EU nudges Balkans towards economic integration (Reuters)
Bosnia boycotted a transport pact and Kosovo frustrated a European Union attempt to forge a customs union in the Balkans on Wednesday, at a summit that once again brought promises of accession but no firm timetable. http://reut.rs/2tLpRle
Read More →Six Western Balkan states to create regional economic area with EBRD’s help (Reuters)
Six Western Balkan countries are set to form a regional economic area, getting rid of trade barriers and harmonizing laws in order to attract more investment, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development said on Wednesday. http://reut.rs/2tk4yr1
Read More →Kosovo charges 9 men with plotting attacks at Albania-Israel World Cup match (Reuters)
Kosovo prosecutors said on Wednesday they had charged nine Kosovar men with planning attacks at a World Cup soccer match in Albania against the visiting Israel team and its fans last November. http://reut.rs/2sdhpZN
Read More →Lengthy coalition talks ahead for Kosovo, could delay reforms (Reuters)
Kosovo could be heading towards lengthy talks on forming a coalition government, delaying economic reforms, official preliminary results showed on Monday. Early elections were held on Sunday after the PDK-led government of Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, accused by the opposition of failing to meet pledges to improve the lives of young people, lost a no-confidence […]
Read More →Kosovo centre-right coalition on course to win parliamentary vote (Reuters)
A coalition led by the ruling centre-right Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) came first in Kosovo’s snap parliamentary election on Sunday, but it will have to find a coalition partner to form a stable government, results based on a partial vote count showed. http://reut.rs/2rh0zMA
Read More →Kosovo IS commander killed, police and family say (Reuters)
A self-proclaimed commander of Albanians fighting with Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, notorious at home in Kosovo for a video showing him beheading a man, has been killed, police and his family said on Thursday. http://reut.rs/2slgCbF
Read More →Kosovars weary of politicians’ promises in election run-up (Reuters)
Safet Tasholli, 46, earns seven euros a day selling wrapping paper to burger vendors in the eastern town of Ferizaj and hopes to join the one million Kosovars who live and work abroad. http://reut.rs/2rYW7B6
Read More →Kosovo Telecom avoids bankruptcy as partner waives 32 mln euro payment (Reuters)
May 24 State-owned Kosovo Telecom has avoided bankruptcy after a Kosovan mobile operator agreed to waive a 32 million euro ($35.78 million) fine imposed over a breach of contract, the companies said on Wednesday. Privately owned Z-mobile won a contract in 2008 to use Kosovo Telecom’s (PTK) network and technology but later took the state […]
Read More →Kosovo lawmakers dismiss government in no confidence motion (Reuters)
Kosovo lawmakers voted on Wednesday to dismiss the government of Prime Minister Isa Mustafa in a no-confidence motion, triggering a snap parliamentary election next month. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kosovo-politics-idUSKBN1861NX
Read More →Prva TV: Court first wanted to extradite Haradinaj (B92, TV Prva)
B92 reports, based upon information of Prva TV, that former KLA leader Ramush Haradinaj was acquitted on the basis of revised decision, by which he was supposed to be extradited to Serbia. As it was learned, the decision was justified by the fact that the consequences could be very difficult for Haradinaj, reported B92. The […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 8 April
Petrovic and Jablanovic to set up new political party (Koha)
Hoxhaj to Reuters: Serbia trying to dominate the region (RTK)
Selimi: Thaci to keep his promise and resign (Klan Kosova)
Deda: Not the first time Thaci failed to deliver on his promises (Telegrafi)
Serbian PM the runaway favorite to become president (Reuters)
Serbians voted for a new president on Sunday with conservative Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic the runaway favorite despite opposition warnings about the extent of his domination over the Balkan country. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-serbia-election-idUSKBN1733VI
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