The Mayor of Pristina, Përparim Rama, declares that the capital is up to date in terms of preparations for the Mediterranean Games – with clear plans for infrastructure and the construction of the new stadium.
In an interview with KosovaPress, he emphasizes that although the local level is active and organized, the lack of central institutions is slowing down the process.
He calls for rapid cooperation to avoid jeopardizing this historic opportunity for Kosovo.
"The Mediterranean Games are tomorrow in terms of the time we have to create the necessary infrastructure for the Mediterranean Games. As the capital, we have continued with the process, with the compilation of the master plan of the Olympic village for the Mediterranean Games and its detailing, so we are two steps ahead fortunately, but the lack of the creation of central level institutions normally prevents the rapid development that was supposed to be underway for stadiums, for various spaces, for arenas and others for the Mediterranean Games," says Rama.
The Mayor of Pristina emphasizes that they are in constant communication with the International Mediterranean Games Committee, informing them of every step being taken in preparation for the successful conduct of these games in Kosovo, which will be held in five years.
"Even in our meetings that we have had with the ICMG [International Committee of the Mediterranean Games], we have shown them and given them our trust, they have seen that in fact we are ahead with planning as a capital city, so for the moment we are okay, but we should not stop because time moves too fast," Rama continues.
Seeing that no steps have yet been taken to build the national stadium, Rama announces that the municipality will build a new, UEFA fourth-category stadium that will fulfill this function.
"We have proposed and planned and will build the capital's stadium, which will have all the capacities for International Games, so it will be of the fourth UEFA category that provides all the needs for international games. But whether it will be treated as a national stadium or not, that remains to be seen, but I am saying that we need a new stadium in the capital, which we have planned and which we will build," Rama announced.
He spoke about the potential risk that Kosovo could lose the right to organize the Mediterranean Games, precisely because of delays in the construction of sports infrastructure, saying that they will in no way allow this to happen.
Calls for intensification of work in preparations for the Mediterranean Games have recently been made by the Kosovo Olympic Committee.
They told KosovaPress that they fear that at this rate of progress, Kosovo may not be ready for these games to be organized in our country in 2030.
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