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 which will make their implementation even more difficult. In numbers, the government has managed to fulfill 57 out of a total of 160 actions set out in the action plan for 2015.

The front-page editorial of the paper, writes that Kosovo is in danger of becoming a dysfunctional and corrupted Republic, lacking rule of law, economic development and being led by an incriminated oligarchy which leads the state and businesses. “In order to prevent this national tragedy, the current governing should end as soon as possible,” notes the paper. “In democracy, this happens through elections, which in Kosovo’s case are also corrupted by major parties that have caught the state and ballot boxes.

Pristina authorities still do not allow the passage of trucks from Serbia, which transport hazardous materials (oil and gas) through the administrative crossings.

Kosovo authorities call such measures reciprocal, and the Serbian government says that Pristina is violating the CEFTA agreement and that they are in constant communication with Brussels on this issue. For now there is no progress in resolving the blockade which causes great damage.

In a meeting today, the government of Kosovo decided to postpone the population and household census in the four northern municipalities that did not participate in this process in 2011, for two weeks. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said the decision is related to technical issues.

Kosovo Police arrested Vetevendosje member and Albanian citizen, Arber Zaimi today. According to a Vetevendosje movement post on Facebook, he was arrested only for being from Albania. “As it appears, the government of Kosovo is determined to expel every citizen of the Republic of Albania from Kosovo, and is equally as determined to facilitate Serbia’s legal and illegal interventions.

The government of Kosovo issued a press release saying that today’s planned opposition protest in Vushtrri against the creation of the Serb-majority municipality of Prilluzhe is based on an untrue cause. The Government insisted it never discussed the creation of such a municipality with anyone and accused the opposition parties of “fabricating causes for political gains” in an attempt to polarize the society and destabilize Kosovo.

The leader of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), Fatmir Limaj, is certain that Kosovo will proceed to early elections. He is even ready to sit and discuss as part of the opposition with the governing parties in order to set the election agenda. “The only way is to sit and set the election date and we are ready for this at any time,” Limaj Said.

The government of Kosovo announced that it will meet on Friday to re-submit the proposals for nomination of the members of the Procurement Review Body to the Assembly of Kosovo. “The government of Kosovo will respect any procedure of the Assembly of Kosovo and it will accept any decision made by Kosovo Assembly MPs,” stresses a press release issued by the government.

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said at a press conference after his visit to a factory in Suhareke/Suvareka, that the performance of his ministers will be evaluated, and that changes in the government will commence based on the evaluation. “The other issues of reformatting remain ongoing, because will continuously assess the performance of the government and based on that, we will make changes,” Mustafa said. During the press conference, Mustafa also spoke about success of local companies in export.

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. The poll involved 400 respondents from five municipalities in Kosovo, majority of whom said they believed the government was the most corrupt institution.