The government of Kosovo endorsed today several draft laws and decision, among them the strategic plan for the development of the education in 2017/2021.
According to the Education Minister, Arsim Bajrami, this plan will help Kosovo to attain more qualitative education.
Kosovo’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Skender Hyseni, hosted a meeting with the Jordan Minister of Internal Affairs, Salameh Hammad. Hyseni requested intensification of the cooperation especially in exchange of information on foreign fighters.
Hyseni informed the guest on the progress reached in Kosovo, work of security and rule of law institutions, regional and international cooperation against organized crime and terrorism.
Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci laid flowers today at the grave of former President Ibrahim Rugova on the occasion of November 28. “As part of the November holidays, today we pay the highest state honors to the first President of the Republic of Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova, for his sacrifices for the freedom and independence of Kosovo and his engagement in raising international awareness about the issue of Kosovo,” President Thaci said.
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said during today’s meeting of the government that Kosovo has fulfilled all the required criteria for visa liberalisation, except for the ratification of the draft-law on demarcation of the border with Montenegro.
The leader of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) Fatmir Limaj, has spoken about the charges raised against him for war crimes. He clarified that there are 13 witnesses who describe the event and circumstances. “There is not a single witness against me … but none of the evidence is against me, this is the truth. Once again: A headline that intends to create an untrue impression. It is not the first time.
The draft-resolution prepared by heads of the parliamentary groups of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), has passed by 61 votes for with none against and 11 abstentions.
The resolution says that the Assembly of Kosovo pledges to endorse the Law on protection of the values of the Kosovo Liberation Army and its liberating war, within six months.
Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, reported today to the Kosovo Assembly Commission for Foreign Affairs.
Tahiri assessed that establishment of the relations between Kosovo and Serbia is conditioned by recognition of Kosovo state by Serbia.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kosovo today published the Public Pulse report on corruption. According to this report, Kosovo Police continues to be the most trusted institution in Kosovo. The report also notes that based on 1,300 respondents, 58 percent believe that corruption has increased in the last 12 months in Kosovo while 12 percent think it was reduced. Most respondents believe that the most corrupt institutions are the central ones.
Kosovo Assembly Presidency decided today that the next Assembly session will be held on Thursday. During the session, the MPs will discuss the draft-statement prepared by the parliamentary groups which calls on the European Union not to condition the visa liberalisation process for Kosovo.
Citing unnamed sources, the news website reports that six Serbs from Mitrovica North are among the group of 20 people arrested on Saturday in Podgorica, Montenegro, on charges of having planned to carry out terror attacks on election day and kidnapping Montenegro’s Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic. Source said that Stefan Velimirovic (1991), Bojan Kovacevic (1976), Vladimir Bozovic (1995), Goran Kovacevic (1999), Luka Djordjevic (1998) from Mitrovica, and Nikola Djordjevic (1995) from Zubin Potok, are among those arrested.