EULEX to try the accused for murder of UNMIK police officers in 2004 (Kallxo)
Four persons accused for the murder of two UNMIK police officers in 2004 will be tried by EULEX, Kosovo Judicial Council has decided. In its decision, KJC stated that the case will be tried by a body majority of which will consist and be chaired by officials from the EU rule of law mission. The […]
Read More →Did and where communication in Ivanovic case fail? (TV N1)
More than three weeks have passed since the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, leader of Civic Initiative, Freedom, Democracy, Justice, and apart from political statements, there are still no details as to who and with what motives shot at him on January 16, TV N1 writes today on its website. Kosovo Justice Ministry claims they exchange […]
Read More →Vulin: We must not allow reduction of UNMIK (KiM Radio)
Serbian Minister of Defense, thinks that one of the biggest mistakes of the Serbian diplomacy was made during times when Boris Tadic and Vuk Jeremic were in power, by bringing in EULEX and removing UNMIK from Kosovo, KiM Radio reported. “This had to be done with the consent of Serbia, and Serbia due to only […]
Read More →“Pristina’s reaction unacceptable, no desire to find killer” (B92, TV Prva)
Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic says the reaction of Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj was “completely unacceptable.” As previously reported by Prva TV, Pristina definitely refused Belgrade’s cooperation in the investigation into the murder of Oliver Ivanovic. Stefanovic said on Thursday afternoon that the reaction of Haradinaj and of the minister of justice of the […]
Read More →UNS: How murders of journalists in Kosovo were “lost” (Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS), B92, KIM Radio)
Out of 14 killed and kidnapped journalists and media workers in Kosovo, Kosovo Prosecution is investigating 7 cases, three are “in the process of hand-over” from EULEX. One is closed, while there is no information about the three remaining, the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) said it learned. These are considerably different data compared […]
Read More →Implementation of law, change of administrative instructions and pressure from international community for better rule of law (Kontakt plus radio)
The EU Information and Cultural Centre in North Mitrovica organized yesterday a discussion on the status of rule of law in Kosovo, Kontakt plus radio reported. The panelists included representatives of UNMIK, EU Office in Kosovo, non-governmental organization Activ and EULEX. Ian Bancroft, the EULEX coordinator in northern Kosovo, said, among other things, that the […]
Read More →Kosovo wants America in dialogue, but decision depends and on one more country (Blic)
Belgrade based daily Blic writes today that the announcement over the possible engagement of the US in in the negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina is merely intended for the Kosovo public. Blic conveyed the opinion of the source from the Kosovo Assembly, who says that this is only a continuation of last week’s Brussels episode, […]
Read More →Filling out the forms again and again (Vesti, Kontakt plus radio)
Vesti portal reports that the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) recently uncovered another murder of a journalist in Kosovo, commentator of the RTV Pristina, Kristo Gegaj, who was killed in Istok in 1999. His name has not been recorded so far in any of the lists of killed journalists, and the number of killed […]
Read More →EULEX judge resigns citing corruption inside the mission (Koha/Klan Kosova)
Koha quotes reports from the French paper Le Monde saying that a British judge working for the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo (EULEX) has resigned his post citing corruption. “In recent weeks I have reported of several cases of corruption inside the mission. In particular, I have raised the issue of my e-mail […]
Read More →EU: An independent judge is looking into allegations against EULEX (Koha)
Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson for the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, said that both EU and EULEX have a zero tolerance policy regarding allegations of misconduct by all the mission’s staff. She said allegations are being investigated at a disciplinary board. “Allegations are being investigated by an independent judge and […]
Read More →EULEX: Investigations on Lumezi, unbiased and professional (Lajmi.net)
Accusations against Kosovo’s Chief Prosecutor, Aleksander Lumezi for allegedly forging the bar examination, turned out to be untrue. The Basic Court in Pristina under monitoring of the EU’s Mission for the Rule of Law, EULEX, concluded investigation which resulted that Lumezi had not forged his exam. The EULEX Office for media told Lajmi.net that they […]
Read More →Dveri: It is necessary to organize referendum on Kosovo (BETA, B92)
It is necessary to organize a referendum in Serbia with a clear question, do you support that Kosovo and Metohija remain in its own state, Dveri Movement announced, Serbian media reported. Leader of the Dveri Movement, Bosko Obradovic, while presenting the conclusions of the roundtable on the current situation in Kosovo, said he will launch […]
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