More than six years since the enforcement of the Kosovo law on the Protection of Whistleblowers, in 2018, Kosovo institutions continue to violate the law by retaliating against whistleblowers, Kallxo Përnime TV programme was told. Demë Elezaj, a whistleblower and former employee at Prishtina International Airport “Adem Jashari” had his contract terminated after he reported…
An annual report on democracy in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia by Freedom House, mentioned the BIRN’s investigation “RTK’s Board Blocks High-Scoring Women from Top Jobs” published in September 2023, by journalists Jeta Xharra and Mediana Halili. The investigation dealt with gender discrimination in the processes of recruitment for high positions in Kosovo’s public…
More than a decade after legal proceedings began in the case known as ‘Drenica 1’, Prishtina Basic Court found Sylejman Selimi and Jahir Demaku not guilty on Thursday of committing a war crime by beating up a prisoner at a Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA detention centre in the village of Likovc/Likovac. “This court found that…
The President of Slovenia, Natasa Pirc Musar, told BIRN in an interview that her predecessor as president, Borut Pahor, is the right candidate to replace the outgoing EU special envoy for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak. “I am supporting him,” Pirc Musar said, adding that her country has often mistakenly not supported Slovenians for high positions…
The museum is not enough. Fadil Muqolli wakes up every day with the internal struggle to seek justice for the family members who were killed by Serbian forces in the 1998/1999 war. The blood is shed, but justice is still elusive. Fadil Muqolli, 55, has eyes full of pain, longing and anticipation. Muqolli held back…
Students from the University of Prishtina have exposed the misconduct of a mathematics professor with accusations ranging from indecent comments to unwanted physical advances. “You can wear red lipstick as much as you want, but your lips will never be like Teuta’s,” this comment by a man was overheard by two female students from the…
Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the end of hostilities in Kosovo, the plight of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities in the region remains one that NGOs on both sides of the border are working to improve. As the 25th anniversary of the cessation of hostilities in Kosovo approaches on June 11, the landscape of…
False narratives, which target the security sector in Kosovo and are often influenced by Russian and Serbian propaganda, distort the interpretation of security incidents and portrayal of security institutions, leading to potential destabilisation, BIRN and Internews Kosova fact checking platform concludes. Kosovo has experienced a surge in disinformation since the Banjska attack in late September…
NATO launched its bombing raids to force Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to end his campaign of repression against Kosovo Albanians. But during the 78 days of air strikes, Yugoslav forces intensified their armed attacks before they were ultimately made to withdraw into Serbia. Despite all this, Zeqaj, Kerezovic and their family would be the last…
The Kosovo deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, Kreshnik Ahmeti, told Kallxo Përnime TV programme that the implementation of the Constitutional Court ruling which awarded land to the Decani Monastery will lead to Kosovo becoming the newest member of the Council of Europe very soon. “We will become the 47th member of the Council of Europe,”…