EU expects a decision on EULEX before 14 June
(TV21)
Three days have remained until the end of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) mandate. EU expects that the issue of EULEX mandate will be finalized before 14 June.
“The EU and Kosovo are finalizing discussions on the EULEX presence beyond June. We expect the decision before 14 June,” stated at the press office of the European Union Special Representative in Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar.
On the other hand, Vetëvendosje Movement harshly opposed continuation of EULEX’s mandate, considering this mission as a failed experiment.
Vetëvendosje chairperson, Visar Ymeri, implied that MPs of this political entity will vote against the ratification of the agreement in the Assembly of Kosovo.
Stojanovic: “Sun Valley’ will be built
(TV21)
Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo from Srpska List, Branimir Stojanovic, is convinced that “Sun Valley” settlement in the north will be built, although this project is considered illegal by the Government of Kosovo.
Stojanovic says that there was no substantial return of Serbs in Kosovo so far, because preconditions for sustainable return have not been created.
“Sun Valley” settlement project provokes reactions
(Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
The Serbian Government project for building a new settlement for the local Serbs and other Serbs from all over the former Yugoslavia has provoked severe reactions in Prishtinë/Pristina. This action is being considered as re-colonization and partition of Kosovo by Serbia.
Bujar Voca, a citizen, said that double and unjust standards are being used as he considers that Albanians do not have the right to return to their homes and properties, while Serbia has the right to build a settlement in another territory.
Amra Pandic, a Bosniak student from Mitrovica/Mitrovicë north, puts the blame on Kosovo institutions for situation in the north.
Kosovo opposition has considered this project of the Serbian Government a direct interference in Kosovo’s internal affairs. Vetëvendosje chairperson, Visar Ymeri, considers that with this Belgrade is re-colonizing Kosovo.
On the other hand, Director of Administration in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë north, Adrijana Hodzic, said she was not informed about procedures for building of these houses.
Kosovo Police officer injured in the north
(Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
A member of Kosovo Police has been injured on Saturday night after an attack with bomb in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë north. Unidentified persons attacked a police patrol in Kralj Petar Street in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë north.
Kosovo Police confirmed the case in its 24-hour report, saying there are doubts that the device used was a hand grenade.
“Unidentified persons have thrown an explosive device close to the police unit which was carrying out a check point operation. As a result, a Kosovo Police officer has suffered injuries and material damage was caused to the official vehicle and several other vehicles in close vicinity,” the Police release states.
Opposition parties and civil society against the new law on census for north
(TV21)
Regardless the fact that Kosovo Government is ready to conduct the census in four municipalities in Kosovo north in October; Serb representatives in Kosovo, supported by Belgrade, decided to oppose this process with the justification that there are no conditions for the census.
Srpska List MP, Nenad Rasic said there are no conditions to have a similar census in the northern part as it was in the south.
For the first time after seventeen years, population census in four northern municipalities will be done through a special law which is strongly opposed by the Vetëvendosje member at the Central Elections Commission (CEC), Adnan Rrustemi.
Rrustemi said that census through a new law is unacceptable because, as he said, it legitimizes these four northern municipalities as a separate political and legal entity and.
On the other hand, civil society also strongly opposes new census in the north through a new law. Driton Selmanaj considers unacceptable the Government’s justification that the previous law on census has expired.
Jevtic: 101 displaced persons returned to Kosovo within five months
(RTK2)
Kosovo Minister for Communities and Return, Dalibor Jevtic, said that 101 displaced persons have returned to Kosovo during the first five months of this year, announcing that another 130 houses for returnees will be built until the end of 2016.
Speaking to Mitrovica/Mitrovicë based radio station Kontakt Plus Jevtic said that 15 houses for Serb returnees are currently being built in Kosovo.
Dubravë/Dubrava prisoners dissatisfied with the conditions
(KTV)
Prisoners of Dubravë/Dubrava Correctional Centre are dissatisfied with the conditions in this Centre.
Aside from the fact that they are placed in cells with prisoners who have committed different criminal offences, they are also concerned with the way how they are treated in regards to food and the lack of hygiene, KTV reported.
No matter that visits of social workers to inmates are obligatory, according to them, those visits rarely happen.
However, Director of Dubravë/Dubrava Correctional Centre, Ismail Dibrani, refuses the complaints of prisoners. According to him, prisoners receive the same meals as the staff of this Centre.
As far as hygiene is concerned, Dibrani admits that hygiene is not always at the desired level. However, he considers that hygiene is also an individual issue of prisoners.
