At the round table held in Skopje on 10-11 February, neighboring countries benefited four times more Only 7% of the funds are secured; government officials give no explanations At the round table held in Skopje on 10-11 February, neighboring countries benefit four times more Mitrovica, the hostage of status BY BLENDI FEVZIU Officially, in the round on Mitrovica and the unrest provoked by the military maneuvers in the southern part of the city, in the north, the KLA is being discussed. Alarmed, the NATO special contingents center in Kosovo notified the Croatian [...?] personally by phone in Prague, who does not yet want to refute the correlative. The problem has to do with the status of Kosovo and with the mismatch between statements and reality. It has created an anomalous situation. It has blocked the entire recovery of the region. The aim of the major governments is to restore order and, unquestionably, to eliminate violence between Serbs and Albanians. But such a compromise seems impossible without a concrete solution for its future. This could trigger new escalations of the crisis. This is the reason why the latest decision of the Council of Europe and the declaration of the Western governments on Kosovo's independence have not yet been made. In this situation, Kosovo's politics or governance find it difficult to deal with such an unclear situation. In this sense, the two governments of Belgrade and Podgorica should reach a compromise to resolve this conflict without using force. Undefined positions and contradictory statements are a source of insecurity. This is why Kosovo Albanians find it difficult to believe in a peaceful solution. If there is no clear decision on the status, the crisis may last. Page 3

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SCANDAL. The request ends up on President Meidani’s desk It continued as if nothing had happened. Qylvexhi. There had been a prosecutor s[...] Rakipi, who yesterday first brought the accusation to light. He considered the Prosecutor-Judge a perspective with so much newness as to make it possible. And to take the investigation further it was necessary to question the Minister of Economy. For this matter, the reluctance of the group y[...] Devereshe still existed. This is the main point of the case, explained the chief prosecutor. Another person involved in the case is the homicide group investigator, Duh[?]it is also necessary to carry out a search of the accused man's home, chief prosecutor Rakipi declared yesterday. Under this public pressure, the decisions of the three judges in the case, announced urgently two days earlier, were made. According to him, their rulings are highly questionable overall and the case must be retried. Page 7

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