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Europe's Silent Discrimination Against Kosovars (The Huffington Post)

Today, Kosovars carry the single most worthless passport in all of Europe. It allows them to travel to only 12 countries in the world without a visa. These include Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Dominica, Ecuador, Gambia, Haiti, Micronesia, Niue, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. However, Kosovars main travel destination is the European Union.

Do not keep your mouth shut (Kosova Sot)

The front-page editorial of this daily notes that accumulation of dissatisfaction during the  past two governments, “Thaci 1 and 2,” have created an explosive situation. At that time, continues the editorial,  the attention was intentionally withdrawn from internal economic and social problems to the international relations, dialogue with Serbia, recognitions etc. and now, this ticking bomb could cause serious consequences for the stability of Kosovo.

Identification of key Serb’s problems in Kosovo (KIM Radio)

The conference dubbed ‘Power of the Joint Voice”, which aims to identify five key issues of the interest to Serb community in Kosovo, will take place today in Gračanica/Graçanicë in organization of the Center for Society Orientation, Center for Peace and Tolerance and Future Without Fear, with the support of the EU Office in Kosovo. According to the organizers, the event is part of a project ‘Joint Voice’ which will last next 18 months.

Oliver Ivanović: Albanians not ready to think strategically (Kontakt Plus Radio)

The leader of the Civic Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanovic assessed today that announcement about a resolution on genocide against Albanians committed by Serbs in 1999 in Kosovo can lead to a deep polarization amongst Serbs and Albanians, and that in such circumstances the Serbian List is closer to the option of not returning to Kosovo institutions. “If someone is adopting such resolution it simply pushes the Serbian List into situation not to enter into those institutions. Whose interest would that be?

Embassies and government to settle the church issue in Pristina (Beta/Akter)

The Mayor of Pristina Shpend Ahmeti stated that representatives of embassies and Kosovo government will be involved in settling the issue of legalization of the Church of the Christ Savior in Prsitina, due to its sensitivity. “The issue of the Church of the Christ Savior will, due to political sensitivity, for sure be one of the most sensitive issues when it comes to legalization in Pristina, thus, now, even six months before the dead line for legalization, some embassies and the Kosovo governments are involved in the process,” said Ahmeti to Voice of America&

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Association to file charges against KLA leaders (TV Most)

The Association of Families of the Kidnapped and Murdered in Kosovo and Metohija (KiM) said on Friday that it will press charges before the domestic and international courts against the persons responsible for the crimes against Serbs and non-Albanians in Kosovo before and after 1999. The victims' families have solid evidence of crimes committed by “leaders of the terrorist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) who today take leading positions within their parties and the Albanian parliament in KiM,” states the release. The association specified that charges will be brought before the relevant judici

Djuric: Members of the Civil Protection from northern Kosovo will not remain without work (Politika)

The Director of the Office for KIM, Marko Djuric rejected the possibility of the integration of Civil Protection in the north Kosovo into the Kosovo armed forces, pointing out that none of them will lose their jobs or income. On the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO, the session dedicated to the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, said that an arrangement was made by which members of the unarmed composition will be integrated into the emergency services in the province. The government of Kosovo has earlier announced that Pristina and Belgrade with the mediation of the EU reac

European Union, neither strict nor fair to Kosovo (Koha Ditore)

Besa Shahini, analyst with the European Stability Initiative think tank, writes in an opinion piece that it is difficult to actually pinpoint whether technical criteria of the visa liberalization process are being implemented in Kosovo as the assessment from the European Commission contains a vague vocabulary. The latest assessment of July 2014 speaks about the progress and recommendations for the future but, according to Shahini, it does not give clear evaluation of whether the necessary requirements were met or not.