Tahiri said she was misunderstood about missing persons

(KTV) 

Kosovo Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, says she was misunderstood about the lists of missing persons as, according to her, EU requested from the countries the lists of locations of the missing.

In an interview with KTV, Tahiri said she does not consider quitting of dialogue with Serbia reasonable, regardless of the fact that the latter is hesitating to tell the location of 1.665 Kosovars who went missing during the war.

According to her, the decision to quit dialogue would impede Kosovo’s integration processes, but she believes that this problem will be solved through opening of Chapter 35, which Serbia will have to fulfil.

Tahiri considers dialogue successful, but after the arrest of Nehat Thaçi she demands reciprocity against Serbia.

Minister Tahiri announced that authority of Kosovar judiciary will soon be extended in the Kosovo north.

Mustafa says that Srpska List will soon change its mind

(Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)

Srpska List’s stance to boycott the work in Kosovo institutions following the approval of the Law on Trepça will not last long. This was stated by the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, who shortly said that this List will change its mind.

“These stances will be melted soon,” Mustafa stated during a visit he paid to the Information and Communication Technology services company in the global market “3CIS” together with Minister of Trade and Industry, Hykmete Bajrami, and Minister of Diaspora Valon Murati.

Berisha: Srpska List representatives might be replaced

(TV21)

Kosovo Government representatives say that in case Srpska List continues to boycott the work of Kosovo institutions than representatives of this political entity might be replaced as, according to the people in power, the institution of ‘post freezing’ as the Serb ministers did, does not exist.

Besnik Berisha, legal advisor of Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, told Zëri that the issue of Srpska List boycott is rather political than legal, and it harms the interests of people they represent.

Kosovo Serb ministers to meet Djuric in Belgrade

(KTV)

The so-called Office for Kosovo in the Serbian Government informed that Serb Ministers in the Government of Kosovo will meet Director of this Office, Marko Djuric, on Thursday, Koha.net reported.

In the meeting with Djuric, as Radio Kim reported, Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Branimir Stojanovic, Minister of Local Government Ljubomir Maric and Minister for Communities and Return Dalibor Jevtic, are expected to talk about the Law on Trepça adopted last week at the Assembly of Kosovo.

These ministers and Srpska List MPs have frozen their activities in Kosovo institutions.

Lumezi did not say a word about Thaçi’s letters

(Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)

Chief State Prosecutor, Aleksandër Lumezi, avoided contact with the media as he was not willing to speak about letters that reached his office from the President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi.

He did not say a word about the accusations that Chief Executive Officer of Kosovo Agency for Administration of Sequestrated or Confiscated Assets, Rrahim Rama, addressed against the Prosecution. Lumezi, Rama and Minister of Justice, Dhurata Hoxha, visited this institution on Wednesday.

Rrahim Rama, who leads this Agency, said that justice institutions are not giving him the right to sell assets that are sequestrated after a criminal offence has been committed. Rama said he has field 200 requests to the Prosecution and Courts and that he got only one response for six years.

However, the President of Prishtinë/Pristina Basic Court, Hamdi Ibrahimi, did not agree with this.

Agency for Administration of Sequestrated or Confiscated Assets manages with over 34 million euros of assets that have been sequestrated after the commitment of criminal offence.

Many violations in central and municipal institutions

(Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)

Constant violations of budget spending, increase of costs in court decisions and increase of the number of employees without permanent contracts are some of the violations that central and municipal institutions, as well as budgetary agencies, are continuing to make each year on.

In the report of leaders of the National Auditing Office on the manner of expenses for the last year, they also complained about a big number of their suggestions which, according to them, are not being taken into consideration at all for several years.

No matter that these data also affected the parties in power; their MPs joined those of the opposition, who expressed their concern about continuation of violations, in particular those related with the budget. But, their concerns and questions went unanswered from institutional officials present in the meeting. This happened because the meeting of this Committee started at the same hour that the plenary session was also expected to start. 

Kadaj-Bujupi: Trepça cannot be revitalised

(KTV – Rubikon show)

Vetëvendosje Movement MP, Donika Kadaj-Bujupi told KTV Rubikon show that Trepça revitalisation will not happen and the Government of Kosovo does not believe in its revitalisation either.

“They do also not believe it will be revitalised by the way it was done just for the sake of doing it,” she said. Kadaj-Bujupi said the company that has done the feasibility study for Trepça has admitted it has done a study like this for their first time, which demonstrates its unprofessionalism.

On the other hand, Prime Minister Mustafa’s Chief of Staff, Sokol Havolli, said that Vetëvendosje boycotted all debates on Trepça and it is trying to cover this with the attacks on Kosovo Government.

According to Havolli, VV chairperson Visar Ymeri was invited to these debates, but he chose not to take part in them.

Meanwhile, PDK MP Raif Qela said that Government acted wrong in the process of the Law on Trepça. “We must admit that the strategy was not done,” Qela stated in this show which tackled on Law on Trepça and solutions that have been offered to this enterprise.

Kosovo Criminal Code will be revised

(Klan Kosova)

Kosovo Minister of Justice, Dhurata Hoxha, met on Wednesday with members of the Working Group for amendment of Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code, online version of Klan Kosova reported.

This working group, which was established by Minister Hoxha, will recommend potential amendments of these two Codes.

“It is understandable that laws need to be revised. This Working Group is mandated to review these two important Codes in order to strengthen the rule of law,” Minister Hoxha said.

RTK to launch a monthly show for Gorani community

(RTK1)

Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) will soon launch monthly TV show dedicated to Gorani community. This was made possible thanks to a donation of Dragash/Dragas Municipality.

Dragash/Dragas Mayor, Salim Januzi, said that municipality he leads and RTK had signed a Memorandum of Cooperation few months ago. According to this Memorandum, the municipality donated equipment to RTK that will be used for presentation of Gorani community, and other communities that live in this municipality.

Lorik Arifaj, Director of RTK1, welcomed the donation and said that this equipment will be used for presentation of Gorani community. He said that all activities related to Gorani community will be presented in a monthly show that will be launched soon.