{"id":88328,"date":"2023-03-22T15:57:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T14:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/dy-vjet-te-qeverise-kurti-qysh-po-shkon\/"},"modified":"2023-03-30T09:32:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T07:32:55","slug":"two-years-of-kurtis-government-how-is-it-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/two-years-of-kurtis-government-how-is-it-going\/","title":{"rendered":"Two years of Kurti\u2019s government: How is it going?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"88328\" class=\"elementor elementor-88328 elementor-87776\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1681ac0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1681ac0\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Two-Years-of-Kurti_Feature-Image-326x183.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-231469e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"231469e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bd950e\" data-id=\"3bd950e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b540f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b540f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Two years of Kurti\u2019s government: How is it going?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54ed8bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54ed8bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br><br>The second year of the Kurti\u2019s government examined.\n<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27c765f elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"27c765f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t22\/03\/2023\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-372c508 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"372c508\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/author\/en\/gentianap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"text-decoration:  underline; text-decoration-color: yellow\">Gentiana Pa\u00e7arizi<\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71bc3ec elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"71bc3ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a7bd99 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a7bd99\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ddb902\" data-id=\"9ddb902\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-036e626 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"036e626\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"titulli1\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s now been two years since Vet\u00ebvendosje (VV), in coalition with Lista Guxo, formed a government after winning just over 50% of the vote in the elections of February 14, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With equality and justice at the center of the governing program, the newly elected Prime Minister Albin Kurti <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kryeministri.rks-gov.net\/blog\/kryeministri-kurti-prezantoi-ne-kuvend-programin-e-qeverise-per-vitet-2021-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">promised<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to undo &#8220;20 years of misgovernance&#8221; and that <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/one-year-of-kurtis-government-how-is-it-going\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">start<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8220;the new path toward progress, reducing inequalities and increasing opportunities for all.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The electoral victory <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the largest since the declaration of Kosovo&#8217;s independence <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the pledges for radical change created big expectations among voters. With a parliamentary majority and a &#8220;referendum&#8221; victory, as Kurti called it, VV, once a vocal opposition party, had the opportunity to &#8220;meet the will of the citizens&#8221; in government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the popularity of the government and the prime minister seems to have declined in the last two years. According to the UNDP<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.undp.org\/kosovo\/publications\/public-pulse-brief-xxiii\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public Pulse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> poll, conducted in November 2022, the level of satisfaction with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the government&#8217;s executive branch w<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as 41%, compared to 47.2% in April 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The level of satisfaction with the prime minister&#8217;s work in November 2022 was 44.9%, a decline from 52.6% in April.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the two year anniversary of the Kurti government, K2.0 examines the government&#8217;s second year in power and the progress of their program between March 2022 and March 2023, covering everything from the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, the economy, the judiciary and more.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18d5b84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18d5b84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Economic stagnation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac8255d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac8255d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ac1265\" data-id=\"4ac1265\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d50d786 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d50d786\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During 2022, Prime Minister Kurti often<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/albanian.trtbalkan.com\/region\/kurti-ne-forumin-ekonomik-te-vjenes-kosova-me-rritjen-me-te-madhe-ne-rajon-10863409\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">menti<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">oned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the economic growth of 10<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.7% in 2021 and th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4% in 2022 as successes. However, according to data from the World Bank, the <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/News\/Articles\/2023\/01\/27\/pr2323-kosovo-imf-executive-board-concludes-2022-article-iv-consultation\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Monetary Fund<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/ask.rks-gov.net\/sq\/agjencia-e-statistikave-te-kosoves\/add-news\/bruto-produkti-vendor-bpv-me-qasjen-e-shpenzimeve-dhe-te-prodhimit-tm4-2022\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Central Bank of Kosovo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, economic growth has stagnated in 2022.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/news\/press-release\/2022\/05\/04\/kosovo-s-economic-growth-to-decelerate-in-2022-after-a-strong-post-pandemic-recovery\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the World Bank, economic growth during the first half of 2022 was 3.2% with a forecast that during the second half of 2022 growth would be no higher than 3.1%.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the slowest economic growth since 2012, a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ccording to World Bank data, if we do not take into account the rapid economic growth of 2021 that was a result of reopening after the worst of the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-406be20 elementor-section-boxed 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2012<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42f3fba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42f3fba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2RritjaEkonomike-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODc3ODcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hcmNoaXZlLmtvc292b3R3b3BvaW50emVyby5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzAzXC8yUnJpdGphRWtvbm9taWtlLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2RritjaEkonomike-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-87787\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2RritjaEkonomike-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2RritjaEkonomike-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2RritjaEkonomike-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2RritjaEkonomike-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2RritjaEkonomike-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2RritjaEkonomike-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2RritjaEkonomike-326x183.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Source: World Bank.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4464c06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4464c06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"849\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Baner-ENG-First-scaled.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-88433\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa36ac5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"fa36ac5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8cdd1e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8cdd1e1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-072c3a3\" data-id=\"072c3a3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3576af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3576af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In October 2022, Prime Minister Kurti <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/gazeta10.com\/kurti-thote-se-brenda-vitit-jane-hapur-15-mije-vende-te-reja-pune\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that 15,000 new jobs were created in the months between January and August 2022, a number that has been<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evropaelire.org\/a\/qeveria-eksporti-bizneset-\/32089486.html\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">disputed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. According to the Private Sector Union and some <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dukagjini.com\/40-mije-vende-pune-ekonomistet-eshte-vetem-formalizim-i-punesimit\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">economists<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this number is a result of informal workers being brought into the formal economy.