The front page of the paper says that new elections in Kosovo are unavoidable because “all the other alternatives to overcome the political crisis, created since the establishment of an insatiable government of elephants, and later the signing of the anti-constitutional agreements, have been exhausted.”  Kosova Sot further notes that based on the Constitution, the power to dissolve the Assembly and announce the date for new elections belongs to the President.

The paper writes that the gap between political parties in Kosovo is getting bigger not only because of the agreements with Serbia and Montenegro but also the election of the President of Kosovo.

Kosovo Assembly MP and representative of the Egyptian community in Kosovo, Veton Berisha, issued a press statement yesterday saying he was very concerned about the death of three-month-old baby in Gjakove/Djakovica. Berisha said, “Kosovo society is not in good condition now that we have reached a point where our infants die from cold and hunger.” He also raised the question as to why the Egyptian community is so discriminated and ignored by the government of Kosovo.

In an opinion editorial for the New Year’s edition of the paper, the EU Special Representative to Kosovo Samuel Zbogar states that Kosovo has a clear European perspective and the signing of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) are a testament of this. “The more Kosovo implements the SAA, the closer it will bring its standards to those of the EU,” Zbogar writes.

In an opinion piece for the paper, the US Ambassador Greg Delawie says that 2015 was a year of successes and also challenges for Kosovo. The positive developments include the signing of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU, finalization of the stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as well as agreements with Serbia on normalization of relations. In addition, Kosovo in December received the news of having been qualified for programmes of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

The paper’s front-page editorial notes that the Constitutional Court of Kosovo “surprisingly” rendered as unconstitutional the agreement for the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities, “preventing thus an outbreak of the situation following tensions in the Kosovo Assembly and protests by the opposition”. “The President reacted immediately calling for political dialogue in order to restore normality, but MPs who raised awareness by throwing teargas in assembly sessions, are still in detention or under house arrest.

The paper’s front-page editorial argues that different ministers of the Kosovo government make different statements on the same day and “this is nothing extraordinary for a government that includes a mixture of the close interests of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) that are above the public interest”.

The paper’s front-page editorial today notes that no one more than the ruling-coalition benefits from the teargas and the chaos that is created in the Kosovo Assembly. The paper further criticizes the government for approving the budget for next year which is the same as last year. “The government knows very well that with the adopted budget for next year, Kosovo will only manage to survive, but it wouldn’t be able to develop.

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo launched a campaign to raise awareness on women property and inheritance rights. This campaign is being carried out following information instructions on access of women and men in wealth and property rights in all regions of Kosovo. The campaign includes TV and radio spots and will run for two weeks.“The aim is to make the general public, especially women, more aware of their rights to property, with focus on inheritance and joint marital property,” said Jean-Claude Schlumberger, head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.

Twelve families from the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian (RAE) community returned to Gjakova/Djakovica sixteen years after fleeing to Montenegro. The families moved into new houses constructed through funds pledged by the EU, UNHCR and the Government of Kosovo. Christof Stock from the EU Office in Kosovo said that a similar project is also expected to be implemented in the municipality of Peja/Pec.