Conspiracy theories even for the progress reports (Koha)
Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj argues in his opinion piece “almost all countries in the Balkans believe that the publication of the European Commission’s Progress Reports has been postponed due to developments in these countries”. “In Kosovo because of the Assembly crisis; in Montenegro due to protests, in Macedonia due to the crisis of implementing the […]
Read More →Solidarity, as a foundation of the EU, is crumbling (Koha Ditore)
Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj writes in his opinion piece that throughout its history, the European Union has found ways to overcome numerous divisions. “More recently, it even passed the biggest test so far, how to save Greece from bankruptcy. But the next challenge, a common European response to the refugee crisis, has caused so much […]
Read More →Is Kosovo a safe place or not? (Koha Ditore)
The paper’s Brussels-based correspondent, Augustin Palokaj, in an opinion piece today writes that the European Union considers Kosovo as a safe place of origin in terms of access to asylum seekers from Kosovo. But, according to him, the EU and many member states consider the security situation in Kosovo still “fragile”. “The EU also faces […]
Read More →The three truths of the dialogue (Koha Ditore)
The paper’s Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj in an opinion piece recalls that Kosovo’s Minister without portfolio, Edita Tahiri, said that Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic signed an agreement with Kosovo with the acronym “Republic of Kosovo” written on the documents. “Surprisingly in the EU they say that ‘this is true’, but in the same way […]
Read More →Deep mistrust between Kosovars and internationals (Koha Ditore)
The paper’s Brussels-based correspondent, Augustin Palokaj, argues in his opinion piece that one today can easily find senior Western diplomats who unofficially express negative remarks about certain Kosovo’s politicians. “And certainly, Chuck Sudetic, a former associate of Carla del Ponte, was able to find such diplomats in Brussels and Washington when he authored a very […]
Read More →Serbia’s double play with Srebrenica (Koha Ditore)
The paper’s Brussels-based correspondent, Augustin Palokaj, writes today that the Government of Serbia on one side, with the help of Russia, blocks the United Nations Resolution on Srebrenica and refuses to accept that the massacre of more than 8,000 men in Srebrenica was genocide, while on the other side the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic […]
Read More →Why does Kosovo need a special court if it has really achieved so much progress (Koha)
Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj writes in his opinion piece that “it would have been much better if there was a situation where the opponents of the special court would be able to say that Kosovo doesn’t need the special court because the independent and sovereign Kosovo has its own independent and professional court that can […]
Read More →Without profiling of political parties, democracy in Kosovo will not function (Koha Ditore)
Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj argues in his opinion piece that “the elections in the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) proved that there is not that much pluralism in this party as initially thought and that ‘delegates’ vote according to their own personal interests. There is room for ‘new faces’ only if they don’t have any […]
Read More →What are the attitudes of the Albanian politicians? (Koha Ditore)
The paper’s Brussels-based correspondent, Augustin Palokaj, writes in an opinion piece that the Albanian politicians in Tirana, Pristina, Skopje or somewhere else are behaving more like analysts than like leaders. Palokaj writes that when serious problems and crises occur, when people want to hear their stances as leaders, they either remain silent, or expect international reactions […]
Read More →NATO and EU are equally responsible for situation in FYROM (Koha)
Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj notes in his opinion piece that “the European Union and NATO have invested so much energy and attention to the ‘name issue’ that for years they have ignored the real and increasing problems in Macedonia”. According to Palokaj, “NATO and the EU have proved powerless vis-à-vis an irrational Greek blockade, and […]
Read More →Who is investigating who in Kosovo (Koha)
Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj writes in his opinion piece that the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) came to Kosovo with the executive mandate to investigate corruption and organized crime at the highest levels of Kosovo institutions. “Now we have a situation where investigations on corruption cases are being conducted within EULEX, and, among […]
Read More →The deficit of democracy among Kosovo’s leaders (Koha Ditore)
Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj argues in an opinion piece that “with their reactions toward the actions of the opposition, with their insulting and paranoid speech against the critical media, with the chronic lack of assuming any responsibility for the problems of society and with tendencies to use the state and public apparatus for their own […]
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