The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti received a delegation of the Southeast European News Agency Network (ABNA) with whom he discussed the Government’s priorities, the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of the media in the objective coverage of the pandemic reality.

In this meeting, Kurti spoke about the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken by the government to alleviate the consequences of the pandemic.

He said that “so far Kosovo has administered over one million doses of anti-COVID vaccine and this adds to the hope for easier coping with the risk of new waves of announced spread of the virus”.

The Prime Minister also informed the representatives of the news agencies about the legal actions taken by the Government to fight corruption. He said that “thankfully corruption in Kosovo is not a culture, but it is an established system in institutions, and as such it is more likely to be fought”.

Regarding the state of the media in Kosovo, Prime Minister Kurti said that “it is not the best, but it is not too bad”, it is said in the announcement from the Government.

He said that the media in general have contributed to informing the public about the epidemiological situation. But, he continued, “there have also been media outlets that have often undermined pandemic management efforts, reporting unverified news and misinformation, even launched by opposition MPs.”

The statement said that representatives of the Southeast European News Agency network thanked the Prime Minister for the welcome and informed him about ABNA’s work and media challenges during and after the pandemic.

We recall that the network of Southeast European News Agencies has recently held the annual conference in Kosovo with the central theme “Media and tourism in the post-pandemic era.” / Voice

Chelsea have collected three new points in the Premier League after Saturday’s 3-0 victory over Aston Villas with two goals by Romelu Lukaku and one by Croatian Mateo Kovacic.

Despite the result, coach Thomas Tuchel is not happy with the debut of Saul Niguez who was transferred in the last hours of the transfer window from Atletico Madrid and played his first game in the English Premier League.

Thomas Tuchel said that Saul made big mistakes in his debut in Chelsea on Saturday against Aston Villas, but the manager took responsibility for this appearance of his, KosovaPress reports.

He chose his lineup thinking the midfielder would be able to adapt immediately to the pace of the game before replacing the Spanish international in the first half of the 3-0 win.

Saul did not train in the pre-season with the “London Blues” after arriving shortly before the end of the transfer window.

“I had the feeling he would fight,” Tuchel told Sky Sport. “He made some big mistakes and he struggled with the intensity of the game. “You can see he is not fully adapted.”

“It is entirely my responsibility. I had the feeling he could jump on the field for us and play at that level. I thought it was probably better to replace it, but that does not change anything about the way I see it. “, Further stressed the German coach.

Chelsea is currently ranked second in the table with 10 points, as much as Manchester United is in first place.

The singer of Albanian origin and world fame, Rita Ora does not hesitate to occasionally publish provocative photos in front of her 16 million followers on Instagram.

Her mother’s comments often steal Rita Ora’s attention and this is what happened in the last photos where she posed in lingerie that shows her a little more than she should.

“Those little cups”, the singer’s mother wrote in her comment and immediately received many reactions from her followers.

Recall that Rita Ora is enjoying her romance with director Taika Waititi and the couple have taken their relationship one step further by planning the wedding day at a convenient and fast moment.

Journalist Valon Syla posted a photo on Facebook, where he is seen drinking Red Bull.

Syla is known for his attitudes about the diaspora where he says that such people drink Red Bulla when they come to Kosovo.

In the photo, besides Red Bull, you can also see his ID card, about which Syla says “Originall is a man”.

His irony with the ID comes after the LDK candidate for mayor of Prishtina, Përparim Rama, was reported to have had a problem at the CEC because he had applied with an UNMIK ID.

However, Rama denied such a thing and said that he applied with a Kosovo ID card.

Vetëvendosje Movement MP, Arbër Rexhaj praised the Kurti Government for the 100-day work of the executive. According to him, no previous government has worked more in the rule of law and foreign policy.

Rexhaj in the plenary session, where the work of the government cabinet is being debated, also criticized the opposition for jealousy and oppositionism, as barren said.

“In 100 working days, no previous government has worked so hard. “No government has shown its success in pandemic management, economic revival, rule of law, order and the field of foreign policy and defense,” Rexhaj added.

