The chief prosecutor at the new special court set up to try former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters for crimes during and after the war promised he would conduct his investigations fearlessly and independently.
Owing to a bureaucratic bungle, drivers from Kosovo can now only obtain vehicle license plates made of paper, which only Albania will accept - although Wednesday's agreement with Serbia on reciprocal use of licence plates should improve matters.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-on-the-lack-of-vehicles-plates-09-15-2016
A Kosovo parliamentary commission postponed voting on whether to send a government decision to grant extensive coal research licenses to a company chaired by retired US General Wesley Clark for parliamentary approval.
Veteran leader of Montenegro tells BIRN about his concerns over the border dispute with Kosovo, the need for dialogue in the region and his ’formula’ for staying in power for so many years.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/montenegro-doesn-t-want-kosovo-s-land-djukanovic-09-08-2016
Political observer says Kosovo parliament's failure to vote on an agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro has undermined the country's international credibility.
Leaked telephone conversations between ruling party MP Adem Grabovci and various officials suggest that Grabovci has been influencing employment processes in the Kosovo police through the general director of the force, Shpend Maxhuni.
In wiretaps released on Tuesday, Grabovci is heard talking with a man called Gani Nikci about an interview Nikci has for a job with the Kosovo police.
“I believe that it is a done deal, I've been told that, because I talked directly with Shpend,” Grabovci is heard saying.
Hashim Thaci has been under fire in his own capital Pristina after he recently paid tribute at memorials to Serbs who were killed during the 1990s war.
His pledges to solve their murders were seen as no more than rhetoric by Serbs, while Albanians believe that Thaci effectively admitted that his own people were responsible for the crimes.
A powerful explosion shook the main building of Kosovo’s public broadcaster, RTK around 10pm on Monday night, according to reports from the scene.
Journalists and staff were working inside at the time, but no injuries are being reported.
RTK stated that a hand grenade caused the explosion, according to the police demining unit.
US Vice President Joe Biden will be visiting Belgrade and Pristina for his final visit as Vice President from August 15 to 17 as a part of a Balkan tour aimed at boosting the two countries' frayed relations.