Witnesses for KLA crimes relocated around the world (Danas)
Witnesses who will speak about the crimes of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) before a special tribunal are already under the protection programme, and many of them have been relocated around the world, learned Danas. As we were told by diplomatic sources, more than 400 people have already made statements about the KLA crimes, but […]
Read More →IMF: Political situation can result in revenue decline (Kosovapress)
The 3.8 percent growth that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) anticipates this year for Kosovo will not be sufficient. The head of IMF for Kosovo, Ruud Vermeulen, said in a press conference that Kosovo will have to first address unemployment. Vermeulen further said that the recent political developments in Kosovo will result in the decline […]
Read More →Lawyer: We have greater confidence in EULEX judges (Vecernje Novosti)
Defenders of Oliver Ivanovic will respond today to the prosecutor’s appeal, who insists that the leader of CI SDP should remain in jail until the final verdict, instead of currently being in house arrest. “Regardless of everything we have greater confidence in the international EULEX judges,” said Ljubomir Pantović, Ivanovic’s attorney. When do you expect […]
Read More →Two men wounded in Mitrovica shooting (Dailies)
Local hospital informed Tanjug that a young Serb man was seriously wounded in a shooting late Sunday in Kosovska Mitrovica. Another 21-year old man sustained minor injuries, the agency said. Health Center Director Milan Ivanovic told Tanjug that the seriously wounded man, S.C., has undergone an operation after being shot in the chest and the abdomen. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes.php?yyyy=2016&mm=01&dd=25&nav_id=96802
Read More →Rasic: A/CSM will not satisfy the interests of Serbs, but it is a great victory for Belgrade (Vecernje Novosti)
“Statute of the Association / Community of Serb municipalities (A/CSM) will not satisfy the interests of the Kosovo Serbs, but this will be a great success for Belgrade’s policy towards Kosovo,” said MP of the Serbian List in the Kosovo parliament Nenad Rasic. He added that the A/CSM is more a political issue than one that will have […]
Read More →Kosovo Fails to Integrate Serbian Protection Force (Balkan Insight)
In spite of an agreement on re-integrating members of the Serbian civil protection force into Kosovo institutions, many of these people remain in working limbo. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-fails-to-integrate-serbian-protection-force-01-22-2016
Read More →Visa liberalization in the hands of Kosovo’s judges (Koha Ditore)
Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj argues in an opinion piece that the main condition for Kosovo to obtain visa liberalization is the sentencing of senior officials in cases of corruption and organized crime. “The European Union wants proof of this. There is no more room for politicians because it seems that visa liberalization is now in the hands […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 24 January
• Properties of Albanians still usurped in the north (TV21)
• Vetëvendosje prepares 100 lawsuits against Kosovo Police officers (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Sami Lushtaku quits his hunger strike (RTK1& Klan Kosova)
• Rasic: Srpska List will not vote in favour of KAF establishment (RTK2 & Klan Kosova)
UNMIK Headlines 25 January
• Government ready for international mediator, opposition against (Koha)
• Mustafa: Opposition to prepare for elections in 2018 (Epoka e Re)
• Kurti: Qosja, Jashari not opposition’s candidates for president (Kosova Sot)
• Selimi: Police should enforce the law not political orders (Epoka e Re)
• Rasic: Association/Community, Belgrade’s success (Zeri)
• Kandic: Albanians’ heroes are not those who committed crimes (Zeri)