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This process of bringing more workers and employers into the formal, tax-paying economy \u2014 an objective of the government \u2014 was partially the result of financial support through the Economic Recovery Package. Parts of this package that provided assistance to private sector businesses and workers were only accessible to workers in the formal economy.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kosovo Agency of Statistics (ASK) <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/ask.rks-gov.net\/sq\/agjencia-e-statistikave-te-kosoves\/add-news\/anketa-e-fuqise-punetore-afp-2021\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has not updated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the data on unemployment in Kosovo since 2021.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although according to Kurti, Kosovo is experiencing its greatest economic growth ever, <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/edhe-nje-vit-i-shtrenjte\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inflation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Kosovo, an import of broader international inflation, has stayed at double-digit levels over the past 12 months.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58db006 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58db006\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fbdb8f\" data-id=\"3fbdb8f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fb0b27 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5fb0b27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cd7483 elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"7cd7483\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;double_underline&quot;,&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;double-digit growth&quot;,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">Inflation continued to record<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">double-digit growth<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">throughout these past 12 months.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-349cf02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"349cf02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Inflacioni_ENG-01.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODgzMzQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hcmNoaXZlLmtvc292b3R3b3BvaW50emVyby5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzAzXC9JbmZsYWNpb25pX0VORy0wMS5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"8000\" height=\"4500\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Inflacioni_ENG-01.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-88334\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Inflacioni_ENG-01.png 8000w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Inflacioni_ENG-01-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Inflacioni_ENG-01-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Inflacioni_ENG-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Inflacioni_ENG-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Inflacioni_ENG-01-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Inflacioni_ENG-01-326x183.png 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 8000px) 100vw, 8000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Kosovo Agency of Statistics<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c6bb42 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4c6bb42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e246cc4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e246cc4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5167c8f\" data-id=\"5167c8f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19f1035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19f1035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another important economic aspect is reciprocity with Serbia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Despite VV&#8217;s constant rhetoric about reciprocity measures, repeated calls for a boycott of Serbian products and promises that the market will be reoriented, <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/ask.rks-gov.net\/sq\/agjencia-e-statistikave-te-kosoves\/ekonomi\/tregtia-e-jashtme\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">foreign trade data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from ASK shows that the market has not reoriented<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Since the Kurti government took power in 2021, Serbia appears to be the main country Kosovo imports from out of the CEFTA countries, well above imports from Albania and North Macedonia. According to an <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.institutigap.org\/infografika\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">analysis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the G<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AP Institute, Serbia is Kosovo\u2019s fourth largest trading partner in 2022 after Turkey, Germany and China.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b75e6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b75e6f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4c9e29\" data-id=\"e4c9e29\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea6800a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ea6800a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15d0b23 elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"15d0b23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;underline_zigzag&quot;,&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;increased&quot;,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">Imports from Serbia<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">increased<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d272465 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d272465\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tregtia_eng.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-88337\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-142c796 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"142c796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e613060 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e613060\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kosovo's main trade partners<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f76e2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f76e2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"8359\" height=\"4500\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Importi_ENG-01.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-88340\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Importi_ENG-01.png 8359w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Importi_ENG-01-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Importi_ENG-01-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Importi_ENG-01-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Importi_ENG-01-1536x827.png 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Importi_ENG-01-2048x1103.png 2048w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Importi_ENG-01-326x175.png 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 8359px) 100vw, 8359px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Source: GAP institute<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4abaa11 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4abaa11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8bcf60f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8bcf60f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a48b20a\" data-id=\"a48b20a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e20656 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e20656\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"titulli2\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although foreign trade data for 2022 has not yet been fully released,<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/ask.rks-gov.net\/en\/kosovo-agency-of-statistics\/economy\/international-trade\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the monthly review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of imports from CEFTA countries shows that Serbia has been at the top of the list every month.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, capital investments have stagnated. According to an<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.institutigap.org\/infografika\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">analysis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the GAP Institute, the increase in the prices of construction materials due to inflation and government policies have caused capital investments in the first six months of 2022 to be the lowest in the last decade, with 9% at the central level and 19% at the local level.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45d4f0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45d4f0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The dialogue has become the priority<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1e0149 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1e0149\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd65f5b\" data-id=\"bd65f5b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e1c869 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e1c869\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kurti initially said that the dialogue with Serbia would not be one of the first five priorities of his governing program and that he would focus on internal dialogue with Kosovo&#8217;s Serbs. However, successive crises with Serbia, international pressure for the establishment of the Association of Serb Municipalities and the recent agreement in Ohrid seem to have made it inevitable that he would have to prioritize the dialogue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In June 2022, the government of Kosovo <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dukagjini.com\/qeveria-merr-vendim-per-reciprocitet-te-targave-me-serbine\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">made<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> two decisions, one on the implementation of reciprocity measures with Serbia regarding license plates and another one on IDs. According to the latter decision, anyone entering Kosovo with identification documents issued by Serbia would be issued a temporary declaration form, which would replace Serbian documents \u2014 a procedure that had been in place for Kosovo citizens entering Serbia since 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the other decision, residents who have vehicles with Serbian-issued license plates bearing the abbreviations of the cities of Kosovo would have to register their vehicles with Kosovar license plates between September 1 and October 31. After October 31, driving with old license plates would not be allowed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On July 31, shortly before the decisions came into force, Serbs erected barricades at Jarinje and Brnjak, two border points with Serbia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The situation settled down after pressure from the EU and the U.S. on the Kosovo government to postpone the implementation of the license plates decision. On July 31, the government decided to postpone it for one month. Meanwhile, on August 27, an agreement was reached to repeal the issuing of temporary identification documents for citizens of both countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. and the EU asked Kosovo&#8217;s government to <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evropaelire.org\/a\/raportet-kurti-shba-be-\/32109343.