Justice in Kosovo discusses the privatisation of NBI Suhareka winery
Justice in Kosovo broadcast a programme about the privatisation process of the NBI Suhareka wine enterprise, including high-profile suspicions about secret deals between businessmen.
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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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University Clinical Center of Kosovo
19 April 2011
Suspension of the Memorandum of Understanding with Kosovo Customs
On 19th of April, UCC decided to suspend the Memorandum of Understanding with Kosovo Customs, as a result of a reportage that revealed how smuggled drugs by the Costums end at Kosovo University Clinical Centre.
This reportage was broadcast in Life in Kosovo show of April 07, 2011.
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28 February 2011
The suspension of the activities of Conditional Release Panel
On February 27, Justice in Kosovo broadcast a report which revealed how the criteria of Conditional Release Panel, on the basis of which the panel members decide to release a prisoner, have been entirely violated. The next day, on February 28, the minister of justice and the panel members decided to suspend the activities of this panel.
Among other media that have also covered this case in their articles include: RTK, Kosova Press, Radio Television 21, Ekonomisti, Express and Bota Sot daily newspaper.
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29 January 2011
PDK has been mostly fined for electoral rule violations
The Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel has fined PDK, LDK and AAK more than 12,000 euro, based on the complaints sent by BIRN. This amount goes into the overall total of 377,450 euro, which will go to the state budget.
Among other media that have also covered this case in their articles include: Indeks Online and Express daily newspaper.
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29 December 2010
Journalist Alban Selimi was awarded first prize for Corruption Journalism
BIRN investigative journalists, Alban Selimi, Lawrence Marzouk, and Petrit Collaku were awarded first prizes for anti-corruption in the category of television and print journalism. In the best journalists' awards for reporting on combating and preventing corruption in Kosovo, the Association of Professional Journalists of Kosovo and Anti-Corruption Agency, gave first prizes to three BIRN reporters.
Among other media that have also covered this case in their articles include: RTK and KOHA net.
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University Clinical Center of Kosovo
CSAC (Civil Society Against Corruption)
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso
CIR (Center for Investigative Reporting)
SEEMO (South East Europe Media Organisation)
National Endowment for Democracy
OSCE Mission takes municipal debates to Kosovo-wide TV audience
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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