Kurt criticises the media that are publishing good news and decisions

Kurti through a Facebook post, where he has published the full speech at this meeting, has criticised the media in Kosovo that they are not publishing the news and good decisions of his government.

Many of the news and decisions our Government makes are not presented at all or, at best, are represented in part in the vast majority of the media spectrum in our country”, he wrote.

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My full word at the legal meeting of the V Movement General Council EAST:

Honored Chairman of the General Council of Movement V HOOVER! Arberie Nagavci,
First Vice President of Movement V HOOVER!, Glauk Konjufca, also head of the Republic of Kosovo Assembly,
Your second vice president of Movement V HOOVER! Mrika Limani Myrtaj,
Honourable Secretary of Organization, Alym Rama,
Dear Co-ordinator of Professional Committees, Dejona Mihali,
Honored Delegations of the General Council of Movement V DON'T!
Ministers, deputies, deputy ministers, heads and deputy mayors of municipalities, municipal assemblyists, representatives of our centres,
Dear activists and activists, sisters and brothers, ladies and gentlemen,
honoured ones,

Thank you and welcome to our Joint Movement General Council's meeting. As you are aware, this is our last meeting for 2023, which gives us an opportunity to reflect on what we have achieved this year, as well as our expectations for next year.

In June, Movement V HE has become 18 years old, and at the same time, meetings of the General Council, the highest body of our subject, are held since June 2011, when we were six years old. That means, for 150 months we've held 53 KP meetings, or, more often than any three months. It is hard to find another political subject not only in the Balkans that has so active the organisation's main forum.

But today, let's not start by the Council here, not to waste time with ourselves, and to get to the centers of our movement, our branches. The year 2024 for all of our centers should be a year of preparation and mobilization for the election processes that we have in front of us in 2025, with special emphasis locally. Our local stations, the appointment of candidacys for assemblies and separately to those for mayors and mayors, should be focused on the coming year, and these require special and unremitting treatment.

The candidate or mayor for the municipality candidate could not be called such or such if he does not know essentially the problems of most of the municipalities that make up the respective municipality. To be known in detail and to speak with competence about the concerns of each local community.

In addition to regular meeting with the Dome structure, the centre must plan and implement activities that are directly related to the main concerns of the local community, which may be the neighbourhood or village in a certain municipality. We should be close to the citizen through dynamic communication with him. Many of the news and decisions our Government makes are not presented at all, or, at best, presented in part in most of the media spectrum in our country. We have neither chosen nor chosen the methods of our predecessors for sponsorship that, in essence, are facades. We've been constantly communicating with citizens. We have never cut off direct communication with them.

Therefore, Government achievements, decisions made, should be presented and explained to citizens by the structures of Movement. Only this is how information is objective, fair, and undetected. Many of our decisions, supporting schemes, government-made measures have directly affected the citizen. Not many are known and talk about them because they want to undermine the most credit of institutions and good and democratic governance. It may be someone's purpose, but not ours. And our goal is to inform the citizen correctly.

Identifying the problems citizens face is the first step, perhaps the most important, but by no means the final one. For any criticism we make, in any municipality, there must be, as a minimum, an alternative to the solution. So, gathering problem categories on the basis of first field visits, processing, analysis, conclusion and definition of solutions. That's how we have to function, because that's how it's possible to come to terms in a serious and convincing way.

A membership campaign should be launched in our centers, since there are a lot of people who want to join the Movement, we just have to go to them and create the necessary space. When the goal is shared, the connection is easily accessible.

The Secretariat for Political Emancim is also offering this connection through the organisation of political school at its three levels, thus offering our activists the opportunity to be organized around forums of discussion on topics of philosophy and political science, history and political economy through the theoretical level. Likewise, the executive level of our assemblyists in the municipalities of our Republic has developed, and in recent months, the organisational level of political school, which is held in our centres discussing the history of the Movement and our approach to themes of national and international political surveys. The Secretariat for Political Emincipation is devoted to working with our activists so that they will be aware of the importance of activism for the political causes in which we believe. In addition to organising political school, they have organised the book club and the screening of films and documentaries. This has always been done to highlight the fact that the work on equality and justice, the more emancipated society, and the functional state is not accomplished without first being aware of policies that have caused an dysfunctional state of a society that does not accept a different opinion.

