The forgotten Agreement on Customs Stamps

Dialogu teknik Kosovë-Serbi i ndërmjetësuar nga Bashkimi Evropian filloi në Bruksel në mars 2011. Një ndër temat e para të shtruara, në dialogun e Brukselit, ishte ajo e vulave doganore. Kosova insistonte që Serbia të ia njohë vulat, kësisoj të ia lejojë eksportin e mallrave në Serbi dhe shfrytëzimin e territorit të saj si tranzit […]

Policing in North Kosovo after Brussels Agreement

Six years have passed since the start of the implementation of the agreement on the integration of Serbian police structures in North Kosovo into the Kosovo Police (19 April 2013). Before this agreement that derives from the Brussels Dialogue, Serbian, Kosovar and international institutions overlapped in North Kosovo without formal boundaries, as an International Crisis Group’s […]

Personal opinion on the Brussels Justice Agreement

Prior to the Brussels Justice Agreement there were two judicial systems operating at the same time in the territory of Kosovo, one of the Serbian courts system and law and the one of Kosovo judiciary. The delayed implementation of the agreement officially began on 06 November 2017. This was immediately followed by political comments from […]

Prishtina: Consultation on Fostering the Women Caucus’ role through regional outreach

17 January 2020 – Balkans Group organised the sixth and final consultation as part of the project “Fostering the Women Caucus’s role through regional outreach & establishing their relationship with the media”. The roundtable promoted a constructive debate among participants on enhancing the institutional cooperation between Municipal Assemblies and the Kosovo Assembly in promoting effective […]

Mitrovica: Consultation on Fostering the Women Caucus’ role through regional outreach

15 January 2020 – Balkans Group organised the fifth roundtable from the series of consultations as part of the project “Fostering the Women Caucus’ role through regional outreach & establishing their relationship with the media”. The roundtable offered women municipal Assembly members a unique opportunity to engage in constructive discussion with elected women MPs on […]

Gjilan: Consultation on Fostering the Women Caucus’ role through regional outreach

19 December 2019 – Balkans Group organised the fourth roundtable from the series of consultations as part of the project “Fostering the Women Caucus’ role through regional outreach & establishing their relationship with the media”. At the roundtable, women assembly members communicated the challenges at the local level regarding equal development between women and men. […]

Kosovo 2020: A Complex Agenda for the New Government

The report, Kosovo 2020: A Complex Agenda for the New Government outlines the key policy priorities for the incoming government through a sectorial review. It examines key reform needs in the areas of Size and structure of the Cabinet, Public Administration, ERA and SAA, Dialogue with Serbia, Foreign Affairs, Justice, Education, Healthcare, Environment and Economic Development. The […]

My Parents, Participants in a Seminar

Before the Brussels Agreements, Kosovo and Serbia were hermetically closed, two different systems of government, resembling totalitarian states with walls between them. Today, there is invisible, but important communication. I was so happy in 2010 when my parents travelled to visit me in Belgrade. This was 2010 and they travelled by bus. It was their […]

Kuni Miyake: The Asian Century and the Indo-Pacific vision: Challenges and Opportunities for Small Nations

13 December 2019 – Balkans Group hosted a discussion on the contemporary developments in far Asia and Indo-pacific region.  Kuni Miyake, President of Institute for Foreign Affairs from Tokyo, gave a presentation with the topic “The Asian Century and the Indo-Pacific vision: Challenges and Opportunities for Small Nations”. Mr. Miyake presented a perspective from distant […]