Headlines 16 December
• Mustafa: Visa liberalisation threatened if we don’t ratify demarcation (media)
• EP endorses mechanisms for visas, Kosovo should fulfil conditions (Epoka)
• Bomb thrown at Serb’s house in northern Mitrovica (Kosovapress)
• Djuric visits Mitrovica, Kosovo authorities send protest note (Kosova Sot)
• Two police officers suspended for allowing Djuric’s visit (Telegrafi/RFE)
• Jevtic: First decree on Association, then return to the institutions (Lajmi)
• Independent autopsy on Dehari’s death to be published today (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo loses millions of U.S. aid due to corruption (Koha)
Kosovo loses millions promised by U.S. due to corruption (Kallxo)
The news website reports that Kosovo has lost millions of U.S. aid due to its failure to efficiently combat corruption. Namely, the Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, an independent U.S. government agency working to reduce global poverty through economic growth, has decided to drop Kosovo from the “Compact” program to the “MCC threshold” program, […]
Read More →Headlines 8 December
• Partition of Mitrovica fortified (Koha Ditore)
• EU to assess if Mitrovica wall is in accordance with agreement (lajmi.net)
• Rakic: Wall will not be demolished (Zeri)
• KDI: Construction of the wall creates insecurity and fear (Koha Ditore)
• Assembly commission recommends session on Dehari (Kosova Sot)
• O’Connell: I regret that there are still criminals in politics (Telegrafi/RTK)
• NISMA and AKR sign coalition deal in Drenas/Glogovac (Bota Sot)
• Haradinaj: PM Mustafa tried to smuggle demarcation at the Assembly (RTK)
• Eight Kosovo Albanians held on terror charges in Belgium (Telegrafi)
Headlines 29 November
• EU: No visa liberalisation without meeting last two criteria (Koha)
• Tahiri: Court in the north to be discussed in Brussels (Kallxo)
• Energy agreement remains in paper only (Zeri)
• Government of Kosovo condemns attack on Turkish consulate (Telegrafi)
• Election campaign in Drenas/Glogovac officially kicks off (dailies)
• Petition “Justice for Astrit” to be submitted to the Assembly today (media)
• Police arrest three persons in connection to Lumezi’s burglary (Epoka)
• Haradinaj: Propaganda against me is based in Moscow (Lajmi)
• Nikolic reacts to Union of Albanian Municipalities idea (Lajmi)
President Thaci calls for thorough legislative changes (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo President, Hashim Thaci, said today that in line with his promises when he took up office, he has requested and initiated the amendment of the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code. “I have made this request in order to eliminate legal gaps and to strengthen the laws,” Thaci said at the first meeting […]
Read More →Headlines 21 November
Justice Minister seeks Scotland Yard’s help in Dehari’s death (Zeri)
Tahiri: The new company is temporary and minor (Epoka e Re)
Political situation “unsuitable” for Association/Community statute (Koha)
Serbian List conditions return to institutions (Kosova Sot)
Mustafa claims that Kosovo is succeeding during his governance (Epoka)
Veseli: We must combat also “corruptive culture” (Telegrafi)
Demarcation encourages destabilization (Zeri)
Explosion in front of Mitrovica north prison gate (Epoka e Re)
Thaci: EU damaging own credibility by conditioning visa liberalisation (Klan Kosova)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, called on the European Union to discontinue conditioning visa liberalisation as Kosovo more progress in meeting European standards than other countries in the region. In a meeting of the National Anti-Corruption Council, Thaci said: “The completely unfair approach on the part of European Union towards Kosovo is preventing the citizens […]
Read More →Mustafa: Fifty officials under investigation for corruption (Lajmi)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said in the meeting of the National Anti-Corruption Council that Kosovo has made significant progress in the fight against corruption. He said that the latest Transparency International report highlights a difference between the perception of citizens regarding corruption level in Kosovo and the reality. He also said that fifty […]
Read More →Headlines 18 November
• No Association/Community without dissolution of parallel structures (Zeri)
• Havolli: No visa liberalisation without demarcation (Bota Sot)
• A march for Astrit Dehari today in Pristina (RTK)
• Shala: The state responsible for Dehari’s death (Epoka e Re)
• Lushtaku and 23 others indicted on organised crime charges (Koha Ditore)
• Protests in Skenderaj/Srbica against sentencing of KLA members (Epoka)
• AAK will not attend border demarcation meetings anymore (Koha)
• O‘Connell: Corruption is a problem for Kosovo (lajmi.net)
• Engel praises Kosovo authorities for stopping terrorist attack (RTKLive)
“Government in Kosovo is not combating corruption” (Koha)
The recent “Global Corruption Barometer” report of Transparency International finds that two-thirds of people in Kosovo rank corruption as one of the biggest problems. The report, which was conducted in 42 countries in Europe and Central Asia, ranks Kosovo as third in terms of public opinion that corruption is one of the biggest problems facing […]
Read More →TI warns of failing corruption fight in the Western Balkans (Klan Kosova)
The fight against corruption in the Western Balkans and Turkey is failing, putting European Union accession at risk, highlights Transparency International in its latest report. Political elites have too much power and there are limited ways to hold the corrupt to account, the report further stated. The new report titled National Integrity Systems in the […]
Read More →Headlines 9 November
• Thousands protest death of Vetevendosje activist in jail (media)
• Foreign ambassadors urge for transparency regarding Dehari’s death (Zeri)
• “Atdhe Arifi is being psychologically terrorised in detention” (media)
• EU with serious concerns for Kosovo (Koha)
• Veseli: Demarcation does not affect relations with Montenegro (Kosova Sot)
• Britain’s Foreign Secretary Johnson to visit Kosovo (RTK)
• Fol Movement publishes report on corruption (media)
• Kosovo’s Interpol bid suspended (dailies)
• PDK’s Lladrovci to run for Drenas/Glogovac mayor (Kosova Sot)
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