Democracy, freedom of speech of thought, an analytical eye and criticism of our circumstances are a driving force for the work we do with our activists. This work with activists should also continue locally in creating the best environment in urban areas and our villages.

To achieve this, our competition at the local level must be teamed, prepared and adequate, divided into the fields of dictatorships they cover. They, in the worst case, must show that they are diametrically more competent and informed than their equivalence at the local executive. Our agricultural professional, let's imagine, should know this area, at least better than the current director of agriculture in the municipality where we're not ruling.

As a model for local successes, we don't have to go anywhere else. We have them in our house, we have them here, with us. So we have the four exemplary mayors of the municipalities, our five heads with Erdun Atiqi in northern Mitrovica, our six heads with Lulzim Hetem in Leposaviq, who are exemplary in government, are also the organization for victories achieved in the spring of 2021. So Gjilan, Besiana, Kamenica and Shtime are municipalities that need to be carefully and studied and kindly by all of our activists throughout the Kosovo centres. Good knowledge of the problems of citizens, good providers of problem solutions, confident enough in the cause that believed and unhindered in the work, therefore the winner yesterday of successful municipal leadership today. This model of our mayors, of the municipalities in Kosovo must be followed, and for this all V activists must work over and over again. I'm sorry.

In this context, that of preparations for the local level, we've already started our first meetings with our centre management, leaders at the centres of two new GVV and RVV, heads of municipal council groups. And through open and productive conversations and collaborative projects, even with third parties, such as different organizations with which we cooperate as Movement, we will have a real picture of the organisational situation in the centre, but also the political situation and the overall situation in each municipality. Together, we will decide the best, to have tomorrow the best local ruling alternative, which our citizens love and need. It is imperative that the government that is characterizing the central level be passed over and branched into municipalities at the local level. This alone, the sweeping change and social progress will take the right course, and citizens without obstacles will receive adequate treatment of the concerns they face in their daily life.

During 2023, the two new structures of Movement, which I just mentioned, women for the V And Youth for V They've made very good progress.

Unfortunately, we live in a time when violence against women and girls is emerging in more terrifying forms possible. The essential and necessary change of society cannot be achieved from above to below, but from below, through organisations that unite and mobilise women and girls activists, like women for V I'm sorry.

Governance and high level, in fact, is just infrastructure of changes coming from below because from below comes democracy and the truth.

Dear activists and activists, but I am specifically addressing activists to consider, that in our society, but not only, when women succeed, they have tried and beaten more than men and often despite them. Meanwhile, when men succeed, they are usually assisted by women. So as we work to realize and celebrate the achieved, let us have this thing together, each of us, in mind.
Youth for V EVENTION! has noted significant progress in its first year of operation. The extraordinary energy and dedication of members of this new structure has fully convinced us that young people are not only the future of Kosovo, but its present.

One of RVV's priorities has been to create an open environment for free discussion and innovative ideas. At the same time, it has given particular focus to the membership process in the International Socialist Youth Organisation (IUSY) and the European Socialist Youth (YES). This year it has established and consolidated contact with both organisations, in hopes that the year 2024 will produce concrete results.

To my conviction, the RVV's greatest success this year has been the organisation of the Youth Conference “ANAMORAVA 2023”. This conference has brought together young people from all over the country to discuss important political, social, economic, cultural, national issues. Discussions and panels have provided a platform for exchanging ideas and creating innovative strategies for the future of our common country.

Among the most important achievements of this year's Movement have been those of the Secretariat for International Relations.

First, with January 19th of this year, Movement V EVENTION! has officially formulated co-operation with Switzerland's Social Democrats, signing a memorandum of co-operation in Zurich. At the same time, discussions have intensified to form co-operation with the Social Democrat Party in Austria, as well as Germany's SPD.
On the other hand, over 30 official letters or telegrams have been sent towards Social Democrats around the world.

