“Freedom House” report: Corruption serious issues in Kosovo

International Organization “Freedom House” released in Washington has published the annual report for 2017, where it estimates that the current Kosovo government has obviously failed to improve the internal functioning of the state or effective implementation of reforms, despite the stability of governance, since the ruling Vetevendosje Movement enjoys the majority in the Assembly.

“This is due to continued tensions in Serb majority municipalities in the north, and events in the facilitated dialogue by the European Union (BE) with Serbia”, says the “Freedom House” report entitled “Nations in Transit 2024”.

The “Freedom House” report has among other things estimated that corruption in Kosovo “continues to remain a serious issue of concern in Kosovo”.

“According to the EU Report for 2023, government results in fighting corruption are limited”, the report notes.

Kosovo, according to Freedom House's report, has not had a formal anti-corruption strategy since 2018.

Kosovo's “Government has drafted an anti-corruption strategy since May 2023, but the process has been interrupted due to internal dilemmas within the processing group, which resulted in public statements in May where Prime Minister Kurti accused the opposition of blocking progress”.

Kosovo is again listed in the group of hybrid regimes, “transitional democracy”, in the organisation's report “Freedom House”.

Democracy in Kosovo, according to estimates and measurements of this organisation, has undergone no change.

Kosovo, both in the preliminary year and this year, has been rated at a score of 3.29 points, on a scale of between 1 and 7 points, where 1 is the lowest degree of democracy.

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