Informal Islamic Places of Worship, not supervised by Kosovo’s Islamic Community, have been opened in some neighbourhoods of Pristina, Gjilan, and Fushë Kosovë, BIRN found ten years after the Kosovo police had closed one such place in the capital, suspected of recruiting terrorists. Several informal Islamic places of worship have been established across Kosovo without…
With the aim of commemorating and raising awareness of the importance of the 1989 Trepca miners’ strike in Kosovo, miners from Trepca marched towards the ‘Reporting House’ exhibition on Thursday, where stories of the war in Kosovo, sacrifice, and resistance are displayed. On Thursday, miners from the Trepca mine in Mitrovica marched through the centre…
The accused A.P. has been found guilty by the Prishtina Basic Court for harassing KALLXO.com journalist Arjana Berisha via telephone, in August 2022, after the publication of a video recording showing a bus driver using a mobile phone. The Association of Journalists of Kosovo, AJK, reacted on Thursday after the Prishtina Basic Court issued a…
The Basic Prosecution of Prishtina has initiated an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against Xhevat Krasniqi, a mathematics professor at the University of Prishtina, following a criminal complaint filed against him. The Basic Prosecution of Prishtina announced, on Tuesday, that it had initiated an investigation against Xhevat Krasniqi, mathematics professor at the University of…
Some hosted and some were sheltered; the doors which opened during the Kosovo war are never forgotten, nor is the taste of the bread shared amidst fear and anxiety. The sack of flour, the tractor, and the rooms once used as oda, traditional Albanian guest rooms, evoke memories of a lifelong friendship and the common…
Kosovo leaders observed a parade of military and police forces in Prishtina’s city centre on the 25th anniversary of the country’s liberation. Military and police forces paraded through Prishtina’s main squares on Wednesday as Kosovo marked the 25th anniversary of liberation from Serbia, a pivotal moment in the country’s history and the end of a…
“NATO troops decided that if the Yugoslav Army wished to be awkward, the Kacanik defile could block it,” Freer recalled, 25 years later, in an interview from his home in Scotland. But they hadn’t counted on the Russians. “It all happened very quickly. There was very little hold-up getting through the Kacanik defile, and then…
Presented by BIRN Kosovo, KALLXO.com, Prishtina Biennale and Paper Gallery, the ‘Reporting House’ exhibition opened on Monday, June 10, the anniversary of the end of 11 weeks of NATO air strikes to drive out Serbian forces under then strongman Slobodan Milosevic. Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, and Prishtina Mayor Perparim Rama…
Newly formed state training centre for cyber security seeks to improve state institutions’ capacities in combating cyber attacks. The recently established State Training Centre for Cyber Security aims to improve the limited cyber security capacities of Kosovo’s public officials in order to address specific risks of cyber attacks. Bashkim Sejdijaj, commander of the Cyber Defence…
As Kosovo marked the 25th anniversary of the war’s end, Britain’s ex-Prime Minister told MPs he was glad his country helped end ‘oppression and injustice’. Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair received a warm welcome on Monday in Pristina, as Kosovo celebrated the 25th anniversary of its liberation. As Prime Minister of Britain, Blair was…