Civil society calls on government to withdraw draft law on funding of political parties (media)
Several news websites cover today’s protest by civil society organizations in Pristina against the draft law on the funding of political parties. Telegrafi quotes Valmir Ismaili from the organization D+ as saying that they have suspended their activities in the advisory group that works on the draft law. He said they would return to the […]
Read More →Kosovo Football Federation: Improvised competitions in the north of Kosovo are illegal (Kossev)
”The Football Federation of Kosovo is the only competent organization that organizes, manages and regulates football competitions throughout the territory of the Republic of Kosovo”, therefore, the organization of ”improvised competitions in the north of Kosovo is illegal”, the Football Federation of Kosovo (FFK) announced today, reported portal KoSSev. FFK’s reaction arrives as a response […]
Read More →Haradinaj meets Lajcak: Slovakia against land swap idea (media)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, met Slovakia’s Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Miroslav Lajcak. In a Facebook post after the meeting, Haradinaj wrote that they discussed relations between Kosovo and Slovakia, cooperation with OSCE and Euro-Atlantic integrations. “I thanked Minister Lajcak for his clear position against exchange of territories and I underlined that Kosovo’s […]
Read More →Basic polluters within the borders, says head of the Human Ecology department in Mitrovica north (TV Most)
Since Tuesday, 18 June, when a landfill between Zvecan and Zitkovac began to burn, reports TV most. Residents of Zvecan and surroundings, and Mitrovica feel the smell of smoke, lampblack and soot, which does not stop due to the huge surface burning, and after heavy rainfall, smoke spreads especially with the wind. ”The service for […]
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 →French fight for human rights of Serbs in Kosovo (Kossev, Danas)
The text ”Serbian Spirit of Resistance”, published by the French magazine ”Le Figaro”, had recently caught the public’s eye. I must admit that I barely managed to read all ten pages on the life of the Serbian people in Kosovo and hold back the tears, as well as powerlessness and anger towards those who led […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 21 June
• Kosnett: Kosovo should temporarily suspend tariff (Epoka)
• Kocijancic: Tariff blocked dialogue and Kosovo’s European integration (Koha)
• Haradinaj’s associates met Djuric secretly in Berlin (media)
• Prosecution to begin collecting information into Thaci’s advisor (T7/Zeri)
• A government of calculations with corruption (Koha)
• Tahiri: Veseli’s decision may damage PDK vote, but standard is important (media)
• Apostolova: Visa liberalization requires patience (Koha)
• U.S.: Kosovo has not met standards for elimination of human trafficking (media)
• Haradinaj: Unemployment in Kosovo reduced to 26.9 percent (Epoka)
• CSOs to protest today against draft law on funding of political parties (media)
• Baraliu: Election reform cannot conclude this year (Epoka)
• Kosovo to chair three regional initiatives this year (Telegrafi)