The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, today on the first day of her official visit to Germany, where she is staying at the invitation of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, was received with the highest state honors.

There, Osmani also met with the diaspora, which, as she said, the diaspora is the pillar of Kosovo.

Through a Facebook post, Osmani emphasized that it was a pleasure to talk to the diaspora about the progress and development of Kosovo.

“Our diaspora are the backbone of our state. It was a pleasure to talk tonight about the progress and development of our country “, said Osmani. / Voice

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani gave details about today’s meeting with German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

She wrote in a Facebook post that relations between the two countries have been and will always remain strategic.

“I stressed the great need for the continuation of this support in Kosovo’s path towards membership in important international organizations, the provision of new recognitions, as well as visa liberalization for our citizens,” Osmani wrote.

Full post:

In an excellent reception and substantive meeting with the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier we discussed the relations between our two countries, which have been and will always remain strategic.

At the meeting I thanked President Steinmeier for the continued support of Germany in good and difficult days and in particular for the support towards the consolidation of the international subjectivity of our Republic. I stressed the great need for the continuation of this support in Kosovo’s path towards membership in important international organizations, the provision of new recognitions, as well as visa liberalization for our citizens.

We discussed various topics today and the focus was also on cooperation to increase German foreign investment. Furthermore, we discussed Kosovo’s commitment in the field of regional cooperation, as well as the interest in signing some important bilateral agreements with Germany.

Discussing the importance of regional cooperation for the European perspective of the Western Balkans, I stressed that the Berlin Process has been a powerful impetus in this regard.

I emphasized that any other idea that aims to be parallel to the EU enlargement and the Berlin Process, undermining the principle of equal participation of the Western Balkan states, will not have the support of the Republic of Kosovo.

Endless gratitude for the encouraging words and the constructive and extremely promising conversation!

President Vjosa Osmani met today with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the latter’s invitation for a two-day visit of Osmani to Germany.

Osmani said that during this meeting together with Steinmeier they discussed the relations between the two countries, thanking him for the support that the German state continues to give to Kosovo.

“I stressed the great need for the continuation of this support in Kosovo’s path towards membership in important international organizations, the provision of new recognitions, as well as visa liberalization for our citizens. We discussed various topics today and the focus was also on cooperation to increase German foreign investment. “Furthermore, we discussed Kosovo’s commitment in the field of regional cooperation, as well as the interest in signing some important bilateral agreements with Germany”, Osmani wrote on Facebook.

During this meeting, President Osmani also stressed that the Berlin Process has been a strong impetus regarding the importance of regional cooperation within the Western Balkans.

“I emphasized that any other idea that aims to be parallel to the EU enlargement and the Berlin Process, undermining the principle of equal participation of the Western Balkan states, will not have the support of the Republic of Kosovo,” he said. Osmani.

“Endless gratitude for the encouraging words and the very constructive and promising conversation!”, She added. / Voice

Earlier this week, the Kosovo National Institute of Public Health sent 282 samples to a laboratory in Germany to detect new variants of COVID-19, namely the Colombian “Mu” mutation. The results of these samples are expected to be announced next week. But health experts are estimating that the “Mu” variant is more contagious and more secretive, so considering the percentage of vaccinations in Kosovo, they warn of a new wave of infections during the fall.

Microbiologist Xhevat Jakupi from the National Institute of Public Health says that this institution does not have the capacity to trace new variants of COVID-19, so earlier this week they sent samples to Germany, the results of which will show if Kosovo is affected. or not from the Colombian variant.

He said that these samples are being sent to Germany through the European Union Disease Control Center.

“Within the NIPH there is no capacity for sequencing the SARS-COV2 genome, for this reason we occasionally send samples outside Kosovo to laboratories with which we have an agreement for this purpose. 1’31 Earlier this week, Monday, September 6, we launched another 282 samples to detect sequencing variants that will then result in information on what variants are currently in circulation. We of course plan to make the most of this program and in the coming weeks, we will send samples out of Kosovo again. […] We do not have information whether they arrived or still, they arrived yesterday or could arrive today so it is too early to complete the sequencing process for 282 samples which have been sent, it is expected in the coming days we believe that next week the results will be received “, He stressed.

Microbiologist Jakupi says that the National Institute for Public Health can not detect variants of SARS-COV2 because they lack equipment but also experts in this field.

Jakupi from the Department of Microbiology at NIPH says that they are already in the process of purchasing equipment that will enable the detection of new variants in the coming months in our country.

“We did not have the equipment to carry out this work process and during the last year we started buying equipment, we bought some of the necessary equipment, within this year we have started another process of purchasing equipment that were missing in addition to what we provided in the previous year and this tendering process has taken quite a long time. […] We in Kosovo currently do not have experts in sequencing so we need to be trained from scratch, we have a complete lack of a field called bioinformatics experts and we will have to consider how to overcome this shortcoming through training of microbiologists or fields similar who will have the opportunity to receive knowledge “, declared Jakupi.

