Janjic: Srpska List will not be part of Kosovo institutions
(KTV)
Srpska List will take all important decisions in consultation with the Government of Serbia and the head of Serbian state, President Aleksandar Vucic. This is the message of Srpska List chairman, Goran Rakic.
Meanwhile, in an earlier media announcement, Rakic was reluctant to speak about the way how this List will act at the constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly, KTV portal reported.
“Serb political representatives, thanks to achieved results of Srpska List, will no longer be able to be treated as decor. The relation toward Albanian political stakeholders will depend on their willingness to take sincere steps towards improvement of situation of the Serb people,” the media announcement stated, Serbian medium N1 reports.
Except that it will take part in the constitutive session, it is not known who Srpska List will cast its vote for.
In the meantime, Serbian political analyst Dusan Janjic believes that the Kosovo Assembly will only elect its Speaker, whereas about formation of the Government, nominee of which, as he says, will not be Ramush Haradinaj, one should wait until September.
According to Janjic, Srpska List will not be part of the Government of Kosovo.
“If they will come to Belgrade for any decision, and they will do so, this will not be accepted by any Albanian political party. I believe this will push Albanians toward a broad coalition,” Janjic of the Forum for Ethnic Relations thinks.
Assembly Speaker election confusing
(Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
The PDK chairman Kadri Veseli still has not become PDK’s official candidate for Assembly Speaker. The PDK vice chairman Memli Krasniqi said that surprises might happen when it comes to candidate for the Assembly speaker, although he highlighted that Veseli enjoys full support by PDK.
According to Krasniqi, Veseli will also be the Assembly Speaker to the opposition parties, LDK and VV.
The PDK chairmanship held a meeting with its elected MPs, in which they discussed constitutive Assembly session scheduled to take place on Thursday.
Krasniqi said that the Government might be constituted on Friday.
VV and the LDK-AKR-Alternativa coalition (LAA) have stated that they will not vote for Kadri Veseli as Assembly Speaker.
Haliti: Veseli the only candidate for Assembly Speaker
(Klan Kosova)
In Klan Kosova’s Infomagazine show on Wednesday afternoon, PDK chairmanship member Xhavit Haliti called the statement of vice chairman Memli Krasniqi as misunderstanding. According to Haliti, Kadri Veseli is the only candidate for the Assembly Speaker.
Haliti added that Veseli has enough votes to be elected Assembly Speaker, which, according to him, will happen on Thursday.
Furthermore, Haliti stated that Veseli’s election Assembly Speaker is inevitable, and that the process will be stuck at that point as long as it is necessary, in order for the process to be completed.
Talking about LDK, Haliti said that it will be harder for LDK to govern with AAK than with PDK.
TIKA inscriptions vandalised
(KTV)
Inscriptions of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) placed on the walls and premises of Great Mosque and Jashar Pasha Mosque in Prishtinë/Pristina have been vandalised on Tuesday evening.
In a press release, the Islamic Community of Kosovo condemned it, calling it an ugly and unacceptable act.
“Threatening religious buildings in any way is an ugly and unacceptable act, while assault and desecration of the name of TIKA Agency which has restored these two monumental mosques protected by law is not only a coward and ignoble act, but it also incites hatred and intolerance toward the friendly Turkish people,” the ICK release states.
Kosovo has been granted visa liberalisation several times since 2010
(KTV)
Everybody had a mouthful of liberalisation and promises during campaigns, mentioning certain timelines. Kosovo had two ministers of integration who almost during their whole mandates spoke only about liberalization; nevertheless, Kosovars still remain isolated.
In 2010, then Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi promised that the visa liberalization would happen in 18 months.
So many other timelines were set ever since, which often irritated citizens, who, have to go through mistreatments for many months in order to get a visa.
The same promise was made also by the PAN’s candidate for Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, who said that visa liberalization would happen in three months.
International relation experts believe that having in mind political circumstances, visa liberalization cannot happen this year either. Arben Hajrullahu, professor, says that even if demarcation is voted, it might be taken to the Arbitration Court, while corruption has not been combatted to the appropriate extent.
Civil society monitors say that Kosovo is hardly likely to reach the goal within a short timeframe.
Last month, the EU rapporteur for Kosovo to the European Parliament, Tanja Fajon, called on Kosovo politicians to take specific actions in meeting the requirements, and to stop talking of certain dates.
Kosovars have remained the only citizens in Europe who may not travel without visas.
Government adopts initiative for Kosovo’s admission to Interpol
(Most monitored broadcasters, TV21)
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Enver Hoxhaj said that all necessary steps have been taken so that Interpol Member States can support Kosovo’s admission to the Organisation.
The caretaker Prime Minister Isa Mustafa hopes that the process of Kosovo’s admission to Interpol will be concluded positively in September, when Interpol is scheduled to gather in Beijing.
