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Dejan Georgievski
24/05/2013 - 12:31

The Electronic pillars continue to display hate speech in the comments of their readers which, in certain cases are political party militants, concluded the debate “Hate-speech in Contemporary Context, organized by the Kosovo Pen Centre.
 

Dejan Georgievski
13/05/2013 - 19:15

Women in Kosovo feel discriminated as far as employment is concerned, Koha Ditore writes, adding that, in spite of the fact that women are almost the half of Kosovo’s population, they continue to be in an unfavourable position in terms of unemployment.

According to the last census, only 23% of Kosovo’s women are employed. Representatives of women and Ombudsperson Institution expressed their...

Dejan Georgievski
26/04/2013 - 19:01

The Association of Professional Journalist of Kosovo (APJK) condemned the assault against RTK journalist Gëzim Bimbashi last Monday, April 22, in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica while he was reporting about the Serb protest being held there, daily Tribuna writes.
 

Dejan Georgievski
22/04/2013 - 00:00

A series of five  forums organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo for the representatives of the Islamic, Serbian Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish communities to facilitate interfaith dialogue, promote tolerance and freedom of religion and belief, concluded in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica on 19 April 2013.
 

Dejan Georgievski
02/04/2013 - 22:17

The acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Paivi Nikander, strongly condemned, on March 28, the physical assault on prominent human rights activist Nazlie Bala, which took place the previous night, March 27, 2013.

Bala had taken part in a televised debate on the rights of women raped in conflict, which aired on the Radio Television of Kosovo on 18 March 2013 and was moderated by Edita Curri. On 20 March, Bala received a death threat, while the security of Curri’s family was...

Dejan Georgievski
26/03/2013 - 07:03

The Kosova Women’s Network expressed last week, on March 21, 2013, its deep concern regarding the threats made against human rights activist Nazlie Bala, who received an anonymous threat letter which read “Please do not protect the shame. Otherwise, we’ll kill you.”

Dejan Georgievski
15/03/2013 - 13:36

Civil society organisations complain that government and administration institutions in Kosovo rarely respond positively to requests for access to information and official documents presented by civil society organisations and representatives, Kohavision TV reports.

Furthermore, CSO representatives say, even the courts don’t respond to lawsuits filed by civil society associations and organisations against public and government institutions that didn’t respond to requests for...

Dejan Georgievski
04/03/2013 - 17:00

Corruption and organised crime continue representing the main threat to the rule of law in Kosovo. At the same time, they are the two keys that impede a quick and fair visa liberalisation process.

These conclusions were presented in the Corruption Monitor report, published by FOL movement. The report deals with activities of the institutions in charge of combating and preventing corruption,...