UNMIK Headlines 30 September
Jahjaga meets US president Obama (dailies)
The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, met on Tuesday with the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. “The President of the Republic of Kosovo, Ms. Atifete Jahjaga, participated at the traditional reception of the President of the United States, Mr. Barack Obama, for the leaders of the participating states at the regular annual session of the United Nations General Assembly,” notes a press release, issued by the Office of the President.
Mustafa: Participation in summit on ISIS shows Kosovo’s importance (Koha)
In a brief interview for Koha.net, Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa said Kosovo’s participation at the global summit on combating Islamic State (ISIS) and other extremist groups proves that Kosovo is an important part of the international community. He said that the Kosovo delegation in New York for the 70th session of the UN General Assembly has had many meetings with world leaders and sought concrete support for Kosovo’s membership of UNESCO, INTERPOL and for EU integration processes.
OIC to support Kosovo’s efforts to join UNESCO (dailies)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa met in New York the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani and received support for Kosovo’s integration processes. The OIC Secretary General expressed the concrete support of his organization for Kosovo’s membership in international organizations.
Finland supports Kosovo’s UNESCO bid (dailies)
In a meeting with Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli, Finnish Ambassador to Kosovo Anne Huhtamaki pledged her country’s support for the integration of Kosovo in international organizations, particularly UNESCO.
Agreement on recognition of diplomas unblocked (Zeri)
The Kosovo delegation, led by minister without portfolio Edita Tahiri, agreed in Brussels with the Serbian side on the mutual recognition of diplomas issued by education institutions of all levels. According to the agreement, the certification of the diplomas will be carried out by the European University Association (EUA) and recognised by both Kosovo and Serbia. A press statement issued by the office of the Kosovo prime minister stated that the agreement ends a period of deadlock during which Serbia refused to recognise diplomas issued by Kosovo authorities.
Mitrovica Mayor Bahtiri condemns incident in “Roma Mahalla” (Zeri)
Mayor of Mitrovica, Agim Bahtiri, condemned an incident that happened in the “Roma Mahalla” neighbourhood of the city when two Roma youths were attacked by a group of Albanian youths. In a visit to the neighbourhood along with the Deputy Minister for Communities and Returns Jollgji Shala, Bahtiri assured the residents that he would order the stepping up of security measures in the neighbourhood and called on law enforcement authorities to bring authors of the incident to justice as soon as possible.
Limaj: Prosecution is manipulating the truth (Epoka e Re)
Special Prosecution of Kosovo informed on Monday that one of its prosecutors has filed indictments against five people on the case of the Ministry of Transport and Post-Telecom (MTPT), with the order of the Court for Appeals. The leader of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), Fatmir Limaj, reacted against this decision, writing on his Facebook page that he prefers not to speak about the ongoing cases, but “the prosecution is manipulating the public opinion regarding the MTPT.” He wrote: “It is an announcement with the intention of hiding its own abuses, and continuous violation of the law, committed in my case”.
Gashi: Limaj is being blackmailed (Epoka e Re)
Lawyer Tome Gashi spoke in an interview for this daily about the recent charges on the case of Kosovo’s Ministry for Transport Post and Telecom. He denied the existence of a new indictment against the leader of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), Fatmir Limaj and expressed his surprise at the actions of the prosecutor. Gashi said that EULEX’s intention is to keep Limaj continuously blackmailed. He added that the moment of this indictment is not a coincidence. “I cannot say that there is evidence that politics has impact, but it is certainly not a coincidence that the indictment is made public now, when the process of the dialogue with Serbia, specifically the signature of the recently reached agreements in Brussels is being objected to,” Gashi said.