Hyseni: Combating of crime and corruption, top priority of Kosovo Government
(Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
Combating of organised crime and corruption are top priorities of Kosovo Government, said Kosovo minister of interior Skender Hyseni. However, the German Government has also engaged in combating corruption in Kosovo.
A project, funded by the German Government and to be implemented by the OSCE Mission, was launched on Monday, where minister Hyseni also pledged that he will work a lot in this regard.
The project aims to support Kosovo Police in combating high-level corruption.
“We will do our best to achieve tangible results in the shortest possible period,”
minister Hyseni said.
In addition, the OSCE Head of Mission, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, emphasised that investigations into corruption have increased, but the punishments are low.
According to him, the high level of corruption is also threatening the economic development.
The project, funded by the German Government and to be implemented by the OSCE Mission, envisages the establishment of a core group of criminal investigators and prosecutors of the Kosovo Police and Special Prosecution Office.
Interethnic motive behind the case of the 17-year old refuted
(All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
There are no signs of the 17-year old Albanian male from Mitrovicë/Mitrovica, who is believed to have fallen in the Ibër River stream. Kosovo Police, Kosovo Security Force and KFOR are searching for the young male, while the possibility of interethnic motives behind this tragedy is being refuted.
Mitrovica/Mitrovicë north police station deputy commander, Besim Hoti, said that several persons have already been interviewed about this case, while, according to him, testimony of the person that survived has also been taken.
Mitrovicë/Mitrovica south mayor Agim Bahtiri said that they are closely cooperating with all the security mechanisms and Mitrovica/Mitrovicë north municipalities to find the 17-year old, Sead Alushi.
Head of the Administrative Office, Adrijana Hodzic, called on everyone not to give any kind of ethnic character to this tragedy.
“This is a tragedy. A misfortune! There is no ethnic attack in in question,” Hodzic underlined.
Opposition parties call on citizens to take part in Saturday’s protest
(All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
The three opposition parties, Vetëvendosje, AAK and Nisma për Kosovën, called on Kosovo citizens to massively turn out in Saturday’s protest ‘against the capture of state’.
Protest is the only solution for materialization of citizens’ requests and ‘against the capture of state’, the opposition representatives stated on Monday.
They promised that the protest will be peaceful.
Ymeri: Citizens are not paying for RTK to be Government’s megaphone
(RTK1)
Vetëvendosje Movement chairperson Visar Ymeri wrote on Sunday in his Facebook profile that capture and censorship of Radio and Television of Kosovo (RTK) by the Government, which was proved by the facts of journalists and editors of this medium, speaks about the autocracy that has been installed and is being reinforced in Kosovo.
“Kosovo citizens are not paying for RTK to be Government’s megaphone,” Ymeri added.
According to him, in the protest of 18 April, it will be called for returning of RTK to citizens.
Forty-five judges and prosecutors under investigation
(TV21, KTV)
The Office of Disciplinary Prosecutor (ODP) is investigating 45 cases involving judges and prosecutors suspected of breaching the law during their work in the justice system.
Arianit Salihu, a senior judicial inspector, told Radio Free Europe that: “Investigations have been launched against some judges and prosecutors, who have shown no professionalism during their mandates.”
Laura Pula, a State Prosecutor and the national anti-corruption coordinator, was reluctant to speak about the work of the ODP or the investigations conducted by this Office. However, she said that it may be possible that cases were not resolved due to corruption, but she has not noticed such a delay in this regard.
