Kosovo Albanian Interior Minister Bajram Redzepi urged the EULEX mission to withdraw from northern Kosovo, after EULEX declared this area a dangerous zone.
“The situation in (Kosovska) Mitrovica has not changed, and EULEX is not able to operate effectively. Therefore, it should withdraw and let KFOR and the Kosovo police (KPS) safeguard the security,” said Redzepi, according to Albanian language media reports in PriÅ¡tina.
Posts Tagged ‘northern Kosovo’
EULEX says north is “dangerous zone”
January 20th, 2011 |
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Suspension lifted for Serb KPS member
January 20th, 2011 |
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A Serb man employed by the Kosovo police, KPS, in ZveÄan, northern Kosovo, will return to work, said reports. Nenad Äurić was suspended after he failed to carry out a decision made by the Kosovo Albanian authorities in PriÅ¡tina to confiscate MUP-issued license plates for towns in Kosovo.
K. Serbs in warning over license plates
January 17th, 2011 |
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The head of the Kosovska Mitrovica District and president of Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo met on Monday in Kosovska Mitrovica. They announced they would terminate all kinds of cooperation with the Kosovo police, KPS, if the police in the province kept seizing new Serbian vehicle registration plates.
Kosovo police seize new license plates
January 13th, 2011 |
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Members of the Kosovo police (KPS) in northern Kosovo on Thursday seized a pair of new license plates issued by authorities in Belgrade. Thus, they “began implementing a regulation of the Kosovo Ministry of Internal Affairs prohibiting movement of vehicles with new license plates issued by the Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) which have the first letters of Kosovo cities inscribed on them”, said reports.
Christmas marked in towns in Kosovo
January 7th, 2011 |
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The central celebration of Christmas Eve in Kosovo and Metohija was held in the St. Demetrios Church in Kosovska Mitrovica, northern Kosovo. Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Božidar Äelić, who attended the celebration, pointed out that 2011 will be the year of Serbia’s strong efforts aimed at European integration and fight for Kosovo.
Incidents in north Kosovo town
January 7th, 2011 |
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An 18-year-old girl was hit by a stray bullet in ZveÄan, northern Kosovo, on Thursday night. She is currently receiving treatment in Kosovska Mitrovica.
EULEX prepares “special unit in for north”
January 4th, 2011 |
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EULEX Spokesman Hanns-Christian Klasing said on Tuesday that the mission had formed a special police unit to be in charge of northern Kosovo. Klasing told Tanjug that, although the unit had been formed in November, the recruiting of the staff was still underway.
“Quint must have known”, says ex-UN official
January 4th, 2011 |
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The so-called Quint countries “must have known about the allegations made in the recent report by Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur Dick Marty”. The five countries – U.S., Britain, Germany, France and Italy – had access to information, resources and a long history of work with the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), former U.S. diplomat and UN Regional Representative in northern Kosovo Gerard Gallucci told Belgrade’s Politika newspaper in an interview.
“Northern Kosovo will not be subject of talks”
January 3rd, 2011 |
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Outgoing Kosovo Albanian Interior Minister Bajram Redzepi says that northern Kosovo will not be on the agenda of the Belgrade-PriÅ¡tina talks. He told local newspapers that “the problem of the north cannot be solved in one year and that it requires a long-term approach”.
AKR leader: Economic autonomy for north
December 30th, 2010 |
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New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) leader Behgjet Pacolli said he would request the office of Kosovo president in return for entering the new government.
He added that he would bring back all Serbs to Kosovo and help northern Kosovo achieve economic independence.
DW: Even dead people voted in Kosovo
December 25th, 2010 |
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More and more details about intimidation, vote buying and attacks on the members of election commission are being discovered in Kosovo, Deutsche Welle released.
The residents of Glogovac in central Kosovo and Srbica in northern Kosovo claimed to have witnessed threats, attacks, misuse of the votes of people living abroad and the deceased.
Polls close in Kosovo elections
December 12th, 2010 |
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47.8 percent of voters cast their ballots by the end of voting in the Kosovo elections today, the Kosovo Central Election Commission (CEC) said. CEC’s Valdete Daka said that mobile polling stations were open in northern Kosovo as well, adding that the turnout in these locations was “lower”.
Shooting in northern Kosovo
December 12th, 2010 |
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Unknown persons fired shots at the facility occasionally used by KFOR soldiers in the village of Zubin Potok in northern Kosovo on Saturday night.
Regional spokesman of the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) Besim Hoti told Tanjug that considerable damage was inflicted but that no one was injured.
Interior minister on Kosovo killing
December 10th, 2010 |
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Interior Minister Ivica DaÄić says two Bosniaks attacked in northern Kosovo – one of whom died – had criminal records. Å efko Salković, 30, was killed and Edin Islamović, 25, was injured in an armed assault in the village of Postenje on Wednesday.
Murdered “activist” was murder suspect
December 9th, 2010 |
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Šefko Salković, described as an activist of the Bosniak electoral coalition Vakat, was murdered in the Kosovo village of Postenje. The incident occurred in the municipality of Leposavić in northern Kosovo.
Interior Ministry briefs committee on Kosovo
November 30th, 2010 |
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The Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) is endeavoring to improve the security of the Serb community in northern Kosovo through cooperation with EULEX This is according to Deputy Director of Serbian Police Branislav Mitrović, who on Monday reported to the Serbian Parliament Committee for Kosovo-Metohija.
Kosovo: House of Serb family attacked
November 15th, 2010 |
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An explosive device was thrown at the house of a Serb family in ZveÄan, northern Kosovo, early on Monday. There were no injuries in the incident, Kosovo police, KPS, regional spokesperson Besim Hoti told Tanjug.
“EULEX will not take north by force”
November 2nd, 2010 |
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EULEX head Xavier Bout de Marnhac has said that the EU mission in Kosovo does not plan to take control over northern Kosovo by force. He however reiterated that the rule of law and more visible presence of international institutions has to be established in the predominantly Serb area.
Molotov cocktail thrown at bakery
November 1st, 2010 |
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Unknown persons have thrown a Molotov cocktail in front of an ethnic Albanian’s bakery shop in ZveÄan, northern Kosovo. Regional spokesman of the Kosovo police, KPS, Besim Hoti told Tanjug that no one was wounded in the incident that occurred in the early hours of Monday.