Die Presse: Thousand victims and allegedly not a single criminal in Kosovo (International Radio Serbia)
Vienna daily „Die Presse“ assessed that, even 15 years after conflicts in Kosovo, no crimes have been resolved, witnesses are being intimidated and only ordinary soldiers are convicted. It is difficult to bring the culprits to justice, especially when those culprits are members of the former Kosovo Liberation Army, the daily writes. From January 1998 […]
Read More →Kosovo Lawmaker Gunned Down Outside Restaurant (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo police have launched a probe into the murder of Elvis Pista, an MP from the Democratic Party of Kosovo, who was shot dead in his hometown of Rahovec/Orahovac. BIRN Pristina Police have offered 10,000 euro reward for information after Pista was shot in the back several times in the early hours of Sunday morning […]
Read More →Serbian Army, KFOR discuss cooperation (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces General Ljubisa Dikovic and KFOR Commander in Kosovo-Metohija Major General Salvatore Farina conferred in the South base near Bujanovac on Friday to discuss bilateral cooperation. The main topic of the talks focused on the joint activities of the Serbian Armed Forces and KFOR […]
Read More →OSCE on freedom of media and hate speech in Kosovo (Tanjug)
PRISTINA – Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Jean-Claude Schlumberger and OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic opened in Pristina on Friday the regional conference on the ways to respond to instances of hate speech without violating the freedom of expression. The OSCE one-day conference was attended by over 50 reporters, […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 15 June
• PDK candidate for MP Elvis Pista assassinated (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Petrovic: We do not even think of taking sides (RTK2)
• Kume: Jahjaga is forced to address the Court about PM-designate (TV21)
NATO will assist Williamson’s investigations (Koha)
The paper reports in a front-page article that, despite speculation in the Kosovo media, EU diplomats and officials in Brussels say they do not know what will be the outcome of investigations by Clint Williamson in relation to Dick Marty’s allegations of organized crime and organs trafficking. During its work, the Special Task Force led […]
Read More →The Hague starts preparations for special court (Lajm)
Preparations are underway in The Hague for the establishment of the special court of Kosovo. Anonymous Dutch officials said they are preparing to manage the unusual case of establishing the court of an independent state in their territory, although the court will function according to Kosovo laws. The Netherlands will amend some of its legislation […]
Read More →Enver Hasani violates the law (Zeri)
The paper argues that, by publicly declaring that the LDK-AAK-Nisma coalition is illegitimate, Enver Hasani, chairman of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, has violated the Court’s regulations, since he commented on an issue before it was addressed to the Court, and because he is not entitled to comment on a matter without the presence of […]
Read More →Hooper: Political fight in Kosovo must not get out of control (Koha)
“Kosovo has organized free and fair elections which are seen as a great step forward and now all must respect constitutional provisions during the formation of the government,” US expert on the Balkans James Hooper said in an interview for Voice of America. He noted that Kosovo is now able to resolve its political complications […]
Read More →Former COMKFOR helping Vetevendosje to enter opposition bloc? (Lajm)
The former KFOR commander, German General Klaus Reinhardt, is in Kosovo for the 15th anniversary of the liberation. Reinhardt was also seen on Sunday in the headquarters of several political parties. Is he facilitating the efforts to bring the Vetevendosje Movement into the opposition bloc? On Saturday, Reinhardt was greeted at Vetevendosje headquarters by its […]
Read More →Assembly Speaker blocks creation of an opposition government (Tribuna)
On the front page, the paper claims that the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) has hired local and international lawyers to interpret the procedures for electing the Assembly Speaker and they concluded that the post can only go to someone from the winning party while the parliamentary groups can be created only once the Assembly […]
Read More →Haradinaj and Limaj meet to discuss coalition (Epoka e Re)
Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and Fatmir Limaj, leader of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), met on Sunday to discuss their governing plan, several days after they signed the agreement for a post-election coalition together with Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) leader Isa Mustafa. Haradinaj said the meeting […]
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