Guaranteed parking for every family in Dardania and Lakrishtë neighborhood, cleanliness and lighting in every part, increase of green belts and paths for cyclists and functionalization of the underpass between these neighborhoods, are some of the promises made by the Democratic Party candidate for mayor of Prishtina has made them in front of the inhabitants. The commitments issued in written form on a board, Ismaili has signed and placed in the neighborhood Dardania which he said he will fulfill by October 2024 if he is in charge of the Municipality of Pristina.

Ismaili, who had also conducted an election campaign by sleeping in different neighborhoods of the capital, according to him to learn about the problems of residents, is now returning to the same neighborhoods with the main spoiled problems for which he is promising solutions.

Ismaili: I am signing a list of commitments, residents to hold me accountable during my term as mayor

“Today I came here to make a commitment in writing and to sign this list of commitments, this list of problems and proposed solutions that you can keep me in my mandate as mayor of Pristina. I have presented a plan that shows what we will do, how we will do it and when we will do it, by October 2024 together we will fix the following neighborhood problems: Renovation and maintenance for the ridge plateau and tunnels “, transformation of the small shopping center behind Sante, guaranteed parking for every family in Dardani and Lakrishtë neighborhood, cleanliness and lighting in every part of the neighborhood, removal of asbestos from buildings, addition of green belts along the main roads and buildings”, he said PDK candidate for mayor of Pristina.

The list of commitments signed by Ismaili also includes the problem of untreated railway spaces.

Ismaili: Until October 2024 we will functionalize the underpass between Dardania and Lakrishta

“Treatment of the yard of Termokis and the yards of the neighborhoods, the addition of new paths for cyclists and the connection of these paths with other neighborhoods of Prishtina, the removal of physical fences from buildings, the treatment of the facades of buildings, the functioning of the underpass between Dardania and Lakrishta as well as solving the problem of untreated railway spaces. These are some of the main issues that have been raised by the residents, knowing the work we have done, neighborhood by neighborhood, knowing that together we have fixed many problems in different neighborhoods and engaged the civic will, today I am here together with residents of Dardania and Lakrishtia to market and asked me to all engage as citizens of Pristina, so that these problems are no longer part of our daily lives, “he added.

While Naim Lahu who lives in the Dardania neighborhood since 1996 said that so far no candidate or mayor has met to discuss the problems that this neighborhood has.

Lahu: We are looking for solutions to problems in the Dardania neighborhood

“I am very happy that Mr. Uran Ismaili, we have followed him in every neighborhood, in every activity, he is ready to work and respond to every challenge of the citizen, so we as residents of Dardania, especially I personally, ask that these commitments that Uran Ismaili signed before us as a citizen on the day he will become mayor of Prishtina to realize and be tangible to the citizen. It has not happened until today, we have seen the mayor only through television, we have never contacted the mayor until today “, he said.

The Regional Water Company “Prishtina” has announced that in some streets in the neighborhood Mati 1 there will be water interruptions.

According to RWC “Prishtina”, there will be interruptions of drinking water from time to time for residents of the street “Jakov Xoxa”, “Ndue Përlleshi”.

We inform the customers of the street “Jakov Xoxa”, “Uran Ajeti” / “Ndue Përlleshi” that, due to a visible water leak in the street “Uran Ajeti” in the neighborhood Mati 1, this leak in private property (property which has was a public road then expropriated on private property by the Municipality of Prishtina), we were obliged to take adequate measures for water interruption, because this leakage in addition to causing large water losses is potentially potential risk to residents living in that object “, it is said in the announcement.

RWC “Prishtina” has sought the understanding of citizens, emphasizing that from yesterday and today have the autobot in operation to enable water supply to residents.

“It is worth noting that the case in question is a complex nature of the defect and requires time for the final remediation of the situation,” the statement said. / Voice

Residents of Muharrem Fejza Street demand responsibility from the municipality for the delay of works

The delay of works on the street “Muharrem Fejza” in Pristina, which has become a concern for citizens for some time now, has caused the residents of this area to protest on Tuesday in front of the municipality.

Residents are criticizing the municipality for not coordinating and not managing the works. All this negligence of the communes is costing the citizens who live in this part of the capital.

Residents were promised that the works would be completed on August 13, but that this is far from being realized.

