UNMIK Headlines 28 March
Kuci to leave justice because of special court (Zeri)
Kosovo’s Justice Minister, Hajredin Kuci, requested to leave the post of Minister of Justice so he can only focus on his functions as deputy prime minister, reports the paper. Citing unidentified sources within the Democratic Party of Kosovo, the paper writes that PDK doesn’t want to lead this ministry at the time the special court for war crimes is expected to file the first indictments against former KLA fighters. “It is known that this court will file indictments against Kuci’s fellow party members, so he doesn’t want to be Justice Minister at that time,” the source said. However, Kuci denied that his request to leave the ministry is linked to the special court.
AAK: No to Mustafa’s government (Zeri)
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) through a press release sent on Sunday, has made it clear that the AAK will not become part of Isa Mustafa’s government. This reaction comes after, according to the press release, some media fabrications. “The AAK’s commitment against the bad governance has made some media publish lies that allegedly AAK is joining the current government. The AAK will not be part of Isa Mustafa’s government. Nobody can stop the country from going to early elections,” reads the press release.
Berisha: Only teargas can stop the government (Kosova Sot)
The Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) MP, Zafir Berisha, said on Sunday that the opposition will continue to be united on its cause. According to him, the opposition has disagreements, but they all agree on one point, the overthrow of the government. He told media that teargas was effective and that there is a possibility to use it again in the Assembly if the implementation of agreements on Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities and border-demarcation continues.
Vucic: We will resolve the issue of reciprocity soon enough (Zeri)
Serbia’s Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vucic, has reacted after the decision of Kosovo on reciprocity measures by blocking truckloads of goods from Serbia, stating that the Serbian government is dealing with this problem, it is discussing with Brussels and believes that the issue will be resolved soon. "We are working every day to resolve this issue. I believe that the issue of reciprocity will be resolved very soon,” Vucic said.
Bajrami claims that Serbia is responsible for transporters blockade (Koha)
The reciprocity measures towards Serbia’s transporters will continue. Kosovo’s Minister for Trade and Industry, Hykmete Bajrami, blamed Serbia for the blockade of the transporters. “Serbia set such a barrier to Kosovo companies eight months ago. During those eight months, we have continuously discussed with CEFTA and Brussels in order to avoid this situation. Serbian authorities are to be blamed, no one else,” Bajrami said.
Experts listen to the two versions of border demarcation (Koha Ditore)
The international experts for border demarcation between Kosovo and Montenegro, have finished their meetings with the representatives of the government of Kosovo, the representatives of the opposition parties, local residents and experts in this field. While the government representatives continued to insist that Kosovo is not losing territory by the demarcation of the border with Montenegro, opposition representatives and local experts claimed the opposite. The experts from the United States, Germany and Great Britain, travelled on Friday to Montenegro, to hearthe official position of Podgorica.