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Vetevendosje: We are determined to oppose agreements all the way (Koha/Zeri)

In a press conference today, Vetevendosje’s deputy leader Driton Caushi and the head of parliamentary group Glauk Konjufca said they are determined to continue opposing agreements for the creation of the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities and the border demarcation with Montenegro. Caushi said the situation in Kosovo is becoming increasingly volatile and unstable while Konjufca said that he was travelling along with Kurti at the time of the arrest and claims that the police did not possess any warrant against Kurti.

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Vetevendosje calls for immediate release of its arrested members (Koha)

The Vetevendosje Movement said today that three of its members, who were arrested last night by police following clashes in downtown Pristina, are still being held in detention. “Police are keeping in detention several activists and citizens, including Ylli Hoxha, Uran Hasani and Premton Iberdemaj. Keeping them in detention creates more tensions. We call for their immediate release!” a Vetevendosje communiqué said.

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Vetevendosje: Association/Community, attempt at extreme disintegration of Mitrovica (Koha)

The Vetevendosje Movement has categorically opposed the inclusion of the villages Suhadoll, Vinarc and Gushavc into the Municipality of Mitrovica North. Vetevendosje said in a press release that the move would lead to a “silent ethnic cleansing” of Albanians from the area. “This is planning to be done though the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two municipalities on 10 October with the defining of new administrative inter-municipal borders,” the statement read.

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Thaci calls inclusion of Kosovo in UNESCO agenda, a procedural victory (Koha.net)

Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hashim Thaci, hailed through a posting on Facebook, inclusion of Kosovo’s membership in the agenda of the UNESCO Executive Council.

“ A few minutes ago, the Executive Board of the UNESCO approved in Paris the final agenda, where the point of Kosovo’s membership, sponsored by 47 states, was included. It is a small procedural victory but it is important because now we can focus on voting next week,” Thaci wrote.

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Ambassador Reichell: Minority cannot violently impose will to majority (Koha.net)

The German Special Envoy for Western Balkans, Ambassador Ernst Reichell, stated that opposition is to be blamed for the created situation at the Assembly of Kosovo.

Ambassador Reichell was hosted today by the Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, to discuss the current situation at Kosovo Assembly.

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Quint ambassadors: Opposition’s actions are unacceptable (Koha)

President of the Assembly of Kosovo, Kadri Veseli, met today with the Quint countries' ambassadors to discuss the recent events in the Assembly. The ambassadors expressed their concern over the situation created in the Assembly and the actions of the opposition parties, stressing that the acts that violate the principles and values ​​of democracy are unacceptable. According to them, such actions threaten to undermine Kosovo’s democratic efforts to move more quickly on its European path.

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Beqiri: Teargas in the Assembly is not democracy (Koha)

The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) parliamentary group chief, Ismet Beqiri, told KTV that throwing teargas in today’s session of the Kosovo Assembly has nothing to do with democracy. Beqiri recalled that it was Serbian police and army that once used teargas and bullets against Albanians. He also said that there were other democratic means for the opposition to achieve its political objectives, not through teargas.

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Government regrets opposition’s violence in the Assembly (Koha)

The Government of the Republic of Kosovo issued a media statement expressing regret over the violence used by a group of opposition MPs in today’s session of the Assembly. “Despite the extreme conditions created by the violence caused by this group of opposition MPs, thanks to the determination and democratic commitment of the parliamentarian majority, the Assembly today adopted several laws that are important for the lives of citizens.

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