Lavrov: Albanian forces should not be in northern Kosovo (B92)
Russian Foreign Minister on Tuesday said that a new war in the Balkans must be avoided, and that Albanian forces should not be in northern Kosovo and Metohija. Speaking during his annual news conference in Moscow, Lavrov touched on the latest tensions between Belgrade and Pristina. “The forces of Kosovo Albanians should not be present […]
Read More →Headlines 16 January
Headlines – 16.01.2017 Serbia threatens with military intervention, Kosovo vows not to allow provocations (Koha) Thaçi: Serbia’s threats endanger Balkans (Zëri) Protest in the north regarding Belgrade-Mitrovica train (Koha) KFOR ready for intervention (Zëri) Brussels calls for dialogue (Koha Ditore) US respects the right of Kosovo to intervene in the north (Koha Ditore) Bahtiri hails […]
Read More →Headlines 13 January
Haradinaj released on bail pending extradition request review (dailies)
Haradinaj: I was told Serbia’s arrest warrant was reactivated (Koha Ditore)
Successes and failures of Kosovo according to Edita Tahiri (Kallxo.com)
Kajtazi: Thaci and Veseli are in the focus of the Special Court (Gazetametro)
PM Mustafa refers to Presevo Valley as Eastern Kosovo (Zeri)
Railway authority: Serb companies operating illegally in north (Kosova Sot)
Tahiri denies Rakić’s statement: The wall will be removed (Indeksonline)
After the statement of the mayor of Mitrovica North, Goran Rakić, that the concrete wall between north and south Mitrovica will not be demolished but only redesigned with stairs which would be connected to the roundabout that will be built in the northern part, Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, told Indeksonline that the wall […]
Read More →Headlines 7 December
• Five-day campaign for the runoff in Drenas/Glogovac (Epoka e Re)
• AKR will join NISMA at Drenas/Glogovac runoff (Klan Kosova)
• Mustafa to invite opposition experts in territory measurement (Bota Sot)
• International assessment confirms Kosovo’s failure in education (Koha)
• Yagcilar to be appointed ambassador to Ankara (Koha Ditore)
• Palmer: Remove corrupt people from important posts (Zeri)
• Bahtiri: The wall was not part of the project (Klan Kosova)
• Pessimism dominates north of Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
Isa scared Serbs with KFOR (Večernje Novosti)
I expect the international community to react due to the inappropriate way of organizing the opening of the bridge on the Bistrica River, and if this does not happen, I will send a letter tomorrow to the EU envoy, as people in the north of Kosovo are disturbed and the tensions are high, Mayor of […]
Read More →Is the termination of cooperation with KFOR good decision or…? (RTK2)
The mayors from northern Kosovo decided to terminate the communication and co-operation with KFOR until further notice, for organizing the visit of Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa and the ministers of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, Hyseni and security forces Haki Demolli on the occasion of the opening of the bridge over the Bistrica River near […]
Read More →Headlines 03 December
• Mustafa’s presence returns barricades in the north (Koha Ditore)
• More than municipal elections (Koha Ditore)
• Vetevendosje submits alibi for its activists (Koha Ditore)
• Against Veseli’s initiative on Dehari case (Zeri)
• Five individuals hammer coordinator of the Pannell for release on bail (Koha)
Agreement on the judiciary has lost every meaning (KIM radio)
Although the agreement on the judiciary in northern Kosovo was reached in 2013, there is no implementation yet. Lawyer Dejan Vasić considers that the agreement has lost all meaning although it had “historic significance” for the negotiators, stressing that a lot of time passed since the adoption and almost nothing has been done. Vasić says […]
Read More →Mustafa: Soon the courts in the north; Simić: Following year only (RTK2)
While official Pristina expects soon the full implementation of the Brussels agreement on the judiciary from 2015, in the north say that the process of integrating the north into Kosovo’s judicial system stopped. Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa announced that a judicial system will be established in the north, with one Basic Court and one […]
Read More →Unrealistic for the Kosovo police to take over the Trepca in the north (RTV Puls)
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, Milan Radojević does not expect the Kosovo police intervention in the north of Kosovo in order to take over the control over the Trepča. “I think it is unrealistic that the police in northern Kosovo react because this is a very difficult and serious task. I’m not saying […]
Read More →The Municipal Assembly of Zubin Potok sent a warning to Pristina (RTV Puls)
Municipal leadership of Zubin Potok, on the occasion of arrogant-destructive manners of Kosovo government, strongly expressed their protest and have given the last warning to the authorities in Pristina before the total rupture of relations, said the leadership of the municipality of Zubin Potok. The integration of civil protection in northern Kosovo into Kosovo institutions […]
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