FOL: Kosovo courts improved performance on trying corruption cases (Kosovapress)
Kosovo-based non-governmental organization FOL, presented today statistics regarding court’s performance on addressing corruption cases covering the period between January and June 2017. Jeton Zylfaj, programme manager at FOL, said this period marked an increase of court performance by 120% but that there is still a backlog of cases which the court need to address. He […]
Read More →FOL: Government has failed to meet 65% of its objectives (Koha)
The Government of Kosovo has failed to meet 65 percent of objectives it had set for 2015, said representatives of the Kosovo-based Fol think tank today. Fol expressed concern over the, as it said, poor performance of the government in 2015, particularly as the actions planned for 2015 will have to be transferred to 2016 […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 22 March
• Government has positive expectations from visa liberalization mission (Koha)
• PM Mustafa denies having threatened reporter Kajtazi (Zeri)
• Court finds no violation in Thaci’s election (Epoka/Klan Kosova)
• Klaus Schlie: Kosovo belongs in Europe (Epoka e Re)
• Preteni: There is no will to face corruption (Epoka e Re)
• KIPRED: Justice in Kosovo has selective approach (Kosovapress)
Poll highlight youth’s perception of the government as the most corrupt institution (Kosovapress)
Unemployment, corruption, poverty remain the main problems in Kosovo whereas the education system is considered to be plagued by nepotism, corruption and negligence, said FOL think tank representatives today during the presentation of their recent poll. According to FOL, this was the first time they conducted a poll on perception of corruption in the field of education. […]
Read More →FOL: EULEX with a poor performance record in Kosovo (Telegrafi, Lajmi)
Head of the Kosovo-based think tank FOL, Petrit Zogaj, said today that the EU rule of law mission (EULEX) has failed in fighting corruption and organised crime in Kosovo. He said that in the seven years since being established, the mission had only taken 47 court decisions in cases of organised crime and corruption. According […]
Read More →Poll: PDK the first, LDK second, Vetevendosje third (Telegrafi)
Kosovo-based think tank FOL presented today results of a recent poll on the political preferences of the citizens of Kosovo asking them how they would vote in case of fresh elections. According to the results, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) would come first with 29 percent of the votes, followed by the Democratic League […]
Read More →FOL: Kosovo Government implemented only half of annual work goals (Koha)
On the first anniversary of the Isa Mustafa-led government, FOL think tank published a report on the progress of the government covering the period from January to September of 2015. The report found that by the reporting period, the Government of Kosovo fulfilled only 53 percent of its annual work plan. Fol representatives said the […]
Read More →Poll: Corruption making life difficult in Kosovo (Koha)
The level of corruption in Kosovo has continued to rise, said Kosovo think tank Fol based on the results of a poll it recently conducted. The most serious problem for the respondents is unemployment, followed by corruption and government’s performance, the poll further found. 42.2% of the people interviewed said they often bribe public officials […]
Read More →FOL: Mustafa government met only one objective, out of 160 planned (Koha)
The FOL Movement published a study report which says that the government of Kosovo headed by Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, has only met one objective in six months, out of 160 planned. FOL also relased a report on non-transparent Ministries, which puts the Foreign Ministry as the most non-transparent. While according to FOL, the most […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 21 April
• Official response from Serbia: Thaci would be arrested in Belgrade (Bota Sot)
• Invitation for Thaci’s visit to Belgrade, annulled (Epoka e Re)
• Rapp: Special court needs to be established (Koha Ditore)
• Busek: Special court should not be established (Zeri)
• Movement “FOL” invites Vucic to Pristina (Epoka e Re)
• Mustafa to participate in “Western Balkans’ 6” conference (Bota Sot)
• Implementation of agreement on Civil Protection fails at outset (Koha Ditore)
• Suspects in Enver Zymberi’s murder, acquitted (dailies)
• Hyseni complains in Brussels (Kosova Sot)
• Lunacek values progress in Kosovo (Epoka e Re)
Jahjaga: Politics must stay away from judiciary (Indeksonline)
Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga said today in Pristina that ever since she has taken office she has restored the trust of the people in the institution of the President. “My impressions as President, based on institutional experience, as the first constitutional and non-party President, has been to depoliticize and restore the trust of the people,” […]
Read More →Kurti: We need a socialist government (Indeksonline)
Albin Kurti, the former leader of the Vetevendosje Movement, said during a debate organized by the Pristina-based non-governmental organization FOL [Speak Up], that Kosovo needs a leftist party, “because right-wing parties have been governing Kosovo for 15 years now and the people are forced to flee the country”. “The time has come for a social […]
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