EU: Minorities lack decision-making capacities (Koha)
The minority communities in Kosovo lack capacities to participate effectively in policy and decision-making processes, writes Koha citing a report published by the European Union Office in Prishtina. The report also notes that the minority communities face additional barriers due to their continued marginalization, and, their lack of integration in society and institutions. Director of the EU […]
Read More →Women from Pristina and Belgrade call for dialogue and cooperation (Indeksonline)
Fourteen women representing parliaments, academia, civil society and media from Belgrade and Pristina gathered for the first time in Belgrade on 15 and 16 December 2014 as part of the so-called “Budva Process” aimed at enabling these women to engage in a direct dialogue. Citing a press release issued by the Organization for Security and […]
Read More →Albania Aiding EULEX Bribery Probe in Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
Albania prosecutors are helping their Kosovo counterparts investigate corruption allegations against EULEX judge Francesco Florit, BIRN can reveal. Documents obtained by BIRN show that Tirana District Court on September 19 approved a prosecutor’s office request to assist the Kosovo judicial authorities in investigating an Italian EULEX judge and two others suspected of corruption. According to […]
Read More →Spiric: A/CSM should not ‘close’ provisional bodies (RTK2)
Creation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities (A/CSM) should not lead to closure of provisional bodies, instead an adequate solution should be found for around 800 employees in order that they are not laid off, said president of the provisional body of Kosovska Mitrovica municipality (Serbia-run administration), Aleksandar Spiric, to RTK2. Spiric further said that […]
Read More →Institutions violating the Law on use of languages (KIM radio)
Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and Association of Journalists of Kosovo and Metohija (DNKiM) protested most sharply due to continued discrimination of the Serbian language, after newly formed Kosovo institutions continued forwarding communiqués in Albanian language. “UNS and DNKiM request immediate reaction of Serb representatives in Kosovo institutions and of the Office of the […]
Read More →Jahjaga: Necessary reforms delayed by six months (Koha)
The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, held today her annual speech before the Kosovo Assembly MPs. In a special session, boycotted by the opposition, Jahjaga listed the progress and challenges Kosovo faced in 2014. She said the present time is a delicate moment in Kosovo’s European perspective while, speaking about the six-month political crisis, Jahjaga […]
Read More →Natali Veliaj sentenced to 12 years in prison and 25,000 euro fine (Koha)
A court in Pristina announced the verdict on the case relating to the misappropriation of 1.4 million euro through the Interior Ministry’s biometric passport production tender. The accused, Natali Veliaj, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined with 25,000, Fisnik Balaj, faces a prison sentence of 11 years and 20,000 euro fine […]
Read More →Opposition boycotts Jahjaga’s address (Gazeta Blic)
Opposition parties – Vetevendosje, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) – are boycotting the annual address of the Kosovo President, Atifete Jahjaga, to the Kosovo Assembly. Jahjaga is presenting her year’s work in her address. AAK MP, Donika Kadaj-Bujupi, accused President Jahjaga for, as she said, ignoring the parliamentary majority. “Her […]
Read More →President Jahjaga to hold annual address before the Assembly (Kosovapress)
The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, is expected to address today Kosovo Assembly MPs while the Assembly will again convene later in the day in an effort to form parliamentary commissions. The proposal on which the Assembly presidency agreed includes creation of fourteen commissions and if this proposal doesn’t receive the necessary votes, the MPs […]
Read More →Oliver Ivanovic: proving innocence for unproved guilt (IRS)
I am certain I will absolutely prove my innocence, although there is the frustrating fact that I have to prove my innocence, instead of the prosecution proving my guilt, stated leader of the civic initiative “Serbia, Democracy, Justice” Oliver Ivanovic. He added for our radio that it will take a few more months, requiring a […]
Read More →A Serb beaten in Pec/Peja (Tanjug, Politika)
A group of ethnic Albanians attacked Pavic Gojkovic, a 61-year-old Serb, on Wednesday in Pec/Peja, northwestern Kosovo, and members of the Kosovo police saved him from being lynched. Gojkovic told Tanjug that a group of Albanians attacked him after he walked out of a lawyer’s office onto the street, together with his mother and a […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 17 December
• Assembly Speaker Veseli congratulated for his new post (RTK1)
• Elections in Gracanica/Graçanicë to be held on 18 January (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• CEC replaces ministers with new MPs (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Kosovo officials cannot visit the north without Belgrade’s permit (Klan Kosova)
• Srpska List does not support Kosovo 2015 budget (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Only 15 per cent of Kosovo property registered under women’s names (KTV)
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