Law enforcement in Kosovo

VIENNA - The accusations of corruption within EULEX have to be investigated urgently, along with everything related to that, and the steps taken as the result have to be transparent, European Parliament (EP) Vice President and rapporteur for Kosovo Ulrike Lunacek said on Wednesday.

EU foreign policy chief: Independent expert for EULEX

BRUSSELS -- Federica Mogherini announced she will enlist an independent expert for a probe into allegations of corruption in the EUrule of law mission in Kosovo (EULEX).

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini announced on Tuesday that she will enlist an independent expert for a probe into allegations of corruption in the European Union rule of law mission in Kosovo-Metohija (Eulex).

EU: Closed door meeting on EULEX corruption allegations

BRUSSELS -- A meeting was held in Brussels on Monday after accusations of corruption emerged against the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, Tanjug reported.

EULEX chiefs "associate with mobsters"

SARAJEVO -- Suspended prosecutor of the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, Maria Bamieh says she is under investigation "instead of EULEX".

The official also claims that heads of this mission "associate" with mobsters and politicians in Kosovo.

Suspended prosecutor talks about "dark side of EULEX"

PRIŠTINA -- EULEX prosecutor Maria Bamieh, who has recently been suspended, has called for an independent international investigation into the work of EULEX....

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.

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.

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

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.