“Although until now Kosovo has achieved very good results in many areas, it is still making efforts to have a more sustainable economic development,” it was said on Saturday at a press conference organized by the UN Agencies in Kosovo with the topic “Launching of Global Sustainable Goals in Kosovo”, where were reflected the efforts and achievements of Kosovo institutions in this regard.
Kosovo Ministry of Education, Science and Technology awarded 500 study scholarships for children of RAE communities in Kosovo. Minister of Education, Arsim Bajrami, said that awarding these scholarships shows that it’s a priority for his ministry that these children be integrated as equal citizens of Kosovo. Krystyna Marty Lang from the Swiss Embassy in Kosovo noted that more than half of these scholarships were awarded to girls.
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo, in co-operation with Kosovo Police and Terre des Hommes, hosted a conference today in Pristina on children’s rights, with a special focus on child beggars. The participants discussed the institutional co-operation on tackling the issue of child beggars and the protocol on police co-operation for preventing, restricting and combating trafficking in persons, primarily children.
The Kosovo Centre for Security Studies supported by European Union Office in Kosovo, yesterday organized a round-table where it was debated on the challenges that journalists face when reporting on violent extremism in Kosovo. During the meeting it was said that Kosovo journalists should be careful when reporting on matters related to religious radicalism and extremism. Journalist Florie Ademi said that the media should be more responsible and balanced, while journalists need to be more specialized in reporting on matters of religion.
Kosovo’s Minister for Communities and Returns, Dalibor Jevtic, met today with the Minister of Justice, Hajredin Kuqi. The meeting of the two ministers was initiated by the Minister Jevtic, to seek support for the implementation of one of the findings of the regional initiative on the usurped properties. "Our goal is to see what can be improved in solving the problem of usurped property. It is not a matter only of Serbs but of all Kosovo citizens, and we have to solve it in the most efficient way possible,” Jevtic said.
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo today launched a campaign to inform the public about their legal rights and available mechanisms to exercise these rights. The purpose of the three-month campaign, which includes television spots and radio spots, posters and flyers, is to raise awareness of the public about basic legal rights such as the right to counsel, the right to free legal assistance, the right to legal representation, the right to use the language, and the right of access information.
Kosovo’s Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP) will award today grants from the Self-Employment Program. In this case, 43 unemployed men and women will benefit 3000-6000 euros to establish new businesses. Following a competitive process, 43 business plans submitted will receive financial assistance and continuous mentoring in order to establish new businesses. The project is financed and implemented by the UNDP, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland.
The paper reports that the representatives of the Office for Kosovo in the Serbian Government, during an OSCE event in Poland will present a project named Sunny Valley, which aims to solve the problem of Serb refugees from around the world. The project foresees building of 300 houses in Mitrovica North. The deputy director, Dusan Kozarev, said that in addition to the displaced persons from Kosovo, also refugees from Serbia and Europe would be accommodated there. “This project will accommodate 1000 displaced persons.
The Mayor of Gracanica, Vladeta Kostic, and head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Andrew Russell, yesterday signed a memorandum of cooperation to combat corruption in this municipality. Kostic said that this memorandum represents the beginning of a decisive war against corruption. “We must constantly combat this bad phenomena, because neither institutions nor individuals can move forward because of corruption.
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa met yesterday the UNHCR Kosovo's Chief of Mission, N. L. Narasimha Rao, with whom he discussed the progress in Kosovo as well as the commitment of the government to establish conditions for full reintegration of returnees. Rao spoke of the importance of a legal framework for returnees, considering the commitment of the government, in this regard. During the meeting it was discussed also about the current refugee crisis in the region and Europe.