Outgoing Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, addressed yesterday journalists about the Balkan mini-Schengen, which he called a “Belgrade-based Russian and Chinese influence”. He said that the mini-Schengen is not in Kosovo’s interest and has nothing to do with the visa liberalization process. Haradinaj said that mini-Schengen is just an expansion, to which Serbian President […]
The leader of the Self-Determination Movement, the next Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, said that the Ochrid meeting for the Mini-Schengen should have been postponed until the formation of the Kosovo government. According to Kurti, participation in this project must focus on the principles of political and economic reciprocity. For Kurti, focusing on the […]
Ghana’s deputy foreign minister, Charled Owiredu, told AFP on Tuesday that his country has decided to withdraw the recognition of Kosovo as an independent state. The reasons were communicated to Serbia in a letter, he said. “The decision to recognise Kosovo turned out to be premature”, the letter said of its recognition in 2012. The […]
Kosovo’s leaders have rejected the conclusions of the Ohrid Summit that was held on Sunday, where the idea of a mini-Schengen for the Western Balkans was discussed. Kosovo’s president, Hashim Thaci, said this regional initiative is meaningless as long as Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina do not recognize Kosovo’s independence. He stated that Kosovo’s only […]
The President of the Republic of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, had a bilateral meeting with the President of the Republic of France, Emmanuel Macron, with whom he discussed about the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, as well as about the Euro-Atlantic perspective of Kosovo and the Western Balkans region. President Thaçi stated that Kosovo is willing […]
President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci has stated that his country doesn’t want to substitute its Euro-Atlantic perspective with any other regional initiative, Tanjug news agency reports Sunday. In a Facebook post explaining why he refused to attend the Ohrid trilateral meeting, Thaci says that Serbia ‘snubbed Kosovo intentionally’ at the first summit of the new […]
A debate on “Kosovo, the new government, the European Union, dialogue with Serbia and the future of the state” was held at Johns Hopkins University. At the roundtable, renowned analyst said the chances of reaching an agreement between Kosovo and Serbia before the end of President Trump’s mandate in 2021 are slim. “Any agreement that […]
US Special Representative for the Western Balkan region, Matthew Palmer, said in Pristina that Kosovo’s achievements are exceptional and he believes the new Government that will be formed after 6 October elections in Kosovo is ready to face the challenges ahead. Palmer said the progress in the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue opens new opportunities. “Progress in talks […]
Early parliamentary elections were held peacefully and democratically in Kosovo on Sunday. According to preliminary data, the Vetevendosje Movement won in this election, with a slight margin from the Democratic League of Kosovo. With 90 per cent of the vote counted by the State Election Commissions, the Vetevendosje Movement received about 26 per cent of […]
Today, Kosovo votes in early parliamentary elections, the fourth held ahead of the regular date since 2010 and another which is unlikely to produce a stable government. The last time the former Serbian province with a majority Albanian population elected parliament after its full term was in 2007. The election was this time triggered by […]
Slobodanka Jovanovska Kosovo’s outgoing government has yet again declared a trade war against Macedonia. This measure is so frequently used and abused by Pristina that running trade and economy in that country is starting to look more and more like a soap opera. Last year, Kosovo also promoted sanctions by banning the import of agricultural […]
Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry has condemned the arrest of the Kosovar national Tomor Morina, former member of the Kosovo Liberation Army, by police in North Macedonia. Morina has been arrested based on an arrest warrant issued by INTERPOL at the request of Serbian authorities. Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Behgjet Pacolli has declared that he’s soon expecting North […]
U Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn has met in Belgrade with Serbian president, Aleksandar Vucic. The meeting focused on the situation in Western Balkans and “Serbia’s future steps in its European path”. While discussing the regional situation, President Vučić and Commissioner Hahn have particularly reviewed the stalemate in the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština as well […]
Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci delivered a news conference today where he commented the prank call made by two Russian comedians to North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. Thaci’s name and plans for the partition of Kosovo are mentioned in this conversation. President Thaci said that PM Zaev has called him and explained to him that […]
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said Kosovo security mechanisms have information about plans for destabilization being prepared by certain people in the north, under Belgrade’s coordination. “Attempts by different Serb actors, officials and business people in the North of Mitrovica in coordination with authorities in Belgrade to present a humanitarian catastrophe in this part […]
The Paris summit, where top representatives of Serbia and Kosovo were supposed to meet, in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has been postponed. This was confirmed by the German government’s press service. “It is true that the meeting announced for July 1 will be postponed. Germany and France […]
Brussels is looking into the proposal to lift visa regime for Kosovo, however, chances are that this decision may be postponed. France and some other EU countries believe that Kosovo is yet to deliver the necessary criteria for the liberalization of visas. French senator Helen Conway-Moyret has published on Twitter the response coming from the […]
President of European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has told Kosovo and Serbia that they shouldn’t hope for EU integration unless they reach a deal that would normalize ties between them. “We would not like to import instability within the EU, but we would like to export stability to these countries”, Juncker said. The head of the […]
Former US President Bill Clinton said on Tuesday in Pristina that Kosovo deserves integration in the European Union and NATO, expressing his conviction that the US will continue to fully support Kosovo in its journey ahead. “I think Kosovo deserves to be part of the European Union, NATO and every other organization that an independent […]
North Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani and Kosovo’s Deputy PM Enver Hoxhaj visited Monday the construction site of strategic project Belanovce in Republic of North Macedonia – Stancic border crossing point in Kosovo. “This building is a joint project of the two countries having in mind that for its realization the […]
