Government of Kosovo

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 of Kosovo, which won most votes at the recent elections, but only under certain conditions.

“This is because bad governance should not continue,” Vetevendosje Movement spokesperson Erzen Vraniqi told BIRN.

BELGRADE - Dejan Pavicevic, Belgrade's officer for liaison with Pristina has said that Kosovo authorities' decision to ban him from entering Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) constitutes Pristina's serious obstruction of the implementation of what has been agreed in Brussels, and urged the EU and international community to solve the issue as soon as possible.

BELGRADE - Marko Djuric, director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), said on Tuesday that, in a meeting with Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, an agreement has been reached that all MPs of the Serb List in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) take a united political front, underlining that it is important that the Serbs take on a part of the responsibility for running the institutions and take part in th

Kosovo power plant incident ignites workplace safety investigation

The move follows an explosion at the Kosovo A power plant that resulted in multiple deaths and injuries.

Authorities said they are working on improving safety at a Kosovo power plant where an explosion this month killed two workers and injured 12 others.

BELGRADE - There is still no information about the fate of eight miners and one more individual from the Belacevac coal seam, the Association of families of people gone missing in Kosovo-Metohija in the period 1998-2000 stated on Friday, to mark the 16th anniversary of the kidnapping.

BRUSSELS- Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric stated in Brussels on Monday that Belgrade will continue protecting the rights of Serbs in KiM despite the moves of the Pristina government.

BRUSSELS - Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric stated in Brussels on Monday that Belgrade will continue protecting the rights of Serbs in KiM despite the moves of the Pristina government.

BRUSSELS - The EU Council extended on Thursday the mandate for the EULEX mission in Kosovo until June 14, 2016, upon the exchange of letters between Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga and High EU Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Asthon.

BELGRADE - Vladeta Kostic, head of the electoral headquarters of the Serb list in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), has said that he and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic have agreed that a meeting should be held between representatives of the list and the prime minister to decide about the participation of Serbs in the Kosovo government.

BELGRADE – Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic met with UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet Friday to discuss the mandate period of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and Serbia’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations, Serbia’s Foreign Ministry said in a release Friday.