OSCE organizes regional conference on youth and safety
(RTK2, RTK1)
Young people from the Western Balkans feel mainly unsafe in the context of public safety; therefore, they call on state authorities to implement policies that would secure better perspective for them. These conclusions came out of a regional meeting organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo about youth role in public safety.
For three days in the row, Kosovo will bring together youth of the Western Balkans. Young people from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia at a conference organized in Prishtinë/Pristina are discussing about improvement of public safety. They stated that young people encounter different problems every day in the areas where they reside.
Addressing a conference dubbed “Youth and Security”, Dusko Zavisic, the Director of the OSCE Security and Public Safety Department, said that communication between the young people from different states in the region is the key aspect of this conference.
“The main topic of the conference obviously will be things related to youth and safety, experiences of the community from which they come from, sharing of their experiences with each other, sharing of positive opinions and addressing of the negative experiences that they had,” Zavisic underlined.
Xhevat Bajrami, the director of the Youth Department of the Ministry of culture and sports, said that the goal of Kosovo youth is European integration and there should be other integrations for a better life, as well.
OSCE officials said that Kosovo is part of the Local Public Safety Committee (LPSC); where 41 other places of the region are also part of.
This conference has been organised by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and it will last three days.
EU observers donate equipment to local organizations
(Klan Kosova)
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EUEOM) hopes that they will no longer need election observation equipment, therefore they decided to donate them. Beneficiaries of this donation are local organizations.
However, Head of the EU Mission in Kosovo Samuel Zbogar said that this not a guarantee that there will not be elections in September, again.
“I do not know whether there will be elections again in Kosovo. No one knows this prior to development of next week’s process. Donation of equipment does not mean that we don’t think that there cannot be elections. If there will be elections again in September, we will buy other equipment and send new observers,” Zbogar said.
Beneficiaries of this donation expressed their happiness about it.
Family members of the missing meet Zbogar
(TV21)
Concerned about the stoppage of excavation works by the Serbian side in Rudnica of Raska, in a meeting with the Head of the EU Office in Kosovo Samuel Zbogar family members of the missing persons requested that excavations should restart at the earliest time possible.
Zbogar promised to these family members of the missing that they will inform Brussels, EU Office in Belgrade and the Serbian Government for these fair requests addressed by these families.
Assembly Presidency meets on Saturday
(All monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova&TV21)
Presidency of the dissolved Assembly of Kosovo will meet on Saturday at 11:00hrs with the representatives of parliamentary parties to discuss the agenda for 17 July session, when the new Assembly is expected to be constituted.
This was confirmed by outgoing Assembly Speaker Jakup Krasniqi, Klan Kosova reported. He also added that the Assembly Presidency shall set the time for 17 July session.
Minister Gashi met Mitrovicë/Mitrovica mayors
(Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
Minister of environment and spatial planning Dardan Gashi received the two mayors of Mitrovicë/Mitrovica, Goran Rakic and Agim Bahtiri, as well as US Embassy and European Union representatives.
Gashi expressed the willingness of Kosovo government to work closely with both mayors of Mitrovicë/Mitrovica in all aspects for normalization of interethnic relations, gradual investments in these two municipalities and implementation of laws in respective fields.
Safe return of citizens in both sides of the town was discussed. It was also discussed about the aspect of construction and reconstruction. It was underlined that the reconstruction ban in the north and south remains in power.
Meeting participants agreed to continue with future meetings in order to find adequate solution for issues of common interest, reads a press release issued by the Ministry.
