Merkel and Macron “must first mediate in Pristina” (The New York Times, B92, Blic)
The New York Times writes that German Chancellor Merkel and French President Macron should first mediate between Thaci and Haradinaj. The daily says that Merkel and Macron are to have “any hope of easing tensions between Kosovo and Serbia, and breaking a deadlock in talks on the normalization of relations” – then “analysts say they […]
Read More →An Offensive Plan for the Balkans That the U.S. Should Get Behind (The New York Times)
A Kosovo-Serbia land swap would be peaceful ethnic cleansing. But at least it would bring peace. The Balkans remains in strategic limbo. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia 10 years ago, but Serbia has yet to come to terms with its loss — refusing to recognize Kosovo and stirring trouble between the country’s ethnic Serbs and […]
Read More →A Death in Kosovo Stokes Fears and Threatens Peace (The New Times)
MITROVICA, Kosovo — The challenge for President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia was steep: Visiting a neighboring country whose sovereignty he does not recognize, addressing a group of people deeply distrustful of his intentions and talking about an assassination that remains unsolved. In a hastily arranged visit that came on the heels of the daytime slaying […]
Read More →World’s Eyes on Kosovo Amid Push to Halt War Crimes Court (The New York Times)
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Efforts by Kosovo to suspend a war crimes court set up to prosecute atrocities committed by ethnic Albanians during their independence struggle are threatening relations with Western allies who backed Kosovo’s split from Serbia, European and American officials have warned. The court, based in the Netherlands, was created in 2015 by Kosovo’s […]
Read More →Progress on Gay Rights in Serbia, With a Catch (The New York Times)
Serbia hardly has a progressive track record on gay rights. So when President Aleksandar Vucic announced this month that he was nominating Ana Brnabic, a 41-year-old, openly lesbian, woman as prime minister, he stunned Serbians and outside observers alike. See more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/opinion/gay-rights-serbia-ana-brnabic.html
Read More →A Serbian Election Erodes Democracy (The New York Times)
With Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic’s decisive victory in the presidential election on April 2, Serbia has edged closer to autocracy. Though the presidency is largely ceremonial, Mr. Vucic can now handpick his successor as prime minister and consolidate his power, since Parliament and the judiciary are all but locked up by Mr. Vucic’s Serbian Progressive […]
Read More →One City. Two Soccer Clubs Split by War. (NYT)
Depending on whom you ask, either KF Trepca or FK Trepca is the rightful owner of the decades of soccer history that came before war tore apart the former Yugoslavia. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/sports/soccer/mitrovica-kosovo-kf-trepca-fk-trepca.html?_r=0
Read More →Assailants Strike Kosovo’s Parliament With Explosive (NYT/AP)
Assailants struck Kosovo’s Parliament with an explosive device late on Thursday causing damage to the building but no injuries, the police said in a statement. The force said the device that hit the building was fired from a distance. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/08/04/world/europe/ap-eu-kosovo-explosion.html?_r=0
Read More →Digging in Kosovo on Suspicions of a War-Time Mass Grave (AP/NYT)
Kosovo authorities have started digging in the capital, Pristina, for the graves of people missing since the 1999 war. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/07/13/world/europe/ap-eu-kosovo-mass-grave.html
Read More →Veseli: Some people are intentionally presenting Kosovo as a place of extremism (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, said today that extremists want to create hostilities between countries and to destroy world cultures. “They want a world in hostility and animosities between cultures and countries; a world of chaos where human rights lose their meaning and value. Now is the time to unite around our liberal and democratic […]
Read More →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)
Kosovo: The Collateral Damage of Saudi’s Funding Extremist Ideology (The Huffington Post)
I interviewed Vlora Çitaku, the Kosovo Ambassador to the US about the NYTimes story published 21 May that portrayed Kosovo as “fertile ground for ISIS.” The article asserted that Gulf monies from Saudi, Kuwaiti, Emirati and Qataris have transformed Kosovo from a previously tolerant, secular nation to an intolerant, Wahabi dominated country. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hiam-nawas-/kosovo-the-collateral-dam_b_10156972.html
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