PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s Cabinet renewed efforts with a new draft law on renting a prison in the south of the country to Denmark to help it cope with its overpopulated prison system, an official said Monday. The first draft of the law failed to pass at the parliament last week. But on Sunday, the Cabinet approved a draft law on 300 cells at the prison in Gjilan, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of the capital Pristina, to be rented to Denmark, based on a a 10-year agreement that the two governments signed in April and May 2022, government spokesman Perparim Kryeziu said. “The Cabinet approved it (the draft law) again yesterday (Sunday) so that it passes on to the Assembly (the parliament) to be voted on again,” he said. Last week, the draft law got 75 votes, not reaching at least 80, or two-thirds of the 120-seat parliament as required to pass. |
Stephen Curry tells the AP why 2024 is the right time to make his Olympic debutThe U.N. rights chief says eastern Congo's escalating violence is being forgotten by the worldEdmunds: Avoid these 3 mistakes when buying a used car sight unseenPilot who died last week in Indiana plane crash was Purdue student, authorities sayHouse panel says China subsidizes fentanyl production to fuel crisis in the United StatesThe U.N. rights chief says eastern Congo's escalating violence is being forgotten by the worldNHL has no appetite to expand playoffs beyond its 16House panel says China subsidizes fentanyl production to fuel crisis in the United StatesLab chief faces sentencing in Michigan 12 years after fatal US meningitis outbreakBaby not on board! Mother with three