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    BiEPAG Reacts: EC Country Report 2023 on Albania

    Will Serbia be sanctioned for Banjska clashes in North Kosovo?

    The unfinished EU: integrating the Western Balkans as a geostrategic imperative

    The story of the Ulmas’ martyrdom should be known worldwide

    Triangulation of Eurasia: The North-South Corridor Underreported but pivotal for Our Common Future

    Loose lips sink morale

    Albania and Kosovo: the Leaders, the People, the Narrative

    Offensive defence: How Putin saved NATO

    A decade of Croatian EU membership: Success story of enlargement in the Western Balkans

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    Exclusive/ The Russian Ambassador to Albania Mr. Mikhail Afanasiev: Russia only aims to end that war started by the West in Ukraine

    Exclusive/ Skopje’s top diplomat to Tirana, Dancho Markovski: OSCE Chairmanship a Project of National Importance for North Macedonia

    Exclusive interview of Croatian Ambassador Zlatko Kramaric: ‘There is progress in Croatian-Albanian relations, but it is still not enough’  

    The first anniversary of the appointment as Archbishop at the head of the Catholic Church/ Mons. Arjan Dodaj: Only God can be the author of our walk!

    Azerbaijan’s Ambassador Anar Huseynov: President Aliyev’s visit to Albania opened a new page in our relations through the specific accords reached

    Macedonian Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski: Open Balkans and Berlin Process are complementary processes for progress of cooperation among WB countries

    Exclusive/ China’s Ambassador to Albania Mr. Zhou Ding: China and Albania must look towards history to build the future!

    Appeal of Ukrainian Ambassador to Albania Shkurov for maximum support of Ukraine with weapons six months after Russian occupation

    Zoran Djukanovic: “The Montenegrin minority in Albania and the Albanian minority in Montenegro to be bridges of communication of our two countries”

  • Realpolitik

    From bad to worse in Berlin! Hands off Western Balkans! Electoral expansion of the far right!  Organization of European ( non) security?      

    REALPOLITIK/ A moment’s respite!

    Much ado about nothing! Five problematic “ B-“s with Greece! Hamas divides the world!

    The whole Brussels in Kiev! The third but not the true! Heads high, hands empty! Terrorist Hamas, a democratic and diplomatic failure! Berlin marked the end of absurd dualism!

    European Council President Charles MICHEL, receives Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market.  Brussels the 12/01/2021.
Le President du Conseil Europeen, Charles MICHEL, recoit Thierry Breton, Commissaire Europeen chargé du marché interieur. .  Bruxelles le 12/01/2021.,Image: 590631817, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Profimedia

    For a new paradigm by the EU and the USA for Kosovo and Serbia after the terrorist attack by serb bands on 24 september.

    Pacifying without reconciliation! Kurti’s autogoal! Between G – 7 and BRICS 11! The Balkans summer theatre continues! A speech for campaign 2024! A prewarned failure!                             

    Marriage spoiled for a lemon! The missed dinner! Sphinx and challenge for the West! Summer theatre in Bled!

    Peace as wishful thinking! Change the course! Brussels bells toll for Tirana!  Beleri between Tirana, Brussels and Athens! Compare the incomparables!  

    A cold shower! Change the tune! Partnership or vassalage? Euro-Atlantist Meloni!

  • Current Events

    OSCE Chairman-in-Office Osmani announces Malta as 2024 Chairpersonship, extension of senior officials following 30th Ministerial Council

    Balla-Goldberg: Albania and Canada, joint investigation against crime

    OSCE Opens Summit In Skopje Amid Boycotts, Criticism Directed At Russia’s Presence

    Parade of Albanians in Tirana, national flag hoisted at “Skanderbeg” square

    Heads of state “land” in Vlora on the 111th anniversary of Independence,

    Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the meetings of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs

    Situation in north a topic of discussion of Foreign Ministers in Brussels

    Ceremony organized in Durrës on 111th anniversary of Independence

    Democrat MP Tabaku says the establishment of investigative commissions is a right of opposition

    November 28 will gather Albanians from all over the world in a single parade in Tirana

  • Top News

    Silvio Gonzato is appointed EU ambassador to Albania

    China presents 5-point proposal at UNSC on Palestine-Israel issue

    Blinken: We do not want the return of conflicts in the Balkans

    President Begaj, reception for the 111th anniversary of Independence

    Antony Blinken congratulates Albania on Independence Day: USA is proud to work with you as NATO Allies and partners

    VOA: Rama, skeptical about starting talks with the EU, because of Greece

    November 28 will gather Albanians from all over the world in a single parade in Tirana

    Belgian FM in Pristina asks for de-escalation and a renewed commitment to the normalization process between Kosovo and Serbia

    The opposition federation is institutionalized, which will turn into an opposition coalition

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  • OP/ED

    BiEPAG Reacts: EC Country Report 2023 on Albania

    Will Serbia be sanctioned for Banjska clashes in North Kosovo?

