The President of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Lumir Abdixhiku held a friendly meeting with senior EU representatives, the Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood. Olivér Várhelyi, Vice-Chair of the EPP Enlargement, Western Balkans and Southern Neighborhood Group in the European Parliament, Andrey Kovatchev, and a number of MEPs and rapporteurs from the European Parliament.

According to the LDK communiqué, the EU representatives praised the participation of the Democratic League of Kosovo in the voting process and congratulated President Abdixhiku for the constructive role that the LDK has played, paving the way for the election of the President.

They also informed President Abdixhiku that the EU is finalizing efforts to, in addition to the COVAX channel, soon provide additional vaccines for Kosovo and other countries in the region.

President Abdixhiku thanked the EU representatives for the support that the EU has given to Kosovo, emphasizing the need for visa liberalization for the citizens of the country and an acceleration of the integration process.

The Polish government announced today the subsequent opening of additional emergency hospitals to cope with the enormous acceleration of COVID-19 cases.

The Polish Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, blamed the British version for the rush of cases, saying that “the most contagious version of COVID-19 was responsible for about 60 to 80% of all new cases”, reports ATS.

In the long run, the number of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients is expected to double, according to the government.

At present, authorities say more than 23,000 Covid patients are being treated in hospital.

Of these, more than 2,300 need a fan.

The toughest antiCOVID-19 measures went into effect today in the country.

The Ministry of Finance has completed the execution of the supplement payment in the amount of 100 euros for employees of the pre-university education system of the public sector in Kosovo.

The funds paid for this purpose have been allocated from the Economic Recovery Program, approved on January 14, 2021, specifically from measure 2 – to support the education sector to enable the smooth running of learning during the school year 2020/21.

The execution of the second part of the additional 100 euros is planned to be realized in May 2021 from the same source of funding, it is said in the announcement of the Ministry of Finance.