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Kosovo Police: We arrested 39 individuals yesterday (Indeksonline)

Kosovo Police has informed to have arrested 30 individuals in the territory of Kosovo, during the last 24 hours. The Police informed that the arrested are suspects for smuggling goods and individuals sought by the order of the Court for other criminal deeds. From the 39 arrested, 30 were sent to the detention center, until a further decision of the justice bodies.

(In)justice (Kosova Sot)

In today’s editorial, the paper claims that while the recent awareness campaign launched by several NGOs may be effective, it will certainly not improve the rule of law situation in Kosovo. Kosovo’s model of rule of law has serious consequences on the stability of the country and is scaring off foreign investment. Above all, it is killing the citizens’ hope for an impartial justice. The new government should therefore treat the issue of rule of law as a top priority, suggests the paper.

What is rotten in the EULEX ? (Radio Kontakt Plus, Politika)

The falsification of evidence against Oliver Ivanovic show that international judges and prosecutors in Kosovo adopted the local way of behavior, instead to impose legal standards of the countries from which they came, writes Politika. The first blow mission suffered when the Pristina daily Koha Ditore on Monday announced that the prosecutor of the United Kingdom, Maria Bamieh found evidence that two senior officials of the EULEX mission received a bribe to dismiss at least three criminal cases, cited Politika.

Courage to investigate (Kosova Sot)

The front-page editorial of this daily notes that when Bernd Borchard became head of the EULEX mission, he raised hopes among Kosovars that things would move forward in fighting corruption and organized crime. However, EULEX members are aware that their work cannot do miracles. The miracle in Kosovo is destruction of corruption, handcuffing of criminals, and bringing in front of the justice those that are symbolically known to the opinion as “big fish.”

Syle Hoxhaj uses enthusiastically the EULEX expression "we will catch the big fish" (gazetablic)

Syle Hoxhaj, Kosovo’s chief prosecutor, spoke today about functionalization of a new mechanism with which the State Prosecution would target the most serious cases, especially those of economic crime. Hoxhaj said that through this mechanism, they will also investigate well-known politicians and powerful economic companies, using the expression of one of the EULEX prosecutors, that they will target “the big fish.” He added that the mechanism is based on the strategic plan for inter-institutional cooperation in the war against organized crime and corruption.

President Jahjaga decreed the confirmation for continuation of the mandate of international judges of the Constitutional Court

President of the Republic of Kosovo, Mrs. Atifete Jahjaga, on August 31st, 2014 (Sunday), decreed the confirmation for continuation of mandate of the international judges of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo. Monday, 01 September 2014