Mahir’s condition (Zëri)
Milaim Shefkiu writes that the Minister of Public Administration, Mahir Jakxhillar has been the loudest among minority communities at the Assembly, on conditioning approval of the changes of the Constitution of Kosovo (which would open the way to the transformation of the Kosovo Security Force into Kosovo’s Armed Forces) with the approval of the reserved […]
Read More →Thaci: ’99 exodus shows truth behind the Kosovo war (lajmi.net)
The governments of Kosovo and Albania met today in Kukes to commemorate the exodus of Kosovo Albanians during the 1999 conflict and to honour all Albanians who provided shelter to refugees. Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said the commemoration should not be seen by others as inciting hatred but rather as a story about the truth. […]
Read More →Should we apologize to Serbia? (Koha)
Pristina-based attorney Arianit Koci writes in an opinion piece that the establishment of the special court will question the fight for liberty of the Kosovo Liberation Army, “all because of the political class that is incapable of protecting it”. Koci says he is against the establishment of a court that will try the crimes of […]
Read More →The state without production (Kosova Sot)
The front page editorial of this daily writes that this year’s official figures from Kosovo Customs show a trade deficit in Kosovo for over half a billion. Kosovo exports are symbolic while imported goods have overrun the territory. The unfavorable environment to make business has strangled Kosovo entrepreneurs, while foreign investors are mainly focused on […]
Read More →Dardan Gashi: Municipality decides about Serb Church in the center of Pristina (Radio Kosova)
No one from officials of Pristina municipality wanted to answer about the issue of Serb Church build without working permit in the space of Pristina University Compound, in the time of Serb Milosevic regime. Meanwhile, Minister of Environment, Dardan Gashi, said that the issue of Serb Church is a court issue, but also an issue […]
Read More →Report on KLA crimes by end of year (Danas, Tanjug)
An investigation into alleged crimes by members of the former ethnic Albanian paramilitary Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), led by U.S. prosecutor Clint Williamson and launched based on a report by former Parlaimentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) special rapporteur Dick Marty, will be completed no later than the end of the year. The […]
Read More →Kosovo to Request Setting Up Special EU Tribunal (Turkish Weekly)
16 April 2014 Kosovo will ask the EU to set up a special tribunal outside the country, to address war crimes committed in the 1990s. According to Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga, a specialized court outside the country to look at cases against former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters would ensure an “independent and unbiased process”. The […]
Read More →Jacobson Defends Dell’s Work With Bechtel (Balkan Insight)
US ambassador in Kosovo defends former ambasador’s employment by the company that constructed the so-called Patriotic Highway as legitimate. Vullnet Krasniqi BIRN Pristina The US ambassador in Kosovo, Tracey Jacobson, says that after her diplomatic mission ends in Kosovo, she will find it hard to find an equally interesting job. She has also declined to […]
Read More →Nebojsa Vujacic arrested, family seeks govt assistance (Tanjug,Politika,TV Most)
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA – The EULEX police arrested employee of the Post Serbia Nebojsa Vujacic, 48, from Kosovska Mitrovica, in northern Kosovo, on suspicion that he committed the criminal acts of murder, attempted murder and infliction of grave wounds. EULEX spokesperson Irina Gudeljevic confirmed for Tanjug that the EULEX police arrested Vujacic early on Tuesday on […]
Read More →Priština wants special court to be established (B92, Tanjug)
Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga has proposed that the mandate of EULEX be extended and a special court for war crimes committed by the KLA to be established. This is according to the Priština-based Albanian language daily Koha Ditore. In a letter to EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy chief Catherine Ashton, Jahjaga “on behalf of […]
Read More →Investments in Trepca started (Lajm)
During a visit to the Trepca mining complex, Kosovo Government officials said the first investments in the mining complex will be made by the enterprise itself, which is now publicly-owned. Deputy Prime Minister Behxhet Pacolli said the mining complex will not be privatized and will not be given for concession. “The mining complex will be […]
Read More →Ambassador Jacobson justifies Dell’s employment at Bechtel (Bota Sot)
The U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo, Tracey Ann Jacobson, regarding the employment of the former Ambassador Christopher Dell by Bechtel-Enka, stated that there is no rule which forbids employing a former diplomat at a private company. Asked where she would see herself employed after leaving Kosovo, she explained that after her diplomatic service she would either […]
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