Veseli: UN seat at the end of dialogue with Serbia (Klan Kosova)
In an interview to the Tirana-based Top Channel, Kosovo Assembly Speaker and leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Kadri Veseli, said Kosovo is an independent and sovereign country and any agreement with Serbia will have to respect these principles. “Kosovo’s goal is to join international organisations, [gain] a seat at the United Nations,” […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Mutual recognition a condition for the dialogue; Dačić: You know what Serbia thinks of Haradinaj (media)
Most online media in Kosovo and Serbia reported on an interview of Tirana based Top Chanel with Ramush Haradinaj, candidate for Prime Minister, saying that when it comes to Kosovo-Serbia talks there is one condition and that is Belgrade’s recognition of Kosovo’s independence. He further argued that the framework of talks was wrong because it […]
Read More →Headlines 23 February
• Quint countries support ratification of demarcation (Zeri)
• Kosovo-Montenegro border residents warn of tensions (Koha Ditore)
• Selimi: Border demarcation could return teargas in Assembly (Zeri)
• Veseli on meeting Trump: We sent message to Serbia (Lajmi)
• Auditor identifies abuses in the north’s development fund (Koha Ditore)
• Kosovo, UNESCO and Serb heritage to be discussed today in Pristina (RTK)
• Two Serbs accused of assaulting an Albanian youth in Mitrovica (dailies)
• Lumezi requests prosecutors to enlighten murders of public figures (Epoka)
Headlines 22 February
• General Scaparrotti: KSF transformation, Kosovo’s internal issue (dailies)
• Haley: Kosovo deserves to be UN member (Epoka e Re)
• Border demarcation could be put to vote on Thursday (Klan Kosova)
• Veseli: Demarcation to be endorsed as soon as possible (Lajmi)
• Government hails findings of commission for territory measurement (RTK)
• Mogherini to visit Kosovo on 3 March (Koha)
• Serbia seeks Greece’s help against Kosovo’s UNESCO membership (Koha)
UNMIK Headlines 13 February
• Mustafa: Pace of dialogue to be stepped up (Telegrafi)
• Mustafa: Let us vote the demarcation (Zeri)
• Kurti: Border demarcation agreement is dead (Bota Sot/Zeri)
• Serbian List to return to institutions over the Association (Koha)
• Some PDK MPs speak about elections in May or June (Zeri)
• Haradinaj to Dacic: I was freedom fighter not invader like you (Kosova Sot)
Hahn: Kosovo, steps forward towards visa liberalisation (Top Channel)
The EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, during a meeting of the Foreign Commission of the European Parliament today said that Pristina has taken some important steps towards visa liberalisation. However, Hahn noted that there are two criteria which require more effort. According to him, the first one is to […]
Read More →Headlines 4 November
• PM Mustafa does not prefer early elections (Kosova Sot)
• Opposition refuses Thaçi’s invitation (Kosova Sot)
• Hoxhaj: Only U.S. and EU can condition Serbia (Zëri)
• EULEX: We do not interfere in Constitutional Court’s decisions (Insajderi)
• Northerners threaten to bring back barricades (Koha)
• President Thaci meets families of Serb missing persons (Kosova Sot)
• Kosovo to cap war veterans’ pay to comply with IMF (Koha Ditore/Reuters)
• Albanian FM wants Kosovo to have seat in OSCE Permanent Council (media)
• Russia keeps UN door closed for Kosovo (Kosova Sot)
Headlines 25 September
• Mustafa seeks support for Kosovo from UN SG Ban (dailies)
• Pristina, Belgrade to discuss Kosovo’s telephone code today (Zëri)
• Mustafa and Veseli to invite opposition to a meeting in October (RTK)
• Opposition doesn’t want to discuss current demarcation deal (Top Channel)
• Border demarcation to reach Assembly without any changes (Koha Ditore)
• Kouchner: Recognition from Serbia will take time (Epoka e Re)
Havolli: Demarcation withdrawn because MPs were blackmailed (Top Channel)
Sokol Havolli, advisor to Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, told Tirana-based Top Channel that the reasons for withdrawing the border demarcation deal from the Assembly were not related to number of votes. “The government withdrew the agreement after considerable pressure and threats made towards the MPs,” Havolli said. He stressed that the ratification of demarcation deal […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 6 June
• Compromises fail to convince Serbs to take part in census (Koha)
• Vetëvendosje to return to the Assembly (Koha)
• Mustafa says he will visit the north soon (Zeri)
• Serbs concerned with establishment of armed forces (Zeri)
UNMIK Headlines 31 March
• Commission finds no violation in border delineation with Montenegro (media)
• Mustafa: We have reasons to be proud (Bota Sot)
• Government welcomes international experts’ report on demarcation (dailies)
• Thaci hails findings of border demarcation commission (Telegrafi)
• Ymeri: Demarcation, unacceptable (Lajmi)
• Haradinaj: We do not answer to anyone about our land (Koha)
• Haliti: Political crisis to be resolved soon (Top Channel)
• Molliqaj: We have many differences with AAK (Zeri)
• Zbogar: Liberalization is close (Epoka e Re)
UNMIK Headlines 9 March
• PDK deputy leader Hoxhaj calls the opposition to dialogue (Koha)
• Initiative for Kosovo renounces use of teargas in the Assembly (Insajderi)
• Three international experts to review border demarcation (Kosova Sot)
• Haradinaj against new commission on border-demarcation (RTK)
• Le Figaro: Thaci could stand accused by special court (Telegrafi)
• PDK steering committee to meet today (Epoka e Re)