Despite frequent pressure from the West on Pristina to pass the decision on creation of a special court of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) war crimes, and friendly warnings that such decision would be in the interest of Kosovo authorities in order to avoid creation of a new Hague tribunal by the UN, there is still no majority in the Kosovo Assembly to vote for it.
Political analysts in Pristina said that Kosovo’s image has suffered because of violent unrest 11 years ago that left 19 people dead.
On the 11th anniversary of the unrest in March 2004, Pristina-based political analyst Imer Mushkolaj said that the outbreak of deadly violence was sparked by frustration among Kosovo Albanians which had accumulated in the years after the 1998-99 war with Serbian forces.
Mitrovica mayor, Agim Bahtiri, has visited Kroi i Vitakut site where works to rebuild Albanian houses are ongoing. From there he had a telephone conversation with mayor of Mitrovica North, Goran Rakic.
Kosovo Serb leaders - currently boycotting the government - gathered on Wednesday in Gracanica to form a joint political umbrella, and produce a list of joint demands.
Kosovo Serb mayors and municipal assembly members from the country's Serb-majority municipalities filled the house of culture in the central town of Gracanica on Wednesday on a mission to coordinate future steps.
Lawyer Gregory Guy-Smith, who has a long experience on the judicial cases related to the war crimes, spoke about the establishment and the role of the special court for war crimes committed in Kosovo.
Isa Mustafa, Prime Minister of Kosovo, informed today during the government meeting that the European Union High Representative, Frederica Mogherini, will be visiting Kosovo on 26 March.
Mustafa also informed that the government will meet on Monday with the Council of Ministers from Albania.
The Prime Minister also informed that the Government will be presenting the package of the draft laws for human rights.
Hundreds of refugees who fled Kosovo during the late 1990s and are now living in Montenegro say they are ready to go home if the authorities in both countries assist them.
The head of the Montenegro’s Directorate for Refugees, Zeljko Sofranac, said on Monday that at least 700 people from Kosovo, mostly from the Pec/Peja area, are ready to go back.