Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, announced that Serbia had unanimously rejected the Franco-German plan. Asked if the Franco-German plan is nearing the final stage, Kurti said: “We saw the European plan supported by France and Germany as a good ground for negotiations, while Serbia unanimously rejected the plan at the National Security Council meeting held...
Balkans | Hungary supports a peaceful solution to the tension between Kosovo and Serbia
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Peter Szijjarto said that they support a peaceful resolution of tensions between Serbia and Kosovo, but that his country will veto Kosovo’s membership in the Council of Europe if the vote takes place without unanimity. Minister Szijjarto and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, who paid an official...
Balkans | The United States and the European Union discussed the tension between Kosovo and Serbia at NATO headquarters
US Deputy Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar and EU Special Envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue Miroslav Lajcak met at NATO headquarters, hosted by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana. The meeting discussed the tension between Kosovo and Serbia. The United States and the European Union met at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting was...
Balkans | The Kosovo government is concerned about divisions in the army
The Kosovo Security Force (FSK), better known as the country’s army, will be recruiting for the third time in two years. The increasing trend of the departure of soldiers from the Kosovo Security Force is of concern to the Government. Kosovo’s Defense Minister Armind Mihaj called on Kosovo’s youth to apply to become soldiers. He...
Balkans | 84 Activities of the Turkish Writers Association Kosovo in 2022
The Turkish Writers Association of Kosovo carried out 84 activities in 2022 as part of the extensive work it presented last year. The Association of Turkish Writers in Kosovo included the following statements in its social media post: Literature hours, book promotion, visits, interviews, writer-student-reader meetings, award ceremonies, ceremonies, cultural arts, which we, as the...
Balkans | A KFOR soldier died in the ski resort of Brezovica
It was announced that a KFOR soldier serving in Kosovo had been killed in the ski resort of Brezovica in southern Kosovo. It was learned that the soldier whose body was transported by helicopter died of a heart attack. The operation to resuscitate the KFOR member who was brought to the Ştrptse health center did...
Balkans | In Kosovo, two Serbs, including a child, were injured during Christmas celebrations in protest
Protests took place in Strepci, a predominantly Serb town in southern Kosovo, where two Serbs, including a child, were injured in an armed attack on January 6, when Orthodox Christmas was being celebrated. The demonstration, organized by the Serbian List, the largest political party of Kosovo Serbs, and attended by nearly two thousand people, was...
Balkans | Extending the detention of the suspect who infected Serbian citizens for 30 days
The Freizage Court of First Instance approved the request of the Basic Prosecution to grant a one-month detention measure to the bone of Carthage, who is accused of three crimes: “attempted murder,” “use of weapons,” and “causing a collective danger.” The statement reads that “on January 6, 2023, in a village belonging to the municipality...
Balkans | Ahmet Candemir has been appointed as the President of the Pristina Basketball Team.
Ahmet Candemir has been appointed coach of the Kosovar basketball team Pristina. The statement made by the Pristina Basketball Club stated that Candemir returned to the Pristina team where he worked before with new ambition and new energy. “Under Candemir’s leadership, the club won one of the most important trophies in its history, the Kosovo...
Balkans | Police remove barricades in Ştırptse
The Kosovo Police removed the barrier in the village of Gotovocho leading to the city of Streptsi. Kosovo Police removed barricades set up by Serbs in the village of Gotovuc after a member of the Albanian Security Force in Kosovo injured two young Serbs in Streptsi. The statement said that the Serbs resisted the police,...