Special Court Must Bring Kosovo’s Criminals to Justice (BIRN)
By: Shkelzen Gashi The new Special Court to try former Kosovo Liberation Army members for wartime and post-war crimes is not an attack on the struggle for independence, but an attempt to prosecute criminals. The majority of people in Kosovo believe that the Special Court is an unfair creation, but the blame for its establishment, […]
Read More →BIRN Publishes Kosovo War Crimes Court E-Book (BIRN)
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has published an e-book about the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, aiming to increase understanding about the newly-established court that will try ex-guerrillas for crimes during and after the war. BIRN’s e-book, entitled ‘Kosovo Specialist Chambers: From Investigations to Indictments’, published on Tuesday, includes expert analysis, interviews and archive reports that trace […]
Read More →Reopening of Mitrovica Bridge postponed to May (BIRN)
Mitrovica South Mayor Agim Bahtiri told BIRN that due partly to increased political tensions in the northern part of Kosovo, the reopening of the bridge that links the Albanian and the Serb-inhabited parts of the divided city of Mitrovica has been postponed to May. “Problems that arose from the construction of the wall have resulted […]
Read More →Kosovo the largest recipient of the US aid in Balkans (KIM radio, Blic)
United States of America have the largest and most expansive program of foreign aid in the world, with an annual budget of up to $ 50 billion. More than 18 billion of the budget goes for the economic development, often called the humanitarian aid, while $ 8.1 billion goes for the help to strengthen the […]
Read More →In BIRN interview, Schwendiman claims special court is not anti-Albanian (media)
In his first interview since appointed chief prosecutor of the new Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor’s Office, David Schwendiman, told BIRN that suspected criminals are the target of his work, not the Kosovo Liberation Army. “I am not after organisations, I am not after ethnicities, I am looking at individual responsibility for what was done,” David Schwendiman […]
Read More →Montenegro urges Kosovo to ratify border-demarcation agreement (BIRN/Indeksonline)
Montenegro’s Deputy Prime Minister, Dusko Marković, in a statement for BIRN has urged Kosovo to fulfill its part of the border-demarcation agreement without further delay. Marković expressed concern that while parliament in Montenegro ratified the agreement at the end of last year, Kosovo has yet to complete its part. “Demarcation between Montenegro and Kosovo was […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 17 October
• Mustafa: Mitrovica border based on Ahtisaari Plan (Koha)
• “If Iber Bridge is not released today, Brussels dialogue becomes meaningless” (Koha)
• No decision yet on four Albanian-majority villages in Mitrovica (Kallxo)
• Haradinaj: Kosovo has no President (Kosovapress)
• 11 MPs could be expelled from Assembly sessions (Koha)
• Prosecution preparing arrest warrants for MPs that don’t answer to police (Zeri)
• Pacolli: This is the death of politics (Koha)
Kosovo Offers Deal on Serb-Language Diplomas (BIRN)
The Kosovo government has put forward a landmark proposal that will make it easier for Kosovo Serbs and members of other minority groups to apply for jobs in public institutions. The deal involves Kosovo accepting the validity of diplomas issued by the country’s Serbian-language university in the Serb-run far north of the country. Formerly part […]
Read More →Kosovo Serb Leaders Unite to Issue Common Demands (BIRN)
Kosovo Serb leaders – currently boycotting the government – gathered on Wednesday in Gracanica to form a joint political umbrella, and produce a list of joint demands. Kosovo Serb mayors and municipal assembly members from the country’s Serb-majority municipalities filled the house of culture in the central town of Gracanica on Wednesday on a mission […]
Read More →Kosovo’s Thaci Criticised for Genocide Suit Threat (BIRN)
Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci’s threat to sue Serbia for genocide at the International Court of Justice has been criticised for being legally impractical and a potential misuse of resources. Thaci has been accused of a political gaffe after saying at the weekend that Kosovo is considering suing Serbia for genocide committed during the 1998-99 conflict […]
Read More →Abbas: We have good relations with Kosovo but we will not recognise it as a country (BIRN, Telegrafi)
The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, told BIRN that Palestine would not recognise Kosovo as an independent state. “We have good relations [with Kosovo] but we don’t interfere in conflicts between countries. We distance ourselves and we stay away from all the conflicts, because we don’t want to be here or there,” he said. The President said […]
Read More →Kosovo Marks Recak Massacre Anniversary (BIRN)
Hundreds of Kosovo Albanians gathered in the village of Recak/Racak to mark the 16th anniversary of the massacre of 44 people by Serbian security forces in 1999. Petrit Collaku | BIRN Pristina Survivors, victims’ relatives and Kosovo officials attended the commemoration at the memorial complex in Recak/Racak on Thursday to mark the anniversary of the […]
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