The organizer of the protest, Dren Shahini said that all the works that are being done on this road are without security and that every day endangers the life of everyone who passes there.

Shahini: There is neither oversight nor coordination

“There is no coordination, no supervision. We express revolt and indignation because we have seen your projects both in ‘Peyton’ and in the street of ‘Llap’ as they have lasted. We know and we are convinced and after two months we will have to wait again. Do you know how you left the underground cables, and that they are a danger to us. If a cable needs to be replaced then it will have to be completely open to the road, and all of these would have to be part of your management plan and not us coming and reminding you. You have been waiting to come for a walk with us and see what is created there, the acoustic noise created by the works. Did you know that all the works that are taking place are without a minimum of safety, I have to walk on cables and holes that open to the contractor to go to the other side of the road because somewhere I have to walk, to go to the apartment, we also have to live and live there daily, and not only when the road ends. We are the neighborhood that contributes to its own budget. The taxes that you steal from the builders, as from us, are higher than any neighborhood that you take and at the end of the mandate you decided to return them to us with a project which you are taking out for us “, said Shahini.

The director of Capital Investments in the Municipality of Prishtina, Gëzim Mehmeti, appeared before the protesting residents and invited them for a face-to-face meeting, while adding that he failed to complete the works for central heating.

Mehmeti: The solution I prefer is to finish the central heating

“The solution I prefer is to finish the heating, to finish the construction and installation on the street, I am not satisfied with the work of the economic operators, even if we are dependent on them. The second solution is to stop the central heating, and inside “the instillations should be completed in three weeks”, he said.

In the meeting that took place inside the municipal building, Shahini reiterated that he was there to talk about the problem with the road.

Shahini: I came to talk about “Muharrem Fejza” street

“I came to talk about Muharrem Fejza, not for 200 and 500 meters. Why in the beginning you did not work only in 200 meters, and when it is finished to start with 500 meters? Under two, I sent the photos where see how the cables are buried which are buried without sewerage, those cables we can never change.The deadline is August 13, the deadline is the total[…]”We just want freedom of movement, not when our vehicles are damaged, but also when the construction is completed,” said Shahini.

While Mehmeti presented two possibilities for this, but said that the neighborhood then remains for the next 15-20 years without heating.

Mehmeti: I am telling you about the competence of the director

I am telling you from the competence of the director of capital investments, contract management we have two options, it is an opportunity to completely terminate the economic operators who are not part of the municipality that do not have a contract with the municipality, ‘Termokosit’, ‘KEDS In this case, even the public companies that are expanding the internet network, I can do it, it means that it is the easiest solution for me, if today I give an order to suspend the work permits, we tell the inspection, the inspection comes out and inspects the work and they are withdrawn from the workshop, which means the neighborhood is alive for the next 15-20 years without heating, ”says Mehmeti.

Whereas, Arbene Abrashi, citizen of this road said that initially the winner was announced and then they coordinated with other operators

Abrashi: When you announced the contractors, you had a coordination of works

“When you announced the contractors, you had absolutely no coordination of work. Now you are telling us that we have to decide,” she added.

The delay of the works in the street “Muharrem Fejza” in Prishtina has made the residents to protest in front of the Municipality of Prishtina to express their dissatisfaction that they are facing as a result of not completing the works there.

Residents also warned lawsuits against the municipality, while in the municipal stairs are thrown and.

The organizer of the protest, Dren Shahini has criticized the municipality for not managing and coordinating the works, while emphasizing that they are endangered every day, things have to walk on the cables that have been placed on the streets and on the holes that have been opened by the contractors.

“There is no coordination or supervision. We express revolt and indignation because we have seen your projects both in ‘Peyton’ and in the street of ‘Llap’ as they have lasted. We know and we are convinced and after two months we will have to wait again. Do you know how you left the underground cables, and that they are a danger to us. if a cable needs to be replaced then it will have to be completely open to the road, and all of these would have to be part of your management plan and not us coming and reminding you. You have been waiting to come for a walk with us and see what is created there, the acoustic noise created by the works. Did you know that all the works that are taking place are without a minimum of safety, I have to walk on cables and holes that open to the contractor to go to the other side of the road because somewhere I have to walk, to go to the apartment, we also have to live and live there daily, and not only when the road ends. We are the neighborhood that contributes to its own budget “, said Shahini.

