It has actually happened! EULEX has finally become “operational” on 9 December 2008 in Kosovo after much speculation on the date and their capability. Of course, you have to question just how operational EULEX is based on the fact that most staff are going into empty offices with no desks, chairs, much less a computer. What’s even more amusing is that a friend who walked into his new empty office is due to work in IT and he doesn’t even have a computer. As the saying goes, “nothing to do and all day to do it”!!!
There does seem to be some confusion about the “take over” from UNMIK. Keep in mind that EULEX is a law mission, not a political one. EULEX has only taken over the police and justice portion of the UNMIK mission meaning that the political component of UNMIK still remains in Kosovo. The deployment of EULEX does not mean that all the UN staff are packing their bags and leaving Kosovo…which means you can expect this cowgirl to continue blogging from and about Kosovo for some time to come
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MTCowgirl’s EULEX Deployment News
A little news on the deployment of EULEX in Kosovo
There does seem to be some confusion about the “take over” from UNMIK. Keep in mind that EULEX is a law mission, not a political one. EULEX has only taken over the police and justice portion of the UNMIK mission meaning that the political component of UNMIK still remains in Kosovo. The deployment of EULEX does not mean that all the UN staff are packing their bags and leaving Kosovo…which means you can expect this cowgirl to continue blogging from and about Kosovo for some time to come
)MTCowgirl’s EULEX Deployment News
A little news on the deployment of EULEX in Kosovo
- Amnesty International calls on EULEX to resolve kidnapped & missing persons cases
- EULEX launches but devil in the details
- Germany to send 100 officers by end of 2008
- EULEX to consolidate Rule of Law
- A new color blue in Kosovo
- Kosovo to open 22 embassies in 2009
- Kosovo Security Force delayed until January 2009
- Kosovo regrets arrest of German intelligence officers but will not apologize
- OSCE: Kosovo needs to do more for human rights
- Kosovo: A European Narco State
- Power games delay escape from poverty
- EULEX: diplomatic brilliance
- Kosovo hackers attack Serbian websites
- Delo wonders if EULEX is mission impossible
- Roma kids poisoned by lead
- Balkan earthquake is felt far away
- Rock for reconciliation in Mitrovica
- The Balkan Bailout
- Investigative prize goes to Kosovo journalist
- Doubts hang over Kosovo’s EU prospects
