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Kosovo is building a new Chernobyl (Prishtina Insight)

By: Enver Robelli The non-transparent Kosova e Re project is a bad investment for Kosovo’s citizens. Any serious government that may come to power should reverse this project. Through an irresponsible government, Kosovo decided to build a new Chernobyl in Obilic. The Kosova e Re  (‘Kosovo C’) power plant is harmful for public health, the agreement to build it is not transparent, and environmental pollution will increase.

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New president of integrated Mitrovica court ready to get to work (Prishtina Insight)

An interview with Nikola Kabasic, the president of the newly integrated Basic Court in Mitrovica, about the challenges of consolidating Kosovo’s justice system. The Basic Court in Mitrovica — which integrates the north and the south of the town — started work on November 1, 2017.

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Five takeaways from the mayoral runoffs in Kosovo (Prishtina Insight)

By: Blerim Vela The key factors for performance in Sunday’s mayoral runoff elections were candidate choice, local coalitions, campaign and media rhetoric, and rural-urban polarization. On November 19, voters in 19 Kosovo municipalities voted in mayoral runoff elections. The preliminary results were published by the Kosovo Central Election Commission, CEC, before midnight and offered no clear overall winner.

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Peterle: Tight races for Kosovo’s second round of mayoral elections (Prishtina Insight)

Despite instances of aggressive campaigning, election day was overall calm and orderly, said EU election observers in the preliminary report on Kosovo’s mayoral runoffs. “These were highly competitive elections,” said Alojz Peterle, Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission to Kosovo, EUEOM, at the publication of the mission’s preliminary report on the second round of mayoral elections. The campaigning atmosphere and voting process was, overall, calm and orderly, he said.

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Enver Sekiraqa sent back to prison after brief house arrest (Prishtina Insight)

Enver Sekiraqa, who is currently appealing a 37-year sentence for inciting the murder of a Kosovo Police officer, was sent back to prison on the order of the Kosovo Court of Appeals. Enver Sekiraqa, sentenced by the Basic Court in Prishtina with 37 years of imprisonment for inciting the murder of Kosovo Police Officer Triumf Riza, was returned to prison after spending little more than a day on house arrest.

See at: http://prishtinainsight.com/enver-sekiraqa-sent-back-priso

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Color, pride, and the occupation of public space (Prishtina Insight)

By: Shqipe Gjocaj As the saying goes, when someone comes out, the whole family transitions. The support and love, followed by opposition and hate, are all part of this struggle. On Tuesday, Kosovo organized its first pride parade. As expected, once it was announced in the media, panic ensued. Among the first to express contempt was Gezim Kelmendi, head of his religious political party Fjala and former MP.

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