{"id":75858,"date":"2025-01-29T16:11:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=75858"},"modified":"2025-01-29T17:43:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T16:43:01","slug":"agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Agreement Comes into Effect: Italy and Kosovo Recognize Driver\u2019s Licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of January 29, driver\u2019s licenses issued in Kosovo and Italy will be mutually recognized in both countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kosovo announced that the agreement between the two states has officially entered into force.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, this agreement allows citizens to convert their licenses without undergoing additional procedures, whether theoretical or practical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe implementation of this agreement is an important step towards the integration of Kosovo citizens living in the Republic of Italy,\u201d the ministry stated.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, in December 2024, the Minister of Internal Affairs announced the signing of a reciprocal driver\u2019s license recognition agreement with Croatia.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in 2022, the ministry had previously stated that following Germany\u2019s recognition of Kosovo\u2019s driver\u2019s licenses, negotiations were ongoing for similar agreements with Canada, Turkey, and Austria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of January 29, driver\u2019s licenses issued in Kosovo and Italy will be mutually recognized in both countries. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kosovo announced that the agreement between the two states has officially entered into force. According to the statement, this agreement allows citizens to convert their licenses without undergoing additional procedures, whether [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":75859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,1803],"tags":[870,1323,889,150,243,151,2815],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Agreement Comes into Effect: Italy and Kosovo Recognize Driver\u2019s Licenses - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Agreement Comes into Effect: Italy and Kosovo Recognize Driver\u2019s Licenses - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As of January 29, driver\u2019s licenses issued in Kosovo and Italy will be mutually recognized in both countries. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kosovo announced that the agreement between the two states has officially entered into force. According to the statement, this agreement allows citizens to convert their licenses without undergoing additional procedures, whether [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-29T15:11:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-29T16:43:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\"},\"headline\":\"Agreement Comes into Effect: Italy and Kosovo Recognize Driver\u2019s Licenses\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-29T15:11:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-29T16:43:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/\"},\"wordCount\":143,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01320000-0aff-0242-6655-08da8b3ff458_cx13_cy0_cw86_w1023_r1_s-1.avif\",\"keywords\":[\"agreement\",\"driver\",\"Italy\",\"Kryesor 1\",\"kryesore 1\",\"Kryesoret\",\"license\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Albania\",\"Latest news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/\",\"name\":\"Agreement Comes into Effect: Italy and Kosovo Recognize Driver\u2019s Licenses - Euronews Albania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01320000-0aff-0242-6655-08da8b3ff458_cx13_cy0_cw86_w1023_r1_s-1.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-29T15:11:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-29T16:43:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01320000-0aff-0242-6655-08da8b3ff458_cx13_cy0_cw86_w1023_r1_s-1.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01320000-0aff-0242-6655-08da8b3ff458_cx13_cy0_cw86_w1023_r1_s-1.avif\",\"width\":1023,\"height\":575},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Agreement Comes into Effect: Italy and Kosovo Recognize Driver\u2019s Licenses\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"description\":\"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"width\":280,\"height\":33,\"caption\":\"Euronews Albania\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\",\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Agreement Comes into Effect: Italy and Kosovo Recognize Driver\u2019s Licenses - Euronews Albania","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Agreement Comes into Effect: Italy and Kosovo Recognize Driver\u2019s Licenses - Euronews Albania","og_description":"As of January 29, driver\u2019s licenses issued in Kosovo and Italy will be mutually recognized in both countries. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kosovo announced that the agreement between the two states has officially entered into force. According to the statement, this agreement allows citizens to convert their licenses without undergoing additional procedures, whether [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/","og_site_name":"Euronews Albania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","article_published_time":"2025-01-29T15:11:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-01-29T16:43:01+00:00","author":"Nen Si","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_site":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nen Si","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/"},"author":{"name":"Nen Si","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f"},"headline":"Agreement Comes into Effect: Italy and Kosovo Recognize Driver\u2019s Licenses","datePublished":"2025-01-29T15:11:38+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-29T16:43:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/"},"wordCount":143,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01320000-0aff-0242-6655-08da8b3ff458_cx13_cy0_cw86_w1023_r1_s-1.avif","keywords":["agreement","driver","Italy","Kryesor 1","kryesore 1","Kryesoret","license"],"articleSection":["Albania","Latest news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/","name":"Agreement Comes into Effect: Italy and Kosovo Recognize Driver\u2019s Licenses - Euronews Albania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01320000-0aff-0242-6655-08da8b3ff458_cx13_cy0_cw86_w1023_r1_s-1.avif","datePublished":"2025-01-29T15:11:38+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-29T16:43:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01320000-0aff-0242-6655-08da8b3ff458_cx13_cy0_cw86_w1023_r1_s-1.avif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01320000-0aff-0242-6655-08da8b3ff458_cx13_cy0_cw86_w1023_r1_s-1.avif","width":1023,"height":575},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-comes-into-effect-italy-and-kosovo-recognize-drivers-licenses\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Agreement Comes into Effect: Italy and Kosovo Recognize Driver\u2019s Licenses"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","name":"Euronews Albania","description":"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization","name":"Euronews Albania","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","width":280,"height":33,"caption":"Euronews Albania"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f","name":"Nen Si","sameAs":["http:\/\/euronews.al\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75858"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75861,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75858\/revisions\/75861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}