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September 05, 2021 – 14:13

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Kosovo’s basketball champion, KB Penza from Peja has confirmed her participation in the new edition of the Unique Women’s League.

The Peja team last season won the title, defeating in the final of the “Play-off”, the Union from Prizren with a result of 3: 2 in the final series.

The confirmation comes after meetings with senior officials of the Unique League, who are also in talks with the Union, which has won the Cup and Pristina, which has won the Super Cup in Kosovo.

After the confirmations from the Kosovar teams, talks will be held with the Albanian ones, for the participation in the first edition of the Unique League in the women’s competition, which will start on October 20/21. Three teams from Kosovo and three from Albania will participate in the new edition.

Before the start of the Unique League, the Nationwide Super Cup will be organized in both competitions. /Zeri.info

The Serbian List has said it will consider participating in Kosovo’s local elections on October 17, after accusing Pristina of violating the Brussels Agreements.

The reaction of the largest party of Kosovo Serbs comes after the decision of the Court of Appeals in Kosovo, which upheld the verdict of the Basic Court in Pristina, according to which the member of the Assembly of Kosovo from the Serbian List, Ivan Todosijevic, was sentenced to two years in prison on charges of inciting national, racial, religious or ethnic hatred, dissension or intolerance.

The Serbian List says it will decide whether or not to run in the local elections after consulting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

“Given that Pristina continues to violate the Brussels Agreement to the detriment of Serbs in consultation with President Aleksandar Vucic and our leadership, we will consider whether to run in the next local elections,” the party said in a statement.

The mayors of the Serb-majority municipalities of northern Kosovo: Mitrovica North, Zubin Potok, Zvecan and Leposavic also reacted to the decision of the Court of Appeals.

According to them, the decision flagrantly violates the Brussels Agreement in the field of justice and endangers the fundamental rights of Serbs.

They said they would also consider participating in local elections in Kosovo.

Representatives of Kosovo Serbs in their reactions said that the decision was taken by a single ethnic panel of judges and according to them the Brussels Agreement on Justice between Kosovo and Serbia provides for a panel with ethnic mix.

Todosijevic was convicted after saying in a rally in March 2019 that “the reason for NATO aggression was the so-called humanitarian catastrophe in Kosovo and the fabricated Recak massacre.”

His statement coincided with the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the NATO bombing of the former Yugoslav army – a campaign that ended the war in Kosovo.

He at that time held the post of Minister of Administration and Local Self-Government in the Government of Kosovo, but was dismissed by the then Prime Minister of the Government of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj.

Following the decision of the Basic Court, the defense of the defendant had appealed to the Court of Appeals, stating in the appeal that “the defense considers that the action charged by the accused is not a criminal offense and for this the indictment should be dismissed.”

According to the defense, the incriminating act did not cause riots, violence or other serious consequences as provided in the serious form of this offense by the Criminal Code. The defense was also invoked in the right to freedom of expression.

However, the Court of Appeals in its decision said, among other things, that the statement of the accused in the gathering with citizens, on the critical day, can not be treated as freedom of expression, but it in itself contains the form of incitement to hatred. and disunity towards the Albanian population in Kosovo.

The Recak massacre is known as one of the events that marked a turning point in international diplomacy in relation to Serbia and Kosovo, preceding the processes that led to the NATO bombing campaign against Serbia’s military targets.

The killing of 45 Albanian civilians by Serb paramilitary forces in Recak was considered a “crime against humanity” by the former head of the Verification Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador William Walker. / REL

The Deputy Mayor of Korça, Benila Terova in a statement for the Express newspaper said that everything is closed and Goran Bregovi do will perform at the Beer Festival in Korça. Terova also said that the Serbian singer has confirmed his participation and will sing on the last day of the festival on August 22nd. She said that singers from Kosovo have canceled their participation due to threats as she called them by nationalist groups.

The Beer Festival that has been organized for 15 years now in the city of Korça this year will be held for four days from 18 to 22 August. The Municipality of Korça has invited the Serbian singer, Goran Bregovi. To perform and he will close the party on the last day.

Numerous singers and public figures have reacted harshly by opposing the invitation that the Municipality of Korça has made to the Serbian singer. Some of them have even canceled their participation such as rapper Capital T.

But despite these reactions, the Municipality of Korça does not intend to cancel Bregovic’s participation in the Beer Festival.

This was confirmed for the Express newspaper by the Deputy Mayor, Benila Terova.

“We do not withdraw Bregovic’s participation from the Beer Festival because we refuse to take a political position in this debate. “There is no political approach to the participation of a singer born in Sarajevo and to our knowledge before we contacted him to have a part and we are correct, there was no positioning either against Albanians or Kosovars”, she said.

