Renovation works have started on the building of the former Roma school in the Vojni Remont area of North Mitrovica, which is being converted into a women’s shelter. The project, initially financed and constructed by Serbian structures, is now funded by the Government of Kosovo.
As KoSSev reporters confirmed on site, a banner has been placed on the unfinished building indicating that the works are financed by the Kosovo government. However, none of the people present at the location, including police officers, were willing to provide any information about the start of construction.
Katarina Ađančić, former deputy to then-Albanian mayor of North Mitrovica, Erden Atić, confirmed to KoSSev that the renovation marks the beginning of the long-announced conversion of the building into a women’s shelter.
Ađančić visited the facility in April last year together with former Minister of Interior Xhelal Sveçla and then-Minister of Justice Albulena Haxhiu. Five months later, on August 20th, she signed a memorandum on the building’s conversion. The actual works, however, only began more than a year later — today.
Coincidentally, Haxhiu, who visited the same location last year, was also in North Mitrovica today, but this time for a coffee with party colleagues at “Missini.”
Five-Month Deadline for Completion
Ađančić confirmed that the works officially began today after a construction company was selected to carry them out.
Although she could not specify which company was chosen, the banner at the site names “TERMOMONTIMI” SH.P.K. from Pristina as the contractor.
The deadline for completion is five months, Ađančić said, adding that the facility will be managed by the NGO Women’s Right.
According to her, the project is valued at €640,000 and financed by the Kosovo Ministry of Justice.
She further explained that the shelter will not depend on the local administration:
“The staff will be paid by the Kosovo Ministry of Justice, so the municipality or local authorities will have no obligations towards the facility or the institution. This is a project that, once operational, will not depend on local elections or changes in municipal leadership,” Ađančić told KoSSev.
When asked about the composition of the future staff, Ađančić said that this will be decided after the works are completed, but she emphasized that all employees will be women:
“The staff will consist exclusively of women — even those responsible for security,” she said.
Meanwhile, in the immediate vicinity of the building, construction works are also underway on a new school for 500 Albanian pupils, whose cornerstone was laid more than a month ago by former Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti.
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