Mustafa: Implementation of SAA precedes Kosovo’s EU accession (Koha)
In today’s routine meeting, the government of Kosovo reviewed European integration agenda. Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuci spoke about implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) and the criteria Kosovo has to meet in its path to joining the EU while Prime Minister Isa Mustafa underlined the importance of the reforms agenda and noted […]
Read More →Only three percent of people in know about SAA (Telegrafi)
People of Kosovo are very little informed about the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) and they are largely unhappy with the political and economic situation, indicates a poll carried out by two Kosovo-based think tanks, the Pristina Institute for Political Studies and the Group for Political and Legal Studies. Leonora Kryeziu from the Pristina Institute […]
Read More →Kosovo Customs Earnings Rise Despite SAA (Balkan Insight)
The Stabilisation and Association Agreement, SAA, with the EU has cost Kosovo customs 5 million euros in revenues. The agreement entered in force on April 1 after being signed in October 2015. Much of it concerns scrapping customs tariffs on a range of products. The director of customs, Lulzim Rafuna, on Monday said that up […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 8 June
• Russia insists on implementation of UNSC resolution 1244 (Koha)
• Kosovo risks losing millions and face EU embargo (Koha Ditore)
• Opening of Mitrovica bridge under question (Koha Ditore)
• Grabovci: There will be no early elections (Bota Sot)
• VV blames Haradinaj and Limaj (Zeri)
• Abdullahu: Demarcation agreement, soon in the Assembly (Kosova Sot)
• Haradinaj: Government to give up the two agreements (Epoka e Re)
• Selimi: Vetëvendosje will use teargas against demarcation (RTK)
• Mustafa to meet IMF on veterans’ issues (Kosova Sot)
• Veseli: Kosovo determined on its Euro-Atlantic path (Epoka e Re)
Hahn: SAA and visa liberalization to open new possibilities for Kosovo (Koha)
European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, spoke to the members of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) about EU’s expectations and the progress in Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Turkey, and Serbia. With regards to Kosovo, Hahn noted that the next challenge is […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 7 June
• Haradinaj and Limaj call for early elections (Epoka e Re/Telegrafi)
• Vetëvendosje rejoins Assembly (Kosova Sot)
• Germany and France against visa liberalisation for Kosovo (Zeri)
• Implementation of SAA starts with failures (Koha)
• Thaçi: Kosovo has shifted its focus on economic development (Koha)
• Hyseni: Let us safeguard inter-religious harmony (Koha)
• Haradinaj: I was not involved in the Kumanovo case (Zeri)
UNMIK Headlines 19 May
• Thaçi: KSF ready to transform into KAF (RTK)
• Veseli welcomes news from the U.S. (Epoka e Re)
• Tahiri: Kosovo Armed Forces to be established this year (Kosova Sot)
• Thaçi: Agreement on demarcation will be ratified (Zeri)
• Haliti: Dialogue the only option for demarcation (Zeri)
• Lekaj: We will not back down from our requests (Zeri)
• AAK: We are not getting close to PDK (Epoka e Re)
• Kosovo Assembly discusses expulsion of Albanians from the north (Koha)
• Selimi appointed national coordinator of Millennium Challenge office (Koha)
UNMIK Headlines 18 May
• Hahn: Demarcation, pre-condition for visa liberalisation (Zeri)
• Hahn: Unite in European integration journey (dailies)
• Thaçi commends the political leaders’ meeting (Zeri)
• Ymeri expresses discontent with visa liberalisation criteria (Bota Sot)
• EU does not want EULEX mandate to be time restricted (Koha Ditore)
• First meeting of SAA committee ends with joint statement (Kosova Sot)
• Lunacek seeks compensation for victims of sexual violence (Kosovo Sot)
• Increased requests for Kosovo documents in the north (Zeri)
Hahn thanks opposition for the contribution to integration process (lajmi.net)
During the last session of the parliamentary Commission for the Stabilization Association Agreement, Johannes Hahn said that the SAA is a historical step and marks contractual relations with the European Union. However, according to him, the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary remain a challenge. “The SAA will raise standards and this […]
Read More →Hahn: €300 million available for businesses to accommodate with SAA challenges (Lajmi.net)
The EU Commissioner for Neighborhood and enlargement, Johannes Hahn, said that he has arrived in Kosovo to congratulate and celebrate Kosovo’s membership at UEFA, and entering into power of the SAA. He said that the economic perspective is very important, and it is one of the main perspectives of the country. “The SAA pushes the […]
Read More →Picula: Corruption and press freedom, two main problems in Kosovo (Indeksonline)
Tonino Picula, chairman of the European Parliamentary Committee for SAA with Kosovo, and other members of the committee met Kosovo’s President, Hashim Thaci. Picula reiterated EU’s strong support to Kosovo’s European agenda. “We are here today and tomorrow to ask questions about the current situation in Kosovo. […] Our visit kick-starts the first phase of the Stabilization and Association […]
Read More →Thaci: Kosovo will fulfill all visa liberalization requirements (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo’s President, Hashim Thaci, met today with a European Parliament delegation that will participate in the EU-Kosovo meeting on the implementation of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA). During the meeting, Thaci said that Kosovo will fulfill all visa liberalization requirements set by the EU, including the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities in compliance […]
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