Focuses on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's statement on North Atlantic Treaty Organization's aerial bombing of Yugoslavia. Criticisms against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and his government; Rejection of a draft resolution by Russian diplomats....
Serbia is undermining a raft of EU-brokered agreements related to the EU membership bids of Belgrade and Pristina by attempting to stand in the way of Kosovo's Council of Europe bid, writes Kushtrim Istrefi.
Kosovo wants to apply for Council of Europe membership Kosovo's decision has provoked a sharp reaction in Serbia, which has vowed to retaliate Serbia's President Alexander Vucic's statement: “The day we find out that they have officially applied for membership in an organisation, our response ...
Eu/kosovo : Eu Ready to Probe PM Hashim ThaciThe European Union said it was ready to investigate the severe allegations made by Swiss politician Dick Marty, rapporteur for the Council of Europe, against Kosovo's incumbent Prime Minister Hashim Thaci. "We take allegations on war crimes and ...
Sep 21, 2024 06:03 ‘Difficult days ahead for Serbia’ – Vucic The country’s president is expected to meet Western diplomats to discuss Kosovo’s bid to join the Council of Europe Mar 27, 2024 10:10 EU should be ‘ashamed’ of Kosovo – Lavrov ...
A republic of the western Balkan Peninsula. Settled by Slavs around 600, the area was under Turkish rule from 1389 to 1913 and became part of Yugoslavia after World War I. An autonomous region of Serbia after 1946, Kosovo lost much of its autonomy in 1990, leading to ethnic violence betwee...
Document:Investigation of allegations of inhuman treatment of people and illicit trafficking in human organs in Kosovo webpage 25 January 2011 Dick Marty Document:Kosovo Mafia article Matt McAllesterJovo Martinovic File:Council of Europe Kosovo Report.pdf report 12 December 2010 The Committee on Le...
The formation of the Hague-based court and a special prosecutor’s office followed a 2011 report by the Council of Europe, a human rights body, that included allegations that KLA fighters trafficked human organs taken from prisoners and killed Serbs and fellow ethnic Albanians considered tr...
(a proper system was needed to ensure transparent property transactions and to protect minority property rights), but a June report of theCouncil of Europeexpressed continuing international concern over the wider judicial reform that would be needed to establish therule of law. The same concerns ...
The first recognition of a "Europe Day" was introduced by the Council of Europe in 1964. The "Europe Day" on 9th May was introduced in 1985 by the European Communities. Although it is only a public holiday in a few countries as listed on this page, the day is widely observed across ...