UNMIK Headlines 20 May
• Assembly presidency wants to be informed on Armed Forces process (Koha)
• Serbs walk out of meeting with the Kosovo side in Brussels (Kosova Sot)
• Kosovars involved in Kumanovo incident were under investigation (Koha)
• Families of arrested in Kumanovo to protest in Pristina today (KosovaPress)
• EU ambassador: FYROM has serious problems (Zeri)
• Bushati calls for Kosovo’s membership of Council of Europe (Koha)
• UNMIK offers support to Kosovo’s chief prosecutor (dailies)
• Rasic against executive powers for the Association/Community (Lajmi)
• Messages that reveal the jihad of Kosovars in Syria (Koha)
Kosovo Assembly will not address special court on 21 May (Koha/Telegrafi)
The Presidency of the Kosovo Assembly today did not include on the agenda of 21 May the constitutional amendments required for the establishment of the special court that will address war crimes allegations. Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli told reporters after the meeting that additional consultations were needed to reach a consensus among the parliamentary parties. […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 18 May
• Up to 100,000 protesters march against Gruevski (dailies)
• Murphy: Government to be held accountable for alleged crimes (Koha Ditore)
• AAK: No parallel structures in the Kosovo army (Bota Sot)
• Collaku: Kosovo deserves positive decision on visa liberalization (Epoka e Re)
• Jablanovic: I won’t go to Gjakova/Djakovica (Zeri)
UNMIK Headlines 14 April
• Opposition: 18 April protest will be peaceful (dailies)
• Serb paramilitaries will become prison guards (Koha)
• Thaci: No room for terrorists in Kosovo (Zeri)
• European Parliament supports Kosovo’s integration (Zeri)
• EULEX, an erroneous administration (Zeri)
• Derguti: Kosovo is being ethnically divided even in security sector (Epoka)
• Search ongoing for 17 year-old missing in Mitrovica North (dailies)
• Tensions in the north (Kosova Sot)
• Grenade attack at the police station in Zubin Potok (KosovaPress)
The wasted opportunity to create the Kosovo army (Koha)
Political analyst Halil Matoshi argues in an opinion piece that if the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) led by Isa Mustafa had said “yes” to another mandate of reserved seats for minority communities in the Kosovo Assembly last year, the Kosovo Army would be a reality today and its troops would be executing the orders […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 2 April
• Jahjaga: Special court not to undermine Kosovo constitutional order (Epoka)
• Cliff: Too many political appointments (Koha)
• AAK: Government is playing games with creation of Armed Forces (Zeri)
• Mustafa, Gallucci discuss Kosovo’s membership of Council of Europe (Bota)
• Dacic: Serbia’s constitution should be changed (Zeri)
• Kosovo more isolated than North Korea (Kosova Sot)
Mustafa: Armed Forces won’t go to the north without agreement with NATO (Kosovapress)
Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, said in the meeting of the Kosovo government today that the draft law for the establishment of the Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF) is ready and that now 2/3 of MP votes need to be secured for the adoption of the law. Mustafa also said that the Armed Forces will not […]
Read More →Janjic: There is no Kosovo army without Serbian votes (Danas)
The creation of the Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF) would mean annulment of the Kumanovo Agreement and the Resolution, according to the Office for KiM. All the most important elements concerning the Serbian community in Kosovo have already been agreed, including the work of the Kosovo army. Until signing of the legally-binding agreement between Belgrade and […]
Read More →Army of Kosovo only with the help of Serbs (Vesti)
Repeating the story on the army of Kosovo and a new draft law on the armed forces, the authorities in Pristina try to make room for political pressure and manoeuvre for negotiation with Belgrade in Brussels. It is necessary to modify the Constitution of Kosovo in order to create the legal basis for the military, […]
Read More →Gašić: Army will not be the topic of the dialogue (Danas)
Formation of Kosovo’s army will not be the topic of this round of Brussels dialogue, said Bratislav Gašić, Defence minister of Serbia, commenting on the recent announcements of the Kosovo officials. He said that such statements are for internal political use and that Serbia is serious country, which abide to all signed agreements and obligations […]
Read More →Pristina is preparing for the Army (Vesti online)
As announced by the Kosovo Foreign Ministry in a meeting with the US Under Secretary of Defence, Evelyn Farkas, this year will be decisive for the transformation of Kosovo Security Forces in the army. Belgrade pointed out that the formation of the Kosovo Army is contrary to the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and it […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 3 February
• Mustafa: Jablanovic should resign or he will be dismissed (dailies)
• Kurti: We won’t give up (Zeri)
• Norwegian ambassador calls for peaceful protest (Zeri)
• Pentagon supports transformation of KSF into Armed Forces (Koha)
• KLA veterans: We might set the government on fire (Bota Sot)
• U.S. Ambassador Jacobson’s interview to Voice of America
• Amazon.com recognizes Kosovo (dailies)
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