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The show also features an interview with the director of troubled Kosovo Art Gallery and a report on the main problems in Main Family Medical Center in Podujeva.

Jeta Xharra talks to de Marnhac about the efficiency of EULEX in the north of Kosovo and the EULEX investigations intotop Kosovo officials.

 

Is EULEX a peacekeeping mission, a political one or mission of the rule of law?

Why can’t EULEX complete the corruption investigations into Fatmir Limaj and

Hashim Rexhepi? Why EULEX is failing to establish the rule of law in the north

of Kosovo? Why has EULEX trained 550 police officers in crowd and riot control,

while there are only 60 judges and prosecutors in total?

 

What are the reasons for the departure of president of Special Prosecution and

the chief prosecutor of EULEX? How did the conflict between these two affect the

stagnation of corruption investigations in Kosovo?

Afterwards, journalist Muhamet Hajrullahu interviews Fahredin Spahija, the director

of Kosovo Art Gallery, about ongoing problems at the institution and a call from

gallery workers to fire him.

 

At the end of the show, journalist Edona Musa explains why eight directors at the

Main Family Medical Center in Podujeva were fired.

 

Life in Kosovo is a co-production between Kosovo Public Television, RTK and the Balkan

Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN. It is broadcast every Thursday, starting at 21:00.

What do journalists from Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, and Macedonia say regarding the integration of the Western Balkans in the European Union? Why is Kosovo left out of the visa liberalisation processes? What problems do these countries all face? How do the people of Western Balkans feel about their integration into the EU?

 

To discuss these and other problems facing the states in the Western Balkans regarding EU integration, journalist Muhamet Hajrullahu has invited the following:

 

Gjeraqina Tuhina, Brussels correspondent of Radio Television of Kosovo;

Srdjan Kusovac, editor of Pobjeda newspaper in Montenegro;

Ernest Bunguri, Brussels correspondent of Alsat M television in Macedonia;

Dusan Gajic, Brussels correspondent of Radio Television of Serbia and editor of SeeTV in Serbia.

 

After the debate, BIRN broadcasts a report by journalist Alban Selimi, which reveals the energy theft by many citizens in Kosovo and the courts’ inefficiency in dealing with these cases.

 

Afterwards, journalist Edona Musa looks at the many problems that schools throughout Kosovo are dealing with.

 

BIRN ends the show with a report about how the procedural delays with tenders at the University Clinical Centre of Kosovo are seriously endangering children affected by cancer, who are being treated in pediatric oncology ward.

 

What is the vision of these candidates? How do these candidates plan to convince doctors to be more devoted to public sector healthcare, rather than private? How do they plan to benefit UCCK’s revenues? How will UCCK’s budget be decentralized? On what basis will communication between primary, secondary and tertiary health services be developed?

 

The panelists at the debate, all of whom are running for the position of UCCK director, are the following:

 

Afrim Loku, economist

Engjëll Duzhmani, architect

Fitim Selimi, surgeon

Haxhi Avdyli, neurosurgeon

Ramë Miftari, radiologist

Salih Krasniqi, surgeon

 

After the debate, BIRN will broadcast a report by journalist Muhamet Hajrullahu, in which he reveals mismanagement and procedural shortcomings at the Independent Media Commission and the Water and Waste Regulatory Office, highlighted in the latest report by Kosovo\’s Auditor General.

 

Afterwards, journalist Alban Selimi will show how the ring-road in the municipality of Mitrovica has been built twice in four years, and also how road construction in Arbana, which connects the city of Prizren with Gjakova, began two years ago, but is not yet completed.

 

At the end of the show, journalist Edona Musa will report on problems with the sewage system and drinking water in the village of Lipjan.

 

What is happening with this university? Why is Rolland Monch, the German dean of this university, being dismissed? What violations were found during the auditing process of this university? What does Rolland Monch say about the situation created? What do the professors say regarding the dismissal of the dean? What does the Ministry of Education say about the mess?

 

To discuss these and other issues related to the University of Prizren, journalist Muhamet Hajrullahu has invited the following guests:

 

Naim Hasani, head of the Higher Education Department at the Ministry of Education;

Adnan Dragaj, founding director of the University of Prizren;

Ferdije Zhushi-Etemi, president of National Council of Quality;

Arsim Rexhepi , professor in the University of Prizren.

 

After the debate, Life in Kosovo broadcasts an interview by journalist Edona Musa with the dean of the University of Prizren, Rolland Monch.

 

Questions to be discussed include: How are the media, civil society organisations and political parties performing their roles during the campaigning period? Why are politicians preventing journalists from reporting on their campaigns? Where did politicians learn how to prepare videos of their own election rallies, and how did they force the media to broadcast these videos? Does Albania need to change its political system, or the leaders of its political parties, in order to be a functional state?

 

To discuss these and related issues, Jeta Xharra has invited the following guests to join her in the studio:

 

Blendi Fevziu, from KLAN Television
Fatos Lubonja, a political analyst
Lutfi Dervishi, from Transparency International
Skender Minxhozi, from Map magazine
Sokol Balla, from Top Channel

After the debate, BIRN will broadcast an interview by journalist Alban Selimi with a representative of the union of University Clinical Center of Kosovo and the financial director of the centre, to talk about the wages of consultants.  

 

At the end of the show, journalist Edona Musa will show how relatives of the managers of the Prishtina Regional Water Company are being hired.

What are the attitudes of Serbian citizens and the opposition regarding the dialogue? Who represents the interests of the Serb community in this dialogue, Prishtina or Belgrade? Is there a possibility to find a solution to the problems of the citizens of both these countries through this dialogue?

To discuss these and other issues related to the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Jeta Xharra has invited the following panelists:

Edita Tahiri, Kosovo’s deputy prime minister and head of the Prishtina dialogue team;
Augustin Palokaj, Brussels correspondent from the daily newspaper Koha Ditore;
Natasha Kandic, from the Regional Commission for establishing and disclosing the facts about war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia, RECOM;
Slobodan Petrovic, Kosovo’s deputy prime minister.

After the debate, BIRN broadcasts a report by journalist Muhamet Hajrullahu, which reveals how the European Commission Liaison Office was disappointed with the municipality of Prizren, since the latter has not respected the agreement for the construction of a sports’ fields.

Whereas, in the health sector, journalist Alban Selimi presents a report, which shows that institutions are not undertaking appropriate measures to avoid the problem of ticks that residents of the Malisheva region face.

At the end of the show, journalist Edona Musa reveals the problem of residents of villages in Lipjan, who do not have a sewage system.