Civil Protection dissolved
(All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
Government of Kosovo informed that in line with the Brussels Agreement reached on 26 March 2015 the so-called Civil Protection has been dissolved on Monday.
According to a Government press release, 378 Civil Protection former members have been integrated in Kosovo central institutions, thus completing the number of 483 integrated persons, having in mind that 105 persons were integrated earlier.
On this occasion, Kosovo minister for dialogue Edita Tahiri said that dissolving of the so-called Civil Protection, which happened on Monday, marks an important step toward extension of Kosovo’s state sovereignty in northern part of the country, which was made possible thanks to Brussels talks and the agreement on dissolving of Civil Protection.
Mustafa: Elections in 2018
(Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa had a brief response when he was asked about the request of opposition and protesters for his and Government’s resignation. This, according to Mustafa, will not happen.
“Government will go on, it will work until 2018,” Prime Minister Mustafa said.
After the Constitutional Court’s verdict which concludes that several articles of the Constitution have been violated with the Agreement on Association, aside from retraction of the agreements, opposition also requests Government’s resignation.
This was also on the key requests of 09 January protest.
However, according to opposition, the Prime Minister usually acts like this when he is in panic and ignores them, the citizens and Constitutional Court’s verdict.
Vetëvendosje deputy chairperson, Driton Çaushi, considers that any such stubborn stance will only bring intensification of protests and dismissal of the Prime Minister.
Opposition parties still have not decided about the exact date of next protests, which might be organized over the course of this month.
Murat Meha pelted with eggs
(Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
Vetëvendosje Movement activists pelted Murat Meha, head of the governmental commission on demarcation with Montenegro, with eggs.
As a statement of Vetëvendosje Movement in Facebook notes, Muha, at the capacity of the head of governmental commission on demarcation, has made great concessions, by giving away over 8.000 hectares of Kosovo land to Montenegro.
Vetëvendosje activists pledged that actions and protests will not stop until the harmful agreements will be retracted and Government will be brought down. These activists also said they will not leave people responsible for these damages in peace.
New round of Kosovo-Serbia talks confirmed for 27 January
(RTK2&RTK1)
Brussels’ officials have confirmed that next meeting between Prime Ministers will be held on 27 January this year in the framework of talks on normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia.
Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson of the EU facilitator in talks, Federica Mogherini, also announced the coming of the two Prime Ministers in Brussels for the first meeting this year.
Orthodox Church in Gracanica/Graçanicë village burglarized
(RTK2)
During the night between Sunday and Monday the Saint Demetrius Church in Shusice village of Gracanica/Graçanicë municipality has been burglarized. This is not the first time that this church was burglarized.
Burglars again took the box with voluntary contributions of believers. Residents of this village are embittered by this and expressed their protest for the fact that police did not undertake anything. They say that burglars repeated the scenario of February last year.
Representatives of church committee say that burglars entered the church during the night through the broken window.
Desecration of Christ the Saviour Church condemned
(RTK2)
Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren strongly condemned the most recent break-in and desecration of the unfinished Orthodox Church Christ the Saviour in Prishtinë/Pristina centre.
“For many times now, Albanian hooligans broke the metal gates and used Christ the Saviour church as a public toilet, which was also recorded by the RTK2 cameras. This utmost primitive and vandal act deserves special condemnation as the recordings also show Kosovo Police members, who calmly walk by the church and do not undertake anything. Raska-Prizren Eparchy calls on Prishtinë/Pristina Municipality, Ministry of Spatial Planning and Ministry of Culture in Kosovo to clean the church at the earliest time possible and repair the metal gates,” Bishop Teodosije’s reaction reads.
On the other hand, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that the desecration of the Christ the Saviour church in Prishtinë/Pristina at the presence of Kosovo Police at the time of Orthodox Christmas is another sad proof that Serbia was right to oppose Kosovo’s admission to UNESCO.
“Kosovo is the only place in today’s Europe where it is possible to damage, set ablaze and desecrate Christian churches without facing a single word against, or any penalty,” Dacic said.