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">postpone<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the decision on license plates for 10 months, but the government initially did not accept this request. On October 28, the government <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evropaelire.org\/a\/albin-kurti-targa-afati-1-nentor-\/32105810.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presented<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a three-phase plan for the implementation of this decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The situation became tense again after the suspension o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">f the regional director of the Kosovo Police in the north, Nenad \u0110uri\u0107, who had refused to implement t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he Kosovo Government\u2019s decision on license plates. As a result, in early November, Srpska Lista led a mass resignation of Kosovo Serbs from public institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On November 21, 2022, after an eight-hour meeting in Brussels between Kurti and Vu\u010di\u0107, Kurti<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evropaelire.org\/a\/kurti-vuciq-takimi-bruksel-targat-\/32139374.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> refused<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to accept the EU\u2019s proposal to resolve the issue of license plates, <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rtklive.com\/sq\/news-single.php?ID=623708\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">arguing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the proposal was not accompanied by a commitment to the full normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia. He accused the EU Special Representative Josep Borell of giving up on the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. requested the implementation of the license plate decision be postponed for 48 hours and Prime Minister Kurti <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/telegrafi.com\/shtyrja-e-vendimit-per-48-ore-kerkesa-e-shba-ve-dhe-pranimi-kurtit-gjithcka-qe-dihet-deri-tani\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">agreed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, only two days later, on November 2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3, Kosovo and Serbia <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/telegrafi.com\/e-fundit-arrihet-marreveshja-per-targat\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">agreed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the November 21st proposal. According to this agreement, Kosovo will put an end to further actions related to re-registration of cars and Serbia will no longer issue plates with the names of Kosovo cities.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soon after, President Vjosa Osmani<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evropaelire.org\/a\/takimi-presidentja-lideret-partite-zgjedhjet-veri-\/32130241.html\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> December 18 as the date for elections in Kosovo&#8217;s four northern municipalities. On December 6, an office of the Central Election Commission (CEC) was attacked. Kosovar authorities<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kallxo.com\/lajm\/ministri-svecla-tregon-arsyet-pse-eshte-arrestuar-ish-polici-dejan-pantiq\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">arrested<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Dejan Panti\u0107, a former member of the Kosovo Police and stated that there was evidence that he organized the attack on the CEC offices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barricades went up again after the arrest. Several roads in the north of Kosovo were blockaded and several border crossings were closed. The barricades came down in late December and early January and Panti\u0107 was moved from detention to house arrest. Kosovo&#8217;s leadership, according to the EU and the U.S., pledged that there will be no arrests or prosecutions against Serbs related to the barricades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the removal of barricades, international pressure to reach an agreement and establish the Association of Serb Municipalities increased. The proposal was known as the Franco-German Plan, now the European Plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On March 18, 2023, Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 met in Ohrid, North Macedonia. It was announced that at this meeting, which lasted more than seven hours, the parties reached an agreement on the implementation of the European Plan for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most discussed issue has been Article 7 of the European Plan, which requires Kosovo to immediately start negotiations within the EU-mediated dialogue &#8220;to ensure an appropriate level of self-management for the Serbian community in Kosovo&#8221; and in accordance with previous agreements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement to the press after the Ohrid meeting, Prime Minister Kurti said that through the implementation plan, Kosovo had gained &#8220;de-facto recognition&#8221; from Serbia. In terms of the Association, Kurti commented that Article 7 is about &#8220;self-management\u201d and not \u201cself-government.\u201d Nevertheless, they&#8217;ve committed to establishing this &#8220;self-management&#8221; in accordance with previous agreements, implying an agreement to the establishment of the Association of Serb Municipalities in one form or another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This article was the center of attention because VV has long opposed the formation of the Association. They&#8217;ve organized sometimes violent protests and released tear gas in the Assembly building to try to prevent it from moving forward legislatively. Significant VV protests occurred in 2013 around the signing of the Brussels Agreement, in 2015 prior to ratification of an implementation plan for the Association, and again in 2016, 2017 and 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At that time, VV <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vetevendosje.org\/ne-9-vjetorin-e-marreveshjes-thaci-daciq\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">argued<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the Brussels Agreement was contrary to the Constitution of Kosovo and would create a new mono-ethnic institution, \u201cplaced above the municipalities and between the central government and the local one with a representative role and as a decision-making and organizational body only for municipalities with a Serbian majority.&#8221; According to VV, by signing the agreement the government at that time had facilitated the &#8220;division of Kosovo,&#8221; the &#8220;Bosnia-fication of Kosovo&#8221; and the creation of a &#8220;Republika Srpska.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2021, the first year of his government, Kurti <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evropaelire.org\/a\/zbatimi-i-marreveshjeve-te-dialogut-kosove-serbi-\/31300215.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that they would be committed to reviewing the agreements reached earlier, both in terms of their implementation and also the impact they could have on citizens.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e3aa7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e3aa7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"titulli3\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Article 10 of the European Plan, clearly states that both parties confirm their obligations to implement all dialogue agreements from the past \u2014 which Kurti himself said is an &#8220;acceptable and unchangeable&#8221; plan. The same is confirmed in the Implementation Plan that was accepted on Saturday, March 18.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63a10c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63a10c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The pesky media<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b6f898 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b6f898\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8d4af3\" data-id=\"f8d4af3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bb2633 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bb2633\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar to the first year of Kurti&#8217;s government, there was a lack of transparency with journalists in the second year.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A request from VV Assembly Member Fitore Pacolli in July 2022 for governmental regulation of the media, especially online,<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/agk-ks.org\/lajmet\/agk-ja-dhe-kmshk-ja-e-shqetesuar-me-fjalimin-kunder-mediave-te-deputetes-fitore-pacolli\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">alarmed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Association of Journalists of Kosovo (AJK) and the Press Council of Kosovo (KMShK). In September, AJK continued to call on the government and VV to distance themselves from the &#8220;<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/agk-ks.org\/lajmet\/agk-ja-denon-sulmet-e-vazhdueshme-te-eksponenteve-te-pushtetit-ndaj-mediave\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">intensified campaign<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; against the media of some individuals close to the ruling party.