UNMIK Headlines 1 March
• Anti-constitutional ratification of agreement on Special Court (Koha)
• Thaci pledges to finalise establishment of special court (Bota Sot)
• Special court’s first indictments by end-of-year (Zeri)
• Kuci and Hoxhaj to replace Thaci (Kosova Sot)
• Thaci resigns from three posts (Zeri)
• Opposition: Protests until government’s resignation (Zeri)
• Citaku: Serbia to apologise for crimes in Kosovo (Indeksonline/Telegrafi)
• Car of PDK parliamentary group chief damaged in Pristina (media)
• “Cases of Decan, Drenas and Fushe Kosove, not related to terrorism” (media)
UN Security Council to discuss developments in Kosovo today (RTK)
Today’s session of the UN Security Council will focus on the UN Secretary-General’s report on Kosovo covering the period from 16 October 2015 to 15 January 2016. Despite the fact it does not cover events that occurred in February, the report is quite critical towards opposition parties in Kosovo accusing them of employing violence both in the […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 29 February
• Opposition thinking of challenging Thaci’s election (Koha Ditore)
• Djuric denies Serbian List MPs voted for Thaci (Koha)
• Several offices of the LDK attacked throughout Kosovo (dailies)
• UN SG Ban appeals for refraining from violence in Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
• First indictments of special court to be filed in September (Kosova Sot)
UNMIK Headlines 5 February
• European Parliament adopts resolution on Kosovo (dailies)
• Government of Kosovo welcomes EP resolution (Kosovapress)
• Breedlove: KAF, in accordance with neighbors (dailies)
• Ban: Constitutional Court’s decision, important step (RTK)
• Serbia’s elections in Kosovo according to model applied in 2014 (Koha Ditore)
• Sahatqija: Visa liberalization during this year (Tribuna Channel)
• Kosovo Police raids offices of Klina mayor (dailies)
UNMIK Headlines 21 August
• President Jahjaga signs Laws on Special Court (dailies)
• Constitutional Court does not suspend special court’s establishment (Koha)
• Kerry supports Kosovo’s bid to join UNESCO (Kosova Sot)
• UN Security Council to discuss Kosovo today (Tribuna)
• New US Ambassador arrives in Kosovo (dailies)
• Millions of euros for Association/Community (Zeri)
• Government to discuss Armed Forces in a roundtable (Zeri)
• Limaj to face court again for “Klecka” case (RTK)
SG Ban concerned with delays in establishment of special court (RTK)
In his recent quarterly report on Kosovo, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concerns over delays in establishment of special court by the Kosovo Assembly which he said undermine Kosovo’s image and present lost opportunities to set an example of justice and accountability. The report covers the period between 16 April and 15 July and […]
Read More →Declaration of the UN Security Council instead of resolution on Srebrenica? (Vecernje Novosti)
At this point, it is difficult to predict the epilogue of diplomatic war about the Srebrenica resolution, because Moscow and London have wide consultations in East River, in order to get support for their proposal in the Security Council, writes the paper. The opinion within the UN diplomatic circles is that in the case the […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 5 June
• Failure to establish special court will have negative consequences for SAA and visa liberalization (Koha)
• EU calls for radical changes in public procurement (Zeri)
• Kosovo terrorism suspects to appear in court today (Zeri)
• Sami Lushtaku: Who did I kill? (Koha/Epoka)
• Ahmeti: FYROM leaders to respect the agreement (Epoka e Re)
• ICTY to shut down in 2017 (Koha)
To the U.S. and G.B., delay on establishment of the special court is disappointing (Gazeta Express)
Assessing that the special court was the issue “that has preoccupied the Security Council,” Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hashim Thaci, told the members of the Security Council that Kosovo will establish this institution on Tuesday “in order to cleanse our war and to isolate individual cases and negative actions.” Thaci, […]
Read More →UN Security Council waiting for the Kosovo Assembly (RTK)
If the Kosovo Assembly fails to adopt the special court, which is expected to address war crimes allegations, then the United Nations Security Council will do so. Eri Kaneko, the Associate Spokesperson to the United Nations Secretary-General, told Radio Kosova via email that the UN General Assembly or the Security Council have the mandate to […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 26 May
• Jahjaga believes MPs will vote in favor of special court (Epoka e Re)
• MPs to vote on constitutional amendments and special court bill (Koha)
• DiCarlo: All war conflicts should be closed (Zeri/Epoka e Re)
• Foreign Minister Thaci to attend UN Security Council session (Epoka e Re)
• Kumanovo evidence and plan to attack Kosovo high-security prison (Koha)
• Eight killed in Kumanovo will be buried today (Epoka e Re)
• Lawsuit required for Kumanovo incident (Zeri)
• Jahjaga: Kosovo is not a place of extremisms (dailies)
Ban: Kosovo to redouble efforts on establishment of special court (Koha)
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon on his quarterly report on Kosovo which will be reviews on 26 May, has welcomed the continuation of the Pristina – Belgrade dialogue and the reaching of agreement on judiciary, and stressed that one of the remaining crucial issues is the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb-majority […]
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