December, 2010

• 22 December

  EP expected to ratify Serbia’s SAA next month

  The European Parliament (EP) will ratify Serbia’s Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU in January, EP Rapporteur for Serbia Jelko Kacin said on Monday (December 20th) in Belgrade. He announced

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• 22 December

  Kosovo’s election results to be published next week

  The Central Election Commission (CEC) will not publish the final results of the December 12th general elections before the end of next week as the majority of polling stations are undergoing a recount. Chief Executive of the CEC Secretariat Xhemajl Peqani said on Monday (December 20th) that based on the …

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• 21 December

  Dick Marty: an investigation is in Hashim Thaci’s interest

  It is in Kosovo’s interest to reveal the truth about the contraband of human organs, says Swiss politician Dick Marty, the author of the scandalous report about illegal trade in human organs in Kosovo and Albania. “It is in Hashim Thaci’s interest for the truth to triumph,” Marty said.

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• 21 December

  EULEX asks CoE Rapporteur Marty to provide evidence

  EULEX has asked Council of Europe (CoE) Special Rapporteur Dick Marty to send all the evidence he has to EU prosecutors in Priština. EULEX has sent a letter to Mr. Marty where he is encouraged to provide the prosecutorial authorities within EULEX with any information or evidence that could shed …

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• 21 December

  Serbian Minister: EULEX should assume responsibility for the Kosovo organ trade

  Serbian Minister of Labor Rasim Ljajić said in Strasbourg in Monday that the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, should assume responsibility for the Kosovo organ trade. The chairman of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal said that EULEX should also process as soon as possible the

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• 21 December

  Serbia and Albania to boost co-operation

  Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic on Saturday (December 18th) assured Albanian Deputy Prime Minister Ilir Meta during a meeting in Belgrade that Serbia remains open to dialogue and

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• 21 December

  Albanian Interior Minister Basha denies involvement in criminal activities

  Interior Minister Lulzim Basha insisted on Sunday (December 19th) that he played no part in investigations led by UNMIK into the so-called “Yellow House” in northern Albania. Basha’s name was mentioned by the former UNMIK official in charge of missing persons, Jose Pablo Baraybar, who said Basha served as a …

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• 20 December

  Serbian President: Kosovo will be viewed differently after crimes report

  Serbian President Boris Tadić believes that the international community will see the Kosovo problem with different eyes after a report on crimes committed against Serbs. “Serbia has been waiting for years in front of international institutions for a report like this” Tadić said. 

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• 20 December

  Moldova: Constitutional Court to pronounce on election results on Dec. 24

  In Moldova, the Central Election Commission (CEC) on December 20 submitted the report on the final results of the November 28 early legislative elections following the vote recount performed on December 15 to the Constitutional Court. The Court is to pass judgment in its December 24 meeting. The Court will …

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• 20 December

  Serbia: nine persons indicted on war crimes trial

  The trial for nine former members of a paramilitary unit accused for war crimes against civilians in the village of Ćuška near Peć in Kosovo starts today. The trial will be held before the War Crimes Chamber of the Belgrade High Court.

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