Kosovo asks EU and US for help after ‘acts of aggression’ from Serbia (The Guardian)
Kosovo’s foreign minister has written to his counterparts in the European Union, the US and other countries denouncing what he said were “numerous acts of provocation and aggression” from Serbia. Enver Hoxhaj called on the EU, which facilitates Pristina-Belgrade talks aimed at normalising ties, to urge Serbia to remain committed to good relations an official […]
Read More →Headlines 26 September
Courts in the north, far from becoming functional (Koha Ditore)
U.S. to veto Jeremić’s candidacy for top UN post (Koha Ditore)
Government will not delay demarcation issue (Zëri)
Vetëvendosje calls the Prime Minister for a motion (Epoka e Re)
Pajaziti: Opposition’s cause has degraded (Epoka e Re)
Hoxhaj: Germany’s support for visa liberalization, vital (Epoka e Re)
UK troops failed to protect Kosovo citizens, court hears (The Guardian)
Widows of two men and wife of abducted surgeon sue MoD, saying soldiers did not adequately investigate crimes http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/23/uk-troops-failed-to-ptotect-kosovo-citizens-court-hears
Read More →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)
Aid has failed to end Kosovo’s crippling unemployment. Is there a solution? (The Guardian)
Eighteen years after the war, life is tough for many Kosovans – but can social enterprise help where international NGOs have failed? http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/apr/01/kosovo-aid-sector-failed-end-kosovo-crippling-unemployment-is-there-a-new-solution
Read More →‘The LGBT community is invisible’: using data to fight hate crime in the Balkans (The Guardian)
In Kosovo, Serbia and Bosnia, NGOs are collecting hate crime data and leveraging the countries’ EU ambitions to push for rightsIn Kosovo, Serbia and Bosnia, NGOs are collecting hate crime data and leveraging the countries’ EU ambitions to push for rights http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/mar/30/scared-come-out-lgbt-kosovo-serbia-bosnia-hate-crime
Read More →Kosovo parliament buys scanners to stop MPs bringing teargas to work (The Guardian)
Kosovo’s government is buying a body scanner to try to stop opposition legislators smuggling teargas canisters into parliament and releasing them as they have done in every session for the past six months. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/11/kosovo-parliament-buys-scanners-to-stop-mps-bringing-teargas-to-work
Read More →Kosovo deal to empower Serbs is put on hold by constitutional court (The Guardian)
Kosovo’s constitutional court has put on hold an EU-brokered agreement that would give greater powers to local Serb communities after it was challenged by the opposition, which wants the deal scrapped. Read more at: www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/11/kosovo-deal-to-empower-serbs-is-put-on-hold-by-constitutional-court
Read More →Street clashes in Kosovo as MP arrested for releasing teargas in parliament (The Guardian)
Protesters and police have fought running battles in Kosovo after the arrest of a prominent opposition politician who opened a teargas canister in parliament as he campaigns to overturn a landmark deal with Serbia. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/13/street-clashes-in-kosovo-as-mp-arrested-for-releasing-teargas-in-parliament
Read More →Kosovo politician sets off ‘smoke bomb’ in parliament (The Guardian)
An opposition politician in Kosovo has set off what appeared to be a smoke bomb in parliament, amid a deepening standoff over an EU-brokered deal to improve ties between Serbia and its former southern province. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/08/kosovo-politician-sets-off-smoke-bomb-in-parliament
Read More →Kosovo hopeful Uefa admission can lead to place in 2018 World Cup qualifying (The Guardian)
Kosovo can take a step closer to joining Uefa this week, a move that could lead to a place in 2018 World Cup qualifying. Membership of Europe’s football governing body will allow the former Serbian enclave’s national team and clubs to start playing in continental competitions. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/15/kosovo-uefa-membership-2018-world-cup
Read More →Serbia and Kosovo in cooperation deal (The Guardian)
Serbia and Kosovo have reached a “landmark” agreement in several key areas, according to the EU, in a major step towards normalising ties after their war in the 1990s and Pristina’s eventual unilateral declaration of independence. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/26/serbia-and-kosovo-in-co-operation-deal
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