SYRI NET: “The courts in Kosovo are not so politicized as they are dependent”
“Honestly, I don’t see that much of a danger fromthe politicization of the (“independent”) institutions of Kosovo (as it is a phenomenon that has followed almost all post-socialist countries!), as much as from the partisanship and (especially!) their clanization! We say so, because the “tradition” of clanization and partisanship, as a direction and as an old socio-political experience, has proven an interesting sociological fact. The one about the delay of the reconstruction of new democratic institutions, during the time of the process of building the state. Because in most of the post-socialist countries there is more evidence of a culture of criminal behavior than of a democratic experience…”, writes Fadil Maloku in the column “The courts in Kosovo are not so politicized as they are dependent”.
BOTA SOT: The citizens welcome the increased presence of the police in the northern part of Mitrovica
“The citizens of ‘Bosnjacka naselba”, “Tri oblakoderi”, “Kodra e minatorit” and “Kroi I Vitakut” in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica welcomed the increased presence of the Kosovo police in the north of the country.
Members of the Kosovo police, last night around 8 pm, were positioned in different locations in the north of Mitrovica. They are mainly located in residential neighborhoods with mixed population, where there are Albanians.
At locations where the Kosovo police are stationed, members of KFOR have been notices circling around with their vehicles, but also of EULEX”, reported BOTA SOT.
JAVA NEWS: “TheUntouchables” – Albanian myth lasting 32 years after the fall of communism
“The Untouchables” are actually not just a myth, but a status of Albania, which today celebrates 32 years from the student protest that took down the communist system in Albania.
In this country, after overthrowing the dictatorship, a hybrid system was installed that cemented a political caste, judges, prosecutors, businessmen andmedia publishers, who cannot be touched. This simply could not happen; it was an unwritten rule that created a capillary elite that started from first officials, middle ranking politicians, businessmen, people with influence or lobbyists, who, above all, were strong, who had a uniform and police uniforms or SHIK, who did many bad things”, an excerpt of the column “The Untouchables”- Albanian myth lasting 32 yearsafter the fall of communism”by Uli Pata.
D.Tahiri
Translation: N. Cvetkovska
