Through its vibrant culture, Prishtina is attracting an increasing number of tourists, challenging the once-dominant stereotype of Kosovo as a troubled place to visit. Despite stereotypes of Kosovo’s capital as being uninteresting and dangerous, Dyonne Beaudine van Hoorn found Prishtina to be very safe, along with having a lively youth culture. “Everyone thought I was…
Kosovo has received a multi-million grant from the United States. But the U.S. ambassador remarked that relations with Albin Kurti’s government remain “less positive than we had hoped”, following a row over plans to open the controversial Mitrovica bridge. The United States has agreed to give Kosovo a €31 million ($34.5 million) grant despite a…
In an interview with Prishtina Insight, Marko Milosavljevic from the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) in Serbia delves into how political actors make Kosovo’s and Serbia’s civil society cooperation attempts harder. Since political talks between Kosovo and Serbia stalled, civil society in both countries are facing significant obstacles to maintain the cooperation between citizens…
Amid tensions over the possible reopening of the main bridge in Mitrovica, an EU official told BIRN that the issue will be returned to the dialogue table in Brussels and warned Kosovo not to open the bridge without prior coordination. Workers were patiently refurbishing the main Mitrovica bridge in north Kosovo on Friday afternoon as,…
Securing funding is not the only problem that some film festivals face. Yuliia Kovalenko, a Ukrainian film critic and programmer at Docudays in Kyiv who was involved in the Focus on Ukraine programme at Dokufest, told BIRN that her annual event was first hit by COVID-19 and then by Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022….
David Loyn, a BBC correspondent during the Kosovo war recounts moments of his work in a country that was descending to armed conflict. David Loyn, a BBC correspondent who reported on the war in Kosovo in 1998- 1999, maintains that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic’s actions in Kosovo amounted to ethnic cleansing. He emphasised that the…
Hundreds of Serbs protested on Wednesday against the Kosovo government’s move to open the main bridge in Mitrovica, which divides the Serb-dominated north and Albanian south of the city. The planned reopening of the bridge for vehicle traffic has sparked a new row between the government and its Western allies, who want the issue resolved…
After returning from the Paris Olympics, Kosovo’s team, including two judoka medallists, were given a hearty reception in Prishtina’s main city square on Tuesday evening. Kosovo’s Olympic team was given a warm welcome on Tuesday evening at Prishtina’s George Bush Square, after they returned from Paris with two medals. Distria Krasniqi, winner of the silver…
The final project for the “Adem Jashari Complex” aims to cover a 450-hectare area in Prekaz, with plans to place the Jashari family towers under transparent glass. Nearly three decades after the Serbian forces’ attack on the Jashari Family, the winning proposal for the development of the master plan for the ‘Adem Jashari’ Memorial Complex…
Serbia, the US and the EU all condemned the closure by police of Serbian-run post offices in the north of Kosovo, with Serbia’s president appealing to Brussels to take action. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic accused Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti of attempting to spark conflict after Kosovo Police on Monday closed nine post offices run…