EU Mission to reduce number of staff in Kosovo
SOURCE: TANJUG
PRIŠTINA -- A spokesperson for the EU mission in Kosovo said on Wednesday that EULEX would reduce the number of its staff during the summer.



 

(FoNet, file)
According to a Tanju news agency report, Irina Gudeljevic said that this will come "because the Kosovo institutions made certain progress and the new reality has to be recognized".

She also said said that the cut "would primarily be made in the area of the police and customs services but despite the progress in the sector, great challenges remain in the judiciary sector which will not change considerably".

Priština-based Albanian language daily Koha Ditore reported on Wednesday that the EU intends to reduce the number of its staff in Kosovo by 40 percent and that judges, prosecutors, investigators and other EULEX officials would receive considerably lower salaries in the future.

According to the article, the job cuts the EU mission is set to conduct "imply that it would be present in two regions in Kosovo, in the north and in Priština".