Coalition of NGOs calls on MPs to adopt child protection act ASAP (Koha)
The coalition of NGOs for child protection in Kosovo (KOMF) held a press conference in front of the Kosovo Assembly today calling on MPs to adopt the child protection act as soon as possible, the news website reports. The draft law has been initiated several years ago but has yet to be adopted by the […]
Read More →Kosova e Re will impoverish Kosovo citizens (Prishtina Insight)
Kosovo’s new power plant will cause the average price of electricity to skyrocket, and in the face of both cheaper and safer options, will willfully cost the Kosovo taxpayer billions over the next twenty years. See at: https://prishtinainsight.com/kosova-e-kosova-e-re-will-impoverish-kosovo-citizens/
Read More →When the state closes its libraries (Prishtina Insight)
Over the last decade, an absence of investment and institutional care has resulted in the closure of 53 libraries in Kosovo. With only five new libraries being opened, the country is left with a total of just 107, signalling a drastic decline in reading spaces in the country. Whenever reminisces about the past, Alisahit Bunjaku […]
Read More →Egyptian National Day marked, Kosovo leads in respect of minority rights (Indeksonline)
The news website reports on a reception held today in Pristina on the occasion of the Egyptian National Day – July 24. At the reception it was said that Kosovo leads in the region in terms of respecting communities’ rights. Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said despite the integration of the Egyptian community in the institutions, […]
Read More →“Serbian translation in the Assembly of Kosovo is a political problem” (KIM radio)
Denial of the translation into the Serbian language during the assembly session represents a serious violation of the Constitution and the Law on the Use of Languages in Kosovo, while at the same time is affecting the work of the media and the public information, it was concluded at a panel discussion held today in […]
Read More →US: Serbia progresses in fighting human trafficking, Bosnia still on watch list (Beta, N1, RFE)
The US State Department report on human trafficking which covered 187 states, commended Serbia for sentencing several human traffickers, creating a working group for dealing with the crime and consolidating the investigative jurisdiction over the cases of human trafficking, the Beta news agency reported on Friday. The report said Serbia’s Government increased efforts in protecting […]
Read More →Photo exhibition of the residents of Kosovo’s collective centers in Gracanica (Kontakt plus Radio)
The exhibition on the occasion of the World Day of Refugees and Displaced Persons presented at the Center for Civil Energy in Gracanica presented photographs of residents of collective centers in Gracanica, Leposavic, Zvecan and Strpce. The faces photographed express worries, sadness but also hope. That’s all they have left. The author of photography is […]
Read More →Kosovo institutions negligent to domestic violence, 832 cases reported last year in Pristina (Telegrafi)
Initiative for Justice and Equality (INJECT) hosted a conference titled “Institutional Treatment of Domestic Violence Cases” to discuss institutional commitment on treating cases of domestic violence. On this occasion it was said that last year, 832 cases of domestic violence were reported in Pristina. The second battle the victims face is when reporting the cases to […]
Read More →Conference discusses role of institutions in fighting domestic violence (RTK)
The news website reports that Pristina-based NGO INJECT [Initiative for Justice and Equality] organized a conference in Pristina today to discuss the role of institutions in addressing cases of domestic violence. Minister of Justice Abelard Tahiri and Interior Minister Ekrem Mustafa did not show up at the conference despite having confirmed their participation. INJECT director […]
Read More →Haradinaj: Kosovo knows best the feeling of leaving the homeland! (Indeksonline)
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said today on the occasion of World Refugee Day that Kosovo knows best the feeling of leaving the homeland. Haradinaj wrote in a Facebook post: “Today, on World Refugee Day, we sympathize with all those that left their lands and houses because of violence of violence and war or different […]
Read More →EBRD: Balkan countries may need 200 years to catch up with average income in EU (Beta, Biznis Magazine)
The Western Balkans countries need almost two centuries to reach an average income in the European Union member states if they progress at such a low growth rate, EBRD Director for the region Zsuzsanna Hargittai said on Wednesday, the Beta news agency reported. According to her, some of the main reasons for relative lagging of […]
Read More →Medical services for survivors of sexual violence, facilitated (media)
University Hospital and Clinical Service of Kosovo (UHCSK) and Medica Association from Gjakova signed on Tuesday an agreement for cooperation and facilitation in offering medical services for the categories of the individuals who are survivors of sexual violence during the conflict in Kosovo. According to UHCSK this agreement was made to impact social policies in […]
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