Albania’s parliament elected its top military official as the country’s new president on Saturday after no candidates were nominated in three rounds of voting. Gen.-Maj. Bajram Begaj won the post after the 140-seat Parliament voted 78 in favor, four against and one abstained. Begaj’s name was proposed by the Socialist Party of Prime Minister Edi… Continue reading Albania elects top general as the country’s new president
Prime Minister Albin Kurti met with Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok on the sidelines of the GLOBSEC forum being held in Bratislava. Kurti wrote that he had expressed the need for Slovakia to recognize Kosovo as the vast majority of EU and NATO countries. “Informative exchange with FM of @IvanKorcok at #GLOBSEC2022. We discussed our countries… Continue reading Kurti: Slovakia needs to join the vast majority of EU and NATO countries in recognizing Kosova
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Albin Kurti met with the Special Representative of the European Union for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajçak, within the Delphi Economic Forum in Greece. As the Prime Minister announces, Kurti spoke about the commitment of government in one year and reconfirmed that European and Euro-Atlantic integrations have… Continue reading The deadline for a final agreement on license plates is approaching, Kurti meets Lajçak
Prime Minister Albin Kurti participated in a panel discussion within the “GLOBSEC” forum in Slovakia. Other guests on the panel were EU Envoy Lajcak, Montenegrin President Djukanovic, Macedonian Prime Minister Kovacevski and the British Envoy to the Western Balkans, Stuart Peach. Kurti said today at the Bratislava Forum that in the process of negotiations with… Continue reading Kurti: We are more offended by the non-acceptance of crimes by Serbia, than the non-recognition of the state
General Wesley K. Clark will be welcomed to Staten Island, New York on Sunday. The American general who led the NATO bombing in Kosovo is expected to meet the Albanians living in America. A call has been made on social media for Albanians to mobilize to meet and greet Clark. But what was the commitment… Continue reading On Sunday Meet and Greet Wesley K.Clark
The European Union has approved the fifth package of sanctions against Russia for its unprovoked war against Ukraine. Sanctions include bans on coal imports and the closure of European bloc ports for Russian ships. “Together with the other four packages, these sanctions will increase economic pressure on the Kremlin and hamper its ability to finance… Continue reading EU approves fifth package of sanctions against Moscow
Kosovo Police announced that they have arrested a Serbian citizen, on suspicion of war crimes. The notification of the Kosovo Police states that the detainee is suspected of having committed crimes against the civilian population in Kosovo in the period 1998-1999 in the village of Gurakoc in Istog. Further details about this case are not… Continue reading Kosovo arrests a serb citizen suspected of war crimes
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti has rejected the invitation of the Prime Minister of Northern Macedonia, Dimitar Kovacevski to participate in the Open Balkans Initiative, which is expected to be held in Ohrid, on June 7 and 8, 2022. In Kurti’s letter to Prime Minister Kovacevski, he states that Kosovo is committed to… Continue reading Kurti rejects Northern Macedonian PM’s invitation to next Open Balkans summit
The Government of Kosovo has unveiled a plan for the issue of license plates issued by Serbia, which will be implemented in several stages. The plan envisages that from April 21 of the next year, all license plates that are not RKS – Republic of Kosovo will be “removed”. “For three weeks, starting from November… Continue reading Implementation of the decision on license plates, in three stages
Kosovo wants to find a suitable time to formally apply for NATO membership. President Vjosa Osmani said that the inter-institutional working group formed on this issue is working to determine the best time for application. In an interview with the Montenegrin news agency, Osmani stressed that EU and NATO membership is the only way forward… Continue reading Osmani discusses Kosovo’s NATO membership application
