UNMIK Headlines 11 August
• Lack of votes leads to postponement of demarcation vote (Koha Ditore)
• PDK and LDK support ratification of demarcation deal (Kosova Sot)
• Selimi: Demarcation will be undone by protests (Epoka e Re)
• Çollaku: If demarcation passes, visa liberalization by November (Zëri)
• Vučić: The solution is recognition of Kosovo, but we are not doing it (Epoka e Re)
• Mustafa: Serbia cannot block privatization in Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
• U.S. State Department: Obstacles to the functioning of religious groups (Epoka e Re)
UNMIK Headlines 2 August
• Thaçi: Now is time for a new quality of cooperation with the UN (Epoka e Re)
• Ratification of demarcation, vital for visa liberalisation (Epoka e Re)
• Strong confrontation on demarcation issue (Zëri)
• Tahiri concerned over destructive acts in north (Zëri)
• Grabovci not concerned over intercepted conversations (dailies)
• KDI urges prosecution to investigate Grabovci’s conversations (Koha)
• Mustafa returns Selimi to the post MCC National Coordinator (dailies)
Vetëvendosje’s Selimi blames the government over the law on police and armed forces (Koha/Telegrafi)
In the meeting of the Kosovo Assembly’s internal affairs and overseeing of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) commission, Vetëvendosje MP Rexhep Selimi accused the government for failing to submit two very important pieces of legislation: that on transformation of the KSF into armed force and the one on early retirement for the Kosovo Police officers. […]
Read More →Selimi: I offered resignation from the position of Deputy Minister (Lajmi.net)
Former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Petrit Selimi, has expressed his revolt regarding the government decision to dismiss him from the position of the national coordinator of the Millennium Challenges Corporation, considering it as unjustifiable and illegal. He said that he has offered his resignation from the position of the Deputy Foreign Minister in order […]
Read More →Petrit Selimi dismissed as coordinator of Millennium Challenge Corporation (media)
The Kosovo government has annulled its decision made on May 13 whereby Petrit Selimi, Deputy Foreign Minister, was appointed as national coordinator of the Millennium Challenges Corporation. Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, said today that the government received complaints from the Anti-Corruption Agency that Selimi cannot hold both the post of Deputy Foreign Minister and […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 8 July
• Demarcation raises tensions at the Assembly (dailies)
• Kosovo conditions dialogue with implementation of agreements (RFE)
• Kosovo backs down from threats of reciprocity measures to Serbia (Koha)
• Çaushi: We will not give up territory for visas (Zëri)
• Rexhep Selimi criticizes Kosovo Serb ministers (Epoka e Re)
UNMIK Headlines 28 June
• Pristina authorities approve of Lazar monument in Mitrovica North (Koha)
• Selimi: Kosovo’s security in the mercy of chance (Epoka e Re)
• President Thaci lobbies at the countries of Latin America (Epoka e Re)
• Tahiri: UNMIK failed to implement its mandate (Epoka e Re)
• Special court to recruit staff during summer (Zëri)
• Ferrarese: Kosovo must improve its image (dailies)
Selimi cannot be deputy minister and coordinator of millennium challenges at the same time (Koha)
Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency director Hasan Preteni sent a letter to Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Petrit Selimi, saying that holding the post of the deputy minister and coordinator of Millennium Corporation Challenges constitutes a conflict of interest. In his letter, Preteni recalls that Law on Prevention of Conflict of Interest provides that “public officials cannot be […]
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)
UNMIK Headlines 1 June
• Thaçi: Religion should unite people (Epoka e Re)
• Ebadi: Educate women to combat extremism (Zeri)
• Selimi writes to NYT regarding ISIS story (Telegrafi)
• Visa liberalisation postponed after summer (Zeri)
• Plan for revitalisation of Brezovica ski resort fails (Kosova Sot)
• Indictment filed for former president of Court of Appeals, Mekaj (dailies)
• Albanian youth attack Serb in Mitrovica South (Kosovapress)
UNMIK Headlines 27 May
• Prime Minister Mustafa says there will be changes in government (Lajmi)
• Fajon questions conditioning of visas with border demarcation (dailies)
• Selimi: We will travel without visas during summer (RTK/RTV Dukagjini)
• Dialogue on cadastral records failed (Tribuna Channel)
• Kosovo, Serbia delegations to discuss telecom in Brussels today (Kosovapress)
• Vetëvendosje against Court’s ruling in Deçan/Dečani (Telegrafi)
• Delawie: Kosovo should be part of Europe (media)
• Kosovo leads the world in approval of U.S. leadership (Koha)
• One Serb injured, one Albanian arrested in a Mitrovica brawl (Koha)
UNMIK Headlines 24 May
• Çollaku: Demarcation must be ratified by July (dailies)
• Government coalition proposes roundtable for demarcation (Epoka e Re)
• Selimi: Serbian soldiers came as usurpers and were killed as such (Insajderi)
• Deçan/Dečani residents say they will not respect Court’s decision (Koha)
• O’Connell: Foreign investors should be supported (Epoka e Re)
• Justice Minister, under the ambassadors’ microscope (Zeri)
• Serwer: One thing not to worry about (media)
• Privatisation agency asks RTK to release its premises (RTK)
• LDK branch head in Germany sues party leader (Bota Sot)
• UK troops failed to protect Kosovo citizens, court hears (Lajmi/The Guardian)
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