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International reports on media freedom in Kosovo suggest there is a less than ideal environment for journalists.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In April 2022, a<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices\/kosovo\/?fbclid=IwAR2cNwJTjA6WCrxAimvb8QM4vMXy1w3yU1UIZ0jlwG50I26teSA5Hlf3gj8\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Kosovo from the U.S. Department of State identified the difficulties of journalists in obtaining information from the public institutions in 2021. The report states that &#8220;government officials, political parties, government-linked businesses, religious groups and disgruntled individuals pressured media owners, editors and journalists not to publish certain stories or material.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he State Department <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices\/kosovo\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">repo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for 2022 said that government officials as well as suspected criminals verbally threatened journalists for reporting that was perceived as negative. According to some editors, government agencies and corporations pulled ads from newspapers that published material criticizing them.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Likewise, the European Commission <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu\/kosovo-report-2022_en\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Progress Report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Kosovo cited AJK in noting an increase in derogatory statements made by politicians towards the media which they fear endangers the safety of journalists and is an attempt to reduce trust in journalistic reporting.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another report expressed similar fears. After a two-day fact-finding mission in Prishtina in November 2022, the partners of<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Council of Europe Platform for the Safety of Journalists <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published their<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/ipi.media\/political-pressure-on-journalists-risks-undermining-media-freedom-progress-in-kosovo\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">findings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on media freedom and the safety of journalists in Kosovo.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a12b38\" data-id=\"6a12b38\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c507e10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c507e10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1346\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Media_ENG2-scaled.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-88445\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44d3ff4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44d3ff4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f104bf1\" data-id=\"f104bf1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e93370b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e93370b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media representatives in Kosovo have highlighted as a particular concern the fact that divisive rhetoric and defamation campaigns against journalists by some politicians and public officials, including from the ruling party, is creating an increasingly hostile climate against the media. They said that these verbal attacks and attempts by political figures to divide the journalistic community, or to portray certain media outlets as political actors, can lead to threats, online harassment and physical violence.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media representatives have expressed their growing concern about the deterioration of transparency and access to information during the current government&#8217;s mandate. Journalists in particular highlighted the lack of options for communication with officials and the ability to submit questions to ministers and the prime minister at press conferences.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Council of Europe report noted the de-politicization process at the public broadcaster Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) as a positive step. New board members were appointed using a transparent and meritocracy-based selection process. However a controversy soon broke out. In January 2023, the RTK Board approved the general director&#8217;s recommendation that Rilind G\u00ebrvalla be appointed director of RTK.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The media soon <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kallxo.com\/lajm\/financuesi-i-vetevendosjes-zgjidhet-drejtor-i-kanalit-ne-gjuhen-shqipe-rtk1-3-dhe-4\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on G\u00ebrvalla&#8217;s public support for VV and connections with the party. G\u00ebrvalla had donated money to VV in 2020 during the election campaign and was present in photographs of VV&#8217;s general council meetings.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/agk-ks.org\/lajmet\/agk-proces-i-ri-per-drejtor-te-televizionit-ne-rtk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from AJK called the appointment of G\u00ebrvalla as director of RTK&#8217;s Albanian channels a conflict of interest and an infringement on the independence of the public broadcaster. In February of this year AJK requested a new recruitment process based on meritocracy and without political interference. G\u00ebrvalla&#8217;s selection was also<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/europeanjournalists.org\/blog\/2023\/02\/03\/kosovo-our-letter-to-the-prime-minister-on-the-capture-of-public-television\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">criticized<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the European Federation of Journalists, Article 19 Europe, the European Center for Press and Media Freedom, the International Press Institute and Reporters Without Borders.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 2022 Human Rights Watch <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/world-report\/2022\/country-chapters\/serbia\/kosovo\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, published in January 2023, gave special importance to the working conditions of journalists in Kosovo. They emphasized the language used by President Osmani&#8217;s husband, Prindon Sadriu, who at the beginning of 2022, referred to the media and journalists as a &#8220;joint criminal organization,&#8221; as well as the derogatory language from Luan Dalipi, the Chief of Cabinet of the Prime Minister Kurti, who called the media &#8220;criminal businesses.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dea0ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8dea0ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"titulli4\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>HRW described these statements as instigating a hostile environment for journalists, and added that &#8220;such statements risk reducing the public&#8217;s trust in the media.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dce78b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dce78b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Problems in the judiciary<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19fd758 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19fd758\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a05d47a\" data-id=\"a05d47a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16fed35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16fed35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process of reform in the judiciary system, towards a &#8220;state of law&#8221; as stated in the election program of VV, continued this year.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the promises made by the Kurti government, full vetting in the justice system, turned into partial vetting. The Venice Commission <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koha.net\/arberi\/330873\/vettingu-ndash-epoke-e-re-per-qeverine-i-pjesshem-per-komisionin-e-venecias\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in June 2022 t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hat only chief prosecutors, presidents of courts, members of the Prosecutorial Council and those of the Judicial Council should be subject to vetting.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initiative for vetting has been opposed by the<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kallxo.com\/lajm\/kpk-shpreh-qendrimet-e-saj-per-opinionet-e-komisionit-te-venecias-mbi-vettingun\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prosecutorial Council<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/betimiperdrejtesi.com\/kgjk-kundershton-vetting-permes-mekanizmave-jashte-gjyqesorit\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judicial Council<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The two groups declared that they will not participate in the working groups of the Ministry of Justice, which are working on constitutional changes and the creation of mechanisms for vetting outside the Prosecutorial Council.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2022, relations between the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecution Council were tense. Along with the Ministry of Justice, Prime Minister Kurti has been repeatedly criticized by the Prosecutorial and Judicial Councils for interfering in the judicial system. Critics claim this has been done through public<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dukagjini.com\/reagon-kpk-ja-dhe-prokurori-i-shtetit-kryeministri-po-jep-informata-te-pasakta\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statements<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the government cabinet and the decision to reduce salaries for judiciary staff. This decision was suspended by the Basic Court in Prishtina, but it led to judiciary institutions <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koha.net\/arberi\/353957\/gjykatat-reduktojne-punen-dhe-pezullojne-bashkepunimin-me-qeverine-pas-vendimit-per-uljen-e-pagave\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">suspending their work<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for several weeks and stopping cooperation with the government.