22.May– Medical school Prizren

Why is the EU helping Kosovo?

The Medical School “Luciano Matroni” in Prizren is the biggest secondary medical school in Kosovo with over 1600 students from a diverse ethnic background. Luciano Matroni has been a an Italian Doctor who had served and lived in Prizren since after the second world war.

Khaldoun Sinno, Head of Political Section ECLO visited the “Luciano Matroni” in Prizren to explain what to EU does and more specifically what the different EU representatives are doing in Kosovo. He also explained why the harmonization of laws with EU laws was important and what freedoms and rights the EU entails for its citizens. It also was providing certain standards as regards basic health conditions for example.

The introduction on the EU was followed Mr. Khaldoun’s conversation and actively participated in discussion about the EU. There were many questions, as for example why certain issues which happen in Kosovo and wouldn’t happen in EU Countries as implementation of certain laws (smoking in public) and why Switzerland didn’t want to join EU. To the question why the EU is helping Kosovo he answered that a stable and secure environment and a strong rule of law in Kosovo would be beneficial for all EU citizens and also for Kosovars as this stable environment is the basis for foreign investment to Kosovo and through this the basis for socio-economic development.