Kosovo Serb leader shot dead in northern town (Reuters)
PRISTINA (Reuters) – A Kosovan Serb leader, Oliver Ivanovic, who was awaiting trial over the killings of ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 war, was shot dead outside his party office in the northern town of Mitrovica on Tuesday, a state prosecutor said. In a protest against the killing, Serbia said it would quit the ongoing […]
Read More →Kosovo, ContourGlobal sign deal to build 500 MW coal-fired power plant (Reuters)
Kosovo has signed a contract with power generator ContourGlobal to build a 500-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant, the first major project since the poor Balkan country declared independence in 2008. http://reut.rs/2Bk9UYK
Read More →Kosovo Prosecutor Drops Extradition Case Over Alleged Turkey Coup Links (Reuters, USnews)
PRISTINA (Reuters) – A Kosovo prosecutor withdrew his bid on Thursday to extradite a Turkish citizen accused by Turkey of being part of a group linked to a failed coup there in 2016, saying Ankara had not provided enough evidence to back the case. Ugur Toksoy was arrested in October at the request of prosecutors […]
Read More →Bulgaria, next EU chair, aims to bring Western Balkans closer to bloc (Reuters)
Bulgaria said on Wednesday it would push for more infrastructure, energy and other projects to help bring Western Balkan nations closer to the European Union when it takes up the rotating six-month presidency of the bloc in January. http://reut.rs/2j3dX0z
Read More →EU more willing to consider new members in Balkans: EU commissioner (Reuters)
The European Union is increasingly willing to consider Western Balkan states joining the bloc, which could help ensure peace in the region while enriching the EU itself, the bloc’s integration commissioner said. http://reut.rs/2Bk0b02
Read More →Serbian foreign minister rejects U.S. call to choose between Russia and the West (Reuters
The largest of the states to emerge from the collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, Orthodox Christian and Slavic Serbia has natural affinity with Moscow, but it is keen to join the European Union. This month, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Hoyt Brian Yee told Belgrade it “cannot sit on two […]
Read More →Serbia’s president eyes early parliamentary vote (Reuters)
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is considering calling the third snap parliamentary elections since 2014 to further cement his Progressive Party’s (SNS) grip on power, he said late on Monday. Vucic, a ultranationalist firebrand during the Yugoslav wars of 1990s who a decade later has become committed to joining the European Union, said […]
Read More →War criminal or role model? It’s a thin line in Serbia (Reuters)
In 2009, Serbian general Vladimir Lazarevic was convicted by a U.N. court of war crimes over the forced deportation of more than 700,000 ethnic Albanians during the 1989-99 Kosovo war. http://reut.rs/2gus9Bw
Read More →New Kosovo PM pledges dialogue with Serbia, graft fight (Reuters)
Kosovo’s newly-elected prime minister, ex-guerilla commander Ramush Haradinaj, pledged on Saturday to maintain dialogue with a former foe Serbia and put an end to endemic corruption. http://reut.rs/2xrbzcS
Read More →Kosovo Parties Sign Deal to Form Government, End Political Deadlock (Reuters)
Kosovo’s center-right coalition led by the Democratic Party of Kosovo signed a deal on Monday with the small New Alliance for Kosovo party to form a government, ending nearly three months of political deadlock after an election on June 11. http://reut.rs/2gIwqB2
Read More →Beating of Kosovo journalist was attack on media freedom: OSCE (Reuters)
PRISTINA (Reuters) – An international watchdog has condemned the beating of a Kosovo journalist known for his reports on corruption, calling it “an attack against freedom of media”. Parim Olluri, whose news website Insajderi has become one of the leading online media reporting allegations of corruption among Kosovo’s top officials, was beaten by unknown assailants […]
Read More →Survivor of Kosovo massacre faces new challenge – in parliament (Reuters)
Kosovo’s new parliament convenes on Thursday but what has become a matter of routine in the 18 years since the young country broke away from Serbia marks another milestone in a remarkable journey for one new member of the assembly. http://reut.rs/2vrYOgc
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