The leader of PSD, Dardan Molliqaj has commented on the dress of Kurti’s daughter which he wore at the festival in France.

Molliqaj told Pressing that it does not matter if the dress was bought or forgiven.

According to him, the important thing is that Kurti’s daughter wore that dress.

“It does not matter if he bought the dress or not. Work is ae ear, work is what life does, lifestyle. The problem is deeper than that. This is not true. This is a global hoax. “Leaders of different countries wear traditional clothes”, said Molliqaj.

He added that beliefs do not allow him to do certain things and according to him Kurti has wrong beliefs.

“It is important, it is not the job whether Albini bought it or they forgave him, the job is whether he heard it. Your convictions will not allow them, Albini has wrong beliefs, not behaviors, not gestures “, said Molliqaj.

The Democratic Party of Kosovo has addressed a host of criticisms of President Vjosa Osmani and her husband, Prindon Sadriu. According to them, the presidential family, Osmani-Sadriu cost the Kosovo budget over 70 thousand euros per year.

The MP of the largest opposition party, Floretë Zejnullahu in today’s session of the Assembly of Kosovo, said that this family is treating Kosovo as a monarchy and that the same receive about 33 minimum wages for a month.

“The President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani and her husband Prindon Sadriu receive tens of thousands of euros only salaries from the Kosovo budget. Vjosa Osmani’s presidential family is treating Kosovo as a monarchy, while this family receives more money from the state budget within 1 year than any other citizen of Kosovo. From the declaration of assets to the Anti-Corruption Agency, this family receives from the Kosovo budget more than 33 thousand euros salary for only 1 year, her husband who has already been promoted in diplomacy receives over 36 thousand euros salary for one year. “So the presidential family Osmani-Sadriu receive from the budget of Kosovo more than 70 thousand euros during a year”, she said./E.Zeqiri

The Municipality of Prishtina has unveiled three project proposals for the construction of the Concert Hall in the former department store “Gërmia”. The conceptual projects were considered phenomenal and would preserve the heritage and memory of the former Germia. Until it was said that next week it will be known which project will be selected by the municipality.

The mayor of the capital, Shpend Ahmeti in a press conference, said that in order to make the right selection they have arranged a professional jury consisting of international professors, architects and members of the Institute of Cultural Heritage.

According to him, if the financial cost of its construction is 9 million euros, like the first project presented, then within two years the same will be built.

Ahmeti: The idea was to preserve as much identity and memory as possible

“The idea was to preserve as much identity and memory as possible. But on the other hand, as in many cities in the world today, especially in Europe where the building is invested, the city’s heritage is preserved, but the intervention is done in such a way that we have the memory and something to be used in modern times …. The cost is 9 million. Prishtina can complete this hall in two years, so that in 2023 we will be ready for concerts “, he said.

Despite this, Ahmeti said that this competition is only for elections, not a decision for construction, as the cost may be high of the winner by the jury.

Ahmeti: This is a competition for elections, it is not a decision for construction

“This is a competition for elections, it is not a decision for construction. It may happen that those who win the first place will be the best, if we decide not to build it because it costs 50 million euros that we do not have. But our idea is to decide for the good. As soon as the commission decides to put it in the tender to start its construction … I believe that next week the selection will be made, they have had a meeting and it will show when it is done who won. “Then we open the rest of the offer that has to do with the company and the financial offer, how much it will cost”, he added.

Although he made the projects public, Ahmeti did not reveal the names of the companies, as he said that according to the rules, they were submitted only in numbers.

Ahmeti: We have hired three international professors

“We have hired three international professors, one from the universities of Havarda, Zagreb and Istanbul who we asked to be part of the jury, two from the association of architects, a member of the municipality and the Cultural Heritage Institute … whose proposal it is. Therefore, today we do not tell you who the company is because according to the procurement rules, these have been submitted with a number, a figure that the commission does not know which proposal belongs to “, declared Ahmeti.

When the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic angrily declared that Serbs could no longer rely on the support of the European Union. Serbia can only count on one ally, said Vucic, the People’s Republic of China.

Since the beginning of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, in which Beijing invested in infrastructure projects in dozens of countries. From mines to highways, factories and railways, Chinese investments have been flowing into Serbia since 2016.

China’s presence in Serbia is not new. The ties between the two nations were first established during the time of the Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic. However, the Chinese presence was only visible during rare cultural events and a small Chinese trading community in the New Belgrade District.

Earlier this year, Vucic described the relationship between the two nations as a “friendship made of steel,” a fitting description given the recent purchase of a steel mill in the city of Smederevo by the Chinese HBIS group.