Meanwhile, during this period our Movement has been participating in several organisations abroad, mostly sometimes, and of which the most important are:

• Socialist International Congress in Madrid,
• 2 visits to Switzerland,
• The 80th Congress The SP in Marseilles, France,
• Regional Academy “
• Turnout in the Friends of Western Balkans in Thessaloniki, Greece,
• Attendance at the LSDM summer camp in Ohrid,
• Meeting with SPD in Germany's North Rhino-Westpholia,
• The annual Conference of Labusists in Liverpool of the United Kingdom,
• Balkan Meeting by Socialist International in Tirana,
• The Socio- Ecological Forum in Skopje of northern Macedonia,
• Congress PEZ In Malaga, Spain,
• The seminar or assembly of the European Parliament's parliamentary group, S&D, with the theme “EU Enlargement” in Brussels,
• Albania's SP Congress in Tirana,
• Germany's SPD Congress in Berlin, and
• The EPS pre-pre-pre-preparative meeting with EU leaders for the European Council in Brussels.

In each of these visits abroad, other meetings with social Democrats from the region and beyond have been held in addition to major activities.
In this case, we should especially thank our activists in our exiles and fellow countrymen in general who are playing a very important role in the affirmation of the V Movement. SUFFECTION in Western Europe and beyond. 10% of our membership is at hand, and they have a big role for our movement, as they have for our country and our nation, and we all, of course, welcome them eagerly for these holiday weekends.

During this period, discussion has intensified with the Socialist International, where we have also submitted our demand for advancement of our statute.
On October 12th of this year, at the EPS Headship Meeting, it was voted in principle FOR V Movement Membership I'm sorry. Just a month later, at the General Congress in Malaga, Spain, the Movement's membership was voted and approved.

As every year, we have had close co-operation with international organisations operating in Kosovo, especially like F. ES, NDI and IRI. Through this cooperation, we have benefited a considerable number of workers, academys, and other organizations.

At Movement V offices WE have received several delegations from abroad, such as the delegation from Germany's SPD, Switzerland's SP delegation, groups of journalists from America, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada who have served for prestigious media such as the New York Times BBC, NDI Ambassador Director for Kosovo, FES Director for Kosovo and the regional director of FES, as well as regional director for Europe and the IRI deputy chairman.

As I mentioned earlier, one of the main tasks of every member of our Movement is to communicate, in the clearest and direct way possible, the achievements of the Government of Movement V. I'm sorry. When we talk about our Movement's achievements in 2023, we cannot ignore the achievements of our government. On February 14, 2021, Movement V A historic victory, unprecedented in post-war Kosovo, has been marked by two promises -- justice and employment. Or, in other words: advancing democracy, rule of law and human rights on the one hand, and the socioeconomic development that growth distributed to all citizens on the other.

Now, at the end of 2023, after two thirds of our four - year mandate, our government's successes in these two directions are more visible and present than ever before.

As for justice: This year, customs has initiated 83 criminal charges or 43.1% more than in the same period of the year. So we compare to ourselves in the past year, while we are matchless to governments before us. Since the start of the mandate so far, 30.6m euros of goods have been confiscated from Kosovo Customs operations. 34 illegal roads have been closed, out of them 26 north of the country. 16 drug labs have been destroyed, 9 of them north as well. Over 2.2 tonnes of narcotics has been confiscated, and over 14m euros have been seized under suspicion of misuse and money laundering.

Our progress in the field of justice has also been confirmed by independent international observers. During our mandate, we have improved for 20 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Fighting Index and 22 countries in Reporters' Freedom Media Index Without Borders. We are the first in the Western Balkans for Electoral Democracy according to V-Dem Institute, as well as the first in the Western Balkans, the second in Europe and the third in the world to improve political rights and civil liberties according to Freedom House.

This year we have seen tangible progress in the legislative framework for justice. Constitutional amendments and the Justice Veting Bill were finalised. The Law for the State Bureau for Verification and Confiscating of the Pacific Riches and the new Kosovo Special Prosecutor's Law for the Fight Against Corruption have been adopted. With the implementation of these laws, our fight against corruption, especially in the justice system and among senior political officials, will go to an even higher level.

Our progress in the field of justice has only strengthened the country's economic development. Anti-corruption we've made growth, freedom made development. Individuals and businesses are more willing to pay taxes when they know that their money will be spent for the good of the country and by no means fill the pockets of corrupt politicians and their families. Also, foreign companies are more willing to invest in Kosovo when they know they will not be forced to pay bribes to do business in our country.

