Until lately, Kosovo had a decade of padding to quarantine itself from the rawness, violence and fear that clasped to the coattails of liberation in 1999, infecting the “provisional government” months that followed, carrying their bacillus of internecine murder – of alleged collaborators and of LDK members -- a good two years into the new decade (even longer in Ramush-land). It’s just been ripped away. 1999 is back. In our faces.
Kosovo, Italy to Cooperate On Organised Crime
Pristina | 02 July 2009 |
Pristina
The head of the Italian National Antimafia Directorate, Pietro Grasso, said that they will bring their experience in their anti-mafia operations.
“The signing of this agreement gives us the opportunity to be present in the Balkans, too. We will bring experience in fighting the mafia and organised crime to Kosovo,” Grasso said.
Signing of the memorandum was welcomed by EULEX representatives, who said that they were willing to collaborate with the parties.
Italy is the first EU state to sign such an agreement with Kosovo. The Kosovo chief prosecutor Zhitia said that Kosovo will soon sign similar agreements with other EU countries.
(Reporting by Vjosa Musliu)
