Heavy blast occurs in north Mitrovica/Mitrovicë
(Klan Kosova)
A heavy blast occurred in north Mitrovica/Mitrovicë on Tuesday at 03:00hrs. The incident occurred in |Vlada Cvetkovic Street, the area that leads to the city hospital. Zelko Bojic, Chief of Police Operation in north, said that an explosive was thrown close to a building where a lot of damage was caused, but no people were injured.
According to Bojic, investigations have started, and according to the investigations, the explosive was a hand grenade.
Prizren mayor Muja suspends his post
(All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
The Prizren mayor Ramadan Muja has suspended his post until second instance court makes a decision. However, Law on Local Self-Governance does not recognise self-suspension by a mayor.
On the other hand, opposition parties and civil society in Prizren, who have been demanding Muja’s resignation, qualified his decision for suspension as legally groundless. Consequently, their announced protest will take place in midday in Prizren downtown.
In the morning, Police arrested Kastriot Jahaj, Artan Abrashi, and Lirim Krasniqi prior to beginning of the protest. Afterwards, citizens gathered in front of the municipality building entrance, but they were arrested. All of them were released in the afternoon, but they must show up at the Court.
Meanwhile, Ministry of Local Government Administration (MLGA) told KTV that officially it still has not received the decision on position suspension by Muja.
Civil society criticises Thaçi of early election campaign
(KTV)
According to civil society, Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi is trying to mobilise PDK’s electorate with his recent activities and decisions. Civil society considers the ardour of Prime Minister’s decisions and visits an early election campaign.
While civil society representatives consider some of the Prime Minister’s decisions as positive, they believe that those decisions could have been taken earlier.
Media industry calls for independent IMC Board
(TV21)
Members of the Ad Hoc Committee for electing Board members of the Independent Media Commission (IMC) called on all political entities to realise seriousness of this situation, and to encourage their MPs to take part in the voting procedure on Wednesday’s Assembly session.
The greatest concern is that again on the list there are candidates with political influence or affiliation.
The Association of Independent Electronic Media of Kosovo (AMPEK) hopes that on Wednesday the Kosovo Assembly will elect independent persons as IMC Board members.
There are five candidates for IMC Board members. Three of them are Albanians, and two are minority members.
Collective contract signed
(All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
The Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi, along with the BSPK trade union leaders and business associations, signed collective contract. Thaçi said that the workers’ constitution, as he referred to the collective contract, will regulate relations between employers and employees, work safety, and maternity leave.
Business association leaders said that private businesses shall pay EUR 174 million, while the Government shall contribute with EUR 16 million.