It is no wonder, then, that Kosovo's economy is stronger than ever, despite multiple crises -- for both businesses and families and ordinary citizens. The circulation of businesses during January 2023 has reached the value of 15.83 billion euros, 6.9% more compared to the same period last year. So we compare our year to our previous year, and we also identify visible success, continued progress. The value of export goods for January 2023 has been 756.9m, and let's compare this to 2019, 441m euros more or 139%! Percentages in Movement of V Government It only makes sense when you compare our year to our year, otherwise how to go about 2019, 2018 and down, goes 100 percent, 200 percent shows where we've been, and this shows how fast we're moving forward.

In our mandate so far, the export report on imports has increased from 1 to 9 to 1 to 6, only within our mandate. In other developed countries, governments for their mandate try, first not to get worse, the main concern is not to get any worse, and then have minimal incremental improvements, as you see our government figures, less than three years old.

The number of employed young people, where there were 28,293 persons early in 2021, young people, and by the end of July 2023 the number of employed young people was 60,884 - more than double within a mandate. Find me a government, not in the Balkans, but in Europe that doubles it, which more than doubles youth employment, within a mandate, for only two-thirds of the mandate.

Last night, we received the whole good news that, with the votes of majority deputies, our parliamentary group, we have also fulfilled our previous promise, adopting the Bill on the Sovereign Fund. With the establishment of this Fund, we will be passed from a system of privatisation of state assets, a system which has more served the close interests of powerful individuals to an institution that works for the general interests of all Kosovo citizens. The Sovereign Fund will strengthen public enterprises, bring a new investment cycle into the country and increase investment capital circulation in our economy.

For two decades after the war, Kosovo's economy, its resources have become a plunder for extortion, with a brutal privatisation process of centrifugal distribution. From this process of two decades of centrifuge, we are going to the centrifuge phase, where our country, not only historically, politically, culturally, will weigh heavily, increasingly heavily. So by a two decade-long centrifugal trend, the Sovereign Fund is the essence of transition to the centricketal phase, where the gravity of our country grows both as national economies. We will be an example to this, for all Albanians in the Balkans, we will be an example to other states and governments, not only on our continent. So the transition from two decade' centrifugal to an economy where its gravity increases in our country. The Sovereign Fund made the process of economic expropriation newer.

With our pro-developive policies, budget revenues during January 2023 have reached the value of 2.6 billion euros, 340m Euro or 15% more compared to the same period last year. You see, we're outnumbering ourselves for 15%. In other countries, governments can't even dream of seeing it through their 15% mandate than the preliminary government in the current country. We, year after year, have 15% more in this year than last year. I'm saying this because they're not broadcast, as you know. As a result, our 2024 budget, approved this week in the Assembly, has totaled 3 billion and 314m euros, which represents the highest budget Kosovo has ever had. In all, from the beginning of the mandate in 2021, the budget has grown to 860m euros, or 35%. 2021 2024, for three years, 35% state budget more!

This money, you remember that you didn't have it in mind, that we've all experienced it in our skin, our minds, our bones, they rich individuals, and now they're embarrassed about why the state is getting rich, that these individuals have been taught to be rich by government. With us, it doesn't change individual contacts but state budgets.

Next year is the first year where a two-billion-dollar BPV figure will be reached, 10 billion euros will be spent. In 2020, which has been a pandemic year BPV has been 6.78 billion, with a 50% increase of BPV, while compared to the pre-indemecim year, where it was about 7 billion, it became 40% BPV growth for only 5 years. Find me another country, not just in the Balkan region, where the state BPV grows 40% for 5 years? Thus, with us the State is enriched, not the individual but the individual citizens of our state, in the universal sense, not the oligarchic party of the word. That's why there is such opposition to this progress because there is a minority that is losing a lot, but we are the majority to gain more and more. This is both good and fair governance and your democratic, ours, our citizens', Movement V. I'm sorry.

Dear members,

These are achieved, for which we should all be proud, we should highlight and affirm them. Yet, we should never forget that even the growth of revenues and budgets themselves are not self - worth. On the contrary, there are only tools to reinvest in our economy and society, for the sake of all, and especially those who need most. In a democratic state, citizens have the right to know how we are spending their money. And we, like their government, have a duty to show them.