The deal is beneficial to China as the mill’s debt of EUR 300 million has now been borne by Serbian taxpayers. The project is referred to as the “savior program” for the city and the Serbian economy in general.

But the citizens of Smederevo – and the surrounding towns and villages – got more than they expected.

Vladimir Milic, an activist with the NGO Tvrdjava – which means “The Fort” – told Euronews that iron dust from the steel mill coated everything within 10 kilometers of the mill.

“We are desperate. People cough, you can’t open the windows and even the plants are covered in dust. We can’t sell our products and most of us don’t work in the factory – which is what we will live on, ”he said.

Milic said locals are preparing a lawsuit against the company while numerous petitions and reports have been submitted to Serbian institutions regarding the pollution, but nothing has been done so far.

“We protested on the street, but the government and the company are silent. We even found out that the government provided for free [of] the local port on [the] Danube to the company, free of charge for the next 50 years, ”he said.

The situation is similar in the city of Bor, whose residents took to the streets in their thousands last week to protest pollution after a Chinese company, Zijin, bought a mine there in 2018.

The mine is the largest copper mine complex in the Balkans and its operation has led to an increase in pollution. In September, 1645 mg SO2 were measured in the air, more than ten times the legally permissible 125 mg.

Local activist and opposition politician Irena Zivkovic said that arsenic in the air was 200 times the concentration allowed last year. She also told Euronews that heavy metals were detected well above allowable levels.

“When we asked for the official data about [its] Public health impact, how many newly ill people are in the area – lung disease, cancer – we have received no response from the institutions, “she said.

Zivkovic said Bor’s local government refused to answer citizens’ questions about air quality.

Since the takeover in 2018, Serbian courts have fined Zijin three times for pollution. However, in accordance with local law, the fines for this crime cannot exceed € 26,000.

Neither Zijin nor HBIS Group responded to Euronews’ requests for comments on the matter. The Serbian government did not answer any questions asked by Euronews.

Critics fear that Serbia will become a test case and model for Chinese investments in poorer, more indebted European countries and that state assets will be sold at the expense of local citizens and that even weak environmental protection measures will be neglected.

They say Serbia is in dire need of investment and the government has already shown a willingness to bypass normal regulatory protocol to quickly move a weak asset, including the recent sale of the Belgrade waterfront to a UAE company.

Meanwhile, business cooperation between the two nations has gone hand in hand with security and military cooperation. Serbia was on the verge of purchasing the Chinese FK-3 missile system, making it the first country outside of China to use the system.

Huawei

However, Serbia has already acquired Chinese CH-92A drones, and Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin recently said China had donated military equipment to the country.

In return, China has received political support from Belgrade, including Serbia’s support for Beijing’s policy towards the Muslim Uighur community. Serbia is the only European nation to support Beijing’s claims that it is “fighting terrorism and extremism” in northwest China.

“It is obvious that China is doing [a] Breakthrough to Europe via the Balkans and especially to Serbia, ”said Vuk Vuksanovic, Associate at LSE IDEAS, the foreign policy think tank of the London School of Economics.

Vuksanovic said Serbia’s status as a candidate for the European Union, but not yet a member, makes it desirable for Beijing to gain a foothold in Europe without the regulatory burden of formal membership in the bloc.

It can add Serbia’s support to that of EU members Greece and Hungary, who have also shown themselves to be friendly to Beijing and support them in the European Parliament.

But Vuksanovic expects the spit over Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei to make Serbia’s attempts to be close to both China and the US more difficult. Belgrade has come closer and closer to the US under President Donald Trump, but the White House is unlikely to look friendly if Serbia fails to reconcile its all-out war against Huawei.

Huawei recently installed nearly 1,000 high-resolution cameras at 1,000 key locations in Belgrade that use face and license plate recognition software, but also video management systems. In cooperation with Huawei, a data center is also planned in the city of Kragujevac.

“It’s going to be a difficult dilemma. Belgrade can buy time, but if Washington hits Huawei, Serbia will have to decide where it stands. And it will happen, ”he said.

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The Municipality of Prishtina days ago managed to finalize another tender with a contract.

This time, the municipality led by Shpend Ahmeti was supplied with serological tests for SARS-Covid19.

According to the tender published by the procurement, the total value of the contract was 165 thousand euros.

The tender in question was awarded to the economic operator “Uni-Care” LLC

The total value of the contract is 59 thousand and 500 euros.

Further, it is reported that the responsive tender with the highest price was the one who was crowned.

It is worth mentioning the fact that during the last 24 hours, 292 new cases of Covid19 have been registered in the country, 3 deaths and 556 cured.

Meanwhile, in Prishtina alone, 100 new cases of coronavirus have been registered.