President Jahjaga refuses Brazil visa (Lajmi)
President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, was officially invited to take part in the Women’s World Summit that begins today in Sao Paolo, Brazil but Jahjaga canceled her participation after refusing conditions set by Brazilian authorities for granting her a visa. Jahjaga said the visa requirements were unacceptable. “President Jahjaga represents the state of Kosovo in […]
Read More →Selimi: Recognition of Palestine by Vatican cannot be compared to Kosovo (Lajmi)
Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Petrit Selimi, said that the recent decision of the Vatican to recognize Palestine cannot be compared to recognition of Kosovo. “The Kosovo diplomacy does not act by comparing our situation in any way to that of Palestine,” said Selimi. Several weeks ago, Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci paid an official visit to Vatican […]
Read More →Member of Bosnia and Herzegovina presidency: I would recognise Kosovo tomorrow (Lajmi)
Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bakir Izetbegovic, said that the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is making efforts to reassess relations with Kosovo and considering steps to facilitate movement of B&H citizens to Kosovo and vice versa. Izetbegovic said that if it was up to him, he would recognise Kosovo tomorrow […]
Read More →EU position is clear, Kosovo recognition is up to the member states (RTS)
Asked to comment the release of website Koha.net, Spokesperson of EU High Representative Maja Kocijancic said: “The EU’s position is very clear. The dialogue which EU is facilitating between Belgrade and Pristina is about normalisation of relations. The issue of recognition is for the member states. This was clearly explained to the media by the […]
Read More →Slovakian Prime Minister: We will not recognize Kosovo’s independence (RTKLive)
The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, stated that his country would not recognize the independence of Kosovo. Fico met with his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic in Bratislava. He stressed that he is following the developments on the relations between Belgrade and Pristina and that there is reason for his country to change its position. […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 31 March
• Serbian List adds conditions to return to Kosovo institutions (Koha Ditore)
• Opposition against acceptance of Serbian List conditions (Epoka e Re)
• Veseli: There is no reason to worry about special court (Zeri)
• Selimi: Recognition from Romania is not far off (Epoka e Re)
• Serbia recognizes Kosovo as a “neighbour” (Koha Ditore)
• Former Serb agent to evaluate discussions (Zeri)
• IMF: Insufficient growth in Kosovo (Kosova Sot)
• Musliu: Serbia is quietly cleansing Presevo Valley (Epoka e Re)
• Meeting on religious extremism (Zeri)
Israel-Kosovo relations marked by shared sympathies, hampered by identity politics (The Jerusalem Post)
Israel can be a chilly place for the politician of a fledgling nation who seeks statehood recognition. So it was that Enver Hoxhaj of Kosovo was greeted with handshakes in Israel this week, but held no official governmental meetings and flew home after his three days without the one thing he dreamed of – a […]
Read More →Rama requested recognition of Kosovo by Romania (Koha online)
The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, visited today Romania, where he met with his counterpart, Victor Ponta. During the joint press conference Rama appealed to Romania to recognize Kosovo and become part of the process followed by Euro-Atlantic countries. “And the last, but not by importance, my reiterated request: my wish for Romania to […]
Read More →Abbas: We have good relations with Kosovo but we will not recognise it as a country (BIRN, Telegrafi)
The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, told BIRN that Palestine would not recognise Kosovo as an independent state. “We have good relations [with Kosovo] but we don’t interfere in conflicts between countries. We distance ourselves and we stay away from all the conflicts, because we don’t want to be here or there,” he said. The President said […]
Read More →Gudens: Austria should reconsider recognition of Kosovo (Koha online)
The deputy leader of Austira’s Freedom Party, Johan Gudenus, stated that the wave of the emigrants from Kosovo that western Europe is facing is a proof that Kosovo’s independence and its recognition was a mistake. He added that the United States, as supporters of independence, should take over the responsibility. Gudenus stressed that despite the […]
Read More →Gudenus: The wave of refugees is evidence that recognition of Kosovo was a mistake (Blic)
The deputy head of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPO), Johann Gudenus said that Kosovo is not a war affected region, and yet thousands of people are in front of the borders of Austria. In this regard, the head of FPO caucus in Austrian Assembly, stressed that it must be considered why so many people are escaping […]
Read More →The Pope refused Jahjaga! (Vesti online)
During a private visit to Vatican, Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga unsuccessfully tried to persuade Pope Francis to recognize the independence of Kosovo. During the meeting, which lasted 40 minutes, Jahjaga informed the Pope that Kosovo is now recognized by 108 countries and expressed hope that he supports “a vision of an independent Kosovo.” She particularly […]
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