First, to date, our government, with decisions, has distributed 842m euros directly to citizens and Kosovo families. This figure includes the largest support package in the region, according to the World Bank, to help citizens cope with inflation and the energy crisis as percentages of the local Bruto Product. This year we have allocated nearly 3m euros for improving housing conditions for non-US communities in serious economic and social condition. And this month, we will add a 100-euro subsidy to each child by the age of 16, as well as to each pensioner in the Republic of Kosovo.

In this regard, like the Movement, we need to be very clear about one thing: those who denigrate these subsidies as a waste of the state budget, don't understand the needs of children and pensioners, mothers and students, citizens of our country, and they don't even matter to them. Those who call additions for children <x0] age” do not understand our social obligation to ease the burden of raising a family, which is disproportionate to mothers. Nor do they prioritize the financial independence of women, 90 thousand of whom have opened bank accounts for the first time in their names, only because of these additions. For each child and every pensioner to earn 100 euros more during the holiday season, thanks to our record economic and budgetary growth, it is not called charity but justice.

In addition to supporting families and ordinary citizens, our government in 2023 has continued to support Kosovo businesses. We have approved the 2030 Industrial Development and Business Support Strategy and reached access agreements at the EU's 4.2 billion-euro fund for the private sector for the 192021,2027. Also, we have supported businesses through the adoption of new laws and financial support for 418 businesses and the Kosovar Fund for Cremary Guarantee.

At the same time, we have offered subsidies to the country's businesses to increase the level of employment in the private sector. The government for Families “during the January 2023 period has been mediated by 1,365 job seekers. The “support for employing women”, which has been re-opened in December 2022, has benefited 522 women. And through a Superpuda scheme, 8,496 young people have been employed (4,311 girls and 4,185 boys) in a total of 6,401 businesses.

Even in the field of agriculture, there has been no shortage of support. During our mandate, up to 216% of subsidies have increased. And this year it has been drafted and adopted for 2023, with the application of 32,728 farmers who are expected to allocate 60.6m euros in support.

The year 2023 was a year of transportation infrastructure. We have launched infrastructure projects with Albania, Northern Macedonia and Montenegro, such as Pristina Railways, PrizrenTevo Street and road projects linking Kosovo and Montenegro, Pec-Rozhaj and Decan-Plava. At the same time, we have continued with the construction and asphalt of roads within Kosovo, such as the Gjilan Pristina highway, Pristina Street, Pristina street, Mitrovica roads north of the country.

The year 2023 was also a great year for culture, youth and sports, a year in which the song festival returned to RTK; Kosovo was proclaimed host to the Mediterranean Games 2030, the largest multi-sport event in our country's history, and seven Kosovo municipalities will participate with Pristina, and Durres; as well as our country joined the Association for Young E. The YCA, which will bring benefits, both inside and outside Kosovo, to all our young people by the age of 30.

Key investments and reforms have been made in three of the sectors that have largely been damaged by two decades of mismanagement and extortion: energy, health and education. In 2023, we moved on the long road to rehabilitation of these sectors.

The energy sector cannot be rehabilitated without investing in improving the existing transmission system, in new energy sources, especially renewable ones, and in increasing energy efficiency. During 2023, the Government has made progress in all these ways. We have reached the 61m euro agreement with the German KfW Bank for the KEK Solar Park 100MW, as well as the EBRD for the Solar Warming Project in Pristina, worth 23.2m euros. Then, the Agency for Ratification of the KOST and KfW Credit Agreement for the “Energy Sector Development Project, VII”, which aims to improve the transmission system in Kosovo, has been adopted. To prevent and alleviate energy crises in the future, we have invested 30m euros in energy efficiency, including 10m euros in citizen subsidies for the purchase of household equipment and heating.

In the health field, this year we have taken an important step to stop drug market misuse, adopting the Law for the Price of Medical Products in Kosovo. This law aims to protect citizens from high drug prices and provide affordable access to drugs. We've updated the Esential Bars List with the double budget for 60m euros, including 70 new products and increased health care budgets. And we have invested over 5m euros in equipment and ambulances, to improve infrastructure and health services, and to reduce hospital waiting lists.

