Suspended Eulex prosecutor has emerged as a folk hero to many ordinary Kosovans
Julian Borger
The Guardian, Wednesday 5 November 2014 18.35 GMT
As soon as Maria Bamieh decided to go to the press with allegations of corruption and cover-up, officials from the EU’s rule of law mission began briefing aggressively against her, depicting her as a mediocre prosecutor, bitter and possibly unbalanced at having been made redundant.
“They made her sound like some kind of bag-woman,” said a former colleague.
Allegations of cover-up as UK prosecutor is dismissed after finding evidence of possible bribe-taking in Kosovo mission
Julian Borger in Pristina
The Guardian, Wednesday 5 November 2014 16.01 GMT
The EU is struggling to contain its worst foreign policy crisis in recent years after a whistleblower claimed that evidence of corruption in its biggest foreign mission – which is intended to strengthen the rule of law in Kosovo – was covered up.
Kosovo is known more for conflict than culture, but at a film festival in the country’s prettiest town, of Prizren, Kim Willis finds partying and arts mix to great effect
Kim Willis, The Guardian,
Possible indictment of senior officials of former Kosovo Liberation Army relate to claims of ethnic cleansing since 1999
Leading political figures in Kosovo face indictment by a special EU court for crimes against humanity, including killings, abductions, sexual violence and other abuses of Serb and Roma minorities, according to the chief prosecutor leading a three-year special investigation (pdf).