Kosovo government reveals agenda of Montenegrin PM’s visit (Telegrafi)
Prime Minister of Montenegro, Dusko Markovic, will visit Kosovo on 6 February on an invitation by his Kosovo counterpart, Ramush Haradinaj. During the visit, Markovic is also expected to meet President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, and Assembly President, Kadri Veseli. Donjeta Gashi, head of Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj’s Information Office, said the border demarcation issue […]
Read More →Hoxha: Kosovo expects clear integration signals from EU (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Minister for European Integration, Dhurata Hoxha, said at the “Go West – Western Balkan” conference taking place in Vienna that European integration remains one of the key objectives of Kosovo’s foreign policy along with consolidation of democracy, rule of law, respect of human rights and creation of a functional market economy. She said she […]
Read More →Bulgaria supports Kosovo’s European perspective (Telegrafi)
Kosovo’s Minister of European Integration, Dhurata Hoxha, said in a meeting with Bulgarian Ambassador, Nedialtcho Dantchev, that Kosovo needs to be given a timeline regarding its EU integration and also be included in all enlargement initiatives. “There is consensus on the integration aspect in our country. It is regrettable that Kosovo is the last in […]
Read More →EULEX asked to step up pressure on Serbia regarding missing persons (Telegrafi/Koha)
Advisor to Prime Minister of Kosovo on missing persons, Jahja Lluka, met today officials from the Kosovo’s Forensic Institute and also discussed their presence in the process for determining the fate of missing persons. Director of the institute, Arsim Gerxhaliu, and EULEX forensic anthropologist, Tarja Formisto, spoke about their joint work while Lluka expressed the […]
Read More →Haziri: Attempt to abrogate specialist court has strained relations with int’l community (Telegrafi)
Deputy leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Lutfi Haziri, told RTV Dukagjini that the law on specialist chambers cannot be abrogated through initiatives brought before the Assembly as this could cause “legal chaos”. He said Kosovo could have preceded the establishment of specialist chambers by setting up a court of its own to deal […]
Read More →Hoti calls on parties to join LDK in preserving friendship with U.S. (Telegrafi)
Avdullah Hoti, head of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) parliamentary group, has called Kosovo’s institutional leaders to demonstrate greater political maturity and not “experiment” and “undermine” relations with countries that helped Kosovo realize the dream for freedom and independence. In a Facebook post, Hoti wrote: “We have to show to our allies that we […]
Read More →Thaci: Kosovo, home to all its citizens (Telegrafi)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said at the meeting of the Consultative Council for Communities that inter-community dialogue is one of his main priorities and that Kosovo is a home to all its citizens. “This year we have managed to promote dialogue even more,” Thaci said adding that he supports the idea of increasing the […]
Read More →KLA veterans’ associations launch petition against specialist chambers (Telegrafi)
Head of the Kosovo Liberation Army War Veterans’ Association, Hysni Gucati, said in a press conference that they consider the specialist chambers to be a biased institution and that it needs to try all those that have committed crimes, including Serbs. Gucati said they have decided to launch a petition against the specialist chambers to […]
Read More →CEC certifies election results in 12 municipalities (Telegrafi)
The Central Election Commission has certified runoff election results for the municipalities of Gjakova/Djakovica, Gjilan/Gnjilane, Dragash/Dragas, Kaçanik/Kacanik, Kamenicë/Kamenica, Mitrovica, Obiliq/Obilic, Podujevë/Podujevo, Shtime/Stimlje, Suharekë/Suva Reka, Vushtrri/Vucitrn and Malishevë/Malisevo, and certified the revote results for the municipality of Partesh/Partes. The CEC also announced the final results for the mayoral elections in the municipality of Kllokot/Klokot. Results for […]
Read More →KSF troops to help relief efforts in Albania (Telegrafi)
The government of Kosovo has approved the request to send Kosovo Security Force troops to assist in relief efforts in the flood-affected areas in Albania. KSF Deputy Minister, Brahim Mehmetaj, said the request for assistance came from the Embassy of Albania. He said the government would have to approve the request while the President of […]
Read More →LDK and AAK both to appeal against Istog election ruling (Telegrafi)
The leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, said in a press conference that the decision of the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel (ECAP) for a revote in the municipality of Istog is not what the party requested when it appealed against the mayoral results that showed the candidate of the Alliance […]
Read More →ECAP rules on revote in Istog municipality (Telegrafi)
The Election Complaints and Appeals Panel (ECAP) has approved the request by the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) to annul results of runoff mayoral elections in the municipality of Istog. Head of ECAP, Mule Desku, confirmed the decision and said that the Central Election Commission is now tasked to organise a revote in the municipality. […]
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