Kosovo’s ‘Democratic Test’ Will Only Come After Elections (Balkan Insight)
By: Armend Bekaj October’s local elections in Kosovo will likely be free and fair – the real test of this young country’s democratic health is what happens after the election. However, Kosovo’s longer-term challenge with democratization is not the election day. The chances are that this time, too, the elections will be organized in line […]
Read More →Local Elections Reveal Different Strife in North Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
As local elections in Kosovo draw nearer, the tensions in the Serb-dominated north are very different from the ones that haunted this region in the past. Kosovo’s once infamous town of Mitrovica – for years known for its deep ethnic divisions and violent incidents between Albanians and Serbs – is a different place today. The […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast Report 18 October
• Analysts: Serbia conditions Kosovo with Association of Serb Municipalities (TV21)
• Vucic: Brussels is not reacting to Association’s delay (RTK2, Klan Kosova)
• Jevtic announces establishment of Association of Serb Municipalities (RTK2)
• Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities most vulnerable (RTK1, RTK2)
• Zeka accuses RTK of not reporting on his fight with Krasniqi (RTK, KTV)
• Tahiri: Integration process of Kosovo north unstoppable (Klan Kosova, RTK1)
UNMIK Headlines 19 October
• President Thaci complains to Quint over swearing-in of judges (Kosova Sot)
• Vetevendosje and RTK officials clash of broadcaster’s role (Koha Ditore)
• Tahiri pledges Kosovo government’s support for Presevo Valley (Koha)
• Former head of border commission suspected of “parallel activity” (Koha)
• OSCE seeks reconstruction of social housing in Plemetin (Koha)