United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
Fraternal Discord: Rama’s Cancellation of Meeting With Kurti Strains Kosovo-Albania Ties
The cancellation of a joint meeting between the two governments due to the tense situation in Kosovo's Serb-majority north has further damaged already frayed relations between Albin Kurti and Edi Rama.
EU Announces Measures Against Kosovo Over Unrest in North
EU spokesman Peter Stano on Wednesday said the 27 EU member states had "unanimously" agreed to take "reversible and temporary measures" against Kosovo, "depending on the development on the ground and credible decisive steps by (Kosovo) Prime Minister (Albin) Kurti".
According to Stano, "the EU has prepared proposals with measures with immediate effect".
Drecun: Groundwork for arrest of Kosovo Serb laid days beforehand
BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun said on Wednesday the groundwork for Tuesday's arrest of a Kosovo Serb in Kosovska Mitrovica - as well as for any further arrests - had been laid by Pristina days beforehand.
Vucic discusses situation in Kosovo-Metohija with US senators
BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke by phone with US Senators Chris Murphy, Jeanne Shaheen and Pete Ricketts on Tuesday.
The situation in the north of Kosovo-Metohija was the sole topic of the conversation, the presidential press office said in a statement.
A cheeky proposal; "Let Rama send that proposal to Vučić..."
Speaking about the proposal for the Draft Statute of the CSM that Edi Rama sent to French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said that the Albanian Prime Minister should propose something like this to President Aleksandar Vui for the Albanians in Preevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac, reports Reporters.
An attempt to avert a disaster?
The founder of the Forum for Ethnic Relations, Duan Janji, said that the Draft Statute of the Community of Serbian Municipalities, which Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama sent to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron, was an attempt to prevent a disaster for Kosovo Albanians, so that, as he said, they would not fall out of favor with the USA, reports RTV.
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Vucic: Pristina must make concessions for Serbs to take part in new elections
BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday Pristina must make concessions to ensure Serbs in the north of Kosovo-Metohija participate in new elections there.
"Serbs (in the north of Kosovo-Metohija) are always ready to talk, but you have to offer them something," Vucic told Reuters in an interview.
This man does not give up; He just stuck his finger in Washington's eye
Kosovo's Prime Minister told the Associated Press that his cabinet took a different stance, calling the authorities in Serbia an "autocratic regime." "We insist that good behavior with an autocrat does not make him behave better. On the contrary," Kurti said.
Week in Review: Big Gambles Amid Potential Breakthroughs
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Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti outside the Government building in Pristina, Kosovo, October 27, 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI
Kosovo’s Kurti Under Mounting Pressure Amid Quarrel with Western Allies
Prime Minister Albin Kurti's strategy to install ethnic Albanian mayors in Serb-majority municipalities in the volatile north despite US and EU objections is causing consequences that aren't good for Kosovo, analysts say.