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Kosovo President Reassures Ethnic Serbs in Gracanica (Balkan Insight)

13 Aug 14 In the wake of reported attacks on Serbian returnees, Atifete Jahjaga toured the Serbian stronghold of Gracanica on Tuesday, hailing what she called a ‘success story’ in terms of integration.
Nektar Zogjani
BIRN
Pristina Kosovo’s President toured the ethnic Serbian town of Gracanica in central Kosovo on Tuesday, on what looked like a mission to reassure ethnic Serbs in the wake of reported attacks. Atifete Jahjaga’s visit came after the country’s ethnic Serbian Mini

Kosovo Prosecutors 'Close to Finding' Politician's Killer (Balkan Insight)

04 Jul 14
The Kosovo authorities said they will soon identify the killer of Elvis Pista, a prospective MP from the Democratic Party of Kosovo, who was gunned down not long after recent elections.
BIRN
Pristina
“With the evidence collected, we are on the right track and will be able to identify the person who committed this criminal act,” Shpresa Bakija, the chief prosecutor in the town of Gjakova/Djakovica, told Balkan Insight. The former manager at

Albanians Endure Isolation in Serb North of Kosovo (Balkan Insight)

04 Jul 14 Isolated Albanian villagers say they are neglected by the Pristina authorities, cut off from their ethnic kin and vulnerable to political unrest in the Serb-dominated surrounding areas. Edona Peci BIRN Leposavic, Zvecan The land in Kosovo’s far north, close to the Serbian border, has sustained the Musa family for six generations. Here in the village of Kostova they have 16 cows – to make milk and cheese – plus 20 chickens and a swarm of honey bees.

Alleged Kosovo Syria Recruiters Appeal for Bail (Balkan Insight)

01 Jul 14
Lawyers for two of the Kosovo Albanians in custody for allegedly recruiting Albanians to fight in the war in Syria have appealed against their remand in custody.
Labinot Leposhtica
BIRN
Pristina
The men’s lawyers said on Monday that their clients, arrested last week and accused by prosecutors of organizing terrorist acts, should be freed on bail. “Today we have filed an appeal at the Court of Appeals against the decisio

Kosovo Nationalists Demand End to Serbia Talks (Balkan Insight)

News 26 Jun 14
As a condition for supporting an opposition coalition seeking to form a government after recent polls, the nationalist Vetevendosje Movement wants EU-backed dialogue with Belgrade to stop.
Arben Sylejmani
BIRN
Pristina
Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti said he would back the opposition coalition that wants to form a government instead of outgoing premier Hashim Thaci’s Democratic Party

Post-Poll Row Throws Kosovo Politics into Limbo (Balkan Insight)

Kosovo is waiting for the constitutional court to clarify who should form a new government after recent elections, with the outgoing PM and his challengers both claiming the right to rule.
Edona Peci
BIRN
Pristina
Confusion has erupted over whether the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK - the party that won most votes in the recent general election in Kosovo - should automatically have the right to form the new government even though it appears unable to claim a majority in parliament. After opp

Slow Count Keeps New Kosovo Govt in Limbo (Balkan Insight)

With the last votes from the general election yet to be counted, the political parties are still squabbling over who has the right to form a new government in Kosovo. BIRN Pristina The ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, and the recently established coalition between the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK, the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK and Nisma per Kosoven [Initiative for Kosovo] are still at loggerheads over who has the right to form a new government. Meanwhile, no action can be taken before the results of the general election held on June 8 are officially certified. The C