UNMIK Headlines 7 February
Mogherini: Encouraging developments in Mitrovica (Zeri)
U.S. Embassy hails agreement on Mitrovica wall (dailies)
Koha Ditore: Northerners to build remote controlled wall
Shala: There will be no wall in Mitrovica North (RTK)
Fire engulfs DSS offices in Mitrovica north (Kosovapress)
Kosovo has not issued any arrest warrants for war crime suspects (Indeksonline)
Kosovo Assembly to discuss armed forces (Zeri)
Veseli: Kosovo Army will be formed very soon (media)
Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, said today in Pristina that the Kosovo Army will be formed very soon. “The decision-making process in the Assembly for the transformation is not as important as it is to have a range of investments in the Armed Forces, to provide the necessary arms and this is possible only through […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 6 February
• Mitrovica wall demolished, authorities indicate another construction (media)
• Mustafa: Demolition of wall, internal issue (dailies)
• Thaci: Dialogue is working (RTK)
• Mogherini: Reopening of Mitrovica Bridge contributes to reconciliation
• Veseli: Walls belong to the past, Kosovo looks to the future (Kosova Sot)
• Molliqaj: The wall will be moved to a different spot (Epoka e Re)
UNMIK Headlines 3 February
Headlines – 03.02.2017 Vucic’s meeting with Serb representatives stirs reactions in Kosovo (media) EU: Pristina and Belgrade should calm rhetoric (Gazeta Metro) NATO Secretary General calls for de-escalation of tensions in Kosovo (Koha) Thaçi: There will be no war, wall will be demolished (RTK) Serbs protesting against wall demolition disperse peacefully (Kosova Sot) Rakic: No […]
Read More →Group of Serbs protest against wall demolition in Mitrovica (Telegrafi)
A group of about 100 local Serb residents protested today in Mitrovica North against demolition of the wall erected by municipal leadership. Protesters marched towards the Iber River bridge to express their discontent with the prospect of the wall being removed. The protest ended peacefully.
Read More →Radojević: Tensions about the wall do not contribute to stabilization (Radio KIM)
“The tensions that have been created in conjunction with the wall at King Peter 1. street in north Mitrovicë/Mitrovica certainly do not contribute to a stable situation in northern Kosovo and for sure can destabilize the situation in northern Kosovo”, – warned Radojevic, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. For this reason we are working within the […]
Read More →Opposition calls for government’s resignation for not demolishing Mitrovica wall (Koha)
Three opposition parties – Vetevendosje, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) – have called on the government of Kosovo to step down following the failure to abide by the Kosovo Assembly resolution for demolishing the wall in Mitrovica North. In a joint statement, the opposition parties accused the government […]
Read More →Minister Shala: Mitrovica wall is illegal and should be demolished (Kosovapress)
Kosovo’s Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Ferat Shala, said that after carrying out all necessary technical and legal measures, his ministry has concluded that the Mitrovica North wall is illegal and as such needs to be demolished. He said that wall was unnecessary and fails to meet urban standards. Furthermore, Shala added, it sends […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 1 February
• Thaci: I expect further de-escalating of tensions with Serbia (RFE)
• Dialogue at level of Presidents and Prime Ministers resumes today (media)
• Government fails to respect Assembly’s resolution on Mitrovica wall (Zeri)
• Lunacek: Reconciliation is an obligation (Zeri)
• Zeri: “Fears of possible bomb threats alarm Pristina”
• Koha: “Kosovo Security Force will (not) become Kosovo Armed Force”
• Tsipras: Greece will not change its position on Kosovo (media)
Apostolova: No agreement on Mitrovica wall yet (Telegrafi)
Nataliya Apostolova, head of the European Union Office in Kosovo, said today that no agreement has been reached yet on the Mitrovica wall. Apostolova wrote on her Twitter account: “would be happy to have agreement on Mitrovica wall, but this is still not the case. Discussions continue & and I hope solution will be found […]
Read More →Thaçi: There will be no discussions with Belgrade about the wall (RTK)
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, said today that the issue of the wall would not be discussed with Belgrade authorities, because it is an internal issue of Kosovo. Thaçi made these statements in front of the monument of Zahir Pajaziti, and added that “As a state, we are very much aware that today is […]
Read More →Rakic: There is no agreement on the demolition of the wall (Radio KIM)
North Mitrovicë/ Mitrovica Mayor Goran Rakić said that any agreement with Prishtinë/Priština delegation was not reached in relation to the supporting wall in this city, and on which demolition political representatives of Kosovo Albanians are insisting. Rakić said in a statement that any agreement, except that both sides should refrain from inflammatory rhetoric and unilateral […]
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