UNMIK Headlines 17 August
• Tanin: Kosovo lost significant economic opportunities (media)
• Haradinaj requests a broad based government (Kosova Sot)
• Head of Kosovo Correctional Service attacked in Pristina (media)
• PDK expects Veseli’s election (Kosova Sot)
• Director of Insajderi physically assaulted (Insajderi)
O’Connell demands dignified pensions for victims of sexual violence during the war (Koha)
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell, said during a round-table organized by Kosovo Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims that the future government of Kosovo should establish a pension fund for the survivors of sexual abuse during the war. He demanded for these pensions to be dignifying being that minor sums would […]
Read More →Haradinaj meets O’Connell, discuss creation of government (RTK)
The leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and candidate for Prime Minister of the PAN coalition Ramush Haradinaj, met today with the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell. “We discussed the election process and creation of Kosovo’s new institutions. I assured Ambassador O’Connell on mine and my partners’ […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 23 May
• PDK and LDK did not envisage pay raise until 2020 (Koha Ditore)
• Competition is done by political programs not by war or peace wings (Epoka)
• CEC does not extend deadline for Diaspora voters (Koha Ditore)
• Political parties do not respect official terms for election campaign (Epoka)
• IMC bans media from airing election debates (dailies)
• Haradinaj: We will create the army during the first 90 days of work (RTK)
• Thaci in Vienna: We do not seek confrontation with EU (Koha Ditore)
• O’Connell: I would not vote candidates with indictments (Gazeta Metro)
Thaci undertakes initiative for decriminalization of political scene (RFE, Koha)
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said at the “Launching Westminster program for democracy in Kosovo” that Kosovo institutions should not have positions for people who are under investigation. “They should not be included in the election lists either,” Thaci said. His initiative to adopt a code for decriminalization of the political scene in Kosovo […]
Read More →O ‘Connell: The boycott has not been successful in many cases (KIM radio)
British Ambassador to Pristina Ruairí O’Connell believes that the decision of the Serb political representatives to “freeze” their participation in the Government and the Assembly of Kosovo was a mistake, stressing that boycott as a political tool never gave results. British Ambassador in Kosovo Ruairí O’Connell, visiting the show ‘Dogovor’ on RTV Kim, said that […]
Read More →Mitić: Recently adopted laws endanger safety and survival of Serbs (KIM radio)
Deputy of the Serbian List Bojan Mitić says the last adopted laws in Kosovo are endangering the safety of Serbs in Kosovo. Serbian deputy Bojan Mitić said this on a meeting with the Ambassador of Great Britain in Kosovo Ruairí O’Connell and representatives of the British “Westminster Foundation”. According to the statement of the Serbian […]
Read More →O’Connell: Kosovo-Albania unification sounds like a threat (RTK)
Answering a question during a live chat on Facebook, the British Ambassador to Kosovo Ruairi O’Connell said that a unification of Kosovo and Albania sounds like a threat. “To be honest, when I hear that there will be stability in the Balkans only if Kosovo and Albania is unified, it sounds like a threat,” said […]
Read More →Everyone can contribute (Zeri)
Below find the opinion piece by the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell, published today in Zeri. 8th March is celebrated internationally as women’s day. I have to admit, the first time I spent 8 March in Kosovo, I was surprised by the tradition. The day is not really celebrated in Britain, and […]
Read More →The UK Ambassador invites people to talk to him live on Facebook (Lajmi.net)
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Kosovo, Ruairi O’Conell is doing something that no Kosovo politician did, except during the election campaign. Today, he has set the time between 14:00 to 16:00 hours to discuss with Kosovo people on Facebook. The Embassy has invited Kosovo people not to miss the opportunity to make questions. […]
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