The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development has announced that the deadline for application for direct payments – subsidies for 2021 has been extended until October 5, 2021, at 16:00.

This extension of the application period is being done due to the requests of farmers and municipal directorates for agriculture, thus enabling the application of all farmers, who have remained unapplied so far under the Direct Payments Program 2021.

Application procedures and documentation remain the same. All interested parties can find detailed information on the MAFRD website www.mbpzhr-ks.net and on the ADA website www.azhb-ks.net, as well as in the municipal directorates for agriculture.

The Minister of Health and Social Protection, Ogerta Manastirliu, accompanied by the Rector of the Medical University in Tirana, prof. Arben Gjata, have followed the process of vaccination of students at the Vaccination Center at the Stadium “Air Albania”, where they have appealed for mass vaccination, as a necessity to return to the auditorium. Minister Manastirliu said that during this month the focus is on vaccination of teachers, professors and students, while he indicated that with the start of school, the vaccination process will be done in universities and dormitories.

We are mainly working with the city center “Student” and for all those students who will be registered and who will go to dormitories, it is necessary to be vaccinated. But on the other hand, for all students it is already known that vaccination is also a condition to be as free as possible in the auditorium. We have decided that as soon as the schools start, we will move to universities, in each of the universities, according to a calendar that is being organized by the Local Unit of Tirana, but on the other hand, the Local Units in all districts where there are universities will be able to so that we can be in every university, in every faculty to do the vaccination for all those students or even professors who have not done it yet “, said Manastirliu.

The Minister of Health stressed that more than 60% of teachers have completed both doses of vaccine against Covid19, while expressing optimism for the increase of vaccine coverage during this month.

“For pedagogues and teachers, we have set a deadline of 30 September, in order to complete this process. There are more than 60% of teachers who have already done both doses, so they have been fully vaccinated. While we are still waiting these days and I am convinced that within September we will achieve very good results in terms of vaccine coverage in the category of teachers and pedagogues, but also educators of kindergartens and nurseries as they are also in the focus of our work. daily regarding vaccination “, said Manastirliu.
Rector of the University of Medicine, prof. Arben Gjata has called on students to be vaccinated so that the learning process and internships continue normally.

“I want to thank you for this decision because even in the meeting of the senate, we asked you especially for the students of our universities to be vaccinated with priority, as it is impossible to do practical lessons and students can go to patients, if they are not vaccinated because there is a very high risk and it is a pleasure for us to open this window for you. We have made everyone, whether as rector, dean or dean, we have called on all our students to be vaccinated during this period because it is very necessary “, said prof. Long.

September is the month open for anticovid vaccination for all citizens over 18 years of age, who can present their ID card at the nearest vaccination center to get vaccinated against COVID19. So far, 1,982,130 anticovid vaccines have arrived in our country. A total of 1,539,232 vaccinations were performed, of which 673,951 citizens received both doses of the antiCOVID vaccine. /abcnews.al

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development announces that starting from Wednesday it will open the application for subsidizing farmers.

In a press conference, Minister Faton Peci said that 21 million euros are available for the Direct Payments Program.

“This is the week we are announcing the support of farmers through subsidies.

We have 21 million euros available for the Direct Payments Program, where in total the support during this fiscal year will reach the figure of over 50 million euros.

“I invite all farmers to apply from Wednesday”, Peci announced, Telegrafi reports.

He indicates that they are working on drafting two strategies and 27 draft laws.

“We are working on drafting the Rural Development Strategy and the Forest Management Strategy.

We are in the process of drafting 27 draft laws that are within the deadline of the Legislative Agenda of the Government of Kosovo “, he said.

Peci also spoke about the innovations of this program, as he said to prevent abuses.

“In terms of wheat, the support will be 50 percent by area, while 50 percent by ranking.

As for the growers, the support will be escalated, 1 thousand euros per hectare for farmers who have over 100 hectares cultivated with grapes “, said Peci.

In the end, according to Peci, farmers will be given as much financial resources as available.

“We will distribute funds to farmers as much as is available, so we will not remain in financial obligations,” he concludes. / Telegraphy /

The application of diaspora voters for the local elections to be held on October 17 is continuing.

The deadline for registration for voting outside Kosovo started on July 10, and will end on August 18.

The Chief Executive Officer of the CEC Secretariat, Burim Ahmetaj stated for the Telegraph, that so far they have received about 9 thousand applications.

“The number of applicants to date is about 9 thousand. “The application deadline ends on August 18,” he said.

During this 40-day period, the most eligible Kosovo citizens living outside the Republic of Kosovo had the opportunity to apply for registration to vote by mail.

Meanwhile, all applicants who meet the legal criteria to register as a voter abroad can vote during the postal voting period, which begins on September 17 and ends on October 15, 2021.

Otherwise, political entities have the right to 30 days to campaign. Meanwhile, most of the parties have already formalized the candidates for mayor.

The Office for Registration of Political Parties and Certification in the Central Election Commission from June 17 to August 16 has received applications from 94 political entities, of which 32 political parties, a coalition, 35 civic initiatives and 26 independent candidates.

The total number of candidates representing these political entities is 4 thousand 922 candidates, of which 165 candidates for mayors and 4 thousand 757 for municipal assemblies.

The announcement of the competition for admission of students at the University of Prishtina, this year will be done late as last year.

But this year the cause is not the pandemic but the Kosovo Accreditation Agency that has not yet made a decision on the programs that UP has in the process of accreditation and re-accreditation.

However, next week an announcement will be made for the candidates who intend to become part of the University of Prishtina until the end of August will be the competition, reports KlanKosova.

The board of directors of the Accreditation Agency is expected to meet on July 21.

The chairwoman of this body, Hasnije Ilazi, said that on the announced date they will try to make a decision on all programs until she announced that before this date they can not meet because one of the international members will not be able to be present.

Krivokapic wrote that the deadline for signing the contract would be agreed soon.

“This issue must not be the subject of politicization or subterfuge, in order to achieve a political point. If the Serbian Orthodox Church is satisfied, it is not clear to me that some who present themselves as its protectors are dissatisfied,” Krivokapic wrote.

Milan Knezevic, the president of the Democratic People’s Party and one of the leaders of the Democratic Front, previously called on Krivokapic to sign an agreement with the Serbian Orthodox Church without delay.

“I invite Zdravko Krivokapic to sign a fundamental agreement with the Serbian Orthodox Church without delay, which was delivered to him last week. Time is running out,” Knezevic wrote on Twitter.

Referring to unofficial information, “Borba” announced that the contract was handed over to Krivokapic by a high-ranking official of the Patriarchate of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Zdrebaonik monastery, in the presence of Bishop Ioaniki.