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    COVID-19 AND LABOUR MARKET IN KOSOVO
    (AAB College, 2025-07-18) Terziu, Lavdim; Brestovci, Albulena
    The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of the pandemic on the labour market in Kosovo, as well as the response of institutions to address the challenges produced by the pandemic. The research model was based on the quantitative approach and comparative study. Furthermore, this study focused on the official data about the impact of Covid-19 on the labour market in Kosovo and Government reactions, as well as comparing it with the best practices of European countries. The pandemic has had a significant impact on the labour market in Kosovo; Kosovo institutions have adopted an emergency package as well as the economic recovery package as a response to the challenges produced by the pandemic. The pandemic has had a significant impact on the labour market in Kosovo. The Government of Kosovo has drafted and approved two packages in order to support employment. However, the number of people who have benefited from these measures is small compared to the needs.
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    MULTIETHNIC PRINCIPLES OF ADMINISTRATION AND POLITICS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN KOSOVO
    (AAB College, 2025-07-18) Sallova, Donik
    This paper aims to present and analyze the multiethnic principles of international community administration and policy in Kosovo during the period of international administration of Kosovo and the period of negotiations for the final status settlement of Kosovo. The international community has been neutral with the political aspirations of the people of Kosovo for self-determination and has implemented a policy that has essentially built a multiethnic political concept on Kosovo as a political entity. The imposition of these multi-ethnic principles in the construction of the state of Kosovo runs counter to many principles of the functioning of democratic states, whose sovereignty derives from the people, and governance is legitimized by the majority through democratic elections. The paper will conclude that despite the compromises made in the nature of the state of Kosovo with regard to the rights of minority communities in Kosovo, especially the Serb minority, the rejection of this minority towards Kosovo's institutions has increased due to the autonomy offered through the constitution, numerous laws and agreements negotiated in Brussels between Kosovo and Serbia.
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    EQUAL RIGHTS FOR MINORITIES AND THE KOSOVO LEGAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SDG OBJECTIVES
    (AAB College, 2025-07-18) Sallova, Donik; Rrahmani, Bashkim
    Objective: This article seeks to provide insight into the legal infrastructure and the processes of promoting and protecting the minority rights in Kosovo which goes in direct line with the SDG goals, reduced inequalities and peace, justice and strong institutions. Method: For the needs of the article the combined methodology was used followed method of historical analysis, method of systemic analysis, method of comparative analysis, method of linguistic analysis, method of theory analysis and method of logic analysis. Theoretical framework: this research article is developed under the framework of politics and multiculturalism theories from universalism and natural right along with the liberal tradition to standardization of minority rights. Results and discussion: Article shows that Kosovo has managed to build a sound system to protect human rights. As a state, it has accepted the main instruments of the international law. Moreover, eight of them are included into Kosovo Constitutional system and are directly applicable. The legal infrastructure provides appropriate opportunities for minorities whereas one of the minorities has more opportunities, due to the application of the positive discrimination. This is Serb minority, which being influenced by official Serbian politics, fails in many occasions to use the legal infrastructure which offers Kosovo constitutional and political system. Research implications: The article with the findings belongs to political and legal field and it will contribute further academic, political and diplomatic debate. The provoked in-depth debate among scholars is expected to impact the work of state institutions and their legislative and executive exercises.
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    Local Self-Government in Kosovo: The Impact of International Agreements on the Association of Municipalities with a Major Serb Population
    (AAB College, 2025-07-17) Rrahmani, Bashkim
    This paper aims to explain the organisation and functioning of local governance based on the legal infrastructure of Kosovo and the efforts of its institutions to accommodate international pressure under the existing legal infrastructure, which was specifically created according to international law and international demands. Kosovo has implemented asymmetric decentralisation, through which new special municipalities have been created for minorities, with a specific emphasis on the Serb minority. This was undertaken with the aim of integrating minorities into Kosovo’s constitutional-political system; this objective has been realised quite well, with the exception of four municipalities in the north of Kosovo. All minorities are well integrated, including the Serb minority living in the south of Kosovo. However, pressure for the creation of an Association of Serb Municipalities continues, despite the request for such an association violating Kosovo’s system and constitution, which were created in line with international law and international demands. After elaborating on the Kosovo system, this study will explain certain agreements that, had they been non-ambiguous, would have helped and strengthened Kosovo’s constitutional and political system. A combined methodology, followed by legal, historical, and teleological analyses, supported the authors in achieving the study’s aim; this may further contribute to academic, political, and diplomatic debate in Kosovo and abroad.
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    Agreement; Mediation; Facilitation; EU; Proposal; Kosovo; Serbia
    (AAB College, 2025-07-17) Rrahmani, Bashkim; Bushi, Petrit; Gashi, Flamur
    The EU-facilitated dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, from its inception until today, has not realized the anticipated expectations and specified goals. Despite more than a decade of diverse engagement approaches by the involved parties, the situation remained precarious. The disputing parties persisted in their respective demands. Conversely, the facilitator/mediator primarily adhered to abstractly proclaimed declarations concerning integration perspectives rather than formulating instruments, measures, and strategies that could be imperative for a final settlement. The Russian aggression in Ukraine further complicated the dialogue, elevating the significance of geopolitics in the process. This paper aims to offer insights into the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, emphasizing key factors and circumstances crucial for stability and the EU integration of the Balkans. The Franco-German proposal, recognized as an official EU document, holds particular importance. To achieve the paper’s objectives, the authors employed the methods of legal analysis, teleological analysis, description analysis, logical analysis, and comparative analysis.
