findings of a poll carried out between 3 and 21 March and involving 1,065 rerspondents on the topic of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue. According to the poll, 58 percent of respondents said they do not believe courts in the north would be integrated into the Kosovo judicial system as […]
Read More →Headlines 26 January
Thaci: Dialogue with Serbia has entered the final stage (dailies)
Mustafa: The next meeting in Brussels, in February (RTK)
Serbia considers Kosovo to be its own (Kosova Sot)
NATO calls for restraint and dialogue (Koha Ditore)
TI ranks Kosovo as the most corrupt in the region (Koha Ditore)
Mustafa: Kosovo will become example of war against corruption (Kosova Sot)
Gecaj: Wall demolition not related to Association (Zëri)
Headlines 8 December
• Partition of Mitrovica fortified (Koha Ditore)
• EU to assess if Mitrovica wall is in accordance with agreement (lajmi.net)
• Rakic: Wall will not be demolished (Zeri)
• KDI: Construction of the wall creates insecurity and fear (Koha Ditore)
• Assembly commission recommends session on Dehari (Kosova Sot)
• O’Connell: I regret that there are still criminals in politics (Telegrafi/RTK)
• NISMA and AKR sign coalition deal in Drenas/Glogovac (Bota Sot)
• Haradinaj: PM Mustafa tried to smuggle demarcation at the Assembly (RTK)
• Eight Kosovo Albanians held on terror charges in Belgium (Telegrafi)
TI warns of failing corruption fight in the Western Balkans (Klan Kosova)
The fight against corruption in the Western Balkans and Turkey is failing, putting European Union accession at risk, highlights Transparency International in its latest report. Political elites have too much power and there are limited ways to hold the corrupt to account, the report further stated. The new report titled National Integrity Systems in the […]
Read More →Headlines 21 September
• Thaçi, possible indictee of the special court (Koha Ditore)
• EU: Visa liberalization, after demarcation (Zëri)
• Hyseni walks out of meeting to protest over Kosovo’s representation (Koha)
• Kurti: Demarcation could bring war in Kosovo (Zëri)
• Kouchner: Kosovo, a success story (Epoka e Re)
• KDI to assist with dialogue transparency efforts (Koha Ditore)
UNMIK Headlines 2 August
• Thaçi: Now is time for a new quality of cooperation with the UN (Epoka e Re)
• Ratification of demarcation, vital for visa liberalisation (Epoka e Re)
• Strong confrontation on demarcation issue (Zëri)
• Tahiri concerned over destructive acts in north (Zëri)
• Grabovci not concerned over intercepted conversations (dailies)
• KDI urges prosecution to investigate Grabovci’s conversations (Koha)
• Mustafa returns Selimi to the post MCC National Coordinator (dailies)
KDI: Demarcation uncertainties to be clarified before deal is sent to Assembly (Koha)
The Pristina-based Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI) issued a media communique today saying that uncertainties surrounding the border demarcation between Kosovo and Montenegro should be clarified, before the Kosovo government sends the demarcation deal for ratification to the Assembly. The communique notes: “Nearly one year after the signing of the agreement on the border between Kosovo […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 17 March
• Border demarcation commission’s report to be finalized in two weeks (Koha)
• LDK supports border-demarcation commission (Kosova Sot)
• Vetevendosje’s Bojken Abazi deported from Kosovo (dailies)
• Konjufca and others in EULEX case, released from detention (Epoka e Re)
• Haliti: Opposition’s boycott, comfort for government (Zeri)
• Three official vehicles set on fire throughout Kosovo (RTK/Kosovapress)
• Nishani: Association and demarcation to be resolved with maturity (Epoka)
• KDI publishes report on Assembly’s work in 2015 (Koha Ditore)
• EU praises Jahjaga’s role (Epoka e Re)
UNMIK Headlines 14 March
• Jahjaga: Perpetrators to be brought to justice (Bota Sot)
• Zbogar: Kosovo should prove it can resolve political crisis (Epoka)
• Veseli: Visas for Kosovo citizens to be removed as soon as possible (RTK)
• KDI: Reckless politics threatening visa liberalization (Koha Ditore)
• Dugolli: I am being treated as a Serbian national (Koha/Kosovapress)
• Mitrovica-Jarinje road closed due to landslide (RTK)
• Two new police stations in northern Kosovo (Telegrafi)
UNMIK Headlines 10 March
• PDK, long-term partnership with LDK (Koha)
• Mustafa: Thaci was elected president in compliance with Constitution (RTK)
• Vetevendosje to stick to its methods in today’s Assembly session (Epoka e Re)
• Maric: Association/Community without executive powers (Klan Kosova)
• Busek: It might be late for war crimes trials (Zeri)
• Kosovo has yet to meet all visa liberalization criteria (Koha)
• KDI: No progress in government’s transparency (Epoka e Re)