Senior Kosovo Ex-Guerrillas Jailed for War Crimes (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo’s appeals court jailed former senior Kosovo Liberation Army members Sylejman Selimi and Sami Lushtaku for war crimes against civilian prisoners during the 1998-99 conflict, their lawyers said. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/senior-kosovo-ex-guerrillas-jailed-for-war-crimes-against-civilians-11-15-2016
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 15 November
• OSCE supports integration of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities (RTK1)
• Hahn: Early elections will not solve conditions set by the EU (RTK)
• Implementation of agreement on vehicle plates postponed (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Court confirms 7 years to Lushtaku (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Skenderaj/Srbica will not have early elections (KTV)
• Schwendiman: Suspected criminals are the target, not KLA (RTK1)
• EULEX temporarily suspends search for mass grave in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë north (Klan Kosova)
• Ymeri calls for international investigation on Astrit Dehari’s case (KTV –Rubikon)
Headlines 16 November
• UN: “Tensions in Kosovo centred on demarcation with Montenegro” (media)
• Hahn says blaming EU for visa liberalisation is “not serious” (dailies)
• Mustafa: Political causes should not be built on Dehari’s death (media)
• EULEX is monitoring Astrit Dehari’s case (RTK)
• Court of Appeals reduces Lushtaku’s sentence (Zeri)
• War veterans react on Court of Appeals decision for “Drenica 1” (RTK)
• CDHRF: Prisoners transferred to high-security prison are not on strike (RTK)
• 47% of citizens believe in normalisation of Kosovo-Serbia relations through EU integration, survey shows (Koha)