Pristina, November 18, 2019 - Deputy Chairperson of Kosovo Prosecutorial Council, Arben Ismaili, said that it is unacceptable to postpone court hearings without reason by prosecutors. He made these comments at a roundtable discussion organized by the Kosovo Institute of Justice (KIJ). In this roundtable entitled “Impunity of Corruption” two reports from monitoring of corruption and other cases in the criminal field in the prosecutorial and judicial system are published.  Also, The Deputy Chairman of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council, Arben Ismajli, discussed the issues that should be addressed by the findings of the reports, expressing the commitment to increase ...

Pristina, November 13, 2019 - General Director of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council Secretariat, Lavdim Krasniqi, held a meeting with administrative leaders of the KPC's organizational units. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the development of thematic frameworks and concepts of the Work Plan for 2020, which will be addressed in the workshop to be held on November 14-15, as well as presenting current work reports and coordinating communication and cooperation between organizational units. Consequently, during the today’s meeting was discussed for the work processes, with a particular focus on the preparations being made for the drafting of the 2020 ...

Pristina, 12 November 2019- Kosovo Prosecutorial Council held its next meeting chaired by Chairman Bahri Hyseni, where he reviewed and approved the foreseen items on the agenda. KPC at the beginning of the meeting approved the Inter-Institutional Tracking Mechanism Report along with some recommendations for the characteristic criminal offenses for the period January-September 2019, which was presented by the Director of Prosecution Performance Review Unit, Valon Jupa. Also following this meeting were reviewed the reports of the review committees on the process of selecting the candidates for Chief Prosecutor of the Special Prosecution and the Basic Prosecution of Prishtina, as well as ...

Pristina, 8 November 2019 - The Chairman of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council, Bahri Hyseni, along with Deputy Chairman Arben Ismajli, as well as members of the Prosecutorial Council, Chief Prosecutors of all prosecutions, prosecutors - members of investigative panels and the General Director of the Secretariat, have participated in a workshop on the implementation of the Law on the Disciplinary Responsibility of Judges and Prosecutors, organized by the US Embassy in Pristina, where also participated the KJC Chairperson, Judicial Council members, Presidents of Courts and judges - members of investigative panels.  The purpose of this workshop was to discuss the interpretation ...

Pristina, 8 November 2019 - The Head of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council, Bahri Hyseni, accompanied by the Deputy Chief State Prosecutor, Sevdije Morina, hosted the Director of the Office of Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training, OPDAT for Southeast Europe, Paul Vaky. The purpose of this meeting was the cooperation of the prosecutorial system with OPDAT and the areas in which these institutions should focus together in the future. On this occasion, Chairman Hyseni and Deputy Chief Prosecutor Morina thanked Director Vaky for the OPDAT assistance provided to the Kosovo prosecutorial system, expressing the further need to provide assistance in the field of ...

Pristina, 5 November 2019 - Chairman of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council, Bahri Hyseni, accompanied by Acting Chief Prosecutor of the Special Prosecution Office of the Republic of Kosovo, Afrim Shefkiu, hosted a delegation of the Assessment Mission of Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) of European Commission. The purpose of this meeting was to identify the results achieved, address sectoral policies and overall assessment of the functioning of the institutional capacity of the prosecutorial system in combating high-level corruption, organized crime and terrorism. Consequently, Chairman Hyseni informed the participants about the organization, role, powers and tasks that the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council is ...

Pristina, 1 November 2019 – Committee on Normative Acts of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council, chaired by Chairman Zejnullah Gashi held the next meeting, attended by the Deputy Chairman of the KPC, Arben Ismajli, representatives of the US Embassy, the EU and Legal Office of the KPC Secretariat. The purpose of this meeting was to continue the work on drafting the Regulation on the Organization and Activity of Kosovo Prosecutorial Council, which came as a need by the entry into force of the New Law on Kosovo Prosecutorial Council.  During this meeting work has continued on finalization of some articles and entire ...

Pristina, 1 November 2019 - The Chairman of Kosovo Prosecutorial Council, Bahri Hyseni hosted in a meeting the Director of Anti-Corruption Agency, Shaip Havolli, where they discussed for the rule of law in Kosovo, with special focus on the implementation of three laws related to fight against corruption. On this occasion was discussed the Law on Prevention of Conflict of Interest in Exercising Public Function, the Law on Protection of Whistleblowers and the Law on Declaration, Origin and Control of Property of Senior Public Officials and the Declaration, Origin and Control of Gifts for All official persons. Chairman Hyseni and Director Havolli ...