Journalist Enver Robelli writes in an opinion piece that the image of Kosovo has been destroyed by the government and not by the majority of citizens. Robelli argues that the “concerned citizens of Kosovo can fix the image of their country through peaceful resistance until they achieve qualitative changes in politics.” Robelli writes: “Stones were thrown in the streets of Pristina last Tuesday, directed especially against the bad governance perennial.

Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj argues in an opinion piece that “with their reactions toward the actions of the opposition, with their insulting and paranoid speech against the critical media, with the chronic lack of assuming any responsibility for the problems of society and with tendencies to use the state and public apparatus for their own personal and political gains, from the police to the media, Kosovo’s present leaders are more like leaders that have totalitarian tendencies rather than leaders who prove ‘European values’ which they claim to embrace”.

Rejection, Lumir Abdixhiku writes that rejection towards the political system in Kosovo accumulated for years, and it was well-known that someday it would outburst. This sadness could have been felt everywhere, from family conversations to the reporting of the broadcasters on migration, corruption, luxury and political irresponsibility. “This could be felt at a cafeteria, among friends, in the streets, so everywhere.

Adriatik Kelmendi writes that Kosovo government and opposition had their chance to use each other in order to draw the red line for Belgrade’s destabilizing impact in Kosovo “and to end the Jablanovic episode. However, he continues to be a Minister of Kosovo government considering for his chief the Prime Minister of Serbia, and using his opportunity to fail Kosovo.

Koha Ditore’s Brussels based correspondent, Augustin Palokaj, writes that many officials in Brussels and other capitals make many statements and praise results reached by the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. “One gets the impression that this dialogue not only resolved the vital issues for the people of Kosovo, but it also saved the world from the third world war. The bitter truth stands in the fact that this dialogue has resolved a few problems, however it caused more obscurity and illusions,” writes Palokaj.

Columnist Lumir Abdixhiku states that Trepca mine is Kosovo’s most complex asset and this complexity is primarily related to the mine’s historical importance and the development potential it has. This is further increased by the way the mine was managed in the last fifteen years which, Abdixhiku says, was characterized by “inexplicable institutional negligence.” Trepca is also burdened by creditors’ claims and this is all topped by the fact that half of the mine is outside the control of Kosovo institutions as it is located in the northern Kosovo.

Adriatik Kelmendi, KTV’s editor-in-chief, writes that Albin Kurti’s announcement that he is stepping down from the post of Vetevendosje leader in order to focus on the grassroots of the party is something that has not been witnessed so far in the region’s political scene. While the decision to withdraw from party’s top position is something that other leaders should look up to, it is at the same time a huge experiment with no success guarantee, says Kelmendi.

In his regular column, Enver Robelli anticipates a difficult year ahead which, he says, will be marked with standstill, impoverishment and desperation of the people of Kosovo. The only cure for this will be emergence of new political alternatives and a comprehensive mobilization of the population against the alliance of crime and evil which Robelli claims is composed of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and its “sub-branch”, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).

The paper’s Brussels-based correspondent and columnist, Augustin Palokaj, writes that the “scandalous” statement of the Kosovo government’s minister, Aleksandar Jablanovic, that he was not aware that Serb forces committed massacres in Kosovo, is a serious problem that shows how Serbian politicians and society continue to deny responsibility for crimes committed in the territory of former Yugoslavia. “It is difficult to believe that a minister, no matter how ignorant he may be, has not really heard of crimes Serbian troops committed in Kosovo.

The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, received today the leaders of the responsible institutions for the rule of law, justice and European integration, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Skender Hyseni, the Minister of Justice, Mr. Hajredin Kuçi, the Minister of European Integration, Mr. Bekim Çollaku, the Chairman of the Kosovo Judicial Council, Mr. Enver Peci, the Acting Chief State Prosecutor, Mr. Syle Hoxha and the Director General of the Kosovo Police, Mr. Shpend Maxhuni.