KSF delivers humanitarian aid to Gračanica/Graçanicë Municipality (Koha)
The Kosovo Security Force (KSF) on Wednesday donated 50 sets of blankets, pillows and sheets to the Serbian Orthodox Church in Gračanica/Graçanicë. The donation will be delivered to the most vulnerable families in this municipality. Priest Srđan Stankovic who received the donation thanked the KSF, saying this was a welcomed relief in the current difficult […]
Read More →Serb Orthodox Church refers to unlawful decisions regarding UP property (Koha)
The Serb Orthodox Church representative, abbot Sava Janjic, claimed that the Orthodox Church building at the University of Pristina campus was twice confirmed to be under the ownership of the Serb Orthodox Church by UNMIK in 2003 and 2012. Janjic claimed to have in possession a certificate issued by the Kosovo cadastral agency showing that […]
Read More →Gaxherri: No church or mosque will be allowed in University campus (Koha)
The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) MP, Besa Gaxherri, during the Kosovo Assembly session today said no church or mosque will be allowed in the campus of the Pristina University. “We have a secular state. Serbian Church was built under Milosevic’s regime, everyone knows what purpose this church had at that time. Kosovo Serbs are […]
Read More →OSCE and Orthodox Church condemn attack on mosque in Gjilan (Kallxo.com)
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo through a press statement condemned the attempt by a Kosovo Serb to demolish the minaret of a mosque in the village of Velekincë, in Gjilan municipality a few days ago. “Ambassador Schlumberger condemns attack on Velekinca Mosque and commends police and local leadership for response that keeps this incident isolated,” […]
Read More →Bishop: Security in Kosovo is getting out of control of the local authorities (Blic)
Bishop of Raska and Prizren Teodosije, strongly condemned terrorist attack on the Serb village Gorazdevac, adding that it shows that the security situation in Kosovo is getting out of control of the local institutions that are unable to provide security to citizens. After an attack in 2003, when two Serbian children were killed while swimming […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 27 October
• Kosovo to sign Stabilization/Association Agreement with EU today (Zeri)
• AAK to support ratification of SAA (Gazeta Blic)
• Assembly session this week, opposition irritated (Zeri)
• Government rules out possible referendum on agreements (Koha)
• “There is no parliamentary crisis in Kosovo” (Epoka e Re)
• Thaci: A drunken MP can wreck the people (Bota Sot)
• Agreements with Serbia lack status of international agreements (Koha)
• Prosecution gives five-day deadline to opposition MPs (Koha)
• Italy mediates Kosovo-Serbia dialogue on UNESCO membership (Bota Sot)
• Police arrest suspect for the bus stoning incident (Kosova Sot)
Abbot Janjic: Political decision of UNESCO (RTK2)
Abbot of Visoki Decani Monastery Sava Janjic believes that talks on Kosovo’s admission to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, should be postponed, because Kosovo has not demonstrated political maturity. He stressed that proposal of Executive board to admit Kosovo in UNESCO is the result of political decisions. “Without clear Brussels assurances that […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 8 October
• Kosovo leaders send joint letter to UNESCO delegations (Koha)
• Mustafa: Kosovo in the final phase of UNESCO membership (Indeksonline)
• Selimi confident Kosovo will enter UNESCO agenda (Epoka e Re)
• Mustafa: I will not give in even if you take my life (Klan Kosova)
• Zbogar: Violence should not replace arguments (RTK/Kosovapress)
• Haradinaj: We will block the government too (Kosova Sot)
• Kadaj-Bujupi: We will continue to block the Assembly (Zeri)
• Kollcaku: Serb Association divides hospitals on ethnical bases (Epoka)
• Surroi: Kosovo is legalizing Serb autonomy (Koha)
• Justice favored Ivanovic (Zeri)
• Political party donors gain millions of euros from public tenders (Kosova Sot)
• Police arrest 15 Serbs for damaging Sharr forests (Koha)
Serbian Orthodox Church warns of danger of admitting Kosovo to UNESCO (KIM radio, Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug)
The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) has sent a letter on Tuesday to Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova, warning that the acceptance of Kosovo’s membership bid would endanger the Christian cultural heritage and the Serbs’ religious and human rights. In the letter signed by Patriarch Irinej, the Synod points out […]
Read More →Selimi: Kosovo has created a powerful lobbying bloc for UNESCO membership (RFE)
Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister Petrit Selimi said in an interview for Radio Free Europe that Kosovo has created a powerful lobbying group for membership in the UNESCO. Selimi, who visited the Holy See on Tuesday, said the main topic of discussion there was Kosovo’s membership in the UNESCO. He mentioned Serbia’s negative discourse against Kosovo’s […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 10 September
• New maps confirm Kosovo lost over 8,000 hectares (Koha)
• Rasic: Only Belgrade benefits from Association/Community (Klan Kosova)
• Biserko: Belgrade will use Association/Community to block Kosovo (dailies)
• Serbian List postpones higher education draft law (Epoka)
• Jahjaga to meet Albania’s leaders in Tirana today (Kosova Sot)
• Reinhardt: Kosovo doesn’t need more than 3,000 soldiers (Epoka)
• Discussions on Association of Albanian municipalities in Serbia (Indeksonline)
• CDHRF wants autopsy results for those killed in Kumanovo (Koha)
UNMIK Headlines 12 August
• Constitutional court “blocks” talks with the Netherlands (Telegrafi)
• Opposition’s request stops law on special court (Koha)
• Hyseni: Kosovo Police ready to follow special court’s orders (Zeri)
• Nishani: Kosovo is defending its image with the special court (RTK)
• Konjufca: PDK threatened its deputies on the special court (Epoka)
• Vetevendosje warns radical actions if Association is formed (Express/KTV)
• Government rebuts KIPRED poll (Kosova Sot)
• Quint’s support for UNESCO membership (Zeri)
• Serb Church: Kosovo shouldn’t be accepted in UNESCO (Klan Kosova)
• Shala: Djuric’s letter, interference in justice (Zeri)
• “Greece considering Kosovo recognition” (Koha)
• Implementation of agreement on vehicle insurance policy starts (Lajmi)
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