According to health professionals, the “Mu” variant is more dangerous and more deadly, therefore they require more mass vaccination of Kosovo citizens.

The President of the Federation of Albanian Doctors in Europe, Aurora Dollenberg, estimates that autumn can find Kosovo, but also other countries of the Western Balkans, in a new wave of infection that will cause the Colombian variant.

“There are two main pillars of protection against new variants, the first is vaccination, the second is the continuation of protection measures whether mask, social distance, hygiene, each country is categorized according to the risk to new variants based on the number of vaccinated that has population and based on the discipline that every people has. And in both of these columns, whether for the percentage of vaccination, or for the discipline in protection from infection, Kosovo is not that it is in the first places in the list in Europe, but on the contrary in the last list we know that the percentage of vaccinated is less than 20% and the population especially in the summer months where there were celebrations, tourists who came emigrants from abroad all this speaks of a forecast not very positive in terms of autumn so Kosovo like Albania but also other Balkan countries should “They are especially prepared for a fourth wave,” says Dollenberg.

Family medicine specialist Dollenberg tells KosovaPress that the “Mu” variant is easier to spread and is more secretive to identify.

“The ‘Mu’ variant has shown in the few studies that exist so far that it is even more contagious and contagious than ‘Delta’ and another fact is more hidden than ‘Delta’, so the fact that we do not identify that in the first moments in patients makes the disease even more dangerous and deadly. […] “The symptoms caused by the ‘Mu’ variant are not very typical, they are similar to a very mild cold which from moment to moment worsens without the possibility for the doctor or even the family member to be hospitalized and treated in time.” , says the family medicine specialist.

Infectologist, Arben Vishaj says that the possibilities are for the citizens of Kosovo to be infected with the “Mu” variant. As he says clinicians are making the necessary preparation to prevent and control this new mutation.

The acting director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic stressed that vaccination is the only weapon not to face the new mutations that COVID-19 will undergo.

“We have not yet identified this variant but a possibility of the arrival of this variant exists and we are preparing to be as functional as possible in terms of activating all our staff in disease prevention and control. […] 07 40 What is known and what is important is that the application of preventive measures against epidemiological have scientific support, it should be strengthened much more and the vaccination of the population in general should be as massive as possible, and we already we can not leave our fate at the mercy of COVID genetic transformations, but we will mobilize according to our capacities in respecting the epidemiological measures and in vaccinating the population as much as possible as this gives us a guarantee that in the future “Let us not face the harsh waves of what we have faced so far,” he said.

The ‘Mu’ variant was first discovered in Colombia, in January this year. This variant has spread to 43 countries while the WHO epidemiology report says that preliminary data show that ‘Mu’ appears to be more resistant to antibodies.

The German state is obliging all our emigrants to be vaccinated, after returning from Kosovo.

Indeksonline has provided a letter sent to an expatriate (name known to the editorial office) stating that he should definitely be vaccinated.

Although the test was negative, official Berlin definitely requires anti-covid vaccination.

“Since travelers returning from Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo… etc. have greatly contributed to the spread of the coronavirus. “Despite a negative test, many of them were infected.” it is said in the letter.

It is also recommended that they take the test within 7 days.

Below, the documents:

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Xhelal Sveçla has announced that he has been released from the hospital Blerim Krasniqi who was one of the injured in the bus that crashed in Slavonski Brod, Croatia.

Sveçla said that Krasniqi’s health condition is stable and he has been sent for further treatment in Germany.

“Blerim Krasniqi, a passenger in the bus that crashed in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, after a long period in the intensive care unit, was released from the hospital today. “His condition is stable and thanks to the commitment of doctors and all Croatian authorities as well as our officials from our Embassy in Croatia, he has left today for further treatment in Germany until his complete improvement of his health”, said Sveçla.

He says that for this he has sent a letter of thanks to the heads of Croatian institutions for their involvement in the accident that Slavonski Brod.

“I have sent a letter of thanks to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Croatia, the Director of Police, the Director of Local Police and the Mayor of Slavonski Brod, for the great commitment in the accident that took the lives of 10 of our citizens. I received an immediate response with concern over the event but also the obligation they have felt for the care of all injured citizens “, said Sveçla.

Recall that in July of this year 10 people died as a result of an accident, when a bus from Kosovo which was returning from Germany went off the road in Slavonski Brod, Croatia. / Voice

The Germans had no mercy on the guests, so they sent them away from the stadium in Stuttgart with six goals.

Gnabri started the goal with two goals, Marco Royce continued, and before going on vacation, Timo Werner joined the scorers.

In the continuation, Hoffman and young Adejemi scored, and one goal was annulled by Werner.

In other Group J matches, Romania defeated Liechtenstein 2-0, while Iceland and Northern Macedonia played 2-2.