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the second week of February 2022, the Kosovo Assembly <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kallxo.com\/lajm\/miratohet-ligji-per-byrone-e-konfiskimit-te-pasurise-se-pajustifikueshme\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">approved<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Law on the State Bureau for the Verification and Confiscation of Unjustified Assets. This will enable the creation of a mechanism for the confiscation of unjustified assets without the need for a criminal case that has ended with a conviction by the court.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Venice Commission<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koha.net\/arberi\/331287\/komisioni-i-venecias-publikon-opinionin-ndash-numeron-mangesite-ne-draftligjin-e-byrose-per-konfiskim\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">found deficiencies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in this draft law in June 2022. Civil society organizations working in this field<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kli-ks.org\/konfiskimi-i-pasurise-se-pajustifikueshme-problemet-juridike-te-projektligjit-aktual\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">say<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that there are enough existing mechanisms within the current system \u2014 such as the Anti-Corruption Agency \u2014 and that the establishment of a state bureau will not increase efficiency in combating unjustified wealth. On February 21, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK)<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koha.net\/lajmet-e-mbremjes-ktv\/366746\/pdk-ja-con-ne-kushtetuese-byrone-per-konfiskimin-e-pasurise\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sent<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Bureau Law to the Constitutional Court with the argument that this law was unconstitutional. A decision from the Court is still pending.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc33b3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc33b3b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-347101d\" data-id=\"347101d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbbd268 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbbd268\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When Kurti looked back on a year and a half of his government, he said that through the approved draft laws they have &#8220;strengthened the mechanisms for fighting crime and corruption.&#8221;<\/p><p>However, the government seems to have a different approach to justice when it comes to the government employees. There are persons who have open court cases or even have been found guilty that currently serve in the Kurti government.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be4d164 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be4d164\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1537217\" data-id=\"1537217\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7918ed elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c7918ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34fe31c elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"34fe31c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;Problems with the law&quot;,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">Problems with the law<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e460702 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e460702\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2537\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ministrat-english.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-88436\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fd2033 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4fd2033\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29db8cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29db8cc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0a7cff\" data-id=\"e0a7cff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e7411 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47e7411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"titulli5\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kosovo&#8217;s ambassador to Croatia, Martin Berishaj, appointed during the Kurti government, is suspected of being involved in money laundering. In April 2022, the Slovenian<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/albanianpost.com\/https-albanianpost-com-ambasadori-i-kosoves-ne-slloveni-i-perfshire-ne-nje-skandal-financiar\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">media<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wrote that the private Slovenian energy company GEN laundered money by sending it through its subsidiaries in other Balkan countries. According to the report, its subsidiary in Serbia paid Berishaj at least 600,000 euros for consulting between 2019 and 2022. Media outlets reported that this money was sent to Berishaj&#8217;s company &#8220;MB Consulting&#8221; before Berishaj withdrew it and sent it to Slovenia to the then-opposition politician, now the Slovenian Prime Minister, Robert Golob.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berishaj is under investigation in Kosovo for money laundering, <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koha.net\/arberi\/360735\/berishaj-dyshohet-se-shmangu-taksat-per-parate-e-marra-nga-gen-i-i-serbise\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tax evasion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kallxo.com\/lajm\/prokuroria-e-prishtines-fillon-hetimet-ndaj-ambasadorit-berishaj\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">false declarations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of wealth. He continues to be the ambassador of Kosovo in Croatia.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5b8161 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b5b8161\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Poverty levels increase<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f9d1467 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9d1467\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2840af\" data-id=\"f2840af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ee4b4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ee4b4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inflation hit record levels throughout 2022 and early 2023 and reduced the value of Kosovars&#8217; paychecks and savings. According to the UN<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DP Public Pulse poll, the three main concerns of the respondents were: unemployment, poverty and the price increases for essential products.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1631cb3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1631cb3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19e7877\" data-id=\"19e7877\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f49a7df elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f49a7df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7c66eb elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"b7c66eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;curly&quot;,&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;What are the biggest problems for citizens?&quot;,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">What are the biggest problems for citizens?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8d0dbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b8d0dbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Problemet_ENG.gif\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" 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class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5016dcd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5016dcd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65e4ec7\" data-id=\"65e4ec7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8242d16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8242d16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kurti government took two main actions about inflation: support packages and the Law on Wages.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although any money that flows in the market is good for the economy, aid through one-time payments have been criticized by <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gplBY2Tj5yI\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">some<\/span><\/a><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/who-should-the-government-help\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">economists<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who argue that these interventions are neither comprehensive nor sustainable.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Private Sector Union and Chamber of Commerce criticized the government for favoring the public sector while leaving the private sector, which is the main employer, without sufficient support. According to <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evropaelire.org\/a\/superpuna-qeveria-punesimi-\/32271299.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">them<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, neither the initiatives to support salary increases in the private sector, nor the three-month salary support for new employees were sufficient because the subsidized amount was small and the subsidy was short-lasting.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One problem that arose with the support packages was a lack of clarity in who was most in need of support. In Kosovo, the last poverty <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/ask.rks-gov.net\/sq\/agjencia-e-statistikave-te-kosoves\/add-news\/anketa-e-buxhetit-te-ekonomive-familjare-abef-2017\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the Kosovo Agency of Statistics was made in 2017 and does not cover changes that have happened since.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The existing social schemes are exclusionary for many families in need. In addition to unemployment criteria, the applicants for these schemes must meet other criteria, such as all family members being dependent or unable towork.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the World Bank<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/openknowledge.worldbank.org\/bitstream\/handle\/10986\/37192\/P176230099581a01a099140dad12d38ba14.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Kosovo for 2022, about 7% of the total population benefits from the social assistance scheme, but the official poverty rate is about 20%. Only one in four people in the lowest quantile \u2014 the stratum with the lowest incomes \u2014 receive social assistance.