Headlines 24 November
Mustafa says Kosovo budget goes above party interests (Kosova Sot)
Agreement on cooperation against extremism (Epoka e Re)
Kosovo to present only progress in SAA implementation (Koha Ditore)
Veseli: Election reform should conclude by December (Epoka e Re)
Serbian List not to rejoin institutions without Association/Community (Zeri)
Government gives up on plans to pass anti-mafia law (Koha Ditore)
Local prosecution continues investigation regarding Dehari case (Zeri)
Selimi: New investigation into Dehari’s death (Epoka e Re)
Prizren prison inmates demand reinstatement of director (Koha)
The people who are recruiting fighters for Syria are the problem (N1)
Kosovo police, in cooperation with the Kosovo Intelligence Agency prevented planned terrorist attacks in Kosovo and the region. Target of the attack were footballers, and supporters of Israel during a match in Albania. Miloš Popović from the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy says the objective of the arrested group is transnational because of connections with […]
Read More →Kosovo prosecution indicts two persons from Peja on terrorism charges (Telegrafi)
Kosovo Special Prosecution has filed an indictment against two persons from Peja/Pec on terrorism charges. The suspects are accused of managing a radio station and a web portal in the territory of Kosovo for spreading of terrorist propaganda aimed at encouraging the Kosovo youths to join terrorist organisations in Syria and Iraq. They are also […]
Read More →Montgomery expects stability, dialogue and terrorism as topics of Biden’s talks (TV Most)
Former US ambassador to Serbia William Montgomery expects stability in the Balkans, the fight against terrorism and the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina among the main issues to be discussed during the upcoming visit of US Vice President Joseph Biden to Serbia. “I expect that Biden would push for the further progress in terms of […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 30 July
• US Vice President Biden to visit Kosovo on 17 August (Koha)
• Thaçi: Kosovo will sue Serbia for genocide (RTK)
• Turkey warns Kosovo of terrorist attack threats (RFE)
• Shots in Pristina Beer Fest spark panic leaving 50 inured (dailies)
Kosovo police arrest two persons for terrorist propaganda (RFE)
The Kosovo Police has undertaken a search operation in the region of Peja/Peć this morning which resulted in the arrest of two persons suspected of spreading terrorist propaganda. The news was confirmed by Kosovo Police spokesperson Baki Kelani.
Read More →FBI: Kosovo Citizen Pleads Guilty of Hacking, Terrorism Support (VOA)
A citizen of Kosovo pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court Wednesday of providing material support to terrorists by giving information obtained through identity theft, the FBI said. http://www.voanews.com/content/kosovo-citizen-pleads-guilty-hacking-terrorism-support/3377984.html
Read More →Hyseni: Serbia and Bosnia are deterring our fight against terrorism (Gazeta Blic/RFE)
Kosovo’s Interior Minister, Skender Hyseni, told Radio Free Europe on Tuesday that international cooperation and exchange of information between security institutions of different countries, are the essential elements for combating terrorism and violent extremism. According to him, the non-recognition of Kosovo by Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the lack of diplomatic relations with these […]
Read More →Thaçi: Kosovo at the forefront of fight against terrorism (RTK)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, hailed the Kosovo Assembly pro-vote to the draft law on preventing funding of terrorism. He said the law is aimed at preventing the citizens of Kosovo from joining wars in foreign territory. “The fact that not a single case of people from Kosovo joining foreign wars has been recorded in […]
Read More →Kosovo legislators pass draft law against funding of terrorism (Koha)
Kosovo Assembly members approved today, for the second time, the draft law against money laundering and funding of terrorism. The law was passed with 58 votes in favour, none against and seven abstentions. Chairman of the Kosovo Assembly’s budget and finances commission, Naser Osmani, said that the draft law needs to be supplemented again following concerns […]
Read More →Interior Ministry: No one from Kosovo has gone to Syria in last eight months (Telegrafi)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa and Interior Minister Skender Hyseni said in a meeting today that the security situation in Kosovo is satisfactory. Mustafa said that thanks to coordinated efforts by security institutions in Kosovo, the number of the Kosovo citizens that decide to join terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq has significantly dropped, […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 3 February
• Thaci warns of consequences if EU integration is delayed (Koha Ditore)
• Thaci: The US and Brussels know who is the candidate for president (Koha)
• The US do not support any individual candidate for president (Koha)
• Rasic: Thaci has the authority for president (Epoka e Re)
• UNMIK doesn’t plan substantial changes to its mandate in Kosovo (Telegrafi)
• Konjufca: Government continues with compromises (Epoka e Re)
• Deda: EU ready to mediate in the Kosovo crisis (Zeri)
• Weapons and ISIS flag found in home of the suspect arrested in Decan (Zeri)