{"id":80183,"date":"2026-02-12T08:41:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/?p=80183"},"modified":"2026-02-12T08:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:41:51","slug":"sport-gets-its-own-ministry-in-kosovo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/sport-gets-its-own-ministry-in-kosovo\/","title":{"rendered":"Sport gets its own ministry in Kosovo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the new Government of the Republic of Kosovo, sport is for the first time being treated as a separate ministry, established as an independent portfolio. The Ministry of Sport will be led by Blerim Gashani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His appointment comes at an important moment for Kosovo sport, which faces a significant need for investment in sports infrastructure, capacity development, and stronger support for young talents. The challenge becomes even greater given that Kosovo will host the Mediterranean Games in 2030, a major international event expected to bring substantial investments in sports infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The creation of the Ministry of Sport is considered a new institutional step for Kosovo sport, on the eve of a decisive decade that will culminate in the organization of the 2030 Mediterranean Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KosovaPress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the new Government of the Republic of Kosovo, sport is for the first time being treated as a separate ministry, established as an independent portfolio. The Ministry of Sport will be led by Blerim Gashani. His appointment comes at an important moment for Kosovo sport, which faces a significant need for investment in sports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":80185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[301,296],"tags":[343,7494,346],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80186,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80183\/revisions\/80186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}