Serbia-based organisations encourage return of Serbs to Kosovo (Koha)
Under the EU-funded “Support for sustainable return of internally displaced persons to Kosovo” project, several organisations based in Serbia have published an open call for persons who wish to return to Kosovo to apply for no-return funds and job training, Koha reports quoting JuGmedia vesti media outlet. The project is expected to provide financial support […]
Read More →Kosovo Imam Dismissed for Backing Theory of Evolution (Balkan Insight)
The Kosovo Islamic Community has dismissed an imam for “contradicting Islamic principles” and “spreading falsehoods” after he said he accepted that Darwin’s theory of evolution is correct. Drilon Gashi, a young and unconventional cleric who served for two years as imam at the mosque in the village of Vitomirica in Kosovo’s Peja/Pec municipality, said on […]
Read More →Kusari-Lila to run mini marathon in support of non-majority kids in Kosovo (Kallxo)
Former Kosovo MP Mimoza Kusari-Lila has announced she plans to run a mini-marathon in support of education for Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian children. The mini marathon is being organised by the “Voice of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians” non-government organisation and the funds raised from the event will be dedicated for education of Roma, Ashkali and […]
Read More →Germany, France, UK express concern over accreditation agency deadlock (Indeksonline/Kallxo)
The embassies of France, Germany and the United Kingdom have expressed concern over the deadlock of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency saying this puts the upcoming academic year at serious risk. “The Embassies regard independent, accountable and transparent institutions as key to regulating the accreditation process of educational programmes and they have full respect for the […]
Read More →Landmark decision of Kosovo court, allows first ever sex change (Klan Kosova)
The Appeals Court has confirmed the ruling of the Basic Court allowing a 38-year-old woman to undergo a sex-change. The ruling invalidates provisions from the Law on Civil Status of 2011 by upholding the Law on Gender Equality of 2015, the Constitution of Kosovo and the European Convention on Human Rights. The issue reached the […]
Read More →Minister Lluka meets company tasked with preparing Kosovo Telekom for privatisation (Koha)
Outgoing Minister of Economic Development Valdrin Lluka met today representatives from the German company “Detecon” selected by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, on request of the government of Kosovo, to prepare Kosovo Telekom for privatization. “A team from Detecon stayed in Kosovo and met main stakeholders of this important enterprise for the country’s […]
Read More →Lluka: New law on missing persons finalised, Assembly needs to adopt it (media)
Jahja Lluka from the Kosovo Government’s Committee for Missing Persons said today that the government has approved the new law on missing persons and that it is now up to the Assembly to adopt it. “The concept document has been finalised and adopted by the government. We are now waiting for the decision of the […]
Read More →Missing persons issue to be discussed in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (RTK)
Panelists at a public debate in Cagllavica Media Centre said that the EU doesn’t want the issue of missing persons to be part of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and that the governments in Kosovo and Serbia are responsible for this as they never initiated such talks. Head of the Missing Persons Resource Centre […]
Read More →Veseli condemns murder of the woman in Prizren (media)
The Assembly Speaker of Kosovo Kadri Veseli has strongly condemned the murder of a women today in Prizren by her husband. “The grave murder case in Prizren is an unacceptable act which I strongly condemn. Domestic violence and the mistreatment of women are phenomena that run counter to the traditional values of our family as […]
Read More →Peace march for the environment today in Pristina (Indeksonline)
The voluntary initiative of good-will citizens will organize a peace march in Pristina today with the motto “What can we do for the environment and society”, the news website reports. The march will be held in downtown Pristina starting at 11:00. Other peace marches will be held in other cities in Kosovo and Albania.
Read More →‘Finding truth in film:’ Dokufest XVIII (Prishtina Insight)
The eighteenth edition of Prizren’s International Documentary Film Festival, Dokufest, begins on Friday, with 280 films being shown alongside artistic exhibitions, special programs and musical events across the next nine days. Now celebrating its eighteenth edition, Prizren’s International Documentary Film Festival, Dokufest, has become one of the most highly anticipated events in Kosovo’s cultural calendar. […]
Read More →UNICEF: Nearly 38,000 with disabilities in Kosovo don’t attend school (media)
UNICEF estimates that around 38,000 children with disabilities in Kosovo don’t receive education. Of the total of 43,000 children with disabilities in Kosovo, only 5,300 go to school, UNICEF said warning that these children could face social exclusion as a consequence. Head of UNICEF Office in Kosovo, Murat Sahin, called on Kosovo institutions to allocate […]
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