He addressed the opposition, that they can not behave the same when they are in power, as they were in opposition, after the roles were changed.

“Of course we behaved differently when we were in opposition, we are different today when we are in government. Roles have already changed. I understand the jealousy of our colleagues, because they are not able to do the opposition properly. “They even have it barren and with topics that are empty,” he said.

The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama is participating in the “Symi Symposium” in Greece. From Athens, he said on Wednesday that everything should be done to make the region similar to the European Union, to implement the four EU freedoms, to make the borders fluid and to do such trade.

“I can give you a figure that is interesting to economists here. The waiting time for trucks at the Balkan borders, to cross them, to go to Thessaloniki or Durrës is 1100 years a year. So trucks wait 1,100 years at the border just to cross the region’s non-tariff barriers and submit double, sometimes triple, phytosanitary documents, for example. So the solution to this would be the extraordinary unleashing of a potential and if we manage to have this, the effect on our GDP will be very large, only with this, without investment, simply by removing non-tariff barriers in the region. “This is something we have discussed for a long time,” Rama said.

Rama has criticized the EU, saying that the path to the integration of the Western Balkans is dependent on EU nationalists.

“I must say that the Bulgarian attitude is a result of what Bulgaria is learning within the EU from the great ones. Bulgaria learned that you can use local politics to block others. In the Balkans when we copy it we go further than the original. When we entered this process of European integration we were told that this was the magic potion against nationalism, to make us more open and democratic. But with what is happening now we are increasingly hostage to EU nationalization, in practice the path of integration of the Western Balkans is increasingly dependent on EU nationalism. When I talk about the nationalism of the EU, I am talking about the nationalism of important countries that hold non-nationalist leaders hostage and fall prey to these games of using the European Council to squeeze the Balkan countries and on the other hand to ‘show muscles to their peoples. So it is not true that the EC has a cohesive decision regarding the geostrategic vision of things, it is a place where EU nationalisms through non-nationalist leaders play games. “Bulgaria is collateral damage in this regard,” he said.

He further said that “the EU needs the Balkans as much as the Balkans need the EU. “It’s not the job we need them for and they do not need us.”

The head of government said, “We practically started the process from the beginning as a Schengen regional area to limit what it was, which means an area where all four freedoms apply. So we named it that. We lost several years, because Vuçiç wanted the free movement of goods, capital, but not people, because if he did, the border between Kosovo and Albania would be formal. He took the step further after I told him if he does not fully accept it for the four freedoms we are doing what we have done throughout our history, we are becoming the caricature of the original.

He added: “Highways may not bring democracy, but democracy without highways is a mess that goes to hell. So we said let the three of us do it, not to divide others, not to exclude others, but to say, whoever joins is welcome and only relied on on a bilateral basis, does not rely on consensus and things like that “It is bilateral.”

Rama also mentioned the isolation of Kosovo, saying that being isolated from the EU but also among oneself is a madness.

“If we want to do this with Northern Macedonia, we do it, if Kosovo will do it with us, with Northern Macedonia with anyone else, it will not do it with Serbia, let it not do it. It is very clear that Serbia can not say that Kosovo must either do it all or with no one, so it is something open and it can allow us to go very far. So what does it mean to be isolated from the EU and to be isolated among yourself? “It is madness, utter madness.”

Of course, Rama continued, there are also conspiracy theories that this is the new Yugoslavia plus Albania, this is the alternative that the Europeans are giving us in order to take us somewhere.

“No, it is not like that, because in the end through this process we will learn how to live in an interstate space and when it comes to being part of the EU we will be more willing. I see it as something big “, said Rama.

The President of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Lumir Abdixhiku at the roundtable organized by the FOL Movement has addressed criticism of the Kurti government, which according to him have poorly started the most executive work.

“Unfortunately, this government has shown for Kosovo that it has the weakest start. From participating in the elections in Albania, to the messages they are sending abroad. “There is an inexplicable arrogance that will naturally boomerang back in time,” he said.

Abdixhiku in the debate “Speak openly” also said that the whole cabinet of Kurti is weak and that they have a serious lack of representation of ideas in public.

