Kosovo's Bureaucracy Hinders Investment
Pristina | 19 June 2009Bureaucracy surrounding the registration of businesses in Kosovo hinders foreign investment, according to the World Bank Advisor for local governance Mikra Krasniqi.
Albania Invites Macedonia and Kosovo
Skopje | 19 June 2009Albania’s President Bamir Topi has invited the presidents of neighboring Macedonia, Kosovo and Montenegro to visit his country next week.
Kosovo Press Review - June 19
Pristina | 19 June 2009Here are the top stories in Kosovo’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
Contractors Pressured to Open Albania-Kosovo Road Before Election
Tirana | 12 June 2009 | By Gjergj Erebara
BIRN Show Triggers Row on Freedom of Speech in Kosovo
Pristina | 11 June 2009 | By Lawrence MarzoukJournalists’ associations, NGOs and international diplomats have rallied to support BIRN’s popular TV programme, Life in Kosovo, following a hostile press campaign waged against the show, its presenter Jeta Xharra, and staff.
Kosovo Workers "Losing Confidence" in Unions
Pristina | 08 June 2009 | By Lavdim HamidiWorkers are losing confidence in their trade unions because of poor organisation and a lack of communication between the two main labour groups, activists and economists have warned.
Free Press Threatened in Kosovo
Pristina | 08 June 2009 | By Vjosa Musliu BIRN team investigated concerns about freedom of the press in Kosovo and discovered the media’s critical voice is being jeopardised by conflicts of interests, political and business interference and the psychological power of Omerta.
Unlocking the Dark Secrets of the KLA’s Camps
By Gordana Igric15 April 2009 Michael Montgomery retraces the journey that led him to discover KLA detention camps in Albania and discusses the ICTY’s destruction of crucial evidence of possible organ trafficking in Burrel.
Protecting Kosovo
By Behxhet Shala in Pristina04 June 2009
Lushtaku may be tactically right not to want to appear in the “Jeta ne Kosova” debate, but strategically he has lost this battle. A politician who starts a war with a journalist will lose that war. His public lynching of Jeta, is being conducted under false pretexts.
Kosovo's Bureaucracy Hinders Investment
19 June 2009 Bureaucracy surrounding the registration of businesses in Kosovo hinders foreign investment, according to the World Bank Advisor for local governance Mikra Krasniqi.