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Pristina files charges against mayors and local councilors from the North for not reporting property (KoSSev)

Charges have been filed by Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency against mayors and most of local councilors from northern municipalities, because they failed to report their property in line with Kosovo laws. The President of the North Mitrovica local assembly, Ksenija Bozovic, explained that charges were actually filed because mayors and councilors did not have any evidence that they reported their property, although they did report it. Representatives from northern municipalities have met with representatives of certain embassies in Kosovo who promised that the iss

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Stojanovic: We will not be silent about the attitude towards the Serbs (RTK2)

"If we estimate that we cannot achieve the basic interests and that we cannot change what is the most important for us, we will certainly leave the government. But let's give these people a chance and let’s see if they are sincere when they say that they want Serbs in Kosovo", said Kosovo's Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic. When asked whether he would deal with the issue of northern Kosovo, Stojanovic said that he had never shared Kosovo on the north and south and that it is unnatural division that has been created.

The negotiations could start in January? (Vecernje Novosti)

If Serbia immediately fulfil at least three of the 11 conditions that had come from the EU headquarters, the first negotiating chapter could be open at the end of January - learn Novosti. According to the signals coming from Brussels and Berlin, if Belgrade in the coming weeks, remove the "Peace Park" on the bridge in Mitrovica, leave the hydro power plant "Gazivode" and substation "Valac" to Pristina and reach an agreement with Pristina about the phone code for Kosovo, in parallel, the chapter 35 would open, on the normalization of relations with Kosovo, and the 32, the financial control. A

The Community/Association will burst as soap bubble (Vesti)

The first of nine conditions set by the Serbian List for a coalition with the prime minister of Kosovo is the Community/Association of Serbian municipalities (ZSO), whose formation was agreed in Brussels a year and eight months ago. The ZSO was the main argument of the official Belgrade, led by Aleksandar Vulin, to motivate Serbs in Kosovo to participate in the Kosovo local elections held last year. Only a month ago, the coordinator of the management team for the establishment of the ZSO, Ljubomir Maric (from Tuesday the Minister for Local Self-government in Pristina) announced that draft of

Serbs from northern Kosovo should create chamber of commerce and development bank (KoSSev)

Citizens in northern Kosovo should engage actively in monitoring the implementation of the Brussels Agreement on the field, and manage and monitor Fond for the North, said analyst Dusan Janjic at a debate about collection of customs revenues provided by the Brussels Agreement and its so far implementation on the field. The purpose of the Fond for the North should be to help the region (northern Kosovo) to prepare for competition with others, said Janjic and stressed importance of good organization of Serbs from the North when it comes to management and control

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The witnesses did not confirm the EULEX suspicions against Slavisa Ristic (Politika)

The EULEX Prosecution has not filed an indictment against Slavisa Ristic, a former president of Zubin Potok, who is suspected of alleged serious crimes. After hours of interrogation, Ristic was determined the measure of mandatory reporting to the Mitrovica and Zubin Potok police station. Ljubomir Pantovic, Ristic's lawyer, says "my client is still under investigation, he is suspected of two events, and even though I know for sure that quite a number of witnesses were interogated, I do not know when the prosecution will conclude its investigation.

EULEX questioning Vulovic? (KoSSev)

At these moments Mayor of Zubin Potok Municipality, Stevan Vulovic, is being questioned by a prosecutor of EULEX, learns KoSSev from several unofficial sources. EULEX was not able to confirm the information, whereas Vulovic was not available on his usual telephone numbers. Questioning of Vulovic comes only a week after the former mayor of Zubin Potok Municipality, Slavisa Ristic, voluntarily reported himself to EULEX for questioning.

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