Germany is first in Group J with 12 points, Armenia has 10, Romania 9, Northern Macedonia 8, Iceland 4, while Liechtenstein has no points.

Switzerland and Italy played a goalless draw, and Giorgino did not use the penalty.

In the second match of the group, Bulgaria defeated Lithuania 1: 0.

Italy is first with 11 points, Switzerland has 7, Bulgaria 5, Northern Ireland 4, Lithuania is without points.

Belgium defeated the Czech Republic 3-0, while Wales celebrated 3-2 in Belarus.

Belgium is first with 13 points, the Czech Republic has 7, Wales 6, Belarus 3, Estonia is without points.

England defeated Andorra with 4: 0, Albania was better than Hungary with 1: 0, while Poland outclassed San Marino with 7: 1.

England is first with 15 points, Poland has 10, Albania one less.

Hungary has 7, Andorra 3, San Marino has no points.

Spain defeated Georgia 4: 0, and the Kosovo team played 1: 1 with the Greek national team.

Results of today’s matches Qualification for the World Cup:

Group B
Spain – Georgia 4: 0
The so-called Kosovo – Greece 1: 1

Group C:
Bulgaria – Lithuania 1: 0
Switzerland – Italy 0: 0

Group E:
Belarus – Wales 2: 3
Belgium – Czech Republic 3: 0

Group I:
England – Andorra 4: 0
San Marino – Poland 1: 7
Albania – Hungary 1: 0

Group J.
Iceland – Northern Macedonia 2: 2
Germany – Armenia 6: 0
Romania – Liechtenstein 2: 0

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September 04, 2021 – 17:06

The average number of infections with COVID-19 in Germany has risen again and on Saturday went to 80.7, while a week ago it was 72.1 per 100 thousand inhabitants. The data was made public by the Robert Koch Institute.

The average number of patients admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 per 100 thousand inhabitants within seven days is now 1.83, a figure much lower than the record set last year – 15.5

German health authorities reported 10,835 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours, about 500 more than a day ago, writes The Guardian, reports Gazeta Express.

In addition to infections, 24 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in Germany, while the total number of coronavirus victims has gone to 92,325.

Otherwise, Germany in recent weeks has tightened measures against the pandemic due to concerns about the spread of the highly contagious variant, Delta.

Former Deputy Minister Gani Dreshaj has proposed former boxer Luan Krasniqi as Kosovo Ambassador to Germany.

Through a post on his Facebook account, Dreshaj said that “Luani is the man who has represented with dignity the Albanian culture and ability in Germany, as he has made millions of Germans proud of his deeds.”

But Dreshaj’s initiative, Luan Kransiqi has described as individual, making it clear that he does not intend this post.

Through a Facebook post, Krasniqi said that for 35 years now he proudly holds the epithet of sports ambassador, so he wished success to the new ambassador.

“I remain committed to building new bridges of friendship between Kosovo and Germany by helping and supporting initiatives and commitments for the good and well-being of the people, and I do not claim any function, task or designation like the one given.” , wrote Krasniqi, among others.

This is his full post:

My dear friends,

Today, in many portals and in some electronic media, a proposal was published for me to be appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to Germany.

I would like to inform you that, for 35 years now, I proudly hold the epithet of sports ambassador donated by sports fans and I have proudly represented my country in the sport of boxing, with which I have experienced the pleasure of climbing the most pedestal up of sports career.

Therefore, despite the fact that I value and value the duty of ambassador as very important, especially of the ambassador in Kosovo friendly Germany and with high democratic values, the proposal given does not correspond to my interest and this should be considered as an individual initiative for which I was not at all aware of.

I remain committed to building new bridges of friendship between Kosovo and Germany by helping and supporting initiatives and commitments for the good and well-being of the people, and I do not claim any function, task or designation like the one given.

Leo, remains your athlete and good friend.

To the new Ambassador of Kosovo in Germany, to whom I now wish success, and to you, my friends, I wish you all good health!

03.09.2021,

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August 31, 2021 – 16:27

Once upon a time, he was a minister in Afghanistan. Today in Germany, he works as a food distributor: 6 days a week, 10 hours on weekends.

Dressed in orange, knocking on doors to deliver pizzas and other snacks, Sayed Sadaat leaves no impression of the man who once headed the communications ministry in his home country. But he does not regret it. “Work is work,” the former minister said humbly.

“For me it is something new and it excites me. I am exploring the area, I see villages, I see different places. It is exercise at the same time. Take a look at the bike, it’s fitness: I do 1,200 km a month “.

Saddaat added that like him, there are plenty of other refugees who make a living by sweating.

“Not all immigrants are here just to get money from the government. They work hard. They pay taxes to this country, they do it full of other positive things. Therefore, my message is for immigrants to see that they have a lot of good qualities and are inclined to integrate in this society “.

The former minister said that his great hope is for Afghanistan to return to a stable, secure, peaceful and prosperous country in terms of work, education and health. / tch