The magnificent eight: Prishtina candidates race for the mayorship (Prishtina Insight)
Meet the eight mayoral candidates who have promised to solve Prishtina’s many problems, from air pollution to wastewater management.
Education Minister fires Accreditation Agency board upon Haradinaj’s request (Prishtina Insight)
Education watchdog organization and former board member react against the Kosovo government’s decision to dismiss the Kosovo Accreditation Agency State Council of Quality.
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Local elections: Much ado and expenses about nothing (Pristhina Insight)
By: Agron Demi
The issue of limited municipal powers to address major issues will not be mentioned during the local election campaigns, nor will the problem of bloated assemblies and misused budgets.
Today is the kick off of the election campaign for mayors in 38 municipalities and 1,002 representatives in municipal assemblies. A total of 204 candidates have entered the race for mayor.
Haradinaj’s 97th day (Prishtina Insight)
By Agron Demi
Ramush Haradinaj takes over the PM office today, and has still not yet presented a governing program. But as things stand, with just a few superficial changes he could recycle his 2004-2007 program.
Two days before he was elected by the Parliament, Ramush Haradinaj’s Wikipedia profile had been changed, foreshadowing that he would start his job as Prime Minister on September 9.
Access denied: Kosovo minorities struggle to attain citizenship (Prishtina Insight)
With the Kosovo government inadequately implementing the law on citizenship, minorities are left undocumented, the Ombudsperson Institution claims.
After a two-year endeavor, Svetlana Rakic, a Serbian citizen whose parents are from Kosovo, has finally given up on actively pursuing Kosovo citizenship.
Report: Public trust in Kosovo’s justice system is declining (Prishtina Insight)
There has been a decline in the positive public perception of judicial institutions in Kosovo, claims a new report from the Group for Legal and Political Studies, GLPS.
Police — which until lately had enjoyed the most respect in the eyes of the public — suffered the most significant decline in public opinion. Courts and the prosecution had the highest level of public dissatisfaction.
Righting justice: Can the Kosovo Specialist Chambers make a positive societal impact? (PrishtinaInsight)
Risking to repeat mistakes made by previous international justice mechanisms, the Specialist Chambers need to change their strategy and address Kosovo society as a whole.
Since the end of the conflict in 1999, international and domestic hybrid courts have been the main fora for investigating the most serious war crimes and crimes against humanity in Kosovo and the wider region.
A higher sentence for Zejnepe Berisha’s murder (Prishtina Insight)
Confirming a guilty verdict, the Appeals Court extended the sentence for Zejnepe Berisha’s murder, condemning her husband, Nebih, to 17 years behind bars.
In October 2015, Zejnepe Berisha was stabbed 20 times with a knife by her husband Nebih.
PAN, the detestable kid (Prishtina Insight)
By: Andrea Lorenzo Capussela, Aidan Hehir, and Shpend Kursani
Kosovo journalist Parim Olluri attacked in Pristina (Prishtina Insight)
Award-winning investigative journalist Parim Olluri was attacked late last night in Kosovo capital by unidentified assailants.
Parim Olluri, the director of Insajderi news outlet, was attacked last night in front of his apartment on Bajram Kelmendi Street in Pristina.