Serbs will boycott elections if Law is not changed
(Klan Kosova, TV21)
Kosovo Serb politicians say that if Draft Law on General Elections in Kosovo is not changed as they have requested, they will boycott next elections.
On behalf of the majority of Serb MPs, Rada Trajkovic says that reserved seats in the Assembly should be extended for two more mandates.
Civil Protection to be dissolved soon
(RTK1)
Kosovo institution leaders say that the so-called Civil Protection, which has operated in north Kosovo for a long time, will be dissolved soon. Members of this formation will be integrated into Kosovo’s civil, not security institutions. This was confirmed to RTK by Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Edita Tahiri.
On the other hand, although mayors in four north municipalities were elected in the elections organised by the state of Kosovo, they hesitate to fulfil the obligations deriving from the Kosovo legislation.
Accused in Marty report to be judged outside Kosovo
(RTK2, Klan Kosova)
News from Belgrade report that a tribunal outside Kosovo will be established for the accused in Dick Marty’s report. Referring to sources within the EU, Tanjug news agency says that the Member Countries have decided that the persons indicted by the chief of investigators Clint Williamson will be judged in The Netherlands. The source stated that the decision was taken because if trials take place in Prishtinë/Pristina, no protection can be provided to witnesses and to other trial participants
On the other hand, TV21 quoted the Kosovo Supreme Court president Fejzullah Hasani as saying that establishment of a tribunal for Kosovo is a catastrophic action. According to him, it would be normal if such a court would have been established immediately after the war, but not 14 years after.
Minister Gashi: Pejë/Pec Patriarchate turned from Byzantine to Russian-Slavic style
(KTV)
Until 2006, the Pejë/Pec Patriarchate looked differently, namely it was of a Byzantine style, as it is kept in the UNESCO archives. However, according to the Ministry of Environment, following the renovation in 2006, the Pejë/Pec Patriarchate has been turned to a Russian-Slavic style.
Shortly after it was taken into protection by UNESCO, the Pejë/Pec Patriarchate was renovated, and it lost its authenticity dating from 12th- 13th centuries. For that reason, Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Dardan Gashi chose Facebook to notify UNESCO about this issue.
“I wrote to UNESCO about my concern and the concern of the Government of the Republic of Kosovo on transformation of the Pejë/Pec Patriarchate compound eight years ago, at the time when it was under the protection of the World Organization for Protection of Cultural Heritage. The implementing/monitoring committee was established one year ago, and I as the Committee chair call on UNESCO to investigate this illegal intervention which was done by the Orthodox Church in 2006, without asking your Organization and the Kosovo Government, which is ordered in line with the legislation in force,” Gashi wrote.
According to Gashi, what happened with the Pejë/Pec Patriarchate is unacceptable, and it must be restored.
