Politics of Kosovo
Journalist "receives threats from EU Kosovo mission"
Journalist "receives threats from EU Kosovo mission"
PRIŠTINA -- An investigative journalist with the Priština-based Albanian language daily Koha Ditore has "received threats" from EULEX, said Reporters Without Borders.
Corruption in sale of Serb property
BELGRADE - A special task force, formed as part of the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), has been investigating for 14 months now the corruption allegations concerning the EULEX top tier, reads the Belgrade-based daily Blic on Monday.
According to the daily, one of the contentious cases is related to the sale of the Serb property in KiM.
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Bozay: Serbia has central role in region
BELGRADE - Turkey is focusing on cooperation with Serbia due to the country's central role in the region and its clear legislative framework, Turkish Ambassador to Serbia Mehmet Kemal Bozay said on Friday.
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Probe Demanded Into EULEX Corruption Allegations
Lunacek said that allegations by a suspended EULEX prosecutor, Maria Bamieh, that a official judge took bribes to close certain high-profile cases "cast a dark shadow" on the reputation of the EU's rule-of-law mission.
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Allegations of corruption shake EU mission in Kosovo
Allegations of corruption shake EU mission in Kosovo
BELGRADE, BRUSSELS -- Instead of introducing legal standards of their countries to Kosovo, international prosecutors and judges serving there "have adopted local ways."
According to the Belgrade-based Politika daily, "the falsification of evidence against Oliver Ivanović" is one proof of this.
Kosovo Murder Retrial Urged After EU Bribe Claims
The family of three murder victims called for a retrial after allegations that an EU rule-of-law mission judge in Kosovo took a bribe to clear one of the suspects.
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Kocijancic:Suspension unrelated to disclosure of information
BRUSSELS - Eulex had suspended one of its staff members before media reports of alleged corruption among the mission's top officials were published, and it is a separate case, unrelated to a suspected disclosure of information, says Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson of EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Policy Catherine Ashton.
Kosovo Faces Budget Crisis Over Political Logjam
Ibrahim Rexhepi, an economic expert, said the five-month political deadlock in Kosovo on forming a new government following the general elections had damaged the economy - and worse is to come. "The crisis will be more obvious in the first months of next year," he predicted.
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BIRN Interviews Prosecutor and Judge in EULEX Scandal
Suspended prosecutor Maria Bamieh, who this week accused her former EULEX colleague, Italian judge Francesco Florit, of taking a 300,000 euro bribe to clear a man accused of murder and seeking another bribe in a corruption case against a Kosovo government official, spoke at length about why she decided to go public.
"EU mission in Kosovo working according to law"
"EU mission in Kosovo working according to law"
PRIŠTINA -- EULEX chief Gabriele Meucci says that the anti-corruption efforts of the EU mission in Kosovo are being conducted according to the law.
He declined to comment on potential investigations against EULEX prosecutors suspected of corruption.
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