Gracanica: Women with disabilities face double discrimination (KIM)
“Being a woman with disability means facing double discrimination,” Chairperson of an NGO Organization of Persons with Disabilities, Dragan Josifovic said today in a debate in Gracanica dedicated to promoting artistic development of women with disabilities, KIM Radio reported. There are 750 persons with disabilities registered in Gracanica municipality. Women make 40 percent of this […]
Read More →Youth Forum creates action plan for youth in north of Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus)
NGO Advocacy Center for Democratic Culture (ACDC) gathered yesterday representatives of the Local Youth Action Councils, NGOs dealing with youth issues, representatives of institutions and young people, in order to make first steps for creating a Local Action Plan for Youth in the four northern municipalities, Radio kontakt plus reported. This activity is a continuation […]
Read More →USAID gives 12 million euros to 14 municipalities in Kosovo (RTV Puls)
Kosovo Minister of Local-Governance and Administration, Ivan Todosijevic and USAID Assistant Director for Europe and Asia, Brock Bierman signed yesterday an agreement on LEGO project, worth 12 million euros encompassing 14 municipalities in Kosovo, out of it 10 with the Serb-majority, RTV Puls reported. The project aims to strengthen capacities of the municipalities, participation of […]
Read More →Delawie: We are strengthening Kosovo on the war against corruption (Lajmi.net)
The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi, and the Ambassador of the United States of America in Kosovo Greg Delawie, signed today amendment of the bilateral agreement on the Development Objective Agreement Grant (DOAG) . The agreement includes determination of the U.S. government to help Kosovo institutions attain reforms which would push Kosovo’s development forward. Ambassador Delawie […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 30 May
• Thaçi: EU to mediate dialogue with Bosnia and Herzegovina (Zeri)
• Opposition won’t participate in drafting Association’s statute (Zeri)
• Bahtiri: Ibar Bridge to open in June, people should not protest (Bota Sot)
• Pajaziti highlights importance of population census in the north (Epoka e Re)
• UNMIK’s budget affected but not its mandate (media)
• Head of border demarcation commission Meha to report to MPs (Kosova Sot)
• Slim chances of Kosovo becoming Interpol member (Kosovapress)
• Germany, Austria don’t trust Kosovo documents (Koha)
• “Limak” is expected to become part of the Brezovica project (Koha)
Hope: USAID in Kosovo invested 850 million dollars (Radio Kontakt Plus)
Director of USAID in Kosovo James Hope said that the USAID since 1999 to date invested about $ 850 million in Kosovo. Hope said that USAID programs support for the whole Kosovo, adding that special attention was devoted to the programs that are designed to support a minority, vulnerable groups and the women. “The programs […]
Read More →Only four percent of women have property rights (Telegrafi)
During a conference on “Increased Participation of Marginalized Groups in Kosovo” today, the Ambassador of the United States in Kosovo, Greg Delawie, said that everyone has a responsibility to ensure that all groups are able to exercise their full rights. “When people are pushed to the margins of society, they have a much more difficult time exercising […]
Read More →USAID launches campaign on women’s property rights (dailies)
On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the USAID Property Rights Programme launched a media campaign on public awareness for women’s property rights.The United States Ambassador, Greg Delawie, said that less than 19% of women in Kosovo own property, while an even smaller percentage has access to heritage. He added that exclusion of women […]
Read More →The misery pulse (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial comments on the latest Public Pulse conducted by the UNDP and USAID in Kosovo, saying that it is “a realistic assessment of the scandalous state of governance in Kosovo”. “A summary of the key indicators and findings of the survey, which covers the period March – September 2015, shows that the […]
Read More →Only 15% of people satisfied with PM Mustafa’s work (Koha)
The UNDP Kosovo and USAID launched today the Public Pulse 10, a survey conducted during the period March – September 2015 in Kosovo. According to this document, only 18% of Kosovo people are satisfied with the work of the Kosovo institutions. Until March of this year, 24% of respondents expressed their satisfaction with the Prime […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 24 July
• Serbia cancels agreement on free movement with Kosovo (Zeri)
• Special court, 85 votes in favor (Zeri)
• Government failed to prepare law on Trepca mining complex (Koha)
• Police: Those arrested in Badovc were preparing terror attack (Koha)
• Kosovo government reacts to Politico story on Hashim Thaci (Bota Sot)
• Kosovo and UK sign cooperation agreement (dailies)
• 400,000 unresolved cases in Kosovo courts (Koha)
• Salih Mekaj under house arrest (Zeri)
• The scandal with the Indian “millionaires” (Zeri)
• Former NLA commander killed in Kumanovo (dailies)
Business development training for women in the north (Bota)
A business development training workshop organized by USAID gathered some 15 women, Kosovo Albanians, Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Turks from Zubin Potok, Zvečan/Zveçan and North Mitrovica, to exchange mutual experience in this sector and learn from each other. The training is one of many to be organized for women in business that aims to increase […]
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