UNMIK Headlines 15 July
• PM Mustafa on meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Nuland (Zëri)
• Border demarcation not on today’s government meeting agenda (Koha)
• Hyseni: KAF cannot be formed without demarcation (Koha)
• “Demarcation led by Kosovo administrators not decision-makers” (Bota Sot)
• Mustafa: Concrete results in fight against corruption, organised crime (Koha)
• Kosovo Assembly adopts 2016 budget review (Koha)
UNMIK Headlines 14 July
• Mustafa: Demarcation, condition for establishment of armed forces (RTK)
• Hoxhaj: Border demarcation process is fine (Koha)
• Haradinaj: Association/Community to be revised by autumn (RFE/RTK)
• Initiative for roundtable of political leaders to discuss demarcation (Koha)
• Vetëvendosje calls on PM Mustafa to report to Assembly (Zëri)
• Germany does not give in toward Serbia on Kosovo (Epoka)
• Odalović does not deny the possibility of a mass grave in Pristina (Telegrafi)
UNMIK Headlines 4 July
• Thaçi: Kosovo and Serbia to implement Brussels agreements (RTK)
• Little interest for protest in Mitrovica (dailies)
• “Opposition should present arguments at the Assembly” (Epoka)
• Mustafa to attend Summit of Leaders in Paris (Epoka)
• Tërnava: Inter-institutional coordination prevents extremism (Epoka)
• MPs that helped Thaçi get elected as President are being rewarded (Koha)
Thaçi: Serbs are not against establishment of Kosovo armed forces (Klan Kosova)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, said that the process for establishment of Kosovo armed forces has not stalled but that there were unfortunate delays in the process. In an interview, Thaçi said it is very important that in the ongoing internal dialogue, representatives of Kosovo Serbs are not against the idea of establishing armed forces […]
Read More →Osmani: Creation of armed forces does not depend on Serbian List (Kosovapress)
The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) MP Vjosa Osmani said that creation of Kosovo Armed Forces does not depend on the Serbian List MPs. “If we want an army, we can do this in a day. A name does not make an army but the weaponry, number, function, and competencies”, she said.
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 26 May
• EU also sees radical Islam in Kosovo as a threat (Koha)
• Kosovo wants new format for dialogue with Serbia (Lajmi/Tribuna)
• Tahiri in Brussels to discuss telecom issue (Zeri)
• Prime Minister Mustafa reprimands Minister Marić (Koha)
• Minister Tahiri meets UNOPS Under-Secretary-General Faremo (Koha)
• Demolli: Armed forces do not present a threat to neighbours (Epoka e Re)
• Orthodox Monastery should foster good relations with Albanians (Kosova Sot)
• Kosovo and FRONTEX sign agreement on border management (Zeri)
• Mulaku: Serbs demolished their own homes (Zeri)
Kosovo might become first state under NATO control (InSerbia)
The US has been actively lobbying the idea of Kosovo joining NATO’s Partnership for Peace program. Kosovo’s president Hashim Thaci, who after a visit to the United States last year said that Washington approved the idea of establishing a Kosovo army operating under NATO, might now be happy about the new developments. The United States […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 25 May
• PDK nominates Hoxhaj, Kuçi, Koci to Mustafa-led government (Koha)
• Demarcation to be sent to Assembly soon (Zeri/RFE)
• Veseli: Border demarcation should not hinder visa liberalisation (Telegrafi)
• Government doesn’t give in to the conditioning for Association (Epoka)
• Government offered opposition ample alternatives on demarcation (Epoka)
• Stojanović: We are ready to discuss about Armed Forces (Zeri)
• Constitutional Court’s decision could lead to interethnic tensions (Telegrafi)
UNMIK Headlines 24 May
• Çollaku: Demarcation must be ratified by July (dailies)
• Government coalition proposes roundtable for demarcation (Epoka e Re)
• Selimi: Serbian soldiers came as usurpers and were killed as such (Insajderi)
• Deçan/Dečani residents say they will not respect Court’s decision (Koha)
• O’Connell: Foreign investors should be supported (Epoka e Re)
• Justice Minister, under the ambassadors’ microscope (Zeri)
• Serwer: One thing not to worry about (media)
• Privatisation agency asks RTK to release its premises (RTK)
• LDK branch head in Germany sues party leader (Bota Sot)
• UK troops failed to protect Kosovo citizens, court hears (Lajmi/The Guardian)
What are the challenges of the Serbian List MPs? (RTK2)
In June, will be two years since the last parliamentary elections in Kosovo, where Serbs voted for the Serbian list which represents them in the Kosovo Assembly. During this period the Serbian MPS have been faced with many challenges, but these days, the Law on the Army of Kosovo is one of the current challenges, […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 23 May
• Ruling coalition partners with differences on demarcation (Koha)
• Vetëvendosje announces new protest acts (Zeri)
• Tahiri: Association/Community, when Serbia fulfils some conditions (Zeri)
• Mustafa: We are on the way of establishing armed forces (Epoka)
• Stojanović: Serbian List continues to oppose armed forces (Koha)
• Selmanaj: The Constitutional Court should withdraw its decision (Epoka)
• Historians call for resignation of Constitutional Court President (Kosova Sot)
• How Kosovo was turned into fertile ground for ISIS (NYT/Koha)
The Serbian List against the army of Kosovo (RTK 2)
Top officials of Kosovo’s Government, starting from the President and the Prime Minister, once again intensify the issue of transformation of the Kosovo Security Force into the Armed Forces. Representatives of the Serbian List argue that no-one talked with them about the formation of the army of Kosovo. They add that the stand of the Serbian […]
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