Little hope for 2014 (Kosova Sot)
“2013 was characterized by scandals, corruption, poverty and lack of well-being,” the paper’s front-page editorial notes. “Problems from 2013 will follow us in 2014. The privatization of the Kosovo Post and Telecom (PTK) failed in the end of 2013 and this is the biggest game that our institutions have played on the process. This is […]
Read More →Lushtaku to be sworn in today (Zëri)
Skenderaj Mayor, Sami Lushtaku, currently in detention on war crimes charges, will today be sworn in for another term in office. The ceremony will take place behind closed doors and under increased security measures as the decision for temporary release stipulates there is to be no contact between Lushtaku with anyone, no press at the […]
Read More →Hoxhaj: We don’t need imported Islam (Zëri)
Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj in said in an interview for the paper that different religious currents that try to bring Islam into the public discourse and impose a different way of life could present a threat to the state of Kosovo. He said Kosovo is determined to follow the path to European integrations. “I […]
Read More →Cliff: Kosovo is not ready to deal with war crimes (Koha Ditore)
EU rule of law mission is an important asset for Kosovo even though certain politicians don’t agree with this assessment, said British Ambassador to Kosovo, Ian Cliff in an interview. If the main problem for Kosovo in the path towards European integration is rule of law, the presence of European Union mission, according to Cliff, […]
Read More →The end of EULEX (Tribuna)
Tribuna newspaper reports that EU in September will deploy another mission in Kosovo and it will not be called EULEX anymore. The main headquarters of this mission will be in the office of the EU Special Representative in Kosovo and it will be much smaller than the present EU rule of law mission, EULEX. The […]
Read More →Breaks expected in the dialogue (Koha Ditore, Tribuna)
Except the meeting between prime ministers of Kosovo and Serbia, Thaçi and Dacic, in the first months of 2014 which is expected to give a solution to the issues of justice, there will be two other meetings of working groups responsible for the implementation of the agreement. Next week it will be discussed about the […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 3 January
• Breaks expected in the dialogue (Koha Ditore, Tribuna)
• The end of EULEX (Tribuna)
• Cliff: Kosovo is not ready to deal with war crimes (Koha Ditore)
• Hoxhaj: We don’t need imported Islam (Zëri)
• Lushtaku to be sworn in today (Zëri)