Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, met yesterday Vanuatu ambassador to Brussels and permanent representative in UNESCO, Roy Mickey Joy. PM Mustafa informed Ambassador Joy of the progress in Kosovo and thanked him for the support to Kosovo’s UNESCO membership efforts. Vanuatu official on his part expressed his country’s full support for Kosovo joining UNESCO.
All news sites report that several activists of the Vetevendosje Movement threw paint at the car of Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa as he was going to work this morning. The Vetevendosje Movement claimed responsibility for the act saying that they want to remind Mustafa that he should not damage the state of Kosovo by forming the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities. Vetevendosje spokesperson Frasher Krasniqi told Telegrafi:“the idea [behind the action] is to obstruct the work of a man who is making Kosovo dysfunctional”.
Kosovo Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, on the 25th anniversary of the Constitution of Kosovo in 1990, said this day marks one of the most important dates in the path of the people of Kosovo toward freedom, democracy and independence. Mustafa said the Constitution of Kacanik laid the foundations for the independent state of Kosovo and proved the unwavering determination of the people of Kosovo to realize their state-building aspirations.
While the Kosovo Assembly was voting on the constitutional amendments paving way for the establishment of the special court, Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa received a letter from President Atifete Jahjaga which angered him and his deputy, Hashim Thaci, a great deal. In the letter President Jahjaga said that based on her constitutional responsibilities, she had decided to lead the Kosovo delegation travelling to New York in end of September to take part at a series of events part of the UN General Assembly week.
Arban Abrashi, spokesperson for the Kosovo government, said that Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, during the Western Balkans Summit in Vienna today will present the progress that is being achieved in Kosovo in several fields and Kosovo’s further steps in economic development and strengthening of statehood capabilities. Abrashi said that the summit will address important topics for Kosovo related to the economic situation, reforms, youth, education, energy, infrastructure and some other topics.
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said that Kosovo’s constitutional order has been respected in the agreement to establish the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities. He however added that while the Association/Community may not be an ideal solution it is a good one. “We should not be afraid of rights we give to others but of misuse of our rights,” wrote Mustafa on his Facebook account. Mustafa stressed that decisions about the establishment or change of the Association/Community will have to go through the Kosovo’s Constitutional Court.
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said he would inform the MPs about four agreements signed yesterday in Brussels with Belgrade in the first Kosovo Assembly autumn session. “These are landmark agreements on the path to strengthening our country and partnership with the EU and the US,” wrote Mustafa on his Facebook page.
Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said in an interview with Epoka e Re that Kosovo should go to early national elections in October this year “in order to save itself from the bad governance of [Prime Minister] Isa Mustafa”. Haradinaj did not rule out the possibility of the AAK, Initiative for Kosovo and the Vetevendosje Movement, running with a joint list in the event of early elections. The AAK leader also said that the special court is an unnecessary experiment and that it benefits only Prime Minister Mustafa.
The next meeting of the senior state officials of the Western Balkans will meet at the Western Balkans Conference which will be held on 27 August in Brussels. The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, confirmed the news during a press conference held on Tuesday.
During this meeting, they are expected to discuss the up to date work on the projects of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and those of Transport and Infrastructure.
Kosovo’s Prime Minister Isa Mustafa told a press conference in Pristina today that Kosovo will have its state telephone code by the end of this month. During a presentation of his government’s achievements in the economy, Mustafa highlighted the commitment to construct the Kosova e Re power plant and two projects for the Trepca mining complex. Mustafa said that an agreement between Kosovo and Serbia on energy is expected this month. He also said that the boards of public enterprises would be completed by mid-September.