Tahiri sends report to EU on implementation of Brussels agreements (Kosovapress)
Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, has sent a report to European Union authorities on the process of implementation of agreements reached in the framework of normalization of relations dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. In the report, Tahiri accuses Serbia of “sabotage” and “blockades” and of “seriously failing” to fulfill its part of the agreement, […]
Read More →U.S. General Scaparrotti to visit KSF tomorrow (Kosovapress)
Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO Allied Command Operations, General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, is expected to visit the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) tomorrow and meet Commander Rrahman Rama. Yesterday, the U.S. General met in Belgrade Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and expressed NATO’s concern over the idea of transforming KSF into a Kosovo army without constitutional […]
Read More →Poll: Kosovo, most pro-European of Western Balkans region (Kosovapress)
People of Kosovo continue being most pro-European oriented in the region of the Western Balkans, a recent Gallup International survey found. 84 percent of respondents in Kosovo said they view EU membership positively compared to 80 percent in Albania, 59 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 58 in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 49 percent in […]
Read More →LDK rejects Haradinaj’s invitation to meeting (Kosovapress)
Leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, said he does not plan to attend a meeting with the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj. Mustafa said the LDK would not enter any type of coalition with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). Instead, Mustafa said they […]
Read More →Haradinaj invites Vetevendosje and LDK to meeting (Kosovapress)
Candidate for prime minister from PAN coalition and leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj, said in a press conference today that the new government of Kosovo will be formed in record time and that he has sent a letter to Vetevendosje and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) asking […]
Read More →Hoti: if PAN fails, we will form new government without PDK (Kosovapress)
LDK-AKR-Alternativa candidate for prime minister, Avdullah Hoti, called on political parties in Kosovo to respect constitutional timeframes regarding the formation of the new government. He said Kosovo cannot afford to waste a single day without institutions in place. Hoti however said that they are not ready to cooperate with PAN coalition led by the Democratic […]
Read More →Daka: Ballot recount affected results of three candidates (Kosovapress)
Head of the Central Election Commission (CEC), Valdete Daka, said that the recount of a number of ballot boxes has affected the final election results enabling three candidates to gain seats in the new legislature. The new MPs will be Fikrim Damka instead of Mahir Yagcilar from the Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo (KDTP), Slavko […]
Read More →Selimi: We won’t cooperate with PDK or Serbian List (Kosovapress)
Vetevendosje’s Rexhep Selimi in an interview to the news website said that his party is the biggest parliamentary entity and that they are ready to form a new government. “It is now evident. The Vetevendosje Movement is the biggest parliamentary party. It has a number of MPs that gives it advantage over every other political […]
Read More →Hahn: Kosovo to continue reforms (RTK/Kosovapress)
EU Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn, said yesterday at the European Parliament that dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade should resume and that Kosovo needs to continue reforms in the field of rule of law, economic development and education. Hahn said elections in Kosovo were peaceful and that this was a sign of democratic maturity of the […]
Read More →OSCE conference discusses challenges of online media in Kosovo (Kosovapress)
The OSCE organised a conference on the state of online media in Kosovo where panelists identified misleading news and hate speech as being the main challenges, Kosovapress reported. Xhevahire Izmaku, chair of the assembly commission on media, said there are hundreds of online media in Kosovo whose ownership and funding are unknown. She also said […]
Read More →Selimi: No one will drag Vetevendosje into political deals (Kosovapress)
Reports that Vetevendosje is expected to enter a coalition with the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) were dispelled today by Vetevendosje MP Rexhep Selimi who said that these were merely speculations. “No one will drag Vetevendosje into political deals. If we wanted to enter into those kind of combinations […]
Read More →Walker: I have a project for brining Albanians together (Koha/Kosovapress)
Former head of the OSCE mission in Kosovo, William Walker, said at the 17th anniversary of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) that the only reason he comes to Kosovo every so often is because he wants to see it move in the direction everyone expects it to. Walker said however that in […]
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