    The unfinished EU: integrating the Western Balkans as a geostrategic imperative

    The story of the Ulmas’ martyrdom should be known worldwide

    Triangulation of Eurasia: The North-South Corridor Underreported but pivotal for Our Common Future

    Loose lips sink morale

    Albania and Kosovo: the Leaders, the People, the Narrative

    Offensive defence: How Putin saved NATO

    A decade of Croatian EU membership: Success story of enlargement in the Western Balkans

  • Interview

    Exclusive/ The Russian Ambassador to Albania Mr. Mikhail Afanasiev: Russia only aims to end that war started by the West in Ukraine

    Exclusive/ Skopje’s top diplomat to Tirana, Dancho Markovski: OSCE Chairmanship a Project of National Importance for North Macedonia

    Exclusive interview of Croatian Ambassador Zlatko Kramaric: ‘There is progress in Croatian-Albanian relations, but it is still not enough’  

    The first anniversary of the appointment as Archbishop at the head of the Catholic Church/ Mons. Arjan Dodaj: Only God can be the author of our walk!

    Azerbaijan’s Ambassador Anar Huseynov: President Aliyev’s visit to Albania opened a new page in our relations through the specific accords reached

    Macedonian Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski: Open Balkans and Berlin Process are complementary processes for progress of cooperation among WB countries

    Exclusive/ China’s Ambassador to Albania Mr. Zhou Ding: China and Albania must look towards history to build the future!

    Appeal of Ukrainian Ambassador to Albania Shkurov for maximum support of Ukraine with weapons six months after Russian occupation

    Zoran Djukanovic: “The Montenegrin minority in Albania and the Albanian minority in Montenegro to be bridges of communication of our two countries”

  • Realpolitik

    From bad to worse in Berlin! Hands off Western Balkans! Electoral expansion of the far right!  Organization of European ( non) security?      

    REALPOLITIK/ A moment’s respite!

    Much ado about nothing! Five problematic “ B-“s with Greece! Hamas divides the world!

    The whole Brussels in Kiev! The third but not the true! Heads high, hands empty! Terrorist Hamas, a democratic and diplomatic failure! Berlin marked the end of absurd dualism!

    European Council President Charles MICHEL, receives Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market.  Brussels the 12/01/2021.
Le President du Conseil Europeen, Charles MICHEL, recoit Thierry Breton, Commissaire Europeen chargé du marché interieur. .  Bruxelles le 12/01/2021.,Image: 590631817, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Profimedia

    For a new paradigm by the EU and the USA for Kosovo and Serbia after the terrorist attack by serb bands on 24 september.

    Pacifying without reconciliation! Kurti’s autogoal! Between G – 7 and BRICS 11! The Balkans summer theatre continues! A speech for campaign 2024! A prewarned failure!                             

    Marriage spoiled for a lemon! The missed dinner! Sphinx and challenge for the West! Summer theatre in Bled!

    Peace as wishful thinking! Change the course! Brussels bells toll for Tirana!  Beleri between Tirana, Brussels and Athens! Compare the incomparables!  

    A cold shower! Change the tune! Partnership or vassalage? Euro-Atlantist Meloni!

  • Current Events

    OSCE Chairman-in-Office Osmani announces Malta as 2024 Chairpersonship, extension of senior officials following 30th Ministerial Council

    Balla-Goldberg: Albania and Canada, joint investigation against crime

    OSCE Opens Summit In Skopje Amid Boycotts, Criticism Directed At Russia’s Presence

    Parade of Albanians in Tirana, national flag hoisted at “Skanderbeg” square

    Heads of state “land” in Vlora on the 111th anniversary of Independence,

    Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the meetings of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs

    Situation in north a topic of discussion of Foreign Ministers in Brussels

    Ceremony organized in Durrës on 111th anniversary of Independence

    Democrat MP Tabaku says the establishment of investigative commissions is a right of opposition

    November 28 will gather Albanians from all over the world in a single parade in Tirana

  • Top News

    Silvio Gonzato is appointed EU ambassador to Albania

    China presents 5-point proposal at UNSC on Palestine-Israel issue

    Blinken: We do not want the return of conflicts in the Balkans

    President Begaj, reception for the 111th anniversary of Independence

    Antony Blinken congratulates Albania on Independence Day: USA is proud to work with you as NATO Allies and partners

