Opposition: We have not been silenced, protests will continue (Telegrafi)
Officials from Kosovo opposition parties are committed to continue opposing the agreement on the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities and the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. Vetevendosje MP Albulena Haxhiu told Telegrafi that the protest against the agreements has entered its seventh month and it has almost been three months since the opposition also began demanding the resignation of […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 27 February
• Hashim Thaci elected President of Kosovo (dailies)
• Delawie and Jahjaga congratulate Thaci on his election (Koha Ditore)
• EU concerned with the way Thaci got elected president (Koha)
• Opposition parties pledge to continue protests (Zeri)
AAK: Recent arrests linked to tomorrow’s protest (Telegrafi)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) said in a press release that last night’s arrests of Vetevendosje spokesperson Frasher Krasniqi and the head of Vetevendosje parliamentary group Glauk Konjufca ahead of the opposition’s protest tomorrow demonstrate the strong link between the government and law enforcement authorities. The AAK said the timing of Krasniqi’s […]
Read More →Civil society activists come out in support of tomorrow’s protest (Koha)
A group of 54 civil society activists have signed a letter in support of tomorrow’s opposition protest. In the letter, the undersigned state that as citizens of Kosovo they are deeply concerned with the current political crisis and in an effort to contribute to the resolving of the situation, they have decided to support the […]
Read More →Opposition: 17 February protest, the biggest yet (Zeri)
Kosovo opposition parties are confident that the anti-government protest scheduled for 17 February will be the biggest yet. The opposition bloc is already meeting citizens from different municipalities to garner support for the upcoming protest. Adonis Tahiri from Vetevendosje said the united opposition continues to demand the annulment of the agreement with Serbia on the […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 2 February
• EULEX mandate expected to be extended by two more years (Koha Ditore)
• Sahatqija: Elections postpone integration process for one year (Telegrafi)
• Konjufca: Referendum on agreements or elections (Kosova Sot)
• Serwer: US doesn’t get involved in president’s election (Zeri/Gazeta Express)
• DPM Stojanovic claims “armed Islamists” were arrested in Decan (Koha)
• Abrashi assures KLA veterans that they will receive pensions (Telegrafi)
• Two prosecutors for war crimes (Telegrafi)
UNMIK Headlines 28 January
• Mustafa: Association, only in accordance with Constitutional Court (dailies)
• Mogherini: Talks were held in a very good atmosphere (dailies)
• Ymeri: Vucic has Mustafa in his pocket (Kosova Sot)
• Opposition’s plan B to overthrow government (Zeri)
• Delawie: Kosovo to combat corruption (RTKLive)
• Vetevendosje blames K-government for legalizing Serbia’s authority (Koha)
• Limaj: President to be elected by the people (Epoka e Re)
• EC calls for depoliticizing of independent institutions (Koha Ditore)
• KLA veterans to protest on Monday (Tribuna Channel)
UNMIK Headlines 22 January
• SAA ratification, irreversible path towards EU (dailies)
• Kosovo Serb leader sentenced to nine years in prison for war crimes (dailies)
• CoE encourages UNMIK to increase capacities (Koha Ditore)
• Tahiri: There is no danger from integration of civilian structures (RTKlive)
• AAK: SAA for Kosovo is not complete (Epoka e Re)
• Limaj: Next protest on 17 February (Zeri)
• Selimi: Thaci is not a unifying figure to become President (Epoka e Re)
• PDK interferes with justice in Lushtaku case (Kosova Sot)
UNMIK Headlines 18 January
• Pristina-Belgrade dialogue to continue without Mustafa? (Koha Ditore)
• Mustafa: I will not resign (dailies)
• Haradinaj: People’s patience running thin (Koha Ditore)
• Thaci President, Veseli Prime Minister (Zeri)
• Grabovci: Assembly sessions to resume soon (Zeri)
• Kadaj-Bujupi: Opposition will block sessions (Epoka e Re)
• Municipality staff enter hunger strike to sympathise with Lushtaku (dailies)
Albanian Activists Accuse Kosovo Police of Abuse (Balkan Insight)
A group of 40 Albanians, supporters of the Kosovo opposition who were turned back by border police on the way to a protest in Pristina last week, have alleged they were also assaulted. – See more at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/albanians-stopped-in-the-border-to-join-pristina-protests-01-14-2016#sthash.ODaAgMPh.dpuf
Read More →With arrogance towards opposition, Kosovo Government deepens crisis (Koha Ditore)
The paper’s Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj writes that the “ease” with which the international community views the latest developments in Kosovo, should make the local leaders take action to decrease tensions and prevent further deepening of the political crisis. Palokaj says there is no doubt that the current government of Kosovo enjoys considerable support from […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 11 January
• Opposition: Protests will stop when the government falls (Zeri)
• Government and opposition don’t change stance, crisis deepens (Koha Ditore)
• International officials condemn violence in Saturday’s protest (dailies)
• Belgrade will not dissolve its parallel structures in Kosovo (Zeri)
• Implementation of SAA starts in the first months of this year (Epoka e Re)
• Population census in the north, this year (Epoka e Re)