UNMIK Headlines 17 December
• EU body supports signing of agreement with Kosovo (Epoka e Re)
• Jahjaga assures Mogherini that Kosovo will meet its obligations (Tribuna)
• Mustafa: SHIK is not my business (Zeri)
• HRW calls on Kosovo to establish special court soon (Koha)
• EU representatives in Kosovo discuss illegal immigration (Zeri)
• Unions warn of anti-government strikes (Koha)
• 63% of people don’t trust the government (Epoka e Re)
• Deputy Ministers to be appointed this week (Zeri)
• Independent institutions suffering from deadlock (Koha)
• UNMIK donates medical equipment to Clinical Centre (Tribuna)
UNMIK Headlines 16 December
• EU ministers call for establishment of special court (Koha)
• Pristina-Belgrade dialogue to resume in January (Bota Sot)
• Bitter battle expected over Association of Serb municipalities (Koha)
• Mustafa meets EU ambassadors (Zeri)
• Bosnia blocks Kosovo’s Adriatic Charter membership (Tribuna)
• HRW sends letter to EU High Representative Mogherini (Koha)
Serbian List as extension of Serbia (Tribuna)
Columnist Donik Sallova writes that agreement between the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) has been generally interpreted as marking the end of the six-month political stalemate and was justified with the need to save Kosovo from its complete collapse. At the same time, while some viewed the PDK-LDK coalition […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 15 December
• Pristina & Belgrade ready to resume dialogue (Tribuna)
• Uncertainties over formation of Kosovo Armed Forces (Koha)
• Thaci: I will be President of Kosovo in 2016 (Epoka)
• Kosovo to have 70 deputy ministers (Zeri/Epoka)
• Kurti cites Mustafa’s greed for power & fear of prison (Zeri)
• Trade Workers’ Union warns of protests if salaries not raised (RTK)
• Lunacek: Five EU countries should recognise Kosovo (Kosova Sot)
UNMIK Headlines 12 December
• Nuland and Jahjaga talk about new institutions (Tribuna)
• Tahiri: Pristina-Belgrade dialogue is a priority (Zeri)
• EU expects concrete results in fight against corruption (Koha Ditore)
• LDK appoints chairs of parliamentary commissions (Tribuna, Zeri)
• David Schwendiman, chief SITF prosecutor (Zeri)
• EU Ombudsperson finds irregularities in EULEX (Koha Ditore)
• Mustafa: No salary increase as promised by Thaci (Zeri)
• Kosovo Police takes part in the World BORDERPOL Congress (Tribuna)
UNMIK Headlines 10 December
• President Jahjaga meets Mustafa and Veseli (Zeri)
• Mustafa: Coalition with PDK was not an easy decision (Tribuna)
• Kosovo Government with obligations to Serbian List (Tribuna)
• Kerry expects new Kosovo government to fight corruption (Kosova Sot)
• Lunacek met with Kosovo Assembly Speaker (KosovaPress)
• Lunacek disappointed with gender representation in government (Koha)
• Meucci: What are you doing to fight the corruption? (Kosova Sot)
• Serbian List against privatization of Brezovica (Tribuna)
UNMIK Headlines 9 December
• Serbian List boycott postpones voting on new government (dailies)
• Thaçi: Vetevendosje, AAK and NISMA offered to join us (Epoka)
• Kadriu resigns from PDK (dailies)
• Lunacek continues visit to Kosovo (Kosovapress)
• Ministry shuts down illegal energy operator in north (Koha)
Kadri Veseli elected as Assembly Speaker (Tribuna)
The Assembly of Kosovo elected Kadri Veseli as the Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo, with 71 votes for, 42 against, and one abstention. 119 deputies were present at the session. The PDK proposed Veseli for Assembly Speaker and Xhavit Haliti as his deputy. US Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson and European Parliament Member Ulrike Lunacek […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 8 December
• Mustafa to be Prime Minister, Thaci to be Foreign Minister (Zeri)
• Names of ministers in new Kosovo government (Tribuna)
• Minister of State to lead negotiations with Belgrade (Tribuna)
• Haradinaj to give up MP seat (Bota Sot)
• Serbs ready to discuss Kosovo Armed Forces (Epoka e Re)
• March to support Pristina University rector on Tuesday (Koha)
UNMIK Headlines 5 December
• Thaci: We will establish the Special Court (dailies)
• Failure of PDK-LDK accord could lead to new elections (Tribuna)
• Priorities: economic development, rule of law, European integration (Koha)
• Kirby hopes new government will be formed next week (Zeri)
• War veterans protest in front of University Rector’s office (dailies)
• Tahiri: UN should address petition on raped women (Tribuna)
Thaci and Dacic discuss continuance of the dialogue in New York (Tribuna)
Hashim Thaci, Prime Minister of Kosovo, met today in New York with Serbia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic. Close sources to the Office of the Prime Minister of Kosovo, told Tribuna that they had lunch at a restaurant in Manhattan. This meeting was reportedly mediated by the Office of the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel. […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 4 December
• Jahjaga to host meeting with Thaci and Mustafa (Tribuna)
• Thaci: Kosovo has achieved positive results (Epoka e Re)
• Thaci can’t wait until 2016 to become President (Koha)
• Thaci wants most ‘powerful’ ministries (Zeri)
• Haliti: PDK hasn’t given up Prime Minister post (Epoka e Re)
• AAK and Vetevendosje in favor of new elections (Tribuna)
• Hoxhaj: Kosovo will fight terrorism (Zeri)
• Jacobson: Corruption harming Kosovo (Kosova Sot)
• Cliff: Do not become extremists (Kosova Sot)