In the education field, in 2023, we passed the Law on Early Child Education in Kosovo, which regulates quality education from birth to age 6, and makes it mandatory by 2024. We have continued to improve educational infrastructure, with new daybooks, physical education schools and halls, renovations and supplies of inventory, and numerous school and sports facilities. From 2003 to the end of 2020 - for 17 years - four children's nests have been built. Four nests have been built in Kosovo for 17 years, in the period 2003-2020. From our 2021 mandate to the present day, the nesting structure is the following:

- Four nests complete.
-26 working,
-3 adaptations of kindergarten schools in process of work, and
-8 tender nests

According to this, 850% more nests are in the process of building or being built in 2021-2023 than in 2003-2020. Do you now know what the criticism is? They cannot speak for themselves, so they also slander us.

Above all, we've increased the number of scholarships, we need as many citizens as possible to study, learn, do scientific research, get up professionally and intellectually, especially girls. The STAM scholarships for girls, for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, here's how they're set up in our mandate, that we can't compare before. 1365 scholarships in 2021, in 2022 for girls at STEM, 1383 scholarships, and this year for girls studying at STEM, 1882 scholarships. Before us, every year, zero. So a total of 2021-23, 4630 scholarships for girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, so for just 3 years, and before, for more than 20 years, zero!

We are focused, with the help of our exile, their knowledge and their experience in the labour market connection with professional education, and we have extended the dual education program to 12 profiles in 21 schools, 14 municipalities, with 920 students. So that for a school degree, there is a job rather than having employees without a certificate degree, and on the other hand, so many unemployed graduates. The trend between labour markets and professional education is vital to the economy and our country's society.

Honored delegates to the General Council,

Following the September 24th terrorist and criminal attack sponsored and orchestrated by Serbia and the collapse of Kosovo police sergeant Africa Bunnjak's hero, there is no more important security sector, as well as foreign and domestic threats. For this reason, our government this year has invested a total of 200m euros in the country's defence -- a amount exceeding 2% of Bruto Product -- meeting the criteria for NATO member states. Kosovo Security Force, during 2023, has implemented 198 field training and 22 field exercises, and has made strategic military purchases of 30m euros. And to further strengthen the security of the country, we recruited 850 new police officers, with 500 new recruits prior to next year 2024, as well as 629 new soldiers, with 600 new recruits for our previous army in 2024.

Along with these investments in the security sector, Kosovo in 2023 has noted remarkable progress in strengthening and improving the status and international position of our state. This year, our application to join the Council of Europe has moved forward, where the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers has voted in favour of our membership on April 24th. And, on April 18, 2023, less than a week before this date, the visa liberalisation process for Kosovo was successfully completed: on January 1, 2024, our citizens will finally enjoy the free movement in the European Union. Our government will also fulfill the promises we made before us. They spoke and cried out, slandering and swearing about things that were never done, as we pledge and fulfill ours, but for the good of the citizens, even when there was a good promise of the bad ones, we also fulfill it.

We have not put aside our exile - our ambassadors and our daily representatives in the countries where they live. This year we have continued the program “Citzen Diplomacy Felowship”, through which dozens of young professionals from the license are engaged and contribute to local institutions. This year, too, has been held the first edition of the International Forum “Ulpiana”, in which innovative ideas of entrant involvement and commitment were exchanged, listening to the best practices from other democratic countries around the world.

Perhaps the government's largest achievement on the international level this year was the Basic Agreement of February 27th between Kosovo and Serbia, along with the annex of implementation of March 18th. In past governments, they talked about partitioning Kosovo and signed harmful agreements for Kosovo that were also unconstitutional and anti-legal, which Serbia insists to this day on implementing. In the dialogue in Brussels, I have not had and have no difficulties which are not their heritage. But with the government of Movement V. WE have reached a new agreement, which speaks of Kosovo's territorial integrity as a sovereign and equal state, and which Serbia is refusing to sign and is constantly trying to flee, even this week officially and in writing as we saw from Brussels.

Dear members,

Without further delay, at the end of 1923, it is clear that we have much to enjoy and celebrate. In 2024, we will surely have many, many successes, achievements, and other new victories. But as I noted earlier, work, effort, sweat, and commitment await us. Let's be proud of our successes. But at the same time, let us never forget the difficult, and full of challenges that we've been through together to get where we are, like Movement and as Government, as activists and citizens, as representatives and officials.

Thank you very much!