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Migrants to use a new route – through Kosovo (Vesti)

By   /  27/09/2016  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

If the situation deteriorates in Syria, Afghanistan, and if Turkey decides, depending on the outcome of negotiations with the European Union, to direct refugees to Europe, which are stationed in this country, in late October, Serbia could face a new big wave of migrants that would arrive through so far little used route – through […]

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This Is Why Balkan States Fear Brexit Could Kill Off Their EU Dreams (BuzzFeed)

By   /  20/09/2016  /  International  /  No Comments

From the refugee crisis to security threats, Europe’s biggest challenges pass through the Western Balkans. But officials worry that Brexit will see the EU turn inwards just as Russia’s influence in the region is on the rise. “Serbia will join the EU during Turkey’s presidency” is a running joke in Belgrade. But the growing sense […]

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UNMIK Headlines 30 July

By   /  30/07/2016  /  UNMIK Media Reports - Morning Edition  /  No Comments

• 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)

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UN’s Ban deeply concerned by ongoing purge, arrests in Turkey (MDE)

By   /  28/07/2016  /  International  /  Comments Off on UN’s Ban deeply concerned by ongoing purge, arrests in Turkey (MDE)

UN chief ‘underscored his deep concern about the scope of continuing widespread arrests, detentions and suspensions’ UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday expressed deep concern about the ongoing wave of arrests in Turkey since the attempted coup. Ban told Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu during a telephone conversation that “credible evidence” must be presented swiftly so […]

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Turkish Embassy’s note unacceptable and out of the ordinary (Radio Free Europe)

By   /  27/07/2016  /  Articles from Kosovo media  /  No Comments

Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Enver Hoxhaj, said that the Turkish Embassy’s note calling on the government of Kosovo to take necessary legal steps against the Gazeta Express journalist Berat Buzhala for his Facebook comments over the coup attempt in Turkey is out of the ordinary, unacceptable and an overreaction.  Hoxhaj said Buzhala’s comments were sarcastic and […]

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UNMIK Headlines 27 July

By   /  27/07/2016  /  UNMIK Media Reports - Morning Edition  /  No Comments

• Demarcation to put the ruling coalition under test (Koha Ditore)
• Journalists condemn Turkey’s request to punish journalist Buzhala (dailies)
• Murtezaj: Kosovo acts in compliance with the law (Koha/RFE)
• NISMA against the Croatia-Slovenia model of border demarcation (Bota Sot)
• Mustafa and Veseli participate in International Leaders’ Forum (Epoka)
• “Kosovo government could have prevented Kumanovo incident” (Telegrafi)
• AAK and NISMA MPs risk losing their mandate (Zëri)
• Kosovo takes action to prevent terrorist attacks (RFE/RTK)

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Turkey asks Kosovo to punish journalist over coup comments (Reuters)

By   /  26/07/2016  /  International  /  No Comments

By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA (Reuters) – Turkey’s embassy in Kosovo has urged the government to take action against a journalist over tongue-in-cheek Facebook comments he made about the failed military coup in Turkey, a document seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday. As the failed coup unfolded on July 15, Berat Buzhala, a leading Kosovo journalist […]

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Europe hopes and fears after coup bid (Reuters/Koha Ditore)

By   /  18/07/2016  /  Opinions  /  No Comments

Koha Ditore runs an analysis originally by Reuters. European leaders greeted the defeat of Turkey’s coup on Saturday with relief as it averts chaos and keeps alive a deal that has helped to stem the migration crisis threatening the continent. But while some hope a reminder of resistance to his personal grip on power may […]

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Turkey’s Islamist Agenda in Kosovo (The Huffington Post)

By   /  30/12/2015  /  International  /  No Comments

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed an audience in Prizren during an official visit to Kosovo in October 2013: “We all belong to a common history, common culture, common civilization. We are the people who are brethren of that structure. Do not forget, Turkey is Kosovo, Kosovo is Turkey!” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-l-phillips/turkeys-islamist-agenda-i_b_8891634.html

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Turkey the first country to open a consulate general in Kosovo (dailysabah.com)

By   /  01/09/2015  /  International  /  No Comments

Turkey is opening a consulate general in Kosovo, in its historic city of Prizren, with Consul General Selcen Evcit coming into the office as of Tuesday. With the consulate general set to be opened in Prizren on Tuesday, Turkey will be the first country to open an additional consular representative in Kosovo. Turkey had previously […]

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