UNMIK Headlines 9 August
• Kosovo Assembly to vote on border demarcation deal on Thursday (Koha)
• SG Ban concerned with border demarcation crisis (RTK)
• Tahiri: EU determined on revitalization of Mitrovica Bridge (Epoka e Re)
• Former KLA fighter sentenced to eight years in prison (dailies)
OSCE Broadcast 8 August
• Key Kosovo political parties are meeting far from media (Klan Kosova)
• Maxhuni: Attack against the Assembly building with terroristic elements (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Demarcation in Assembly on Tuesday (Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
• Çaushi: International representatives should not interfere in demarcation issue (TV21)
• Protesters call for punishment of ‘Pronto’ affair protagonists (TV21)
• UN Security Council to debate on Kosovo on 25 August (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
Kosovo Genocide Suit Against Serbia ‘Likely to Fail’ (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci’s proposed plan to bring a genocide lawsuit against Serbia at the International Court of Justice for atrocities during the 1998-99 war has little chance of success, experts suggest. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-genocide-suit-against-serbia-likely-to-fail–08-08-2016
Read More →Kosovo War Crimes Court Convicts Former Guerrilla Fighter (RFE/RL)
Kosovo’s special war crimes court has convicted a former ethnic Albanian guerrilla fighter of war crimes against civilians after the country’s war ended. http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo-court-convicts-former-guerrilla-war-crimes/27909293.html
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