Nikolic to appear before UN Security Council for last time (Koha)
Serbian President, Tomsilav Nikolic, is to appear for the last time before the UN Security Council today to take part in the session on Kosovo and discuss the most recent report of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres since his term in office is set to expire in April. According to sources, Kosovo will this time […]
Read More →Headlines 27 February
UN Security Council to discuss Kosovo today (RFE)
Mustafa: Government has made great progress (Zeri)
“Demarcation failure could be used as overture for early elections” (Koha)
“Kosovo to head to elections, if border demarcation fails” (Zeri)
Gecaj: Demarcation is not related to general elections (Kosova Sot)
AAK: Delay on Haradinaj’s release could produce consequences (Epoka)
Opposition does not accept Mustafa’s invitation to join dialogue (Lajmi)
Dacic to attend UNSC meeting on UNMIK’s work (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic will be representing Serbia at Wednesday’s United Nations Security Council meeting on a report by the UN secretary-general on the work of UNMIK, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. Dacic will present his take on the report for the period between July […]
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 10 October
• Kosovo Government: Trepca will not be discussed in Brussels (Koha)
• Mustafa: The wealth in our territory belongs to Kosovo (Epoka)
• Serbian List suspends participation in Kosovo Assembly (dailies)
• “Government received no official notice on Serbian List actions” (RFE)
• Veseli: There is no reason for Djuric to deal with Trepca (Epoka)
• Serbia to raise Trepca issue before UN Security Council (RTK)
• Djukanovic: No stability without good Kosovo-Serbia relations (Epoka)
Headlines 5 October
• EU insists: No visa liberalisation without border demarcation (Zëri)
• EULEX supports strengthening of judiciary in the north (Epoka e Re)
• Limaj: Consensus needed on demarcation contesting issues (Epoka e Re)
• Thaçi’s lawyer claims his client isn’t aware what he is charged with (Bota Sot)
• Viets: Only European integration brings stability to the Balkans (Koha)
• UN Security Council to vote on new Secretary-General today (media)
Dačić to attend UNSC meeting on Kosovo (media)
Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić will on August 25 attend a UN Security Council session in New York. The Council will meet to discuss a regular report on the work of the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, filed by the UN secretary-general, and covering the period between April 16 and […]
Read More →Janjić: 1244 to be superseded by another Security Council resolution (Klan Kosova)
The US and EU are pushing forward an initiative to pass a new Security Council resolution for Kosovo which would supersede the existing one, 1244. Dušan Janjić, coordinator of the Belgrade-based Forum for Ethnic Relations, said he had first-hand information from international sources that the new document is soon expected to be put up for […]
Read More →The Security Council shall decide on the mandate of UNMIK (RTS, RTV, Politika, Blic, Kontakt plus)
The UN mission in Kosovo rejects the allegations of the Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj, that UNMIK is not desirable in Kosovo and that its mandate was extended because of Russia, which opposes the change of resolution 1244 of the Security Council of the United Nations. UNMIK spokesman Jan Malekzade told the TV channel Tribuna […]
Read More →What hinders the formation of Community/Association of Serb municipalities (RTS)
The formation of the Community/Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO) has not started, even nearly nine months after the agreement. The elections and different interpretations of the Brussels agreement are the reasons for this delay. The international community, these days, intensively urges both Belgrade and Pristina to continue with the implementation, because the continuation of European integration will depend […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 17 May
• SRSG Tanin explains why UNMIK needs to remain in Kosovo (Insajderi)
• Citaku at UNSC: Do not compare us to ISIS (dailies)
• Hahn brings together government and opposition leaders (Koha)
• EU insists on rule of law in Kosovo (Koha)
• Lunacek not sure when Kosovo will get visa liberalization (Kosova Sot)
• Thaci: Commission for establishing Association/Community (Kosova Sot)
• Fajon: Kosovo will win in the European Parliament (Zeri/Kosovapress)
• PDK, AAK prepare for post-election coalition (Zeri)
• Mustafa: SAA entering into force, a new development chapter (Epoka)
• Prime Minister Mustafa criticizes Maric (Lajmi)
UNMIK chief: Despite political violence from the opposition, Kosovo has made progress (Koha)
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of UNMIK Zahir Tanin, said at the UN Security Council session on Kosovo that this was a year in which Kosovo will face complex challenges, and then went on to assess key developments emerging from 2015. “In recent months the polarization of the Kosovo political landscape […]
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