Cases related to the usurped property in Kosovo are stuck in court procedures for years. The most common reasons for delays are insufficient number of judges, but also the lack of willingness of the judiciary to consider them. Although cases of usurpation of property should be considered as a priority, there is a lack of the political will to solve this problem, was said in the talk show "Poglavlje'' on RTK2.
House of elderly couple Mazic in Klina/Kllinë has been stoned last night for the third time in a row, whereas local Serbs in that town feel intimidated and anxious. Local councilor Bozidar Sarkovic said to RTK 2 that pressure on Serbs is huge, aimed at making them to move out from this municipality and that they are faced with numerous problems.
US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović, who informed him about the problems and expectations of Serbs in Kosovo. "We had a comprehensive meeting with US Secretary Kerry. We talked about all problems, which bother the Serbs. I emphasized the most important issue for the Serbs in Kosovo – establishment of the Association / Community of Serb Municipalities and full implementation of the Brussels agreement.
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic strongly condemned the attack on the property of the director of the hospital in Gracanica municipality, Dr Nebojsa Milovanovic, and called on the authorities to find the perpetrators and bring them to the justice. "The police station in Gracanica is obliged to solve the case. I call on responsible people from this station not to act irresponsibly and indifferently, as it was the case in two recent attacks: on MP in Gracanica municipality and on president of Lipljan/Lipjan provisional body."
British Ambassador to Kosovo Ruairi O'Connell says that Kosovo faces a difficult situation and that dialogue is the only means to solve problems.
"The situation in Kosovo is very dangerous. I hope that each of the parties would use dialogue to solve problems," said O’Connell for the RTV 21.
According to him, MPs who trample the law in democratic countries report to the police themselves, as well as that in the UK, MPs who "trample" the law are arrested.
The International Trial Chamber of the Basic Court in Mitrovica has extended the house arrest for Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Citizens' Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice (SDP), until January 17, 2016.
Ivanovic is charged with war crime against civilians allegedly committed in 1999 and 2000.
Ivanovic has been kept in custody since January 2014 despite guarantees of the Serbian government.
Panel of judges of the Basic Court in Pristina announced yesterday a verdict in case Konjuhi and others, referring to ROSU members and events that took place on 7 and 8 January 2013, when nine Serbs were arrested and taken to police station in Gračanica/Graçanicë, and later transferred to detention center in Pristina.
In late October, the Kosovo Government approved a draft budget for next year, which amounts to approximately one billion euros. The draft budget which was approved caused dissatisfaction of the opposition and representatives of Serbs in the Kosovo Government.
French-Andorran consortium MDP Consulting still didn’t come up with the financial guarantees with regard to developing project of Brezovica, for which the deadline is 24 December.
Serbian MPs in the Kosovo Assembly agreed that sending the agreement about the Association / Community of Serb Municipalities to the Constitutional Court would be a bad move, because it would not have affect on the opposition to stop blockade of the parliament.