UNMIK Headlines 14 June
• EULEX will not be able to open new cases according to fresh draft law (RTK)
• Legal improvisations regarding EULEX’s lifespan (Koha Ditore)
• Veseli: Border demarcation to be completed by consensus (Koha Ditore)
• Ymeri: Demarcation doesn’t guarantee visa-free travel (Kosova Sot)
• Tahiri: “Sunny Valley” will be stopped by law (Epoka e Re)
• “Plans for ethnic cleansing in the north” (Zëri)
• Hoti: Fund for the North integrates Serbs (Epoka e Re)
• Kosovo becomes member of International Court of Arbitration (Indeksonline)
• Kerry to Hoxhaj: US helps Kosovo in Euro-Atlantic processes (Epoka e Re)
UNMIK Headlines 15 February
• Thaci: President to be elected during February (RTK)
• LDK, PDK agree to vote on Thaci for President after 17 February (Koha)
• Grabovci: President to be elected in February (Zeri)
• Opposition calls for mass participation in 17 February protest (Zeri)
• Mustafa suspicious over opposition’s funds (dailies)
• Kerry: Kosovo to move forward (Epoka e Re)
• Kurti: Kerry doesn’t interfere on who becomes Kosovo President (Kosova Sot)
• Ferrarese: Kosovo needs stability (Epoka e Re)
• Basic Court in Peja files war crimes indictment against 14 Serbs (Koha)
UNMIK Headlines 1 February
• Coalition parties confident president will be elected by end-February (Koha)
• Serbian List: No agreement with PDK on election of president (Gazeta Blic)
• FM Thaci meets US Secretary Kerry (dailies)
• Kosovo Assembly to tackle creation of armed forces in November (Telegrafi)
• KP: Persons arrested in Decan are not linked to terrorism (dailies)
• Haradinaj: Explosive doesn’t hinder our western orientation (RTKLive)
What should we do with ourselves? (Lajmi)
Blerim Shala, member of the Kosovo Assembly and the political coordinator of the Kosovo team in talks with Serbia, writes in his opinion piece that the key message from the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, during his visit to Kosovo on Wednesday, was that Kosovo needs to implement all obligations as a democratic, […]
Read More →Stojanovic informed Kerry about problems of Serbs in Kosovo (RTK2)
US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović, who informed him about the problems and expectations of Serbs in Kosovo. “We had a comprehensive meeting with US Secretary Kerry. We talked about all problems, which bother the Serbs. I emphasized the most important issue for the Serbs in Kosovo […]
Read More →Kerry urges Kosovo to stick to deals on ethnic Serbs, border; stop fighters from joining IS (AP)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a message of support for Kosovo’s government Wednesday, urging it to stick to agreements that would provide ethnic Serbs greater autonomy and demarcate the young nation’s border with neighboring Montenegro. He decried efforts by opposition lawmakers to scuttle both deals through intimidation. http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/12/02/kerry-urges-kosovo-to-stick-to-deals-on-ethnic-serbs-border
Read More →Kerry In First Official Visit To Kosovo Calls For Civility (RFE/RL)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Kosovo’s opposition leaders to stop tear gassing legislators, while urging the Balkan nation’s government to stick to its plans to heal ethnic divisions. http://www.rferl.org/content/kerry-first-official-visit-kosovo-calls-for-civility-ethnic-divisions-serbia/27404037.html
Read More →Parliament no place for tear gas, Kerry tells Kosovo (Reuters)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on opposition lawmakers in Kosovo on Wednesday to stop setting off tear gas in parliament, and on the young country to combat corruption, Islamic radicalism and ethnic division. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/12/02/us-usa-kerry-kosovo-idUSKBN0TL1TR20151202#vdrREuzTckDfb3L0.97
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 2 December
• Delawie: The U.S. position is clear, violence is not accepted (RTK)
• Thaci travels to Montenegro about border demarcation (Koha)
• Opposition announces fresh protests across Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
• Derguti: Veseli wanted to suspend opposition for three months (Zeri)
• House arrest for Vetevendosje MP Fisnik Ismaili (Zeri)
• Serwer: Association/Community not to violate Kosovo’s sovereignty (Zeri)
• Police rebut reports that terror suspect Muhaxhiri is in the region (Bota Sot)
UNMIK Headlines 27 November
• Opposition calls for peaceful rally on 28 November (Zeri)
• Opposition turns down Deda-Osmani plan (Koha)
• Opposition does not withdraw from its demands (Kosova Sot)
• Kadaj-Bujupi calls on citizens to protest peacefully on 28 November (Zeri)
• Ferrarese: Disagreements to be solved through dialogue (Tribuna)
• Kosovo silent over Serbia’s attempt to control its airspace (Koha)
• Jahjaga not interested in Nikolic’s actions (RTK)