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Shterpce/Strpce mayor with veto right on Brezovica project (Koha Ditore)

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The development of the Brezovica ski resort cannot move forward without the consent of Shterpce/Strpce Mayor Bratislav Nikolic, who has veto power in making decisions that have to do with the Brezovica project. Except for him, the right of veto is also enjoyed by Finance Minister Besim Beqaj. The veto issue is determined in the […]

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Pacolli: Kosovo and Crimea cannot be compared (Epoka e Re)

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During a visit to Sweden, Deputy Prime Minister Behgjet Pacolli, in an interview for Swedish newspaper Expressen, rejected comparisons made between Crimea and Kosovo. “The ethnic cleansing that happened in Kosovo cannot be compared by Putin with the situation in Crimea,” said Pacolli.

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West had no role in establishment of Kosovo Armed Forces (Koha Ditore)

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Koha Ditore’s front page quotes German analyst Bodo Weber, an expert on the Balkans, in the Democratization Policy Council saying that the establishment of the Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF) is part of the pressure that Pristina is placing to obtain full sovereignty, but also part of the unpleasant truth that Kosovo can only achieve this […]

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Tribunal’s history (Tribuna)

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According to international sources in Pristina, the establishment of a special court to address alleged war crimes has a particular history, reports the daily on its front page. When the Special Investigative Task Force (SITF) began investigations into allegations of organ trade made by Council of Europe’s rapporteur, Dick Marty, it came across a number […]

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Everyone is being hacked! (Zeri)

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On the cover page, the daily reports that the Kosovo Government is laying the foundation for the Kosovo Intelligence Agency (KIA) to begin hacking telephone conversations between citisens, social networks, and email correspondences. The draft law on the matter has been prepared by the Government and, if approved, would allow the KIA to carry out […]

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“Neutrality” is not allowed for northern municipalities (Tribuna)

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Northern municipalities have a three-week deadline to change and harmonise their statutes with the Kosovo legislation if they want to avoid heading to new elections. “If northern municipalities don’t hand over municipalities’ material according to the laws, they could go to new elections for municipal assemblies,” said a senior official from the Kosovo Ministry of […]

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Civil Protection to disband once local authorities established (Koha Ditore)

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Officials from the Kosovo Government said that the Civil Protection formation in the north will close its premises and hand over uniforms and operational equipment once local authorities in the northern municipalities are up and running. The majority of the Civil Protection members are expected to integrate into the emergency response and firefighting departments. Bekim […]

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UNMIK Headlines 24 March

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• Civil Protection to disband once local authorities established (Koha Ditore)
• “Neutrality” is not allowed for northern municipalities (Tribuna)
• Everyone is being hacked! (Zeri)
• Tribunal’s history (Tribuna)
• West had no role in establishment of Kosovo Armed Forces (Koha Ditore)
• Pacolli: Kosovo and Crimea cannot be compared (Epoka e Re)
• Shterpce/Strpce mayor with veto right on Brezovica project (Koha Ditore)

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War Crimes and Eulex’s Broken Kettle (Balkan Insight)

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Kosovo already has an EU rule of law Mission, EULEX; the idea to establish another international criminal tribunal for Kosovo to deal with war crimes is both superfluous and absurd. By Donikë Qerimi and Krenar Gashi BIRN Pristina There’s an old joke that Sigmund Freud used in The Interpretation of Dreams: A man, accused by […]

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