The right to use one’s mother tongue - Albanian or Serbian - is essential for everyone in Kosovo, but progress is being prevented by political disputes, the government’s Language Commissioner told BIRN. “Language rights reflect on all other rights, like fair legal processes, obtaining documents, work rights, healthcare, education, and many more,” Slavisa Mladenovic, the Kosovo government’s Language Commissioner, told BIRN in an interview. See at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/languages-the-kosovo-problem-nobody-talks-about-04-26-2018