Reuters reported that Congress has shown growing interest in preventing harm to young people online, as social media companies have faced strong backlash. The House of Representatives passed the Children and Digital Safety on the Internet Act by 267 votes to 117, with support from both Democrats and Republicans.

The legislation would require companies to provide ways for children to limit addictive features and to put in place policies to protect them from certain harms, including sexual exploitation.

According to foreign media, the bill is the House of Representatives’ first effort to regulate children’s online safety since the Senate passed the Kids Online Safety Act by 91 votes to 3 in 2024.

The Senate bill would impose a duty of care on social media companies when it comes to young users. US Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee, has negotiated with the White House to win support for a package that would include the bill.

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These concern the proposed decision prohibiting the implementation of the Regulation on the Admission and Handling of Telephone Calls in the System for the Appointment of Lawyers under Official Duty (ex officio) of the Kosovo Bar Association, as well as the proposed decision prohibiting the implementation of the act that sets the amount of registration costs in the Kosovo Bar Association.

While presenting the first proposed decision, Acting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Donika Gërvalla said that, following a review of the provisions of this regulation, it was assessed that some procedural requirements could create practical obstacles to the efficient functioning of the mechanism for appointing defence counsel under official duty, especially in the early stages of criminal proceedings.

“This action aims to ensure the preservation of the constitutional and legal standards of the right to defence, as well as to guarantee the fair and effective functioning of the legal aid mechanism, and in particular the absolute protection of fundamental human rights for the parties in law,” Minister Gërvalla said, stressing the need for the implementation of the Regulation on the Admission and Handling of Telephone Calls in the System for the Appointment of Lawyers under Official Duty to be temporarily suspended until the court’s final decision.

As for the second decision, with the approval of the proposed decision prohibiting the implementation of the act on the amount of registration costs in the Kosovo Bar Association, it is determined that these costs must currently not exceed the amount of €1275.00, and from July, the amount of €1500.00.

According to Minister Gërvalla, this proposed decision is the result of the finding that the relevant act is not in compliance with the provisions of the Law on Advocacy, which stipulates that the costs for registration in the Bar Association cannot be higher than three (3) minimum wages.

“Taking into account the importance of guaranteeing the implementation of laws in the field of justice, and the need for the uninterrupted functioning of the system for appointing defence counsel under official duty (ex officio), and based on the Government’s competence to oversee the legality of the acts of the Kosovo Bar Association and the right to prohibit their implementation until the final decision of the competent court, we consider it necessary that the application of the registration costs be temporarily suspended until the court’s final decision,” Minister Gërvalla concluded.

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During the press conference, he explained that the first project concerns the reconstruction of the Sitnica bridge in the Municipality of South Mitrovica, worth 400,000 euros.

According to him, the second project includes sewerage works and paving in the town and villages of the Municipality of Shtime, worth 300,000 euros, while the third project is the revitalization of public mountain recreation infrastructure areas in the Municipality of Peja, also worth 300,000 euros.

He added that the fourth project envisages the construction of an outdoor sports hall at the “Mustafa Dumoshi” school in Dumosh, in the Municipality of Podujeva, worth 50,000 euros.

Krasniqi also announced that in the coming days there will be another allocation, worth more than 3 million euros, for five other municipalities that are winners of the performance grant for 2025.

At the same conference, he also confirmed the support of the multiethnic group for the Vetëvendosje Movement in the creation of new institutions.

“What I can say is that the multiethnic group, which is made up of eight or nine MPs, is ready and interested in moving as soon as possible, together with the election winner, to form the institutions of the Republic of Kosovo. So this guarantees a sufficient number for voting in the new government of the Republic of Kosovo,” he said.

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