Elections need to bring change, not stability

 Aidan Hehir

Aidan Hehir writes that the upcoming snap elections could break the hold of the old political guard and bring much needed change for Kosovo citizens.

Kreshnik Gashi

The myth behind the ‘best police force in the region’

The new government has a tough road ahead of it when it comes to security and law enforcement, and a long list of issues to address in order to make Kosovo a safer place for all its citizens.

Visar Prebreza

Transforming Kosovo’s economy: priorities for the next government

As a new administration is set to take over the Kosovo Government in a matter of weeks, those hopeful that the economic malpractice that has plagued previous administrations will be dismantled offer a few steps to push the new government in the right direction.

Visar Xhambazi

Kosovo is moving back onto the US radar

The last four US administrations have made their mark on Kosovo, and news of a newly-appointed Special Envoy to the Balkans signals that it is the Trump administration’s turn to shoot their shot and finalize deal between Kosovo and Serbia.

Agron Demi

Genetic selection policy

The PAN coalition parties may be about to leave power, but the DNA of their government will remain in key state institutions for years to come due to a legacy of nepotistic appointments.

Eraldin Fazliu

A one billion dollar highway: faster roads, poorer people

Confirmation that a new motorway will begin construction between Istog and Prizren was announced on Thursday. Kosovo’s primary public investment in the last decade has been in asphalt, but not in the people that use it. 
Valmir Ismaili

Veseli: fighting nepotism with nepotism

As news of PDK’s dismissal of party officials holding corruption indictments unfolds, so do fresh appointments of board members with links to PDK to Kosovo’s public enterprises. Valmir Ismaili asks, does this revived push for anti-corruption smell like diversion tactics, or more like early elections?

Bedri Peci

Informal economy: the devil on Kosovo’s shoulder

Kosovo’s informal economy, a cycle of tax evasion by businesses, elusive governmental oversight and exploitation of workers, will continue to run until political will to formalize the system emerges.

Visar Prebreza

Kosova e Re will impoverish Kosovo citizens

Kosovo’s new power plant will cause the average price of electricity to skyrocket, and in the face of both cheaper and safer options, will willfully cost the Kosovo taxpayer billions over the next twenty years.

Nevena Radosavljevic

Elections in Northern Kosovo: A one choice democracy

The lack of Kosovo Serb opposition parties running in Sunday’s mayoral elections in the north of Kosovo is another sign that democracy is ceasing to exist there, with even minimum democratic standards not being fulfilled.

Visar Xhambazi

Kosovo’s political class has delivered a decade of failure

The current political class in Kosovo may give the appearance of stability, but it is incapable of delivering good governance, European integration and most importantly, people’s basic wellbeing.

Donika Emini

What to expect when you are not expecting

The Berlin Summit reflected a major division among the Western partners on the Kosovo Serbia issue, while lack of coordination between Kosovo’s political elite triggered fear as to what awaits us in Paris.

Eraldin Fazliu

Merkel and Macron: the new stars of the dialogue?

The Berlin Summit talks on Monday brought to light rivalries old and new, as President Hashim Thaci and PM Haradinaj clashed over border changes, and the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue sees new EU leaders taking the reins.

Eraldin Fazliu

A vacuum that dissolves matter, space and time

A black hole of a week in Kosovo politics saw the major parties line up to embarrass themselves as migration figures show the depths of a wider crisis.

Jeton Mehmeti

Kosovo might learn from Bangladesh’s controlled nepotism

Bangladesh’s model of quotas – which sets aside 30 per cent of civil service posts to party members – would be better than Kosovo’s system of completely rampant party-based employment.

Shqipe Gjocaj

The minimalism of men’s feminism

Women of the feminist movement are their own biggest critics, and the men who have joined the ranks as protestors and activists need to brace themselves for the same scrutiny.

Raba Gjoshi

Karadzic verdict creates only an illusion of justice

It is almost meaningless to celebrate the victory of ‘justice’ in the  Radovan Karadzic appeal verdict while the politics of denying war crimes flourishes all over the Balkans.

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