Kosovo signs $49 Million deal with U.S.’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (media)
Kosovo has signed a $49 million agreement with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) aimed at strengthening rule of law and economic development. President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci, who signed the agreement, said it marks a new page in relations between Kosovo and the U.S. “It is up to the institutions of Kosovo to begin work […]
Read More →MCC allocates USD 50 million for Kosovo (Koha/RTK)
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, announced that the U.S.’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has allocated USD 50 million that will go towards economic growth in Kosovo. According to Thaci, the funds given to the Kosovo Threshold Program are the biggest than for any other country and this, he said, shows the U.S. unwavering support for […]
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• EP endorses mechanisms for visas, Kosovo should fulfil conditions (Epoka)
• Bomb thrown at Serb’s house in northern Mitrovica (Kosovapress)
• Djuric visits Mitrovica, Kosovo authorities send protest note (Kosova Sot)
• Two police officers suspended for allowing Djuric’s visit (Telegrafi/RFE)
• Jevtic: First decree on Association, then return to the institutions (Lajmi)
• Independent autopsy on Dehari’s death to be published today (Telegrafi)
• Kosovo loses millions of U.S. aid due to corruption (Koha)
Kosovo loses millions promised by U.S. due to corruption (Kallxo)
The news website reports that Kosovo has lost millions of U.S. aid due to its failure to efficiently combat corruption. Namely, the Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, an independent U.S. government agency working to reduce global poverty through economic growth, has decided to drop Kosovo from the “Compact” program to the “MCC threshold” program, […]
Read More →Petrit Selimi dismissed as coordinator of Millennium Challenge Corporation (media)
The Kosovo government has annulled its decision made on May 13 whereby Petrit Selimi, Deputy Foreign Minister, was appointed as national coordinator of the Millennium Challenges Corporation. Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, said today that the government received complaints from the Anti-Corruption Agency that Selimi cannot hold both the post of Deputy Foreign Minister and […]
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