OSCE Broadcast 19 May
• PM Mustafa: EULEX should continue to operate in some fields (All monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Thaçi to discuss demarcation issue with Montenegro leaders All monitored broadcasters, RTV21)
• AAK and Nisma request renegotiation of demarcation with Montenegro (All monitored broadcasters, RTV21)
• Visar Ymeri against ratification of demarcation (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Veseli calls on Srpska List MPs to reflect about Kosovo Armed Force (RTV21 & RTKlive)
• Dimitrijevic: Irregularities happened in the process of RTK2 director selection (KTV)
• KDI and CDHRF critical to Assembly’s work (Klan Kosova)
UNMIK Headlines 20 May
• Mustafa: Demarcation to be ratified before visa liberalisation vote (dailies)
• Veseli: Serbian List should reflect, the Army of Kosovo will be formed (RTK)
• Opposition wants renegotiation of border demarcation agreement (dailies)
• Ymeri: Border demarcation agreement should not be sent to Parliament (RTK)
• Mustafa: EULEX to leave space for action to local authorities (Koha)
• US and UK plan on ‘closing down’ UNMIK (Lajmi)
• Hoxhaj elected PDK deputy leader (RTK)
• Ukë Rugova indicted over visa fraud (Koha Ditore)
Kosovo Police Arrest Turk Accused of Smuggling (AP/ABC)
Kosovo police say they have arrested a Turk working in Kosovo for illegal trafficking of his compatriots toward Western European countries. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-hungary-official-obama-muslims-europe-39226176
Read More →Kosovo Targets Criminals to Win Visa Liberalisation (Balkan Insight)
Arrests and indictments have intensified in recent weeks in Kosovo, where the authorities admit more cases need to be targeted to meet the EU criteria for visa liberalisation. Kosovo is seeing a surge in police and prosecution actions against organised crime, as law enforcement say cases must be targeted to fulfil the criteria set by […]
Read More →Kosovo charges 20 over sale of EU visas (Reuters)
A European Union prosecutor in Kosovo has filed indictments against 20 people over the sale of visas to the EU’s passport-free Schengen zone for thousands of euros, the prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. Those charged include the son of Kosovo’s late independence leader Ibrahim Rugova. http://www.euronews.com/newswires/3195825-kosovo-charges-20-over-sale-of-eu-visas/
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