After the end of hinahin’s speech, the director of Infrastructure for the Municipality of Prishtina, Gëzim Mehmeti, appeared in front of the protesters and received them later in a meeting.

Residents of the neighborhood “Muharrem Fejza” street with connecting roads, will protest this time in front of the building of the Municipality of Prishtina.

Dren Shahini, has announced through an announcement that the protest will take place today (Tuesday), starting from 11:30 to 12:00, in the yard of the old building of the Municipality of Prishtina

“Even after the protest two weeks ago, we have not seen an acceleration of works. Also, in protest we will inform you about the petition which will precede the LAWSUIT from us residents for the Municipality of Prishtina! The works have started now for four months, and since then our daily life has become extremely difficult. We do not have safe spaces for walking as pedestrians, people with special needs now and for how many months have remained closed. Parents with young children have nowhere to go in wheelchairs. The sick and the elderly are in distress. Emergency services find it impossible to access the neighborhood. Alternative roads are lacking and the few roads used to enter and exit the neighborhood are not maintained. “Every day, cars are damaged by potholes and open wells that are a danger from every angle.”

“With the recent rains, many houses and ground floors of buildings have been completely flooded. We, as residents, have addressed our requests several times in the Municipality but even now we have no response to them. We have exhausted every form of institutional understanding as residents. Therefore, with the above mentioned date WE PROTEST for: Intensification of works, for alternatively maintained roads, for supervision of works and implementation of the dynamic work plan. We invite you to follow this activity, in order to raise awareness and address our requests to the municipal authorities “, said Shahini through the announcement.

Residents of the neighborhood “Muharrem Fejza” street with connecting roads, will protest again, this time in front of the building of the Municipality of Prishtina.

Dren Shahini, organizer of the protest has announced through an announcement that the protest will take place on Tuesday, starting at 11:30.

Also, during the protest, it will be announced about the petition which, as it is said, will precede the lawsuit from the residents of the neighborhood for the Municipality of Prishtina.

We, the residents of “Muharrem Fejza” street with connecting roads, on 10/08/2021, on Tuesday, at 11:30 to 12:00, in the yard of the old building of the Municipality of Prishtina, will PROTEST for our daily life, the condition of the road, ie the road works. Even after the protest two weeks ago, we did not see any acceleration of the works. Also, in the protest, we will inform you about the petition which will precede the LAWSUIT from us, the residents for the Municipality of Prishtina! ”, It is said in the announcement.

Residents of this part of the neighborhood “Mati 1” have complained that since the works began on the street “Muharrem Fejza” at the end of April, the daily life of citizens has become heavier.

“We do not have safe spaces for walking as pedestrians, people with special needs have been closed for months now. Parents with young children have nowhere to go in wheelchairs. The sick and the elderly are in distress. Emergency services find it impossible to access the neighborhood. Alternative roads are lacking and the few roads used to enter and exit the neighborhood are not maintained. Thus every day cars are damaged by potholes and open wells that are a danger from every angle. “With the recent rains, many houses and ground floors of buildings have been completely flooded”, the announcement continues.

Residents of “Muharrem Fejza” street in Pristina, on Thursday afternoon have protested about the infrastructural situation in their neighborhood, as a result of the works for four months now. By blocking the main road for a few minutes, the residents of this neighborhood demanded the intensification of works, otherwise they announced larger protests in front of the building of the Municipality of Prishtina.

Residents’ representative, Dren Shahini, while listing the complaints in this neighborhood, said that they feel neglected by the municipality.

He said that now their neighborhood has turned into a horror for a living and worse, according to him they are not informed what date these works are completed.

Shahini: It is unbearable dust on hot days and unbearable clay on rainy days

“The dust is unbearable on hot days and the clay is unbearable on rainy days. With the recent rains, not because of the intensity but because of the works back businesses have been badly damaged, many basements have been flooded, many buildings and garages on the ground floor. It is not at all dignified that no authority at least from the municipality has been to visit these damaged businesses. For four months we have been turning into circus acrobats trying to find stones and whatever it takes to get past the past. For four months now, people with special needs have been locked in their homes because they have no way out and no one can walk or move. Nowadays, almost every day, a car is damaged due to open wells and because the alternative roads we use are not maintained. This treatment that is being done to us is unignified … Our essential requirements are these: Intensification of works even in the evening, even in three shifts, whatever the municipality must respond to this request, the works must be unstoppable, not on time official 4-8 but to work all the time because we do not dare to enter the winter season with this tempo approach “, he said.

