Saturday, 16 February 2008
Kosovo's ethnic Albanians celebrate in the town of KacanikAs the Kosovo Prime Minister, Hashim Thaçi has not yet made public the date for declaration of independence, citizens of Kosovo are prepared to celebrate the independence on 17 February.
Independence is expected to be declared tomorrow afternoon by the Kosovo Parliament. Kosovar media published Saturday an unofficial agenda for declaration of independence.
According to this agenda, Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi at 10.00 will go from the Government to the Parliament where he will hand over the request to call an urgent parliamentary session. At 11.00 Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi will announce publicly the request to call the urgent parliamentary session.
At 12.00 will gather the Parliament Presidency, at 13.30 the parliamentary groups will meet. At 15.00 will take place the plenary session of Kosovo Parliament; however at the Media Centre in “Grand” hotel in Pristina, starting at 18.00, three Kosovar leaders will address the media with a statement.
At 18.30 will be revealed the Independence Obelisk, in front of the Palace of Youth in Pristina. At 19.00 in the Sports Hall “1 October” will be taking place a concert of Kosovo Philharmonic, however an hour later, 20.00, will be staged a concert in the Pristina main square.
Kosovo President, Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi at 22.50 will address the public. At 23.00 will be launched fireworks from four various locations in Pristina.
Agenda for February 17th, 2008
10:00 Prime Ministers leads off from Government to Parliament- hands over the request for extraordinary Parliament Session
11:00 Prime Minister makes public the request for extraordinary session of the Parliament
12:00 Assembly Presidency Meeting
13:30 Meeting of the Parliamentary Groups
15:00 Plenary Session of Kosova Assembly
18:00 Statement by three leaders at Hotel Grand MEDIA CENTER
18:30 Hoist of Independence Obelisk in front of the Youth Palace in Prishtina
19:00 Kosova Philharmonic Concert Hall 1 October
20:00 Concert in Prishtina Square
22:50 President and Prime Minister address the masses
23:00 Fireworks displayed at four different parts of Prishtina
(Disclaimer: This is not an official agenda. This information is not affiliated with any Governmental Institution)
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Kosovo Independence Agenda