    VOA: Rama, skeptical about starting talks with the EU, because of Greece

    November 28 will gather Albanians from all over the world in a single parade in Tirana

    Belgian FM in Pristina asks for de-escalation and a renewed commitment to the normalization process between Kosovo and Serbia

    The opposition federation is institutionalized, which will turn into an opposition coalition

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Kosovo police officer killed and another injured as tensions with Serbia rise

24 September, 2023
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Police officers stand guard in the aftermath of a shooting, near the village of Zvecane, Kosovo September 24, 2023. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

Police officers stand guard in the aftermath of a shooting, near the village of Zvecane, Kosovo September 24, 2023. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

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TIRANA, September 24 – An official of the Kosovo Police, was killed and another was injured in the early hours of Sunday in the north of Kosovo. According to the first assessments of the security institutions, the killing of the policeman and the wounding of another in the north of Kosovo are direct intervention of Serbia in the north.

According to the 24-hour Police report released on September 23, the explosion resulted in material damage to the victim’s house.

While no injuries were reported, authorities are actively investigating the incident.

Ranillug is situated near the city of Gjilan.

Another grenade attack was documented on September 21 in North Mitrovica.

Kosovo’s Minister of Interior Xhelal Sveçla has characterized the assault in the northern region as a response to the arrest of three Serbs on suspicion of war crimes.

On September 20, three Serbs were apprehended in the northern area.

Both the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia and the Serb List, the primary Serbian party in Kosovo, have alleged that these arrests are politically motivated.

Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, has stated through a post on Facebook, saying that the Police was attacked in the village of Banjska in Leposavić. He called the attack terrorist, saying that organized crime with “political, financial and logistical support from official Belgrade is attacking our country”. Kurti said that the killed policeman was a sergeant while the injured one was a member of the border police. Albin Kurti, held a press conference saying that Sunday is a difficult day for Kosovo. “His (police officer’s) murder should be turned into an even greater engagement in the fight against gangs, illegal structures, crime and terrorism, which threaten the security of citizens and the constitutional order.”

President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, has interrupted her official visit to New York after the recent developments in the north.

Osmani said that the murder in the north was “planned, orchestrated and executed by Serbian criminal gangs. “These attacks prove once again the destabilizing power of criminal gangs, organized by Serbia, which for a long time, as has been proven with the attacks on KFOR members, journalists and citizens, are aiming to destabilize Kosovo and the region”, said Kosovo President among other things.

According to the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, the crossing point between Kosovo and Serbia, Brnjak, has been closed.

Meanwhile, after this attack in the north of Kosovo, there have been many reactions from international officials strongly condemning the attack on Kosovo police.

Internationals react

American ambassador in Kosovo, Jeffrey Hovenier, has strongly condemned the “violent and orchestrated” attacks against the Kosovo Police.”The Kosovo Police has full legitimacy to guarantee the rule of law, in accordance with the Constitution and the laws of Kosovo. We accept and respect its role as the first response to emergencies and crisis situations”, said Ambassador Hovenier. Commenting on the murder in the north, he said that the perpetrators of these crimes must be held accountable and face justice. Hovenier expressed his condolences to the family of the dead policeman, also wished a speedy recovery to the two injured.

Germany’s ambassador to Kosovo, Jorn Rohde, has shared the US position on the killing of a police officer in the north and said that he is completely in line with it. “I fully associate with my US colleagues‘ statement. The perpetrators of this murderous attack against KOS law enforcement officers must be brought to justice,” wrote Jorn Rohde.

The head of the European Union for Foreign Policy and Security, Josep Borrell, has condemned this attack and demanded that the responsible authors face justice.

“I condemn in the strongest possible terms the hideous attack by an armed gang against Kosovo policemen in the north of Kosovo, which left one policeman dead and two wounded. All facts surrounding the attack must be proven. The responsible authors must face justice”, said Borrell.

The envoy of the European Union for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajçak, has condemned the attack on the Kosovo Police in the north and said that violence “of any form is unacceptable”. “The leaders must face justice. Everyone should return to the dialogue, immediately”, said Lajçak through a post on X – the platform previously known as Twitter.

NATO mission in Kosovo, KFOR, has said that the Kosovo Police has the initial responsibility for managing the incident in the north and has strongly condemned the attack on the members of this institution.

As a result, one police officer was killed and two others were injured.

“KFOR continues to closely monitor the situation in Banjska, and KFOR troops are present in this area, ready to react, if required. The commander of KFOR is in direct contact with all international mechanisms, including the European Union, the Chief of General Staff of the Serbian army and the institutions of Kosovo, and is working to find a solution”, the statement said.

/Argumentum.al

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