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On August 25, 2022, inflation and the non-fulfillment of the demand for an additional 100 euros until the adoption of the new Law on Wages, led the Union of Independent Trade Unions of Kosovo \u2014 which brings together almost all trade unions in Kosovo \u2014 to a<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/telegrafi.com\/bspk-shpall-greve-te-pergjithshme-nga-25-gushti\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">general strike<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7205003\" data-id=\"7205003\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4ba671 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4ba671\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>POVERTY ALLEVIATION<\/b><\/h4><h4><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h4><p><b>March 2022<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 euro payments for public and private sector workers, students and pensioners; double payment for beneficiaries of the social scheme<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>October 2022<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 additional euros for pensioners;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">double payment for social assistance beneficiaries;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">50 additional euros for public officials until the end of the year;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 additional euros for workers in public enterprises;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 euros for students, paid out once in November.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Government support for families<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launched in July 2022, this package targeted those who are\u00a0 registered as unemployed and have no other employed family members. The government paid 70% of their gross salary (up to 300 euros) for six months.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Superpuna<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This platform aims to find employment for young people aged 18 to 25 who have not worked before. The government would support the salary of new employees with 264 euros, equivalent to minimum wage, for up to six months.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0853e2b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0853e2b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-871ae6f\" data-id=\"871ae6f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90f0783 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90f0783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/gzk.rks-gov.net\/ActDetail.aspx?ActID=68695\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Law on W<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ages<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in which new wage coefficients and wage scales were published, becam<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e the focus of public discussion at the beginning of 2023. The Law on Wages in the public sector of Kosovo entered into force on February 5. The government presented it as creating equality between different categories of workers and providing the largest wage increase since 2008.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The law also reduced some workers&#8217; wages while others received symbolic increases. The law also reduced some previously existing allowances for some workers, which had been added to the net wage.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, in infographics<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/albini2017\/posts\/pfbid0YWKEXS65gTwFPZgXvWeosVPdXJ3Yp9ANsPZJakZLbQyXYokmMgQsCU2Bn6dYiarpl\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shared<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Kurti&#8217;s Facebook page, the government claimed that the basic salary for police would increase from 392 euros to 619 euros. But before this law police officers often received more than 619 euros after taking into account work experience, hazard pay, overtime and night shift work.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, many of these bonus allowances have been removed. With the new law, the hazard pay for police officers cannot exceed 1% of the overall budget of the Kosovo Police, which the Police Union has called insufficient.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evropaelire.org\/a\/pagat-e-reja-policia-e-kosoves-\/32252971.html\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police Union<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the actual salary increase, after removing the allowances, does not exceed 50 or 60 euros.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51290e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51290e7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-456029b\" data-id=\"456029b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-000a0e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"000a0e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f56a5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f56a5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"titulli6\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criticism of the government&#8217;s changes in this Law has been mainly related to the elimination or limitation of such allowances. For many categories of workers, this change will negatively affect the total amount they will receive at the end of the month. So far, the Ombudsman has received over<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kallxo.com\/lajm\/avokati-i-popullit-ka-pranuar-mbi-50-ankesa-kunder-ligjit-te-ri-te-pagave\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">50 complaints against<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this law.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6649044 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6649044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Only strikes bring attention to education<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a3e1d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a3e1d7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-971603a\" data-id=\"971603a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d70acc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d70acc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The few times the government mentioned education was when teachers went on strike.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From August 25, 2022, a few days before the start of the new school year, under the umbrella of the United Union of Education, Science and Culture (SBAShK), the teachers of Kosovo<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evropaelire.org\/a\/greva-viti-i-ri-shkollor-\/32012268.html\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">went<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on strike for more than a month.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They demanded financial support of 100 euros for all education workers to cope with inflation until the Law on Wages would be approved. They also asked to be included in the drafting of this law. The government initiated the support package which provided for the allocation of 50 euros per month for all public officials until the end of the year. But the strikers considered this<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/the-government-vs-the-teachers-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">package insufficient<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a month, the government confronted SBAShK and<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evropaelire.org\/a\/sindikatat-greva-ne-kosove-\/32003123.html\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">threatened<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> them with a penalty through the suspension of salaries for the month they were on strike. Prime Minister Kurti, among other things,<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/telegrafi.com\/kurti-per-kerkesen-e-sbashk-ut-kercenimet-e-shantazhet-dua-kaq-para-cdo-muaj-nuk-pranohen\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">called<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the strike &#8220;blackmail,&#8221; &#8220;a threat&#8221; and the &#8220;ruin of the state,&#8221; mentioning also the poor results of the students in PISA, even though this responsibility falls more under the Ministry of Education than<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/the-government-vs-the-teachers-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the teachers or the union<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The government&#8217;s language was<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/lessons-from-the-education-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">criticized<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as an &#8220;infringement of trade union freedom in Kosovo.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-908ecd0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"908ecd0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b06633\" data-id=\"7b06633\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-793b552 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"793b552\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, one of<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kryeministri.rks-gov.net\/blog\/kryeministri-kurti-prezantoi-ne-kuvend-programin-e-qeverise-per-vitet-2021-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the goals of the Kurti<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> government was the construction of 160 kindergartens that would increase the scope of early education from 7% of children to 24%. But so far, only four kindergartens have been completed \u2014 one in the village of Vrelle in Istog, one in Zheg\u00ebr in Gjilan, one in Qifllak in Vitia and one in Prizren. In the 2023 budget, 6.5 million has been set aside for the construction of new kindergartens. This includes about 21 kindergartens, the construction of which will happen between 2022 and 2026.