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Albanians use Serbian citizenship for arms trade (Sputnik)

Path of illegal arms goes from Kosovo to the European countries, as the KLA has the highest concentration of armament that arrived in the Balkans during nineties from the sovereign states, including France as well, Sputnik daily reported today. A serial of terrorist attacks that stroke France and fact that the arms from the Balkans was used in one of them, made the French President Emmanuel Macron to point his finger first at Serbia, then the Balkans and to seek better control of light weapons in this area. Still, according to Sputnik, the President Macron has forgotten something. In Serbia

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Vulin: No other army in Kosovo than KFOR (BETA, B92)

Serbian Defense Minister, Aleksandar Vulin, stated KFOR is the only institution that Serbia holds responsible for securing and preserving peace and security in Kosovo, Serbian media reported. Vulin made these remarks during the meeting with Commander of NATO Operations Command, General Curtis Scaparrotti. “There is no other army in Kosovo and Metohija than KFOR.

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Prizren Docufest Transforming Kosovo Film, Director Says (Balkan Insight)

Ahead of Kosovo biggest cultural event, Dokufest director Veton Nurkollari told BIRN that the Prizren film festival was raising the game for Kosovo cinematography The 16th International Documentary and Short Films Festival in Prizren, Dokufest, will screen a total of 253 films in the southern city of Kosovo from August 4 to 12 under the slogans, “Future is my love” and “Future is not dead”. Some 102 of these films will be in six competition sections, representing 50 countries, including two world premieres, two international premieres and a number of European and regional premieres. See at:

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Lower sentences for Badovci case (Kallxo.com)

Exactly one year and a day after they were sentenced for the first time by the Basic Court in Pristina, the trial panel comprised by judges Valbona Selimaj, Valon Kurtaj and Vesel Ismajli sentenced once again the accused for Badovci case. Besnik Latifi was sentenced to prison with four years and six months, Gazmend Haliti, Milazim Haxhiaj and Enis Latifi with three years and six months, while Fehmi Musa was sentenced with three years of prison. According to Kallxo.com journalist, the crime of the accused was re-qualified as inducement to commit terrorist acts. In J

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"Russians with an aggressive campaign against Kosovo" (Klan Kosova)

The most distinguished fighter from Kosovo in the Islamic state was Lundrim Muhaxheri. However, after his death, Russian media are writing about a Kosovo women assessing her to be just as dangerous as her compatriot. Russian agency Sputnik reported about her citing allegedly a report of the Kosovo Center for Security Studies. However, director of this organization, Florian Qehaja, refuted Russian media, saying that Russia is leading a wild campaign against Kosovo.

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Viets: Government should be stable, many challenges await Kosovo (Zeri)

The German Ambassador in Kosovo, Angelika Viets, says that internationals do not want to get involved on creation of the new government. She says however that they only want to remind Kosovo politicians to resolve this matter with great responsibility, being that Kosovo has major problems, which are at the same time major challenges. On the second part of the interview given to Zeri, Viets said that except for the demarcation of the border with Montenegro , fighting of organized crime and corruption remains among the criteria for visa liberalization.

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Controversy Lingers in Kosovo Over Long Awaited Mosque

After years of delay, the assembly of the capital of Kosovo looks set to give the go-ahead to the construction of a new 'Central Mosque' - despite the objections of civil society groups. A key item on the agenda of the city council in Pristina, Kosovo, on July 25 is the future of the city's long-planned central mosque, Miranda Mullafazliu, the spokesperson for the municipality, told BIRN. The Islamic Community of Kosovo, BIK, together with former senior state officials, placed the cornerstone of the Central Mosque back in 2012 in the city's Dardania district. It was laid when Pristina was g

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"One of most radical Islamic State women comes from Kosovo" (Sputnik, B92)

A total of 44 women from Kosovo are in the ranks of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, while 60 come from Bosnia-Herzegovina. This is according to an article published by Sputnik, quoting data from the Kosovo Center for Security Studies. The best known Albanian woman from Kosovo that has joined the terrorist group is Qamile Tahiri, who is only 23 years old. Currently, according to Kosovo-based press, she heads the training camps for women jihadist in Syria, and is considered one of Islamic State's most radical women-fighters from this region, writes Sputnik. Under her patronage, dozens of Al

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Trieste Western Balkans Summit declaration (B92, Esteri.it)

Declaration issued by the Italian chair on July 12, 2017 In the framework of the Western Balkans Process, Italy welcomed in Trieste on 12th July 2017 the Heads of Government, Foreign Ministers and the Ministers of Economy of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, as well as Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Slovenia, United Kingdom and representatives of the European Union and the International Financial Institutions.

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Serbian Socialist Party (SPS) to run in local Kosovo elections independently (SRNA, Blic)

Provincial Board of the Serbian Socialist Party (SPS) for Kosovo made the decision to run independently in the forthcoming local elections in Kosovo, scheduled for 22 October, SRNA news agency and Blic daily reported.

“We have decided to run independently in the forthcoming local election in all 10 Serb-majority municipalities, other municipalities where Serbs are living and where the Provincial Board has its network,” their press release stated.

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