“The whole government cabinet is weak. Some of them were former directors in the Municipality of Prishtina and we have seen their work. Serious lack of representation of ideas in public. Anyone who reads the governing program understands how dry it is. “It is a government of practitioners and not a government of the best men and women of the country who must lead bravely”, added the chairman of LDK.

He said that LDK will not behave like Vetëvendosje in opposition.

“LDK has made clear its governing position. LDK does not participate in the dialogue, LDK has submitted a document that can help you, because you do not know. This government is unprepared to take part in the dialogue. We have a government that has no political position on dialogue. In the meeting with Kurti, I asked him to have a clear political position because I have to present it to the citizens, civil society and experts. The document we have submitted contains some principles around which Kosovo should be brought, not to discuss Kosovo but to discuss with Kosovo as a party. Kosovo to respect the ICJ decision regarding its status. “There should be full confirmation of the government that the issues of territorial organization will not be discussed in dialogue”, said Abdixhiku.

Analyst Jusuf Thaçi reacted after Lëvizja Vetëvendosje appointed Mimoza Kusari-Lila to the position of acting head of the Parliamentary Group.

The former Deputy Minister of Education in the “Kurti 2” government wrote that the head of the parliamentary group should be one of the deputies “who best embodies, represents and symbolizes the most basic identity aspects of the respective parliamentary political entity”, question whether Kusari-Lila represents all this in Vetëvendosje.

“If LVV finally decides that the Head of the parliamentary group of LVV becomes a person who is not even a member of LVV and with whom (as far as we know) there is disagreement on basic things, then what is the message of this decision of LVV ?! 1) LVV is giving up its identity ?! Or 2) LVV has no other capable and agile deputy, who embodies, represents and symbolizes the most “best of all the identity of LVV, so that he / she can be elected Head of the parliamentary group of LVV?!”, he wrote.

He clarified that there is nothing against Kusari – Lila, but his reaction is principled and has nothing to do with her name

“If one tries to justify this in the name of the generosity of the LVV in relation to persons who are not part of the party, then they should know that the position of Head of the parliamentary group is not appropriate to prove this generosity,” he said. Thaçi wrote on Facebook./Zeri

Irritated, Lediana appeared in today’s episode of “PërPuthen”, while returning to Antonella, after the latter called her “a man with a silicone lip” yesterday.

Lediana said she did not go to the show to quarrel with Antonella, while asking the production to take action against her for the offense

Debate:

Lediana: I wonder how this offends me and the production does not take action

Antonela: Don’t cry

Lediana: This required action to be taken against me for disrupting the meeting

Antonela: This shows that I am real

Bora Zemani: When you have an ethical lack, it does not mean that you are real

Lediana: You have to react, that tells me sir and no one reacts, how can this be done?

I did not come here to fight with Antonella.

And it is this that says that women should be respected and offends me in the studio.

The People’s Advocate, Naim Qelaj has criticized the institutions of Kosovo that they have done little in dealing with war crimes.

During his visit today to the exhibition on children killed during the war, Qalaj asked for an investigation to see where the state failed to provide justice to the victims, to face the truth and to punish those who committed the crimes.

“The good work of Bekim and the organization he represents is to draw attention to the institutions that have done little in this regard. For two decades, the Institution of the People’s Advocate has followed with concern and attention all the commitment of the institutions in dealing with war crimes. But now I think it is the last moment when from what I saw in this exhibition we have to come up with a research on where the state has failed in providing justice for these victims, dealing with the truth. “On the other hand, the punishment of those who committed these crimes,” he said.

In the exhibition, “Once upon a time there was never for us”, was also the director of the Center for Humanitarian Law, Bekim Blakaj, who said that he hopes that the competent institutions will be properly committed to addressing the past.

“I am happy that your institution is on our side and committed to treating the past properly. We are hoping that our cooperation will increase in the future. However, I hope that the competent institutions will soon be properly committed to addressing the past and realizing the rights of victims. “Be they in justice, symbolic reparations and documenting the truth,” he said.

exhibitions “It was a time for us to never be ”was opened in 2019 in memory of 1133 children killed during the war in Kosovo.