The next Belgrade-Pristina talks, taking place in Brussels on September 2, will focus on the cadastre, Telecom and customs seals. This is according to Edita Tahiri, Kosovo’s head of negotiating team. ‘Customs seals, telecommunications and cadastre will be among the topics discussed at the next Belgrade-Pristina talks, slated for September …
Read More »EULEX, KFOR complete actions in northern Kosovo
EULEX special force operation in northern Kosovo as a part of the investigation into the murder of a Kosovo policeman on July 26 is over. The operation was carried out in the area of Zubin Potok and Zupče.
Read More »Kosovo Organ-trafficking investigation will start in September
An EU-led investigation into a human organ trafficking scandal which has tainted Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci will start in September. Allegations that organs were taken from prisoners at secret detention centers run by ethnic Albanian rebels during the
Read More »UN Security Council urges better Belgrade-Pristina dialogue
UN Security Council members have called for restraint and urged the resumption of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon presented his regular quarterly report on the situation in Kosovo at the UN Security
Read More »UN Security Council meets for Kosovo debate
The UN Security Council will meet on Tuesday in New York to discuss Kosovo and review the latest quarterly report on submitted by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The focus of the meeting will be the crisis that started late July with the Kosovo Albanian
Read More »Serbian President: We should have better relations with Croatia
Serbia-Croatia relations are extremely important, and dialogue should not be tainted with tactless statements, Serbian President Boris Tadic said in Prague today. The Serbian President said in Prague on Monday that some recent statements by Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor and Serbian
Read More »Austrian FM backs Serbia’s EU integration, says all Balkan countries must be included
Austria’s Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said that he “would like to see Serbia receive the EU candidate status this fall”. If it were up to Austria, the answer would be ‘yes’, but it requires the agreement of all 27 EU member states, he said. Spindelegger said that he is also …
Read More »UN Security Council meeting on Kosovo was postponed for Tuesday
The UN Security Council has postponed its meeting on Kosovo for Tuesday morning. The meeting was scheduled for Monday morning, but the problems caused by inclement weather in New York resulted in the postponement. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will present his quarterly report on Kosovo during the meeting, but the …
Read More »US prosecutor will investigate Kosovo organ trafficking allegations
Authorities in Kosovo have appointed a US prosecutor to investigate allegations linking prime minister Hashim Thaci and other senior figures to organ trafficking. “John Clint Williamson from the United States has been appointed lead prosecutor for the EULEX Special Investigative Task Force,” the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo …
Read More »Thaci announces border deal with NATO
Kosovo prime minister Hashim Thaci on Friday announced he had reached a deal with NATO over two disputed border posts, which could settle the crisis that has engulfed Kosovo’s majority Serb north. The government in Pristina “has reached an agreement for preserving the newly established situation at the border,” Thaci …
Read More »