28 February 2022 The Ambassador Jens Erik Grøndahl, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Kreshnik Ahmeti and the Executive Director of Balkans Policy Research Group Naim Rashiti, signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The objective of this MoU is to enhance the role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora in the framework […]
19 January 2022 During this roundtable, The Group for Regional Cooperation and the Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue, part of the Alumni Network of the Executive Program “Youth in Politics”, addressed and discussed main challenges, issues and opportunities on the topic Regional Cooperation and the Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue. . The conference was organized by this group who was also […]
1 December 2021 Balkans Group launched Alumni Network of the Executive Programme “Youth in Politics”, where over 90 young people who have passed our training “Youth in Politics: Governance and Political Systems” participated. The Executive Director of Balkans Group, Mr. Naim Rashiti, opened this event and among other things introduced the Alumni Network, as a […]
09-12 November 2021 Balkans Group organised the third edition of the 2021 executive training programme “Youth in Politics: Governance and Political Systems”. Twenty Five young members of all parliamentary parties participated in an intensive four-day training of learning new topics and skills. The participants came from 16 different municipalities. The opening remarks were delivered by […]
Dear Ms. Kalathil and Mr. Escobar, We, the twenty-one undersigned representatives of pro-democracy civil society organizations from the Republic of Kosovo, write to you on behalf of our constituencies, in relation to the upcoming Summit for Democracy hosted by the U.S government on December 9-10. It was with great concern that we took note of […]
26-28 October 2021 Balkans Group organised the second edition of the 2021 executive training programme “Youth in Politics: Governance and Political Systems”. Twenty Five young members of all parliamentary parties participated in an intensive four-day training of learning new topics and skills. The participants came from 16 different municipalities. The course included trainings from renowned […]
The Ambassador Jens Erik Grøndahl, the President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani and the Executive Director of Balkans Policy Research Group Naim Rashiti, signed a Memorandum of Understanding. President Osmani praised the support of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Prishtina, which will through a Memorandum of Understanding provide the Office of the President with expertise in […]
27 August 2021 The training program “Youth in politics: Governance and Political Systems” aims to train and build the capacities of young people active in political parties in Kosovo in areas such as rule of law, public policy, good governance, economic development and social policies, education policies, regional cooperation, etc. By gathering the youth of […]
6 Aug 2021 Norwegian Ambassador, Jens Erik Grøndahl, the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, Glauk Konjufca and the Executive Director of the Balkans Policy Research Group, Naim Rashiti, signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Through this MoU, the parties commit to cooperate on advancing Kosovo’s EU agenda and reforms, increasing the Assembly’s legislative […]
01 July 2021 The new Balkans Group article “Albania: Impeachment of the President, subject to the meaning of “serious violation”, analyzes and outlines the potential scenarios following the impeachment of President Ilir Meta, voted in the Parliament of Albania on 9 June 2021. This unprecedented case is now subject of judicial review by the Constitutional […]
