Pacolli drinks Coffee …

PRISTINA (PRISHTINA) – After his forced resignation from the office of the President of Kosovo, businessman and head of the political party AKR accepted his “promo-tion” to the position of the “first deputy prime minister”. This was offered to Pacolli by PDK head and Kosovo PM Thaci in order compensate the anger of AKR about its loss of power, after US ambassador Dell instructed the ruling coalition and LDK to accept the recently voted Atifete Jahjaga as the new President of the republic.

Filed under: Media Reports, AKR, Dell, Hoxhaj, Jahjaga, Korrik Sofalia, Kosovo; kosova, Lila, News, Pacolli, PDK, Politics, Prishtina, Pristina, Thaci

President of Kosovo: Atifete … who?

PRISTINA / PRISHTINE / Kosovo Media this week broadly covered the fact, that the new elected President of the Republic of Kosovo seems to be unknown – not only in Kosovo, but also at the EU institutions. Obviously upset, members of the European Parliament (MEP) experienced – that the EU director for the Balkans, the Slovak Miroslav Lajcak, while reporting to the Foreign Policy Committee of the European Parliament (EP) was not able to say more than “It is important that she was elected …”. Further on, likewise the questioning MEPs he wouldn’t dispose additional information. …

Filed under: Media Reports, Opinion, Christopher Dell, Dellocracy, European Union, Feith, Jahjaga, Korrik Sofalia, Kosovo, Krasniqi, Kurti, Lajcak, Mustafa, Pacolli, Prishtine, Pristina, Thaci, USA

Kosovo’s Compromise-President Thwarts Ambitions of Parliament Speaker Krasniqi

PRISHTINA / PRISTINA – Both parties of the ruling coalition in Kosovo, the New Alliance for Kosovo (AKR) and the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), agreed together with the biggest opposition party, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), on a “consensual” candidate for the recently passed anew presidential election by the Kosovan parlia-ment: The before politically unknown jurist and deputy commander of the Kosovo police forces, Ms. Atifete Jahjaga, is the new compromise and first female President of the Republic of Kosovo.

Filed under: Opinion, Dell, Jahjaga, Korrik Sofalia, Kosovo, Krasniqi, Mustafa, News, Pacolli, Politics, Prishtina, Pristina, Technorati, Thaci

Kosovo political crisis: AKR calms down – parties soften tone – further canditates?

PRISTINA, Kosovo ++ After ultimately urging its coalition partner PDK to guarantee for an anew election of Pacolli as President of Kosovo, Pacolli’s AKR now softens its tone by saying, they never set conditions but expressed re-quests.  LDK head Isa Mustafa was even quoted as saying, LDK would support Pacolli’s election in case of early – then direct – presidential and parallel parliament elections in summer 2012. Likewise AAK stated, the problem could be solved. Meanwhile Defence Minister Agim Çeku and acting head of AKR  Ibrahim Makolli are con-sidered as alternatives for the presidency, whereas Vetevendosje proposed former KLA representative and Sakharov Prize awarded Adem Demaci as a possible candidate.

Filed under: Media Reports, AAK, AKR, Ceku, Demaci, LDK, Limaj, Makolli, Mustafa, News, Pacolli, PDK, Politics, Sakharov, Thaci, Vetevendosje

Six Months More for Kosovo Acting President Krasniqi – Intention or Ignorance?

PRISTINA, Kosovo — One might doubt if Jakup Krasniqi, President of the Koso-var parliament and again acting Presi-dent of the Republic of Kosovo acts with intention or with ignorance. It was Kras-niqi chairing the session, which caused both the decision of the Constitutional Court to annul the recent election for the President of Kosovo – as well as the follow-ing constitutional and political crisis: First by unawareness of a constitutionally requested minimum presence of MPs (quorum) for the election of the Kosovan President.

Filed under: Opinion, Korrik Sofalia, Kosova, Kosovo, Krasniqi, News, Pacolli, Politics, Serbia, Technorati

Kosovo President and coalition crisis + parliament elections in 45 days?

