OSCE Broadcast 3 August
• Assembly passes constitutional amendments for Special Court (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Government and Assembly adopt Special Court draft laws (RTK1, KTV)
• Jahjaga welcomes promulgation of constitutional amendments (RTK1& KTV, 23:00hrs)
• Police confirms threats against Srpska List MPs (Klan Kosova)
• Veterans toss bottles at Thaçi and call him a thief (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
UNMIK Headlines 4 August
• Kosovo Assembly adopts amendments on special court (dailies)
• Mogherini welcomes Assembly’s decision on special court (dailies)
• EU embassies welcome adoption of special court amendments (dailies)
• Delawie: Special court, important for rule of law (Indeksonline)
• President Jahjaga applauds vote on special court (dailies)
• UK: Special court headquarters to be in Hague (Koha)
• Journalist publishes names of potential special court suspects (Koha)
• Serbian List rejects support for potential indictees (Kosova Sot)
• Albanian mountaineers attacked by Serb armed group (dailies)
“Decision on KLA crimes court made under intl. pressure” (B92, Blic)
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic says he is satisfied that amendments that will pave the way to establish a special court have been adopted. “Of course we’re satisfied, it was uncertain until the very end. Until the last moment we did not know whether we will have enough votes,” he said. Stojanovic told B92 […]
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Kosovo’s parliament voted to change the constitution on Monday and create a war crimes court, which the West wants to try ethnic Albanian former guerrillas for alleged war crimes including organ harvesting. The vote was held just one month after parliament first tried to approve the creation of the court, seen by many Kosovo Albanians […]
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