Djuric: Albanian leaders will not decide about representation of Serbs
(All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
“Serbia will not accept that Albanian political leaders to be the ones who decide about representation of Serbs,” Director of the Serbian Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric told to political representatives of Kosovo Serbs.
“Political quotas have no sense if it is not worked on fulfilment of constitutional obligations set in Kosovo,” Djuric underlined.
Djuric said that they have gathered in Gracanica/Graçanicë to demonstrate their force and sustainability, and that Serbian state will always be with Kosovo Serbs.
“We are conveying a message that the thing that was done to (Aleksandar) Jablanovic, cannot be done to any Serb in Kosovo,” Djuric said.
In the meantime, former Kosovo minister Jablanovic said that they have done their job and that now it is up to Kosovo Government to be more constructive.
Minister Ljubomir Maric called on the international community to work for equal rights in Kosovo.
However, Kosovo PM’s advisor Valon Murtezaj considers that Wednesday’s meeting of Serbs in Gracanica/Graçanicë is proving that Belgrade still is not managing to get rid of its past.
Hosted by Klan Kosova Infomagazine show, Murtezaj said that Serbs are requesting something that does not exist. According to him, Government’s stance is that it will not discuss the Association of Serb Municipalities at all, until the agreement reached will be implemented and until the parallel structures will be completely dissolved.
AKJ urges institutions not to change of the Law on Interceptions
(Most monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
The Association of Kosovo Journalists (AKJ) urges Kosovo Government and the European Integration Commission not to change the new law on interceptions. This Association proposed two Articles that avoid disclosure of the journalist’s source.
According to them, this would be an important assurance for protection of the journalist’s occupation.
With new Law, interceptions will only be able to be done with court order.
Tahiri: Barricade over Ibër River will be removed within three months
(Klan Kosova, KTV)
Minister for dialogue Edita Tahiri said that barricade over Ibër River will be removed within three months. Tahiri said that Brussels has assured her about this issue.
“We have preserved the red lines in dialogue with Serbia and we were successful in several fields,” Tahiri said while reporting to the Kosovo Assembly committee on foreign affairs.
“With the Agreement on Integrated Border Management (IBM), Kosovo has managed to place its border points in the north. Serbian structures have been dissolved and former members of these institutions are part of Kosovo Police. Agreement on normalization of relations is the other field of success,” Tahiri said.
Former MUP members protested in Kosovo north
(Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
Former members of the Serbian interior ministry (MUP) protested in Kosovo north with the request for integration in Kosovo Police, or to be returned again to their jobs in MUP.
With the EU facilitated agreement on police that was reached in Brussels between Kosovo and Serbia, work contracts were terminated to dozens of MUP members. A part of them have already been integrated in Kosovo Police, but those that remained jobless are requesting to get integrated in Kosovo Police, or to be returned to MUP.
During the one-hour protest organized on Wednesday, Kosovo Police blocked the traffic. The protest was peaceful; however, it was announced that they will radicalize their protest if their requests are not fulfilled.
Government adopts three visa liberalisation related draft laws
(All monitored broadcasters, TV21)
In the framework of meeting criteria set by the European Union, Kosovo Government adopted three draft laws that derive from the EU package for visa liberalisation, namely the draft law on gender equality, draft law on protection from discrimination, and the draft law on empowerment of the Ombudsperson.
Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said that improvement of legal infrastructure in the country is expected to happen with adoption of these draft laws.
PM Mustafa also announced that the European Union High Representative, Frederica Mogherini, will be visiting Kosovo on 26 March.
Twenty-four million Euro worth of illegally obtained assets confiscated
(RTK1)
It seems that the Agency for Administration of the Confiscated Assets is working a lot. During 2014 they have confiscated and frozen illegally obtained assets at the value of EUR 24 million, while EUR 700,000 have been confiscated.
Head of this Agency Rrahim Rama made this statement in a debate organized by FOL Movement on Wednesday.
Names of three candidates for Constitutional Court judge sent to Assembly
(Klan Kosova)
Bekim Sejdiu, Mazllum Baraliu and Emrush Kastrati are the candidates that will be voted by Kosovo Assembly MPs for judges of the Constitutional Court. Only one of them will become judge of this Court.
These candidates were selected after a test that they underwent on Wednesday.
