A 3-point initial package of reconciliation (Koha)
Publicist Veton Surroi suggests in an opinion piece that in order to emerge from the current political crisis, the government and the opposition should agree on a “letter with three points”. “First, Kosovo should amend its Constitution and make way for the direct election of the President whenever the time comes for this. Second, the […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 2 March
• EU: Kosovo has met its obligation to establish special court (Koha)
• Netherlands won’t be responsible for special court costs and prisoners (Koha)
• Government reshuffle (Koha)
• Mustafa: Rugova was also elected by PDK votes (Epoka e Re)
• Ymeri: We are determined in our cause (Epoka e Re)
• Thaci’s message to Britain: Don’t Balkanize Europe (Politico.eu/media)
• Tahiri: Ban is ignoring justice for women raped during the war (media)
• Plans underway for establishing another Serb-majority municipality (Zeri)
• Jahjaga decrees procurement law, part of visa liberalization criteria (RTK)
• Truck with documents from Palace of Justice stopped at the border (Kallxo)
Kosovo President Criticised for Signing War Court Deal (Balkan Insight)
Legal experts argued that an agreement signed by President Atifete Jahjaga with the Netherlands to host a new court to try Kosovo Liberation Army members should have been approved by parliament. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/special-court-agreement-by-president-is-unconstitutional-legal-experts-warn-03-01-2016
Read More →Kosovo edges one step closer to Hobbesian anarchy (FT)
No Balkan country is free of political turbulence but the turmoil in Pristina is particularly worrying
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