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EU accused of 'intimidating' whistleblowers (EUobserver)

Transparency International, a leading NGO, has accused EU law chiefs in Kosovo of “intimidation” of potential whistleblowers. It spoke out on Tuesday (12 August) on the case of Maria Bamieh, a British prosecutor, who used to work for Eulex, the EU’s rule of law mission in Kosovo - the biggest and most expensive EU operation of its kind.

https://euobserver.com/institutional/129879

Pacolli: Accord on vehicle insurance was misunderstood (Indeksonline)

The head of the Kosovo delegation in Pristina – Belgrade talks for vehicle insurance policies, Rrahim Pacolli, said today that there has been a misunderstanding by the public opinion regarding this issue. “The TPL+ insurance policy covers damages to third parties outside the territory of Kosovo in FYROM, Albania and/or Serbia. Our statistics show that a large proportion of insured persons already have TPL+, which means that even before the agreement with Serbia, it has been mandatory to have TPL+ to travel to neighboring states such as. FYROM.

Bishop Irinej: Together against the Kosovo membership in UNESCO (RTS)

Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) will join diplomatic struggle of the state for the protection of the Serbian heritage in Kosovo and Metohija, as it used to do in the past, said spokesman of the SPC Bishop Irinej in his respond to the call of the Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic. Bishop Irinej added that he can’t elaborate now in which way is SPC going to do it as that doesn’t depend on him, since he is only one of those who are going to decide about the matter, said Bishop Irinej in a communiqué forwarded to Tanjug. Irinej has supported Dacic’s stand that ad

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(Un)protected witnesses of the special court in Kosovo (RTS, Politika)

Special court for war crimes is supposed to become operational in the early days of 2016, whereas its most difficult task would be protection of witnesses, along with protection of the accused ones. Prosecution in Belgrade claims that 40 witnesses in processes against Ramush Haradinay and Fatmir Limaj were killed or intimidated.

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Powerful crushing and the Serbian Church (Vecernje Novosti)

What is behind the frequent efforts on snatching Serbian Orthodox Church’s (SPC) temples and property in eparchies which remained out of Serbia? They want to establish new state churches on our heritage in many states. Intention of Kosovo Albanian authorities to confiscate SPC churches and report them to UNESCO as their own religious heritage is part of their old plan for expansion of the Albanian Orthodox Church on the territory of the Raska-Prizren Eparchy.

Jevtić: We’ll fulfill the goal and return around 700 displaced (TV Most)

Minister for Communities and Return in the Kosovo government Dalibor Jevtić stated yesterday in village Osajane in Istok/Istog municipality that the set goal of return of around 700 displaced  persons, until the end of the year, will be fulfilled. “All houses that we constructed in last two and a half years are full, those are houses with newly born children, what is important for the future, whereas Osojane is an example of successful return and prove that return is possible when there is dedication and persistence,” said Jevtić. “Return of 600 displaced

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Vatican could be asked to help prevent Kosovo's UNESCO bid (Vecernje Novosti, TV Most, B92)

The Vatican has in the past shown "appropriate responsibility" when it comes to concerns over the fate of Christian heritage in Kosovo. This is what Serbia's UNESCO ambassador Darko Tanaskovic told the Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti, adding, "It would of course be very valuable if they shared that concern as actively as possible with Catholics around the world." Tanaskovic was asked whether the Catholic Church "could stand in defense of the Serb (Orthodox) heritage in Kosovo and Metohija as Christian heritage." All this comes after announcements that authorities in Pristina planned to appl