Vjosa Osmani: “Little Schengen”, big mistake (Blic, KTV)
LDK candidate for Prime Minister Vjosa Osmani called the idea of the Balkan “mini-Schengen”, agreed Thursday by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, and Northern Macedonia Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, “a big mistake.” – I think it’s an accident that something like that happened. I do not know if Prime Minister Rama […]
Read More →Pacolli: Haradinaj is stubborn, all the others would abolish tariffs on Serbian goods (KTV, B92, Beta)
Kosovo Foreign Affairs Minister Behgjet Pacolli said that any other politician elected for the new Prime Minister would abolish tariffs, except Ramush Haradinaj. “I repeat, winner of the election, the future prime minister who says he will keep the tariffs, is lying. I exclude Haradinaj from this because I know him as stubborn and when […]
Read More →Political analyst Veton Surroi says Serbian List produced by Vucic and Thaci (KoSSev, N1, KTV)
Kosovo publicist and political analyst Veton Surroi said on Friday that the Serb List was created by the Presidents of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci. The Serbian List is a Kosovo Serb party whose officials, including at least one person alleged to have criminal connections, enjoy the full support of official Belgrade. […]
Read More →KoSSev: Thaci wanted amnesty, Mogherini faked the process to keep her job – Weber to KTV
”The exchange of territories is being discussed because Federica Mogherini faked the process and progress in order to keep her job, while HashimThaci wants an amnesty from the Special Court,” German political analyst and expert on the Balkans, Bodo Weber said during his guest appearance on the KTV Rubikon show. According to Weber, the narrative […]
Read More →The new Criminal Code provides for a life sentence for paedophilia (RTK2, KTV)
More than 100 minors, under the age of 16, have been sexually harassed in Kosovo over the past two years, reports RTK2, citing KTV. Sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 16 is punishable by the Criminal Code, but it does not explicitly mention the term “paedophilia”. Ismet Salihu, professor of criminal law, […]
Read More →“The agreement in 2019; neither Kosovo or Serbia will be asked much” (KIM radio, KTV)
Kosovo Assembly Vice President Xhavit Haliti said that Pristina and Belgrade would not be asked much about the agreement on normalizing relations between Kosovo and Serbia. He told Pristina based KTV that a legally binding agreement would be reached this year, and only thanks to the high pressure of Western diplomacy, reports KIM radio. “We have […]
Read More →Released five Serbs arrested this morning in the action of Kosovo special police (RTS)
Members of the special forces of the Kosovo police, armed with long pipes, arrested and then released five Serbs. The police this morning infiltrated the premises of the Cultural and Educational Center “Bozidar Mitrovic Sandor” in Silovo near Gnjilane and searched several houses in that town. Kosovo police officers during the operation at several locations […]
Read More →Gjukaj: Citizens did not only pay for electricity in the north but for all Serb-majority areas (Koha)
Director of the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK), Arben Gjukaj, told KTV that citizens of Kosovo were not only charged for unpaid electricity in the north but for all areas with Serb majority. Gjukaj said that unpaid bills were sent to both UNMIK and the government of Kosovo. “After independence, one bill went to UNMIK and […]
Read More →Two properties owned by Albanians attacked in the north (Koha/Klan Kosova)
A store owned by an Albanian resident of “Kodra e Minatoreve” neighbourhood in the northern part of Mitrovica was stoned last night as well as a house further down the street owned by Cerani family. Nysret Cerani, owner of the house, told KTV that at the time the house was stoned he also heard gunshots […]
Read More →Kurti on Thaci: You have to be a unifying person to set up a unity team (Koha)
In an interview to KTV, Vetevendosje MP Albin Kurti said President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci is the person who has the least right to initiate the setting up of a unity team to represent Kosovo in talks with Serbia. “You have to be a unifying person to create a unity team. If there is one […]
Read More →Source: Next Assembly session to take place on Monday (Koha)
Sources told KTV that the next session of the Assembly is to take place on Monday and that the invitations to MPs are expected to be delivered today. In addition, the chairman of the Kosovo Assembly’s constitutive session, Adem Mikullovci from Vetevendosje, will not be calling any more consultative meetings.
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 12 July
“Haradinaj received support from non-Serb communities” (Zeri)
Elections of PAN candidate for Assembly President, not certain (Koha)
International officials in Kosovo begin meeting political leaders (Koha Ditore)
PDK’s Haxhiu: PAN has so far 63 votes (Koha)
Kusari-Lila: New government by Vetevendosje and LAA (Klan Kosova)
Kurti speaks about plans to form government with LDK (Bota Sot)
Hahn: New government to tackle corruption and demarcation (Epoka)
EU to gather today Western Balkans Prime Ministers in Italy (Epoka)
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