Kosovo Prosecutor Resigns After Alleged Threats (Balkan Insight)
A special prosecutor who was dealing with sensitive cases involving terrorism charges and Kosovo Liberation Army war veterans has resigned after allegedly being threatened. The unexpected resignation after alleged threats of Elez Blakaj, a special prosecutor who was investigating the abuse of Kosovo Liberation Army war veterans’ lists, sparked consternation in Kosovo on Wednesday. Blakaj […]
Read More →Must Kosovo Pay the Price of the EU’s Mistakes? (Balkan Insight)
It is Kosovo’s fragile democracy that will pay the price of any deal struck by Hashim Thaci to partition the country. The EU should think twice. “Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger famously asked. In 2009, Kissinger belatedly got his answer when the Treaty […]
Read More →Kosovo-Serbian Partition Could Spark New Balkan Conflicts (Balkan Insight)
An exchange of territory between Kosovo and Serbia could provoke a chain reaction and cause instability across the Balkans, and the West needs to wake up to the potentially disastrous consequences. Last year, the US Republican who has been accused of being “Putin’s favourite Congressman”, Dana Rohrabacher, sent a letter to the president of Serbia […]
Read More →Bosnian Serbs Seek Same UN Status as Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
Milorad Dodik says Republika Srpska will demand a UN seat if Kosovo gets one – adding that Kosovo’s partition should also be up for discussion. If Kosovo becomes a member of the United Nations and other international institutions, Bosnia’s mainly Serbian entity, Republika Srpska, RS, will demand the same, Milorad Dodika, the RS President, told […]
Read More →Serb Recruitment to Kosovo Police ‘Not Decreasing’ (Balkan Insight)
The number of Serbs interested in joining the Kosovo Police remains consistent, officials said, despite reports that Serbs have been asking to quit the Kosovo Security Force amid political tensions. Despite reports that Serbs have been asking to leave the Kosovo Security Force amid an upsurge of political tensions between Belgrade and Pristina, the number […]
Read More →NATO Vows to Prevent Violence in North Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
Amid growing nervousness in Serb-majority northern Kosovo, NATO commander says the alliance is more than ready to deal with any trouble on the streets. The Commander of NATO’s Allied Joint Force in Naples, Admiral James Fogo, has said that NATO is ready to react if violent incidents erupt in the Serb-majority north of Kosovo – […]
Read More →Kosovo Visa Liberalisation Risks Leaving Serbs in Limbo (Balkan Insight)
Many Serbs living in Kosovo may not benefit from the visa liberalisation with the EU that Kosovo is hoping to secure soon, rights activists are warning. Holders of Serbian passports in Kosovo may not be able to travel to and around the EU’s visa-free Schengen zone once the EU relaxes its travel regime with Kosovo, […]
Read More →Kosovo Mulls Allowing War Crime Trials in Absentia (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo prosecutors are discussing amending the criminal procedure code so that they could try war crimes suspects in absentia, as an extradition deal with Serbia seems unlikely. Kosovo’s judicial authorities are considering changes to the criminal code in order to prosecute war crimes suspects in absentia, as they see little chance of Kosovo signing an […]
Read More →Serbia to Seek Extradition of War Crimes Suspect (Balkan Insight)
Serbia said it would ask Montenegro to hand over a former Serbian fighter accused of war crimes in Kosovo in 1999 and arrested in the Adriatic republic last week. Serbia’s justice ministry told BIRN on Tuesday it would ask neighbouring Montenegro to extradite Predrag Vukovic, a Yugoslav Army veteran accused of involvement in the massacre […]
Read More →Can Kosovo’s Wartime Truth Commission Achieve Reconciliation? (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo is preparing to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission – but while some believe it could build dialogue between Kosovo’s Albanians and Serbs, critics claim it’s a political tool for President Hashim Thaci. See at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/can-kosovo-s-wartime-truth-commission-achieve-reconciliation–06-25-2018
Read More →Judge Says Kosovo to Get Tough on Threats to Media Freedom (Balkan Insight)
A judge in Kosovo says his new role in coordinating cases involving journalists shows the judiciary is serious about protecting media freedom. The man tasked by Kosovo’s judiciary with overseeing court cases involving attacks or threats against journalists says his appointment is evidence of a renewed commitment to protect media freedom in the country, where […]
Read More →Transgender Man Challenges Kosovo to Accept His Identity (Balkan Insight)
Accepted by his family but rejected by the state, a transgender man in Kosovo is going public about his struggle to officially change his first name in his ID documents from female to male. Born a girl, Blert Morina always felt like a boy. “There wasn’t any particular moment when I thought, ‘now I feel […]
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