PRISTINA, Kosovo ++ This weekend the political party AKR requested a guarantee from Kosovo PM Thaci and his PDK for a re-election of Pacolli as President of Kosovo at the upcoming respective parliamentary session. Former short-term Presi-dent Pacolli and AKR expressed this request as a condition for an ongo-ing coalition with the PDK. Otherwise AKR considers withdrawing their ministers from the Government at the beginning of the week:

Filed under: Media Reports, AKR, Kosovo, LDK, Makolli, Mustafa, News, Pacolli, Parlaiment, PDK, Politics, Thaci

Assembly Speaker Jakup Krasniqi feels not responsible + New election of Kosovo President next week +

PRISTINA, Kosovo ++  According to the Constitutional Court of Kosovo the election of Behgjet Pacolli as the new President of Kosovo by the Assembly was unconstitu-tional. Pacolli’s advisor Gashi declared that Pacolli is ready to respect this decision: "Pacolli will be the candidate of the coalition partners in the new election of a new president because based on the decision of the Constitutional Court, he did not violate the constitution".

Filed under: Media Reports, Korrik Sofalia, Kosova, Kosovo, Krasniqi, News, Pacolli

Pacolli respects Court’s ruling + protest against arrests + War Victims +

PRISHTINA / PRISTINA ++ “It is good that we have the Constitutional Court and I … will respect its decision” Pacolli said after the Court ruled that the election of the President of the Republic of Kosovo was unconstitutional ++ seemingly on Friday or on Monday next week the Assembly of Kosovo will hold a session to vote for the President of Kosovo ++ The War Veteran associations, the Assembly of students of the University of Pristina, and the NGOs network “Democracy in Action” protested yesterday in Pristina against the latest arrests of former Kosovo Liberation Army members and the arrest warrant issued against MP Fatmir Limaj ++ Between 24 March and 22 June 1999, an estimated 10,356 ethnic Albanians were killed in Kosovo during the wars in former Yugoslavia – according to victims data recently published by The Hague Tribunal – with an additional “… departure of at least 700,000 Kosovo Albanians from Kosovo in the short period of time between the end of March and beginning of June 1999” ++ read more here: News Monitor 30.03.2011 / Broadcast Monitor 29.03.2011

Filed under: Media Reports, Albania, KLA, Korrik Sofalia, Kosova, Kosovo, Pacolli, Prishtina, Serbia

Election of Kosovo’s president was unconstitutional

PRISTINA, Kosovo ++ The election of Kosovo’s president last month was unconstitutional – Kosovo’s highest court ruled today after a complaint of oppo-sition parties. The Constitutional Court "by majority vote, with two judges dissenting, declared the decision of the assembly of the Republic of Kosovo … concerning the election of the president of the Republic of Kosovo, dated 22 February 2011, unconstitutional," … without giving further reasons for its decision. The ruling was the second against a Kosovo head of state in six months. President Fatmir Sejdiu resigned in September after the same court said he violated the constitution by also serving as a party leader. It remained unclear whether there would be another vote in the parliament or if the president had to resign. See MSN, BBC, ER

Filed under: Media Reports, Election, Kosovo, News, Pacolli, Politics, Sejdiu

US – Balkans Business Summit ++ regional trade zone ++ Port of Durres + Minimum Wage + Kosovo Central Bank Investigation

PRISHTINA / PRISTINA ++ A two-day business summit on the Western Balkans begins today in Maryland, though Serbia will not attend in protest over Kosovo’s participation. The aim of the summit is to help strengthen cooperation between Western Balkan countries, further develop economic ties between the US and region, and help the Balkan countries on their path to European integration …  ++ Kosovo’s president Pacolli asked neighbouring Macedonia to ease travel restrictions for Kosovars and promote a free-trade zone in the Balkans … ++ The authority of Port of Durrës has opened the office in Prishtina … ++ Unions request minimum wage of 250 € monthly for Kosovo ++ Kosovo Police is suspecting former CBK officials were planning to leave only … ProCredit and Reiffeisen bank, the local Economic Bank, including the insurance company ‘Siguria’ – while all other banks were planned to be shut down … >> On further stories take a look also at the last Media Monitor.

Filed under: Economy, Media Reports, Balkan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Pacolli, Police, Serbia, USA