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Balkans 10.02.24 | 19:33

Rumors of plans to assassinate Kurti during his visit to Skopje

Kosovan news outlets are reporting that Prime Minister Albin Kurti was threatened by an assassination attempt originating from Serbia, while he was visiting Skopje. Kurti confirmed that he noticed a heightened security detail during the visit, but said that he didn’t feel threatened. He confirmed...
Macedonia 10.02.24 | 13:50

Sekerinska and Taravari welcome Kurti to Skopje, as they try to save their coalition with DUI

The Friedrich Ebert foundation in Skopje organized a conference of social-democratic leaders from the region, which was seized by SDSM to again appeal to the Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti for help in the coming elections. Kurti wants to have his populist VV party join the European socialist organization,...
Macedonia 01.02.24 | 22:43

Turmoil in the Albanian bloc as the opposition parties prepare to challenge DUI

The Alliance of Albanians is in turmoil, as its leader Arben Taravari is oscilating between Tirana and Pristina, between DUI and joining the opposition Albanian bloc. Yesterday Taravari met with Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti, along with the other top leaders of the Albanian opposition – Bilal...
Macedonia 30.01.24 | 22:57

Albanian opposition leaders from Macedonia, including Taravari, meet with Kosovo’s Albin Kurti

Representatives of the Albanian opposition parties in Macedonia met with their political mentor, Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti. Today’s meeting in Pristina was attended by Arben Taravari, leader of the Alliance of Albanians which is formally still part of the DUI – SDSM coalition, but...
Macedonia 25.12.23 | 19:42

Kurti’s plan to participate in the elections in Macedonia raises questions

The announcement from the opposition Albanian parties that the VV movement of Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti will participate with them in the next elections in Macedonia caused divisive reactions and legal issues. The opposition parties, such as BESA, have a long established cooperation with VV,...
Macedonia 16.08.23 | 17:35

VMRO: SDS allowed Kurti to enter the country, provided him with security and now they condemn his visit

VMRO-DPMNE called out the ruling SDSM party for the help its Government provided in organizing the visit by Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti to Cair and Tetovo, which turned into a display of Albanian nationalism. Even SDSM, which depends on Albanian votes to cling to power, condemned the messaging...
Macedonia 15.08.23 | 18:16

Mayors Kasami and Ganiu will be charged with violating the law on the Macedonian flag and anthem

The Interior Ministry announced that it is initiating misdemeanor charges against the mayors of Cair and Tetovo, Visar Ganiu and Bilal Kasami. The reason is the visit of Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who was met by large crowds of ethnic Albanians, some waving flags of Greater Albania, and with...
Macedonia 14.08.23 | 18:46

VMRO asks Kovacevski to explain his vote on the renaming of streets in Skopje

VMRO-DPMNE called out Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski over his vote to rename streets in Skopje after ethnic Albanian figures, including Kosovan dissident Adem Demaci. Kovacevski yesterday said that he condemns the renaming, even though it was approved at a 2021 Government session, where he voted as...
Macedonia 13.08.23 | 14:28

Pendarovski also condemns nationalist provocations during Kurti’s visit

President Stevo Pendarovski joined the chorus of politicians condemning the Albanian nationalist outbursts during the visit of Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti to Skopje and Tetovo. The display of provocative nationalist iconography that promotes greater-state chauvinistic ideas and inflames ethnic...
Macedonia 13.08.23 | 13:24

Kovacevski’s office issues statement condemning Albanian nationalist displays during Kurti’s visit

Following the visit of Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti to Skopje and Tetovo, during which Albanian nationalist symbols, including a map of Greater Albania, were used, the office of Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski issued a statement. According to the office, Kovacevski notifited the ambassador of...
Macedonia 13.08.23 | 12:49

VMRO: SDSM pretends they were not involved in Albin Kurti’s nationalist visit

VMRO-DPMNE responds to comments from SDSM party officials, including Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski, who condemned the display of Albanian nationalism during the visit of Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti to Macedonia. The Government claims that Kurti was on a private visit to Skopje and Tetovo,...
Macedonia 12.08.23 | 20:27

Tetovo police will investigate who waved the Greater Albania flag during Albin Kurti’s visit

Tetovo police announced that they are investigating the way in which the visit of Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti was organized, especially the use of a flag representing Greater Albania. Tetovo Mayor Bilal Kasami distanced himself from the use of the flag, insisting that he didn’t arrange it....
Macedonia 12.08.23 | 19:24

Kumanovo Mayor condemns the display of Albanian nationalism during Prime Minister Kurti’s visit

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski joined in the criticism of the nationalist Albanian iconography during the semi-official visit of Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti to Skopje and Tetovo, where he was welcomed with maps of Greater Albania. The lack of the official anthem and flag, the performance of...
Macedonia 12.08.23 | 17:07

UMD wants Albin Kurti declared persona non grata in Macedonia

The United Macedonian Diaspora calls that Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti is declared persona non grata in Macedonia, after his nationalist charged visit to the country during which maps of Greater Albania were waved as Kurti spoke about the victories of the Albanian fighters throughout former Yugoslavia. Kurti...
Macedonia 12.08.23 | 12:55

Albin Kurti welcomed like royalty in Tetovo, greeted with maps of Greater Albania

Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti visited Tetovo and Skopje’ Cair district, in a semi-official visit meant to show his support for the Albanian opposition parties in Macedonia, while the DUI – SDSM Government remains close to his rival, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. Kurti was welcomed...
Macedonia 06.08.23 | 11:23

Kurti comes to Macedonia to support the Albanian opposition against DUI

Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti will visit Tetovo and Cair next week, as he expresses his open support for the opposition Albanian parties in Macedonia. Kurti will meet Tetovo Mayor Bilal Kasami and Cair Mayor Visar Ganiu – both key figures in the growing political movement which is in opposition...
Macedonia 31.07.23 | 09:59

Kurti’s adviser on Macedonia: Their Slavic rulers only understand force

Husamedin Feraj, political adviser and close associate of Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti, published an editorial insulting to Macedonia, in which he insists that “Macedonia’s Slavic rulers understand only the language of force”. In the editorial, Feraj writes about the constitutional...
Balkans 13.07.23 | 12:58

Fistfight broke out in the Parliament of Kosovo

A fist fight broke out in the Parliament of Kosovo, after Prime Minister Albin Kurti was splashed with water at the pulpit. Opposition members of Parliament provoked Kurti, but were met with fierce reaction from the representatives from his VV party and immediately fists began to fly. Speaker Glauk Konjufca...
Balkans 17.04.23 | 12:49

Kosovo and Serbia call on each other to implement their obligations from the Ohrid treaty

Kosovan Prime Minister Artan Grubi urged Serbia to begin implementing its sharee of obligations from the agreement that was recently reached in Ohrid. This is in response to calls from his Serbian counterpart Ana Brnabic that Kosovo must begin implementing its own big obligation from the treaty –...
Balkans 14.10.21 | 12:55

Kosovo PM Kurti dismisses the idea of joining the Open Balkan/Mini Schengen initiative

Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti again dismissed the idea of having his country join the so-called Open Balkan/Mini Schengen initiative with Macedonia, Serbia and Albania. At the Economist conference in Skopje today, Kurti said that all such initiatives need to be part of the EU integration, and not...
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