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    Endless EU Facilitated-Mediated Dialogue Between Kosovo and Serbia
    (AAB College, 2025-07-17) Rrahmani, Bashkim
    The dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia facilitated and mediated by the EU and strong U.S. support is a critical part of sustainable peace, stability, and the road to the European integration of the Western Balkans. This article seeks to provide the mediators’ insights into the process of dialogue by outlining the factors and circumstances in which it is being developed, as well as analyzing strategies that lead toward desired success, peace, stability, and the EU integration of the Western Balkans. The article discusses the important issues linked with the dialogue that is being facilitated and negotiated by the EU, including essential activities, challenges, difficulties, obstacles, antagonism (inner and international), the approach the EU facilitators/mediators undertake as well as the reaction and the expected results that the parties involved in the process have regarding reaching a final solution to the dispute. The researchers of this paper used the methods of legal analysis, comparative analysis, and teleological analysis. The study is an update of the work done in the field by the authors and aims to contribute to further political, diplomatic, and academic debate developed in this field locally and internationally.
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    Judicial review and political (in)stability in Kosovo
    (AAB College, 2025-07-17) Rrahmani, Bashkim
    Constitutional Court decisions are crucial for a sustainable and democratic state institution functions as well as a country’s political stability. This article seeks to provide insights into the Constitutional Courts process, the role it plays in providing political stability under normal circumstances, when it is overburdened by a large case load and how that often does not provide satisfactory results for a variety of Kosovo stakeholders. The article also seeks to describe, discuss and analyse the development of Kosovo’s judicial review process, important court composition issues and the legal basis for its activities and procedures, and to discuss the obstacles and political influences in several court decisions which caused ambiguity, political tensions and increased distrust in Kosovo’s political systems and institutions including the constitutional court.
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    Judicial control of administration in Kosovo
    (AAB College, 2025-07-17) Rrahmani, Bashkim
    The development of administration went through various phases after the war in Kosovo (1999). Right after the war we cannot talk about the clear administration with the local sense, since Kosovo based on the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 was put under the international civil administration. Ten years later Kosovo Parliament approved the Declaration of Independence after which the Kosovo Constitution was adopted, whose main attribute was to create the state of Kosovo. Thus, based on this, the administration in Kosovo was developed firstly as the internationally organized one; then it was locally organized supervised by the international power and finally it is being developed based on Kosovo Constitution and Kosovo Laws. With this paper author by explaining the process of administration development, using: method of historical analysis, method of comparison analysis, method of systemic analysis, etc., with the specific analysis of the judicial control of Kosovo administration during these phases, as the basic form of the administration control which is exercised by courts in Kosovo. Conclusions and recommendations of the paper are expected to be used not only for academic debates.
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    KOSOVO REQUEST FOR RECOGNITION AND SLOVAKIA
    (AAB College, 2025-07-17) Rrahmani, Bashkim
    Slovakia is one of the five EU member states that has still not recognized Kosovo as an independent state whereas Kosovo is one of the eight units of Yugoslav federation. Seven units of the former federation became independent states deriving from the nonconsensual process of dissolution of the federation. Kosovo declared its independence on February 17, 2008 and ever since it has been recognized by more than 100 states. Republic of Slovakia still has not shown clear indications that it is going to very soon recognize the state of Kosovo. Even though there are certain activities developed that could be considered as something leading towards de facto recognition. However Republic of Slovakia was active in and the Western Balkans is a focus of its foreign policy and thus it is expected that the attitudes of Slovakia will change in favor of recognition. Reasons of non recognition of Kosovo as an independent state are different whereas they may be divided into two groups: not proper lobby activities in requiring recognition from Kosovo institutions in one hand, and a public discourse still not in favor in Slovakia, on the other hand. Paper aims to explain why such a situation from both sides and perspectives is faced and what are the causers along with recommendations that lead towards potential recognition of Kosovo from the Republic of Slovakia.
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    Minority Rights in Kosovo
    (AAB College, 2025-07-17) Rrahmani, Bashkim
    Among many national minorities in Kosovo, there is one that is more protected and that enjoys more rights compared to the others. According to the Kosovo Constitution, The Republic of Kosovo is a multi-ethnic society consisting of Albanian and other Communities, governed democratically with full respect for the rule of law through its legislative, executive and judicial institutions. Based on this definition Kosovo is multi-ethnic which is composed of many communities but in practice one ethnic community is more equal compared to the others. It as an ethnic community appears to be the biggest obstacle for the future developments in Kosovo. The attitudes of this ethnic community for the state of Kosovo determines the Kosovo inner developments; it determines the relationships between Kosovo and Serbia and it could have some impact in the entire region of the Balkans. Using the combined methodology with method of historical analysis, method of legal analysis, method of comparison analysis, method of systemic analysis, the author will describe and explain the position of national communities known as minorities with the specific emphasis on the position of Serbian Minority in Kosovo according to the Kosovo legal system and the international law.

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