The Serbian authorities have not reacted in any way or condemned the
conference, the DSS official pointed out. .."
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=07&dd=12&nav_id=51852
Fate of Kosovo funds unclear
12 July 2008 | 12:55 -> 16:06 |Source: Beta, Tanjug
PRITINA -- It wont be known if the Brussels donations will really be used
for Kosovos development for another 2 years, writes daily Delo.
Yesterday's conference (FoNet)
Even before a single euro had fallen into the Kosovo kitty, European
Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn was endeavoring to banish any doubt that the
money raised might not be effectively used, writes the Ljubljana daily.
The commissioner guaranteed that every euro would be sent efficiently and
purposefully, and that donors would consistently monitor the results.
Rehn said that certain investments, together with those that would be financed
by EU funds, would be overseen by the donors themselves, so that the Kosovo
authorities would not have to worry about implementation.
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci made similar guarantees, writes Delo, thus
calming donor fears, saying that the funds donated would not end up in the
wrong hands, because, as he put it, the Kosovo authorities will not allow any
corruption or organized crime.
In spite of Rehn and Thacis guarantees, the Slovenian daily writes that it
will be another year or two before it is clear whether the money-stuffed
envelope, the first since Kosovos independence declaration, has enhanced
development and social progress in the poorest Balkan region.
Delo also states that the funds are a test of the abilities of the Kosovo
authorities to boost the provinces economic development using the
international aid.
The paper adds that Kosovo, if it means to slowly catch up with the other
states in the Western Balkans, will have to respond to the strict conditions
set by delevopmental organizations like the World Bank and the IMF in exchange
for that assistance.
DSS: EU financing Kosovo independence
The donors conference on Kosovo which started on Friday in Brussels shows that
the European Union is financing the creation of an independent state of Kosovo
and taking a leading role in this regard, President of the Democratic Party of
Serbia (DSS) Executive Committee Jovan Palaliæ told Tanjug.
The EU also intends to illegally send its EULEX mission to Kosovo to implement
the rejected Ahtisaari Plan for its independence, Palaliæ said.
The EU is thus creating another Albanian state by attempting to seize 15
percent of Serbia's territory, he said.
The Serbian authorities have not reacted in any way or condemned the
conference, the DSS official pointed out.
He also lamented the fact that the draft resolution on continuing the state
policy on Kosovo that the Serbian government submitted to the parliament on
Thursday did not address these problems.
Parliament should therefore support the decision to protect Serbia's
sovereignty and territorial integrity submitted by 108 MPs on June 14, he
underlined.
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