Other protesting residents also criticized the government of Pristina Mayor Shpend Ahmeti, saying that living in this neighborhood has become difficult as a result of its poor management.

Sword: Here you are like living in Kabul, I do not know what that mayor did

“It happened to me personally with a neighbor with a small child, it was an emergency and I remained in the column. The child has not even been a year old and I have never felt like I was a child… even if the other person is elderly, he has the right to receive the necessary services. Here you are like living in Kabul, how much tax we pay… and in the end, for a year, the sewage is coming out there. There is nothing more shameful, I do not know what that mayor is doing. In my opinion, he is the worst management that the history of Prishtina knows “said the resident Alfred Shpata.

Resident Zenel Sherifi was also critical.

Sheriff: I call Prishtina the capital with this situation

“It has made our life very difficult. I am a compatriot. I have the freshest case on Monday with my mother, I’m five sick, I wanted to hold it in my hands… I was born here with potholes when it was without asphalt, but still after 49 years with potholes. With this poor management and has been said to be the capital of Kosovo. I did not call it the capital because I am coming to say that I am from Prishtina with this situation like this, dust catastrophic road, we come from there and I have to invest in cars in the pits of Prishtina, this is taken “said the other resident Zenel Sherifi.

Whereas, Dren Shahini, warned of new protests in front of the municipality in case their demands for intensification of works are not realized within a week.

Shahini: I will be in front of the municipal assembly

“I promise you that together with you we will not extend the protest for more than a week, if we do not see intensification of works let the municipality do what it wants, let it ask for help from the Ministry of Infrastructure, intensification of works otherwise this is the last time that we protest in the neighborhood we do not block with ourselves. I will be in front of the municipal assembly and together with us we will take the dust, fecal water and mud, we will take it with us and we will leave it before the entrance of the municipality of Prishtina, let them also experience what it means to live in dust every day “, mud and the smell of fecal water,” he said.

Protesters criticized Mayor Shpend Ahmeti for not visiting the neighborhood, saying it had only been once in eight years of his term.

The Municipality of Prishtina published a research that shows that about 47 percent of the citizens of the capital have been infected with coronavirus and among the most affected are health workers. Officials said it was still too early to talk about large-scale immunization, as the government pledged to vaccinate 60 per cent of the population by the end of the year.

A survey published by the municipality of Pristina reveals that about 47 percent of the capital’s citizens have been affected by COVID-19, since the virus appeared last spring.

The research conducted with 1255 citizens of Prishtina, according to the mayor Shpend Ahmeti will help design policies for the future.

“From this research it appears that almost half of the citizens of Prishtina have already had the COVID virus. I say that because of the discussions that take place about the immunity of the herd, it is said that somewhere around 70 percent, an immunity is created, but definitely when we see that this research was conducted in May and June of this year, when we look at this and look at COVID numbers in Pristina it turns out that the numbers have dropped, that we no longer have, the pandemic wave is over but definitely one of the main reasons why we do not have high numbers is actually that we have a large percentage of people who have passed COVID- in ”, said Mr. Ahmeti.

According to a study conducted in October-December last year, it turns out that 48 percent of health workers were affected by COVID-19, which also affected 21 percent of municipal administration employees.

Mr Ahmeti says care must continue.

“Have we achieved even though we always hesitate, the immunity of the herd that is mentioned everywhere in the world, we hesitate to mention it because there are still no accurate conclusions on what constitutes a herd of immunity knowing that the COVID variant is almost changing every month even though for example today we know that in the US almost the entire population has received at least one vaccine they continue to fear that in the coming months it will come out or be endangered by this new variant that has emerged COVID Delta “, He said.

The Ministry of Health in Kosovo confirmed this week two cases of those affected with the delta variant of the coronavirus. Originally identified in India in December 2020, the delta variant has been classified as a concern by the World Health Organization and is singled out as being contagious, more deadly or more resistant to vaccines.