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9252a1\" data-id=\"b9252a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2710fab elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"2710fab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;160 kindergartens&quot;,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">Only 4 out of <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">160 kindergartens<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">promised were built<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63f1bf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63f1bf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"5380\" height=\"5984\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cerdhet_ENG-01-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-88359\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cerdhet_ENG-01-1.png 5380w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cerdhet_ENG-01-1-270x300.png 270w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cerdhet_ENG-01-1-921x1024.png 921w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cerdhet_ENG-01-1-768x854.png 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cerdhet_ENG-01-1-1381x1536.png 1381w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cerdhet_ENG-01-1-1841x2048.png 1841w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cerdhet_ENG-01-1-326x363.png 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5380px) 100vw, 5380px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33f9fc4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33f9fc4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-288d889\" data-id=\"288d889\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8f00b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8f00b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A K2.0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/ghost-schools-ghetto-schools-and-segregated-shifts\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">investigation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in May 2022 found that Roma and Ashkali children are being segregated from their peers in the Serbian parallel education and that the Kosovo government has failed to address the needs of these vulnerable children. Activists called this an indicator of the general discrimination that the Roma and Ashkali communities experience on a daily basis.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fa026a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fa026a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"titulli7\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minister of Education Arb\u00ebrie Nagavci told K2.0 that &#8220;the issue of Serbian schools is a very complex political issue since they are schools that are not controlled by the institutions of Kosovo.\u201d They commented that until the time of our research they had no evidence that there is segregation in schools, even though NGOs and activists have raised this issue with the institutions for years. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ac41bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ac41bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The health sector at a standstill<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1907d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1907d6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31ff61e\" data-id=\"31ff61e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-678e432 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"678e432\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the health sector is high on the priorities of the<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/masht.rks-gov.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Programi-i-Qeverise-se-Kosoves-2021-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> VV\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">governing program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the situation in this sector remains severe. The program states that &#8220;our priority for health, in addition to the management of the Covid-19 pandemic, is the implementation of comprehensive reform that enables the development of the health system.\u201d Yet no draft law aimed at reforming the health sector<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koha.net\/arberi\/362348\/nga-7-ligjet-e-premtuara-per-2022-ten-ministria-e-shendetesise-nuk-e-finalizoi-asnje\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been approved<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Health found itself in difficulties due to changes of ministers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appointed in November 2021 as minister of health, Rifat Latifi resigned in October 2022. There was no health minister for almost two months until the government reappointed Minister Arben Vitia, who in October 2021 had resigned from this post to join the race for mayor of Prishtina.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7badfb7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7badfb7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-446cb12\" data-id=\"446cb12\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f427119 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f427119\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1588854 elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"1588854\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;five times.&quot;,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">In less than two years of governance, the appointed minister of health has changed <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">five times.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-840fcec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"840fcec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2027\" height=\"915\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ministrateshendetesise_ENG2.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-88442\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a8350 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"13a8350\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-403be0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"403be0a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5266d1\" data-id=\"c5266d1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb22a2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb22a2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In September 2022, the Kurti government<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koha.net\/arberi\/343613\/formohet-komisioni-ekzekutiv-per-shendetesi-udhehiqet-nga-kurti\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">established<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Health Executive Commission, which he would lead.<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koha.net\/arberi\/343629\/kurti-gjendja-ne-shendetesi-aq-e-rende-saqe-me-te-smund-te-merret-vetem-ministria\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Kurti, healthcare is in a serious situation and it was not enough that only Minister of Health Latifi was committed to the issue. However, it is not clear what is being done by this commission.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6266323 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6266323\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"titulli8\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The media continuously<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koha.net\/arberi\/362737\/gjendje-e-mjerueshme-ne-shskuk-ska-penj-per-operime-infuzione-doreza-e-as-qese-urinore\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the lack of essential medicine for cancer patients, beds for operations, infusions, gloves and urine bags in the clinics of the Kosovo University Hospital and Clinic Service (ShSKUK). Koha<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koha.net\/arberi\/362584\/parate-shkuan-ne-suficit-ne-se-paku-12-klinika-ne-qkuk-qe-disa-muaj-ska-as-shampon-as-letra-per-tualete\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that around 1,300,000 euros meant to be spent on\u00a0 medicine and other medical supplies in 2022, had gone into surplus as the management failed to complete the procurement process. In addition, for at least four months, ShSKUK has not been able to procure liquid soap or toilet paper.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f84008 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f84008\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Human rights, but not for all<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35b658b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35b658b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0c5f0c\" data-id=\"b0c5f0c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b82eb87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b82eb87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VV\u2019s promise to prioritize &#8220;<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vetevendosje.org\/alternativa_vv\/prioritetet2021\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all citizens<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&#8221; as promoted in their well-known slogan &#8220;Krejt dhe Drejt&#8221; (All and fair), seems to have not included everyone.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In March 2022, the new government was tested in terms of respecting the rights of LGBTQ+ citizens in Kosovo. It did not pass this test. On March 16, the draft law of the Civil Code, a document that would regulate various aspects of private and public life in Kosovo, was<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/nuk-e-dime-qysh-eshte-me-qene-te-lire\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">put to the vote<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the 1,630 articles of the draft law, article 1,138, paragraph 2 opened the way for registered same-sex civil unions. The law, which the government presented, did not pass. Among the loudest adversaries were<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/we-dont-know-what-its-like-to-be-free\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VV<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Assembly members Burim Meta, Gramoz Agusholli and Labinot\u00eb Demi Murtezi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2022 U.S. State Department report on human rights in Kosovo <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/415610_KOSOVO-2022-HUMAN-RIGHTS-REPORT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the Ombudsperson Institution in Kosovo has emphasized that Assembly members, representatives of political parties and government officials used derogatory language against LGBTQ+ people when the Civil Code was discussed.