Sourced: Balkan Insight Several employees of Turkish colleges in Kosovo, allegedly linked to the exiled cleric Fetullah Gulen and arrested on Thursday, have been reportedly rapidly deported to Turkey – in a move criticised by Kosovo high officials. Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, took to Facebook on Thursday to say that the operation was undertaken… Continue reading KOSOVO PM SAYS ARRESTED EDUCATORS DEPORTED TO TURKEY
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KOSOVO SERBS TO QUIT PRISTINA GOVERNMENT AFTER DEPORTATION
Sourced: Balkan Insight By Filip Rudic, Erjone Popova Goran Rakic, the president of the main Kosovo Serb party, Srpska Lista, said on Tuesday that an Association of Serbian Municipalities will be set up independently from Pristina and that the party will leave the Kosovo government. “We informed President Aleksandar Vucic of this, and he said… Continue reading KOSOVO SERBS TO QUIT PRISTINA GOVERNMENT AFTER DEPORTATION
EDI RAMA CRITICISED FOR ALBANIA-KOSOVO “JOINT PRESIDENT” IDEA
Sourced: Balkan Insight Albanian premier Edi Rama’s suggestion that Albania and Kosovo could share the same joint president was described as impractical by analysts in Pristina and strongly condemned by officials in Belgrade. Analysts in Pristina told BIRN on Monday that Albania and Kosovo should take serious steps towards practical cooperation instead of the idea… Continue reading EDI RAMA CRITICISED FOR ALBANIA-KOSOVO “JOINT PRESIDENT” IDEA
SERB POLITICIAN OLIVER IVANOVIC SHOT SIX TIMES, DIES OF HIS WOUNDS
Sourced : B-92 The 64-year-old Serb politician died in the local hospital, where he was taken after the incident. A post mortem carried out in this town in northern Kosovo on Tuesday afternoon showed that the as yet unknown killer shot Ivanovic six times in the chest and upper abdomen. According to this, the murder… Continue reading SERB POLITICIAN OLIVER IVANOVIC SHOT SIX TIMES, DIES OF HIS WOUNDS
US OFFICIALS CALLS ON KOSOVO TO RETRACT LAW ON CREATING ARMY
Sourced : Yahoo News A senior United States official called on Kosovo leaders Wednesday to retract a draft law on the transformation of its security force into a regular army and to continue consultations on the issue with the country’s ethnic minorities. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Hoyt Brian Yee urged the government in Pristina… Continue reading US OFFICIALS CALLS ON KOSOVO TO RETRACT LAW ON CREATING ARMY