Kosovo Police arrested the head of Serbia's 'Office for Kosovo and Metohija' in North Mitrovica.
Kosovo Police confirmed to BIRN on Monday that Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian government’s Kosovo office, had been arrested on Monday for illegal entry and transferred to Pristina by the Specialized Operational Unit of Kosovo Police. See at: http://prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-arrests-marko-djuric-illegal-entry/The number of Kosovars seeking asylum decreased last year, similarly to other countries in the region, but Albania continues to be a concern with over 20,000 applicants in the past year.
The Kosova Women’s Network published a report that analyzes institutional response to gender-based violence in Kosovo.
A new draft report published by the Equal Rights for All Coalition argues that Kosovo authorities should prioritize civil registry procedures for minorities.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic plans to visit Kosovo on Saturday; meanwhile, Kosovo Police investigate the origin and ownership of a car used by Oliver Ivanovic’s assassins.
Publicist Enver Robelli writes in in opinion piece that while the attention of the media and the public in Kosovo is focusing on whether the law on specialist chambers is going to be repealed or not and who could stand to be indicted by it, there is no talk on why this court was created in the first place: Kosovo's failure to punish the criminals and to treat victims with dignity, regardless of their ethnicities. "Instead of being praised for their bravery, witnesses were seen as traitors. Victims were mainly ignored.
Victims of stray bullets, which have caused disabling injuries and deaths in the past, criticize PM Haradinaj’s lax attitude towards weapons, demanding that festive shooting be stopped.