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Tag Archives: Kosovo
Nov 7 2014
Albanian FM Ditmir Bushati: ‘Those still thinking about a Greater Albania live in a different world’
Leave a commentThe Foreign Minister of Albania Ditmir Bushati gives his views on a number of topical issues the EU-aspiring state needs to deal with. The interview was conducted by LSEE’s Dimitar Bechev and Tena Prelec.
Posted by: November 7, 2014
Tagged with: Albanian Central Bank, corruption, Dimitar Bechev, Ditmir Bushati, EU enlargement, European Union, Fatos Lubonja, football, Kosovo, nationalism, Serbi-Albania football match, Serbia, Tena Prelec
Sep 26 2014
Is Kosovo’s young democracy growing well?
2 CommentsThe June 2014 elections in Kosovo have led to a political deadlock that is now freezing the young country. Despite a marked decline in election fraud, both contenders for the premiership are seen as ‘key personalities of organised crime’. The picture is sombre … Continue reading
Posted by: September 26, 2014
Tagged with: Andrea Lorenzo Capussela, democracy, Elections, electoral fraud, Kosovo, Kosovo constitutional court debate
Sep 22 2014
Kosovo Constitutional Court debate: ‘Instead of a Reply – Comparing Apples and Oranges’
3 CommentsWe receive and publish the third contribution to the debate surrounding Kosovo’s Constitutional Court and the extension of the mandate of its foreign judges: Donikë Qerimi replies back to Andrea Lorenzo Capussela. The levels the discussion has taken place on, she argues, … Continue reading
Posted by: September 22, 2014
Tagged with: Andrea Lorenzo Capussela, Donike Qerimi, EULEX, European Union, judges, Kosovo, Kosovo constitutional court debate
Sep 20 2014
“The mandate of EU judges in Kosovo’s Constitutional Court” is illegal: a response
1 CommentAndrea Lorenzo Capussela replies to Doniqe Qerimi’s post on the legality of the extension of the mandate of foreign judges who sit in Kosovo’s Constitutional Court, reaching opposite conclusions and arguing that the President’s actions would justify her impeachment. “For the … Continue reading
Posted by: September 20, 2014
Tagged with: Andrea Lorenzo Capussela, Atifete Jahjaga, constitutional court, Donike Qerimi, EULEX, European Union, judges, Kosovo, Kosovo constitutional court debate
Sep 19 2014
The mandate of EU judges in Kosovo’s Constitutional Court: complicated yet legal
3 CommentsRecently, Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga came under fire after she extended the mandate of the three foreign judges sitting in the country’s constitutional court. “This act of the President, erroneously reported as the extension of the Judges’ mandate by the her … Continue reading
Posted by: September 19, 2014
Tagged with: Atifete Jahjaga, Catherine Ashton, constitutional court, Donike Qerimi, EULEX, judges, Kosovo, Kosovo constitutional court debate, Robert Carolan, rule of law
Sep 17 2014
Scotland’s sui generis
1 CommentHow should Serbia look at the Scottish case for independence – which suddenly appears to be capable of becoming as “sui generis” as Kosovo? Dušan Spasojević argues that there is at least one thing Serbia should not do – relish with malignant … Continue reading
Posted by: September 17, 2014
Tagged with: Dusan Spasojevic, independence, Kosovo, referendum, Scotland
Jul 17 2014
The Turkish-German Balkan equation
2 CommentsOver the past two and a half centuries, relations between Turkey and Germany have come a long way – from the Prussian-Turkish friendship agreement in 1761 to a sui generis rivalry at the beginning of the new millennium. The two … Continue reading
Posted by: July 17, 2014
Tagged with: Ahmet Davutoglu, Aleksandar Vucic, Angela Merkel, Bosnia, Dusan Spasojevic, European Union, Kosovo, NATO, neo-ottomanism, Ottoman Empire, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Serbia, Turkey
Jun 11 2014
Kosovo elections: has everything changed?
2 CommentsThe Kosovo elections’ aftermath has taken an unexpected turn. Less than 48 hours after outgoing prime minister Hashim Thaci declared the PDK’s election victory, the largest opposition parties (LDK, AAK and NISMA, with the support of VV – Vetevendosje), announced their intention to form an … Continue reading
Posted by: June 11, 2014
Tagged with: Elections, Hashim Thaci, Jack Davies, Kosovo, Krenar Gashi, Naim Rashiti, Ramush Haradinaj
Jun 10 2014
Kosovo elections: what we know so far
2 CommentsOn Sunday, 8 June 2014 Kosovo went to the polls to elect a new government. Good news: the Serbian community has participated in a much higher number, and the elections were praised as relatively free and fair by local and international … Continue reading
Posted by: June 10, 2014
Tagged with: Elections, Hashim Thaci, Jack Davies, Joanna Hanson, Kosovo, Krenar Gashi, Naim Rashiti
May 19 2014
Five minutes with Tanja Miščević: “We want to use the EU accession process to change Serbia”
Leave a commentSerbia was granted EU candidate status in 2012, with formal negotiations beginning in January 2014. In an interview with LSEE’s Tena Prelec and EUROPP’s Managing Editor Stuart Brown, the Chief Negotiator for the accession of the Republic of Serbia to … Continue reading
Posted by: May 19, 2014
Tagged with: EU accession, EU enlargement, European Union, Kosovo, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, Ukraine crisis