The Deputy Mayor of Korça also commented on the song “Kalashnikov” which served as an inspiration for Serbian paramilitaries to commit crimes in Kosovo, saying that the song was composed much earlier than the time of the war.

“The Kalashnikov song may have been used by Serbian paramilitaries, but it was composed and composed by Bregovic long before the war, so we do not withdraw Bregovic from the Beer Festival,” Terova said.

Deputy Mayor Terova said that Bregovic has confirmed their participation and everything is closed.

“He has confirmed our participation, we have hired an event agency, tickets have been cut, Bregovic is part of a tour in Europe coming from Cannes where he has the concert, here we have three concerts in Poland to culminate with a concert in Moscow. So everything is closed for Bregovic, contracts are closed, plane tickets are cut because he comes from France together with the orchestra. “He will perform on the last day of the holiday,” she said.

Terova further said that Elita 5 and Dren Abazi were planned to be Bregovic’s warm-up, but that they were forced to withdraw for, as she said, the threats they received.

“We open the party with Elita 5, there are singers from Kosovo, Albania, we have a Nigerian group one from Brazil, the festival has been organized for 15 years and the goal is to promote respect for cultural and ethnic diversity. Bregovic has two Albanian music bands that will do his warm-up, it was Dren Abazi who asked himself to be Bregovic’s arm-up, even Dren who is a very good boy and was one of the deportees of the Kosovo war that took refuge in Korça and we have a very great friendship. He asked me because I have a personal acquaintance with him so that it would be Bregovic’s warm-up. Abazi from Kosovo and Bregovic this was the combination of last night, but Dreni has received frightening threats from these nationalist groups, they have threatened to hang and kill a young boy, he told me that he feels ashamed of the reaction of the brothers to my Kosovars. Dreni forced by the threats he received has canceled his participation, meanwhile we had confirmed Capital T from Kosovo, we had closed the contract with Capital also threatened, we had Dafina Zeqiri also from Kosovo. “Dreni contacted me personally, and told me that they did me a great honor and I feel honored to arm Bregoviiq and then received great threats”, said the Deputy Mayor of Korça.

Asked if there is information that the Capital rapper has been threatened, she said she does not know exactly but has withdrawn.

“Yes, it has been withdrawn, I do not know, we closed the contract, the payment in the amount of 9 thousand euros of Capital, but they risk losing as far as I understand the concerts and their markets in Kosovo, that was the reason. “Bregovic’s warm-up will be an Albanian ethno-jazz band, Hot Club Tirana who are excellent musicians and they will make Bregovic’s arm-up”, she said.

From Kosovo we have the group “NA”. Elita 5 from Tetovo have expressed satisfaction and said that we come with great pleasure to see and meet Bregovic, but they also have the same problem because we were asked to be arm-up because the purpose of the Municipality of Korca outside politics is to give the message as the Serbian Prime Minister received with honors Inva Mulan who has his Kosovar father received him at his headquarters and gave a concert in Serbia we said to give this good message of cooperation and art has nothing to do with politics, but Elita 5 again told me aman Benila that we are losing the labor market in Kosovo because of this spirit that has been opened by nationalist groups. I was reminded of the expression that I do not know which of the Albanian patriots that nationalism is the last refuge of jesters and fools and that is, no extreme stance does any good to any people or nation. “We have had an excellent collaboration with various groups, Greek singers, singers from the Netherlands, we have had the guitarist of Guns N Roses, but for musicians we have never seen this like this”, she added.

Terova said that they tried to take Bregovic once again but that the dates were impossible to achieve.

“We even tried Bregu (Bregovic) one more time but there were no possible dates. He was in Tirana in 2006, since 2006 as a date he was closer to the war in Kosovo, but now I think that the part of factoring social media where someone’s status affects. I remember that in 2006 there was a reaction, he gave two very successful concerts and received the key from Edi Rama who was in charge of the Municipality. “Now I read that Bregovic is a non-woman in Poland, the Polish Ambassador accredited to Albania, together with the staff has asked for tickets for Bregovic, that is, I do not think that in the 21st century is this spirit that should be conveyed,” she said.

Asked if she thinks there could be incidents, Terova said that she does not think there will be incidents and that Albanians are brave in talk and Facebook, but that in any case there will be a police presence.