Confirmation occurred in a period of decline in the total number affected by coronavirus.

On Friday, the National Institute of Public Health in Kosovo reported 17 cases of infection after 1,241 tests and two deaths from coronavirus consequences.

As of Friday, 196 thousand 829 doses of the vaccine have been given.

Kosovo has so far conducted the vaccination campaign through donations provided by the COVAX program, the World Health Organization, which distributes vaccines to poor countries, or by the European Union.

The Government of Kosovo is committed to vaccinate 60 percent of the population by the end of this year./VOA

About half of the citizens of the Municipality of Prishtina have passed COVID-19, while 48 percent of the medical staff have been infected with this pandemic. Less affected by the coronavirus were the administrative workers of the municipality of Prishtina. So say the two researches done by this municipality regarding the seroprevalence of SARS-COV-2.

The Mayor of Prishtina, Shpend Ahmeti said that according to the research conducted, about 47% of Prishtina residents have passed COVID-19.

He said that he did not believe that this figure would result, while emphasizing that the low number of positive cases in Pristina was also influenced by this high percentage of those affected by the coronavirus.

Ahmeti: About half of the citizens of Prishtina have passed COVID-19

“The main facts show that about 47 percent in the Municipality of Prishtina have tested positive for COVID, this is in some ways as we have accepted either with the serological test done by citizens, ie by taking blood and finding antibodies in the blood and also with some citizens who themselves had COVID and the PCR test from the Institute that came out positive said that they do not need to do the serological test because they were positive. From the many discussions we have had we thought that this figure could not be 30 percent and we had it as an internal discussion discussing and MoH because it is being too high a number to be above that however from this research It turns out that almost half of the citizens of Prishtina have already had the COVID-19 virus[…]When we look at COVID numbers in Pristina, it turns out that the numbers have dropped that we no longer have and this wave of pandemic is over and definitely one of the main reasons why we do not have such large numbers because we are a very large percentage of them. who have passed COVID “, said Ahmeti.

According to Ahmeti, about 48% of the health professionals of the primary system in this municipality have passed COVID-19.

The mayor of Prishtina said that the least affected are the workers of this municipality with a percentage of 21%.

Ahmeti: 48% of health professionals have passed COVID

“As far as health workers are concerned, we have found that 17% are serologically positive, so we have health workers once out of about 11% have two types of antibodies, about 39% have confirmed that they are positive with PCR test, ie 48% of health workers in total are either with a positive serological test or PCR, so it does not differ much from the number of citizens and why this survey with health workers was conducted in October-December last year. So, October-December was 48% now we have 47% in the whole population which means that health workers have had a higher percentage of passing with COVID[…]In municipal workers it turned out that about 21 percent are serological and the percentage in general in municipal administrative workers was lower. “This is probably even though it was all those measures because they were also fired for a while,” he said.

Despite these results, Ahmeti says vaccination against COVID-19 is necessary.

He said that the research sample was 1255 citizens of the capital of Kosovo.

Ahmeti: Necessary vaccination

“Regardless of the fact that it turns out that about 50 percent have passed COVID-19, vaccination is necessary. The total sample of the research is 1255 citizens, usually when surveys are made, the error rate of about 2.8 percent is enough, which gives us enough conviction that this number is correct “, said Ahmeti.

“Muharrem Fejza” street in Mati 1 is not in operation, as a result of the works. This has led to the circulation of alternative roads in that part of the city.

While the main road is impassable due to the works, the traffic on these alternative roads is also difficult, after the rain.

Residents of this part of the capital have asked the Municipality of Pristina to pave these alternative roads with gravel, in order to facilitate traffic, until the works on the street “Muharrem Fejza” are completed.

Hello Municipality of Prishtina, Shpend A. Ahmeti, Gëzim Rafuna Mehmeti, street “Astrit Bytyqi”, side street of “Muharrem Fejza”, since yesterday is not in operation due to works. At least 7-8 blocks of buildings we have no other exit but the exit from the part of QKMF and then to “Malush Kosova”. We ask you to help us pave this part with gravel until the construction of the road “Muharrem Fejza”. You can see for yourself what happens after 1 rain! ”, Wrote the citizen, Milot Hasimja, while he published some photos of that part of the city.