Life in Kosovo discusses about emergency situations
Tonight, Life in Kosovo will broadcast a debate on the emergency situations in our country.
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Every Thursday starting from 20:30, Radio Television Kosovo, RTK, broadcasts the TV debate show "Life in Kosovo", a joint production of BIRN and RTK.
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Life in Kosovo: Kosovo’s Tourist Offer
06 August 2009 This Thursday, Life in Kosovo presented a special show on Kosovo’s top tourist hotspots.
How much does Kosovo offer in terms of tourism? What can you learn from Kosovo’s history by visiting historic monuments like Jashari and Isa Boletini tower? What services and natural wonders will you find when you visit Rugova, Mirusha, Gadime and Sharr Mountain? Where can you taste the best honey, red wine, homemade raki, peppers with cheese, pastries and dairy products in Kosovo?
Muharremi first visits Rugova, situated in the west of Kosovo, close to the Montenegro border. Breathtaking footage of the area and interviews with locals give viewers a good understanding of the place and what it has to offer.
Peja, a city close to Rugova, is next on the list for our reporter. The main street of the city, with all its tradition, is the focus of the story.
Muharremi then travels to Decan, Mirusha and Rahovec. Decan with its castles, Mirusha its waterfall and the tasty wines of Rahovec are put under the spotlight.
The attractions of Prekaz, the home village of famous KLA leader Adem Jashari, are explained thoroughly by the guide. With almost nine million visitors in the ten last years, Jashari's house remains the most visited site by locals and international visitors.
Our reporter also visited the castle of Isa Boletini, close to the city of Mitrovica. The Gadime cave is another natural beauty featured in the show, which concludes with a visit to Batllava lake, situated half an hour's drive from the capital Prishtina.
Kosovo’s Son-in-Law then delivers a satirical sketch on Kosovo’s tourism.
THE PROCESS OF JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS OF JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS
The report on the process of judicial appointments and reappointments analysis the flow of this process, specifically focusing on the bright and dark sides that have marred the process to its final stages.
COURT MONITORING ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2010 - FEBRUARY 2011
Court monitoring report is published as a result of a continuous monitoring of all municipal and districts courts of Kosovo. The findings of this report are based on the monitoring of 2,147 court hearings, by BIRN monitors.
THE PROCESS OF JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
This report presents the results of part of BIRN's court monitoring project, specifically on the process for the appointment and reappointment of judges and prosecutors.
Follow the Paper Trail
\"Follow the Paper Trail\", a guide to document-based journalism in Kosovo, explains relevant laws, access to public documents, how to publish safely, where to find databases on investigative journalism, and how to locate documents online through various search engines.
Courts Monitoring Report 2010
A detailed analytical report about the work and administration of the courts in Prishtina, Peja, Prizren, Gjilan, Mitrovica, Ferizaj, Gjakova, Decan, Vushtrri, Poduleva, Lipjan, Klina and Istog. The report contains important information, collected by the network of monitors, placed in the major municipalities of Kosovo and aims to identify the key problems and issues that the justice system in Kosovo is facing.
REPORT: Monitoring the Courts 2009
Monitoring the work and administration of courts in Prishtina, Peja, Mitrovica, Gjilan, Ferizaj, Vushtrri and Skenderaj.
DIRECTLY ELECTED MAYOR SYSTEM IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE
The report on Directly Elected mayor System in Local Governance aims to provide a critical overview of the rationale and feasibility of the implementation of a municipal governance system that places the mayor as the central executive figure, during the third year of its application. The efficiency of this system was assessed based on the following pillars: the relationship between local government bodies, accountability of the municipal executive, respect for the law, the link between the mayor and the citizens, provision of public services (water supply and waste management, capital investments (in school and road projects)), level of transparency, public consultation and citizen participation in decision-making.
BIRN Report on Monitoring the Education System
Report on monitoring the elementary and high schools in Prishtina: Mitrovica, Ferizaj, Peja and Gjilan
Analytical report of the situation and the problems in the University of Prishtina
Report on Kosovo`s Healthcare System
Monitoring report on all primary, secondary and tertiary (University Clinical Center of Kosovo, UCCK) healthcare institutions in Pristina, Prizren, Peja, Mitrovica, Gjilan, Ferizaj, Gjakova, Klina, Decan, Istog and Vushtrri.
Situation and the Problems at the University of Prishtina
Analytical report of research into the standards and problems at the University of Prishtina. Ten years since the end of the war in Kosovo, the University of Prishtina (UP) continues to suffer from a variety of problems, resulting in persistently low quality courses being offered. For this reason, BIRN conducted research into the problems faced by UP students. The data gathered suggests that, out of the many issues reported, the most significant are: the non-implementation of contemporary teaching and assessment methods, the lack of practical work for students, the lack of appropriate academic literature, arbitrary assessments by
professors and generally poor relationships between students and their professors.
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Comments:
Tourism promotion (Marketing Kosovo).
Posted: 2010-08-13 13:22:30,
Dear sir, i sincerely write to notify you of my intentions to market the tourism potentials in Kosovo, i have heard,& read about Kosovo, and would like to visit Kosovo someday, to be able to see the other monuments of interest, Also i want to thank BIRN, for giving me the chance like this express, my desire interest on Tourism promotion. regads, Mr clifford,