“I do not think there will be excesses, if the Albanians were so brave, there is a lot of talk and Facebook, but in the situation of fires that are engulfing Albania and that they are putting themselves on their own, they do not have the strength to put out the house fire do not join there as many artists and individuals are joining firefighters who are putting out fires throughout Albania, plus there will be a large police presence and as far as I know, this singer, rapper Noizy who has instigated a movement a denunciation has been made today to the state police to have a ban on him that he can not threaten to get up and drop bottles filled on anyone. I know that there would be a reaction of the state police to the open threat made by Noizy, I also believe for the Red and Black Fans because any threat is a criminal offense and I think that as a representative of the institution I think we should feel ashamed if such a thing it will happen “, said Terova.

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April 19, 2021 – 12:05

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The idea of ​​the European Super League pushed by the American giant JP Morgan in collaboration with DAZN and SKY has become a reality.

Now, 12 clubs have confirmed their participation in the prestigious competition that will take shape from next season.

Clubs like AC Milan, Arsenal, Atlético Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, ​​Inter, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur have already joined the initiative.

The initial investment that these clubs will receive is around six billion euros, or 450 million euros each club.

According to Fabrizio Romanos, three more clubs are expected to be involved in the project. UEFA has condemned and threatened with sanctions all clubs participating in this competition.

Clubs like Real Madrid and Arsenal have already confirmed their participation.

The same opinion with UEFA and FIFA are also the leagues, Serie A, La Liga, Premier League.

ë Official statement.

12 football clubs today jointly announced an agreement competition, the Super League.

AC Milan, Arsenal, Atlëtico, Chelsea, Barcelona, ​​Internazionale, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham have all joined.

– Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) April 18, 2021

The Municipality of Prizren has initiated procedures for the project of renovation and rehabilitation of some collective housing buildings in the city, with the participation of residents. Municipal bodies have published the list of beneficiaries, which includes 12 apartment buildings in different areas of the city, in which case the amount pledged by residents for participation according to bank evidence goes to over 14 thousand euros. But representatives from the opposition have called for this project of the Municipality, not to apply participation, due to the aggravated economic conditions of citizens in a pandemic period.

The announcement of the Directorate of Urbanism and Spatial Planning clarifies that after the call for application published in January this year for the renovation of collective housing buildings, the required documents were received and that the Evaluation Commission has selected the list of beneficiaries.

“The amount of participations that has been proven to us according to bank evidence is 14,122.90 euros. After preparing the pre-measures we will start the procurement process. 214 housing units will also benefit from this investment. It is worth mentioning that so far we have invested in a total of 22 collective housing for the same purpose, with this investment we will reach 34 collective housing. “Every year, with a fixed budget and with participation, we will continue to invest until the repair of all roofs of collective housing”, it is said in the announcement of DUPH, published weeks ago on the website of the Municipality of Prizren.

However, the member of the Municipal Assembly of Prizren from the ranks of the opposition AAK, Vjollca Kabashi has requested that for the renovation and rehabilitation of multi-apartment buildings to remove the participation of residents.

“Remove the participation of collective objects, when it is seen what pandemic situation we are in. Therefore, there are complaints from all citizens of these apartments where water flows from the roof and rain sheets. “Citizens say that we do not have the opportunity to participate”, she said during the last session of the MA.

On the other hand, in the public announcement of the Directorate of Urbanism published in January this year, it was stated that the renovation of the roofs of apartment buildings this year will be carried out with participation, as the amount allocated by the Municipality does not cover the requests submitted by citizens.

“DUPH informs all citizens that regarding the project ‘Renovation of roofs of collective housing in the Municipality of Prizren’, which is planned to be done during this year through the budget allocated for this project, will be done with the participation of citizens these apartments, as the allocated amount may not be able to cover all the submitted claims. Until 31.12.2020, DUPH has received about 70 requests for renovation of roofs by residents of collective housing in the city of Prizren and that of the 70 requests submitted, only about 10% of them will be renovated roofs “, it was stated in this announcement, where it was clarified that the selection of beneficiaries will be done by the evaluation commission based on the defined criteria.

“The planned budget for 2021 is 190,000 euros, while it is worth noting that for 4 apartments, DUPH had pre-measures and that from September 2020, procurement procedures have started regarding the apartments in question, but such a process does not was completed by December 2020. Therefore, the amount for these four apartments will be paid from this amount, while the rest of the amount with the participation of residents is claimed at the completion of 7 or 8 other apartments by the end of 2021 “, It was said in the announcement of DUPH.

As for the project of “Painting the corridors of collective housing”, DUPH had emphasized that priority will be given to buildings built before 2000, where the amount planned for this project is 100,000 euros.

In April last year, the opposition accused the Municipal Executive of favoring local authorities during the implementation of a project to renovate the roofs of apartment buildings.