Based on the Law on the Use of Languages, Albanian and Serbian have equal status in Kosovo institutions. However, in practice very often this law is not applied, reports Gracanica based portal gracanicaonline.info.
The journalists who follow the work of the Assembly are faced with a big problem because they do not have a translation if there are no Serb deputies in the room.
Serbian media this morning reports about the action of the special units of the Kosovo police in the Gnjilane region.
Media reports that Kosovo police raided the premises of the Cultural and Educational Center "Bozidar Mitrovic Sandor" in Silovo near Gnjilane. Radio television of Serbia (RTS) reports that three Serbs were detained in action.
A 23-year-old Serb, whose initials are N.D., was attacked and seriously wounded late last night in the village of Priluzje in northern Kosovo.
Serbian media based in Kosovo is reporting this, adding that the young Serb was taken to the hospital in northern Mitrovica with stab wounds.
The victim's brother was also injured when he was attacked with pepper spray, the media reported.
To what extent is there currently cooperation between journalists in Kosovo, primarily those from Serbian and Albanian newsrooms; what are the biggest obstacles to cooperation; how it can be improved – those were the topics for the Serbian and Albanian journalists to discuss in North Mitrovica during a recent open working meeting. The discussion was conducted at the premises of the EU Info Centre, with the support of BIRN and the European Union.
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UNMIK chief Zahir Tanin urged all competent authorities yesterday to step up efforts to combat impunity and bring perpetrators to justice "as a cornerstone for improving dialogue and building trust among communities."
Tanin said this on the occasion of frequent ethnically motivated incidents, Serbian media reports.
According to him, in a democratic society there is no place for intimidation and the rule of law must be valid for all.
Eight per cent of those who took part in the poll said they supported recognizing Kosovo; seven per cent want all negotiations to be abandoned, while six per cent think Belgrade should withdraw its signature from the Brussels agreement, Tanjug reports.
A Faktor Plus poll commissioned by the Belgrade based news agency Tanjug shows that an almost equal number of respondents support and oppose continuation of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, reports Serbian media.
The media in Kosovo are faced with politicization, non-implementation of laws by institutions and intimidation of journalists, with an increase in self-censorship, according to the association of journalists.
Like the communities they serve, Kosovo’s Serbian language media are financially dependent, fragmented – and torn between rival political influences.
“We work in a time and a place where democracy and the right to hold a different opinion are still not fully accepted as a given, which makes a journalist’s work extremely difficult,” says Budimir Nicic, a popular TV anchor and the head of the Society of [Serbian] Journalists of Kosovo.
Yesterday began the celebration of the Anti-Corruption Week in Kosovo by the press conference of the ambassadors of the Quintus countries. Journalists of the Serbian media who followed this event were left without the translation, reports Kossev.
In Kosovo, for the second year in a row, a week dedicated to the fight against corruption is organized, which, with the support of the US Embassy and USAID, is organized by a coalition of non-governmental organizations.