Kosovo with highest unemployment in Western Balkans (Beta, N1)
Kosovo has the highest unemployment rate in the Western Balkans, the World Bank and Vienna Institute for Internal Economic Studies said in a report published on Tuesday. The report said that the overall unemployment rate in the region dropped from 16.2 to 15.3 percent. The unemployment rates range from 12 percent in Albania and Serbia […]
Read More →Minister Rikalo with the representative of the World Bank (KIM radio)
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development Nenad Rikalo met with the Director of the World Bank Office in Kosovo, Marco Mantovanelli, with whom he discussed the current processes in the development of agriculture, as well as the goals of the ministry in order to further strengthen this sector. As announced by the Ministry, Rikalo […]
Read More →Balkans marks improvement in economic growth (Koha/WBO)
Growth in Kosovo is projected at 3.6 percent in 2016, down slightly from 3.9 percent in 2015, and is forecasted to reach 3.7 percent by 2018, according to the latest Southeast Europe Regular Economic Report (SEERER), launched today in Brussels. Fiscal adjustment measures, such as tax reforms and the fight against informality, continued to boost […]
Read More →Kosovo confident of World Bank approval for coal plant (Bota Sot)
In a recent article, the US-based magazine Power Engineering International wrote that Kosovo is in urgent need of replacing the old Kosova A power plant that causes a high level of pollution with a new plant that would also eliminate ongoing energy problems. Kosovo government has expressed confidence that the New Kosovo coal-fired power plant will […]
Read More →Kosovo air quality harms the health of citizens (Koha Ditore)
The air quality in Kosovo is far away from European standards and exceeding the allowed rates. Among the biggest polluters in Kosovo are considered the power plants of the Kosovo Energy Corporation, but also the old cars and coal used for heating during the winter, Koha Ditore reports. The risk from the polluted air had […]
Read More →Kosovo participates at IMF and World Bank meetings (insajderi.com)
Kosovo delegation headed by Minister of Finance Avdullah Hoti, is participating in the regular annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington. Except for the participation at the plenary session of the IMF and the World Bank, Kosovo delegation will also meet with senior officials of these two institutions, as […]
Read More →World Bank calls for continued reforms and job creation in Kosovo (Koha)
World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Cyril Muller completed his first visit to Kosovo today, which focused on learning first-hand about Kosovo’s growth opportunities and development challenges. He participated in the discussions related to the Systematic Country Diagnostic for Kosovo, and the recently adopted National Development Strategy for the 2016-2021 period. “The World Bank […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 18 December
• President Jahjaga delivers end-of-year speech to the Assembly (media)
• Opposition: The Mustafa government to meet its end on 9 January (Zeri)
• European Commission may publish visa report on Kosovo today (Koha)
• Collaku confident Kosovo will get visa liberalization in 2016 (Epoka)
• Malisheva protests against recent agreements (Zeri)
• Vetevendosje to file charges against Kosovo Police (Kosovapress)
• Political conflict risks escalating into a civil war (Bota Sot)
• OSCE gives recommendations for community rights in Kosovo (Bota Sot)
• Protest against court’s ruling to give land to Orthodox Monastery (Epoka)
• Kosovo government gives in to Serbia (Koha)
World Banks grants 11 million euro loan for Kosovo education sector (Koha)
Kosovo Minister of Finance, Avdullah Hoti, today signed an agreement with the director of the World Bank Office in Kosovo, Jan Peter Olsen, on a loan of 11 million euros to improve conditions in the education sector. Kosovo Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Arsim Bajrami, said that this loan will help in raising quality […]
Read More →Kosovo reaches agreement with Contour Global on new power plant (Koha)
The Ministry of Economic Development and the company Contour Global reached an agreement for building a new power plant in Kosovo. The agreement was reached in the United States. “After a great engagement and the last visit of the Minister of Economic Development, Blerand Stavileci, to the United States, the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 29 October
• Jahjaga to seek opinion from the Constitutional Court (Kosova Sot, Bota Sot)
• After the SAA comes the visa liberalization (dailies)
• Opposition will not impede ratification of SAA (Epoka e Re)
• Opposition with a different plan to block the Assembly (Zeri)
• O’Connell: Violence will stop, people are against it (Klan Kosova)
• Kosovo drops two spots in Doing Business report (Kosova Sot)
In the Aftermath of War, Women Farmers in Kosovo Rebuild Their Lives
Fahrije Hoti is beaming over jars of red pepper spread and fresh green pepper in cream cheese in a house-turned-pepper processing plant. “We are the only 100% woman-run and staffed enterprise in Kosovo”, says Hoti, a 44-year-old woman farmer. Hoti, who manages the Krusha agriculture cooperative, has reason to be proud. The cooperative has helped its […]
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