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700 miners refuse to resurface in ownership row (World Bulletin)

Miners demand Kosovo Assembly nationalizes near-bankrupt mining company within 24 hours. Hundreds of miners in northern Kosovo have refused to resurface, demanding that the Kosovo government takes over their near-bankrupt mine in Mitrovica within 24 hours. About 700 miners were still 750 meters underground on Wednesday after refusing to return to the surface at the end of their shift the day before, saying they wanted the Kosovo Assembly to take over the company Trepca, which owns the zinc and silver mines, as soon as possible. The Director of the Government Office for Kosovo and Metohij

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Kosovo to speed up work on visa liberalization (Koha)

Bekim Collaku, the Minister of European Integration, today met the working group on visa liberalization. Collaku briefed the relevant institutions on visa liberalization process and was informed on the remaining challenges in this process.  The working group discussed the remaining criteria in the implementation of the roadmap for visa liberalization. "The government of Kosovo has agreed with the European Commission to send a final report on the implementation of the remaining criteria.

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Exclusive: Albin Kurti withdraws as leader of Vetevendosje (Koha.net)

Albin Kurti has decided not to run for reelection as leader of the Vetevendosje Movement at the party’s Election Convention, which is expected to be held in the coming months. Koha.net’s sources claim that the current head of the Vetevendosje Parliamentary Group, Visar Ymeri, could be the consensual candidate to replace Kurti for a three-year mandate. Kurti is expected to remain only an activist in the party. Vetevendosje is expected to announce this news sometime today. According to the Vetevendosje statute, party leaders can only get two terms.

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Serbia "not setting conditions for dialogue" (B92,Danas)

Serbia is not setting any conditions, "on the contrary, it shows with each step how much it cares and is working on regional cooperation,"says Zorana Mihajlovic. The deputy prime minister responded this way "on the criticism of the government, received from European parliament rapporteur David McAllister who said that Serbia should not condition the dialogue with Kosovo's abandonment of the nationalization of the Trepca mine," the daily Danas writes. Mihajlovic was also quoted as saying by the Belgrade-based paper that "Serbia, unlike Kosovo" respects all agreements. "Serbia respects all ag

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Vucic, Patriarch Irinej on KiM and revival of Serbia (Tanjug)

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Tuesday with Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) and informed him about his recent visit to Kosovo-Metohija. Vucic said that the position of Serbia is not easy and that it should act wisely, responsibly and united. This is the approach we need to take in solving all of our country's problems, the prime minister said, adding that the dialogue with the Serbian Orthodox Church is an important part of this approach. Vucic thanked Patriarch Irinej on his continuous work for the unity of the Serb people, and asked for his

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Kosovo backtracks on bid to take control of mining giant (Reuters)

PRISTINA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Kosovo backtracked on Monday from a pledge to take control of a huge mining complex claimed by Serbia, a step Belgrade had warned would put at risk European Union-sponsored negotiations between the Balkan neighbours. The Trepca complex of lead, zinc and silver mines once employed 20,000 people and accounted for the majority of the former Yugoslavia's mineral wealth. Since Kosovo's 1999 breakaway from Serbia in war, Trepca and other "socially-owned enterprises" - a hybrid ownership structure under socialist Yugoslavia - have been held in trust and readied for sale

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Joksimovic: Political chapters to be opened first (RTS,Tanjug)

BELGRADE - The political chapters- 23, 24 and 35, should be the first to be opened this year in the EU integration process, Serbian Minister without Portfolio responsible for EU integration Jadranka Joksimovic said on Tuesday. In a live broadcast on Radio-Television of Serbia, Joksimovic said that the year behind us was marked by the reforms and major efforts aimed at creating a successful and modern state. “We are not putting reforms in place so that we break records in chapter opening, but rather to set a new record in reforms, if possible,” Joksimovic said. Last year, it was signaled tha

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Strike at Trepca mine (Koha online)

A Koha reader from Trepca mines informed that the miners have initiated a strike.

“Greetings Koha. I wanted to inform you that the strike at Trepca, Stanterg mine, has begun. I want to remain anonymous,” wrote this reader.

Trepca Spokesperson, Musa Mustafa told Koha.net that miners gathered at one the corridors inside the Stanterg mine, requesting from the management clarifications regarding yesterday’s decision of the Assembly of Kosovo, on Trepca’s fate.

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