Are Kosovo’s NGOs under threat?
New law said to go against core principles of non-profit sector.
|01.02.2019
|
"They sort of smuggled in amendments that completely changed the version of the law that came from the government.”
This change in the law would allow these microfinance institutions to legally transfer funds from their accounts to other "institutions," including into private hands.
There are concerns that as soon as the law enters into force, millions of euros will immediately be siphoned out of organizations registered as NGOs and into private hands overnight.
Passing a new law
Arian Lumezi
Arian Lumezi is an editor at K2.0. He holds a master’s degree in International Journalism from Cardiff University, pursued through a Chevening scholarship.
This story was originally written in Albanian.