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Value Added Tax increased in Kosovo by 1%

Kushtrim Xhakli — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:28:14 +0000

The assembly of Republic of Kosovo has passed the amendment for the new Value Added Tax regulation. With the new law VAT gets increased from 15% into 16%. The regulation is in power from 1 January 2009, and affects all the registered businesses under new regulation. According to the Kosovo Tax Administration there will be new forms of VAT reporting which will be affected in Q1 (VAT declaration to be declared by 28th February 2009, for tax period of January 2009).

Assembly passed also law amendments, which reduces the personal income tax in Kosovo. A major change is for the employees which recieves more than 450 Euro now will be paying only 10% personal income tax (20% previously). Experts at the Tax Administration believes that the reduction of personal income tax will be an attraction to potential foreign investment in Kosovo.

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Best Practice Award 2008

Kushtrim Xhakli — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:25:26 +0000

During ECDL Foundation CEO Summit in Vienna which was held during 23-25 October 2008, a special award was granted to trajnimi.com national portal, which has adopted ECDL as a standard for ICT education and as a means to increase employability in Kosovo.
Award was given from Jim Friars, Chairman of ECDL Foundation to Kushtrim Xhakli representative of the portal which was launched in 2007 and had a major success on advancing the IT skills based education in Kosovo.

Speaking at ECDL Foundation CEO Summit Vienna, 23-25 October 2008

Varavingo

Kushtrim Xhakli — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:04:24 +0000

Varavingo është një rrjet social eksluziv në rritje për vetëm studentët, individët dhe shoqërinë shqipëtare në internet. Varavingo lejon që ju ti gjeni ish kolegët miqtë, të krijoni kontakte te reja, të njoftoni me më të rejat në aspektin lokal ku jetoni dhe mundësi ti shkëmbeni fotografitë me komunitetin qe ju rrethon.

Varavingo.com ndihmon personave që të krijojnë kontakte, miqësi, takojnë miqtë e vjetër, dhe të ri. Mësojnë se c’bëjnë miqtë natë e ditë në varavingo! dhe mundësinë e shfletimit të fotografive interesante nga komunitetet. Mbi te gjitha mundesinë e lidhjes së anëtarëve ndërmjet universitetetve dhe shkollave te mesme ne gjithë trevat shqiptare, Kosovë, Shqipëri dhe Maqedoni.

Bonu Interesant: VARAVINGO

Republic of Kosovo Passports

Kushtrim Xhakli — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:35:25 +0000

Republic of Kosovo on 18th July will start issuing passports to Kosovo citizens. Passports are developed by Giesecke & Devrient GmbH company in Leipzig, Germany. With the new passport citizens of Kosovo can travel to countries that recognised Republic of Kosovo, including Macedonia and Montenegro who yet did not recognized Republic but accepts Kosovan passport due to economic reasons.

Update: Macedonia and Montenegro recognized Republic of Kosovo on 9th October 2008. Some sources report that citizens holding Kosovo Passport were able to enter also in Iraq and Israel.

Business Startup Center Kosova: E-Business Course Week 1 ideas

Kushtrim Xhakli — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:06:00 +0000

From the e-business course that I am lecturing, last week students came with four e-business ideas:

Growing People Kosova
Website which provides information on pregnancy, baby, birth, child care, kindergartens and includes the part where you can exchange ideas, discuss articles & reviews, ask questions, and contact directly to the doctor also having an opportunity to book him from online calendar.

Lojrat.net
Educational games in albanian language designed to teach kids about a certain subject, expand concepts, reinforce development, quizzes, traffic knowledge assisting them in learning a skill as they play.

I-study
Open directory for high schools graduates in Kosovo seeking to register in Universities, website providing consultancy, tests, stimulative exams and tour guides of existing Universities in Kosovo. The website will also be used as a communication channel between universities and students network.

Autoplus KS
Find auto parts online, order auto parts online, get them delivered, rent a car service, rent a limousine online and pay faster. Compare cars, compare prices, list autos all using one single website about auto enthusiasts.

I wish students good luck on developing these ideas.
This upcoming week I expect some new e-business ideas for Week 2 class.

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Kushtrim Xhakli — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:21:23 +0000

Yes, I lost my flight to Prishtina today

Kushtrim Xhakli — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:10:43 +0000

I do think that the more you travel the hardest it gets, I missed my flight to Prishtina, Kosovo today operated by British Airways. The reason was my fault, i did not make it in time, and I was 30 minutes late.

British Airways kindly offers flight deals but when you are in need they are well known to analyze the importance of your travel, so they start to increase fines and provide expensive solutions. That is how I got rewarded today. My travel agent managed to re-book me for 12 January, the only possible date to go back, it was fully booked. People are traveling but there are only 3-4 flights a week.

Update: I need to come up with something to solve this 3-4 flights a week problem. I have in mind something.

New Year’s Resolutions

Kushtrim Xhakli — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:10:25 +0000

1. Write a new business plan idea each quarter
2. Wake up one hour earlier and go to sleep a hour earlier than in 2007
3. Subscribe to The Economist, Time Magazine, Wired this year.
4. Read books about Airlines Industry
5. Use often my new Sony DSCT70B Digital Camera and buy a Flickr Pro account
6. Spend less time typing in Instant Messaging applications, using Twitter as alternative channel
7. Use Skype for booking conference calls
8. Fly only with Miles and More partners in order to use Fly Award points to flights.
9. Not trying to beat my air-travel stats from 2007 (16 Take-Offs)
10. Learn cooking and finally get a driving license this year.

Rrethi.com

Kushtrim Xhakli — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:29:35 +0000

I went through Rrethi.com tonight which is a service that allows you to locate places, businesses and events in Prishtina, the capital of Kosovo. It uses Google Maps API and has quite clear imagery of Prishtina. This meshup website will introduce local thinkers to bring the power of web interactivity in Kosovo. Very good initiative.

Win a Cisco Scholarship in Kosovo

Kushtrim Xhakli — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:50:01 +0000

IDI (Information Development Initiative) in cooperation with the company Inter-Service is sponsoring scholarships for the CISCO NETWORKING ACADEMY in Kosovo. Scholarships are distributed into three categories: Category A scholarship covers 100% of the costs (10 scholarships), Category B scholarship covers 50% of the costs (30 scholarships), Category C scholarship covers 30% of the costs (50 scholarships).

You can apply online by going at IDI website

Update: The article dates April 16, 2007 and this blog is not awarding any scholarship, after the date of April 16, 2007 the blog is not responsible for the content at IDI website as external link.