PIK marked the tenth anniversary of its establishment
(Most monitored broadcasters, RTV21)
Police Inspectorate of Kosovo (PIK) marked the tenth anniversary of its establishment with a ceremony. Kosovo Minister of Internal Affairs Skender Hyseni said that PIK has made a continuous progress as an external and independent oversight police mechanism to make sure that the work of Kosovo Police officers is in line with their legal mandate
“During these 10 years of professional development and capacity building, completion of legal infrastructure and journey toward realisation of the vision and legal mission of the PIK, in addition to support of local institutions, such as the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Inspectorate has also been strongly backed by professional organisations, such as ICITAP, OSCE, EULEX, etc.,” PIK CEO Hilmi Mehmet said.
Government to submit demarcation deal to Assembly this week
(RTK1)
Sokol Havolli, advisor to Kosovo Prime Minister, stated in RTK’s show ‘Info 3 live’ that within this week the Government will submit for ratification the agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro. According to him, the Government of Kosovo will adopt in its next meeting the agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro and will submit it to the Assembly for ratification.
Havolli noted that the Government holds its regular meetings on Wednesday’s, while he stressed that the plenary session on this issue will be dependent on the dynamic of the Assembly.
Vetëvendosje Movement MP, Rexhep Selimi stated that they will strongly oppose it. He said that they will try to stop the ratification of this agreement with any means.
On the other hand, Koha.net reported that the Government of Kosovo will review the agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro during its regular meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 13 of July.
Koha.net got hold of the Government’s meeting agenda document, which lists as its second agenda point the review of the agreement on demarcation.
Government of Kosovo to take Nuland’s messages on demarcation seriously
(Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
Almost a year has passed since Kosovo signed the agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro and despite internal opposition and issues; strong voices from international politics requested the formalization of this agreement.
The last one to have requested the formalization of this agreement was the Assistant Secretary of State at the United States Department, Victoria Nuland. She requested from the Assembly to ratify the demarcation as soon as possible in order for Kosovo to get visa liberalisation, KTV reported.
A day after this statement, Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hajredin Kuçi, stated Nuland’s messages on the demarcation issue, will be taken seriously by the Government.
‘We will use each opportunity to find a consensus on proceeding the agreement further,” said Kuçi wthout specifying any date.
However, the opposition parties continue to be firm on their stance against the demarcation, regardless of the fact that Nuland considered the debate on demarcation as artificial.
Stojanovic: Authorities to probe alleged mass grave around Orthodox Church
(Klan Kosova)
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic stated that the probe for the alleged mass grave around the unfinished Orthodox Church in Prishtinë/Pristina should be done.
He told Radio Gracanica said that Serb community never created any problem related to the search of the locations suspected of mass graves. He emphasized that they also expect support to finalise the construction works on this Orthodox temple.
Simic: Serbs should not negotiate establishment of KAF
(RTK2)
The Chief of the Srpska List caucus, Slavko Simic, said in RTK2 morning show, that no one has discussed with him yet about the establishment of Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF).
Among other, Simic expressed his belief that none of the leaders of the Kosovo Serbs should negotiate such a serious topic.
“I have to be honest and say that no one has imposed the topic of the Kosovo Armed Forces,” said Simic, the online version of RTK2 reported.
Opposition MPs consider RTK as a television of the ruling parties
(All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
Kosovo Public Broadcaster (RTK) 2015 annual report triggered harsh debate among MPs in Monday’s session of Kosovo Assembly. In the end, MPs present in the Assembly chamber voted neither for nor against the report.
MPs of ruling and coalition parties accused RTK for hiring a large number of employees without any criteria and of misusing the budget.
LDK MP Alma Lama said that RTK continues to hire a large number of employees without any criteria, while, according to her, despite the hiring, they carry on buying TV program from external productions.
Vetëvendosje Movement (VV) MPs stated that RTK’s report contains flaws and legal violations. VV MP, Shqipe Pantina, a Vetëvendosje MP, considered RTK as a television of the ruling parties. She demonstrated a printed page of the online version of RTK, in which, according to her, there were eight news pieces about PDK Chairperson, Kadri Veseli, KTV reported.
On the other hand, all broadcasters reported that the Assembly on its Monday session approved the annual report of the Central Election Commission for 2015.
