Interview with Pieter Feith, Dutch diplomat and the former European Union Special Representative in Kosovo (2008-2011) and the International Civilian Representative for Kosovo (2008-2012) was published today on the European Western Balkans portal.
The Special War Crimes Court will not bring justice to all victims of the war in Kosovo, says the director of the Humanitarian Law Center in Pristina, Bekim Blakaj.
Bekim Blakaj expects the first indictments before the Special War Crimes Court in the fall. He points out that expectations are high, but he fears that many victims of war who are waiting for justice for 18 years, and whose all hopes lie in this court will not be satisfied, KIM radio reported today.
The three-member trial chamber of the Special Court for war crimes of the KLA has 30 days to align the nine disputed points of the Rules of Procedure with the Kosovo constitution, and after the constitutional court confirms it, one can expect the first indictment, lawyer Tom Gashi told Pristina media, reported Kontakt plus radio.
He stressed that the elections to be held on Sunday, play no role in the work of the Special Court.
President of the Committee of the Assembly of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun says that presentations of the Western ambassadors at the session of the UN Security Council regarding the quarterly report on Kosovo, represent the start of the campaign for the withdrawal of UNMIK from Kosovo and an attempt to relocate the problem of Kosovo from the UN.
Presidential candidate Aleksandar Vučić says he was not officially informed about the alleged conditioning of his visit to Kosovo.
Responding to a question whether the Kosovo authorities have conditioned his visit on 29 March to Kosovo and Leposavić/Leposaviq, Vučić said that he was not informed about it. As reported by media the request was that certain ministers of the Government of Serbia are not in the delegation.
On behalf of the EU Council, the Slovak EU Presidency has urged the Kosovo authorities to implement the agreement on the Community of Serb Municipalities.
Pristina was also urged and cooperate with a court set up to try war crimes by the former KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army").