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hate speech and misinformation, which were spread and incited in the Assembly, brought activists to the streets, protesting under the slogan &#8220;Homophobe, you have no place in the Assembly.&#8221; Likewise, the most prominent organizations for the protection of human rights, such as the <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbti-era.org\/news\/letters-support-civil-society-organizations-and-human-rights-defenders-western-balkans-and\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Association for Equal Rights for the Western Balkans and Turkey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/sites\/default\/files\/media_2022\/03\/Kosovo%20Marriage%20Letter%203.16.22%20for%20Web_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human Rights Watch<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, sent letters calling on the deputies and other stakeholders to act according to the Constitution of Kosovo, which does not mention gender or sex in relation to marriage, and\u00a0 asked not to discriminate same-sex couples.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the rejection of the law, it is not clear when the Civil Code will return to the Assembly for voting or what it will contain in relation to the recognition of civil unions or the right to same-sex marriage.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On March 8, just like in <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/how-many-more-women-killed\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2022<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/marshohet-per-8-mars-kerkohet-drejtesi-per-grate-e-vrara\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2023<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the squares of Prishtina and other municipalities were filled with protesters. They carried slogans such as &#8220;justice for the murdered women,&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;how many more missed calls&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and &#8220;the state has the blood of murdered women on its hands.&#8221; Yet violence against women, femicide and cases of institutional neglect continued.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On August 29, 2022, the news broke of an 11-year-old girl who was raped for seven hours in a public park in Prishtina, by five men and boys. This incident turned people\u2019s attention to institutional negligence when it comes to the protection of women and girls.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feminist groups and organizations called a protest. On August 31, thousands of people came onto the streets \u2014 one of the biggest protests against gender based violence in recent years \u2014 demanding concrete actions from the government and other institutions. The government<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/albini2017\/posts\/pfbid02HUPQGK83Y5Tdvm6ss9u5qptTx16zSxQvuNyHQejt4mzTgBSErKsG7cWbJXdc9XUkl\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the dismissal of the Director of the Regional Police in Prishtina and the Director of Operatives in the Regional Directorate of Prishtina. The General Director and the Director of the Directorate for the Treatment of Prisoners and Minors offered their resignations.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Activists, believing their demands had not been met, continued protesting on September 5. New details reported by the media revealed that the same minor had been raped by six other men a month earlier. Until this case became public in August, no one had been arrested for it. After the protests,<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/disciplining-feminist-activism-through-fines\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seven activists<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were fined for disrupting public order in the two protests, on August 31 and September 5, an act that was described as the &#8220;persecution of activists.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In October 2022, the government<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evropaelire.org\/a\/kosova-kodi-penal-dhuna-seksuale-\/32077099.html\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">approved<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a draft law for changes to the Criminal Code to &#8220;encourage judges and prosecutors to react and act more and faster&#8221; when it comes to violence against women. According to the changes, the Judicial Council will have a register with the information of individuals who are found guilty of such criminal offenses and this register will be public. Those found guilty will be banned from holding public positions for three to 10 years and will be deprived of the right to obtain a driver&#8217;s license and the right to drive a car for one to five years.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of 2022 another case drew attention. Hamide Magashi was killed by her husband in the courtyard of the hospital, where she had gone to give birth. According to the<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/kallxo.com\/lajm\/cka-permban-nje-formular-per-ekzekutimin-e-masave-mbrojtese-per-dhune-ne-familje\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">media<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Magashi had a protection order against her husband and suspicions arose that police officials had filled out forms to monitor the protection order after she was killed.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kurti chose to comment on the case in a way that was<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid yellow;\" href=\"https:\/\/gazetablic.com\/dy-shqiptare-me-pak-do-te-jene-duke-menduar-armiqte-tane-kritikohet-ashper-postimi-i-kurtit-per-rastin-makaber\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">widely criticized<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and contrary to the principles of human rights. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook post<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/albini2017\/posts\/pfbid0378hxJ3Ef31Wd8fKGPyeUcCrAJ3ACYAPHQms75hJYZWtY3A7snvdYyyhAZUyvJiBgl\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kurti <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8220;Our enemies will be thinking, there are two less Albanians,\u201d referring to Magashi and her unborn baby.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-609de60 elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--no-spacing elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"609de60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; preserveAspectRatio=&#039;xMidYMid meet&#039; overflow=&#039;visible&#039; height=&#039;100%&#039; viewBox=&#039;0 0 126 26&#039; fill=&#039;black&#039; stroke=&#039;none&#039;%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M3,10.2c2.6,0,2.6,2,2.6,3.2S4.4,16.5,3,16.5s-3-1.4-3-3.2S0.4,10.2,3,10.2z M18.8,10.2c1.7,0,3.2,1.4,3.2,3.2s-1.4,3.2-3.2,3.2c-1.7,0-3.2-1.4-3.2-3.2S17,10.2,18.8,10.2z M34.6,10.2c1.5,0,2.6,1.4,2.6,3.2s-0.5,3.2-1.9,3.2c-1.5,0-3.4-1.4-3.4-3.2S33.1,10.2,34.6,10.2z M50.5,10.2c1.7,0,3.2,1.4,3.2,3.2s-1.4,3.2-3.2,3.2c-1.7,0-3.3-0.9-3.3-2.6S48.7,10.2,50.5,10.2z M66.2,10.2c1.5,0,3.4,1.4,3.4,3.2s-1.9,3.2-3.4,3.2c-1.5,0-2.6-0.4-2.6-2.1S64.8,10.2,66.2,10.2z M82.2,10.2c1.7,0.8,2.6,1.4,2.6,3.2s-0.1,3.2-1.6,3.2c-1.5,0-3.7-1.4-3.7-3.2S80.5,9.4,82.2,10.2zM98.6,10.2c1.5,0,2.6,0.4,2.6,2.1s-1.2,4.2-2.6,4.2c-1.5,0-3.7-0.4-3.7-2.1S97.1,10.2,98.6,10.2z M113.4,10.2c1.2,0,2.2,0.9,2.2,3.2s-0.1,3.2-1.3,3.2s-3.1-1.4-3.1-3.2S112.2,10.2,113.4,10.2z&#039;\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;);\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3d64c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3d64c0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d534ab6\" data-id=\"d534ab6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-371cee4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"371cee4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its second year, the Kurti government seems to have stalled when it comes to delivering the goals it had set in the election campaign and when it took power. The Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, which was not a priority initially, inevitably became one. The economic growth that was promised, stagnated. The education and health sectors continued to be weak points and the institutional passivity against the violation of human rights, especially women&#8217;s, continued.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the meantime, the Kurti government still has two years left to prove whether it will get to work and realize its promised goals.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional reporting by Aulon\u00eb Kadriu<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><b>Feature image: Atdhe Mulla \/ K2.0.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62e337e elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-fixed elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62e337e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#titulli3\" target=\"_blank\">\u2022 Media<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-303f4a1 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-fixed elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"303f4a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#titulli4\" target=\"_blank\">\u2022 judiciary<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eca848 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-fixed elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1eca848\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#titulli5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2022 Poverty<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94ecc89 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-fixed elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94ecc89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#titulli6\" target=\"_blank\">\u2022 Education<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7aaab4 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-fixed elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7aaab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#titulli7\" target=\"_blank\">\u2022 Health<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eca514d elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-fixed elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eca514d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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