The 12th edition of the FemArt Festival, which aims to empower women through their art and activism, highlights Sisterhood as a form of women’s unity in times of war and peace. The Barcelona Flamenco Ballet’s performance of “Carmen,” which conveys a “message of freedom and courage in the face of an unequal world where women…
An old socialist-era premise in Prishtina is offering visitors a unique perspective of Kosovo’s turbulent past with art pieces, photographs, videos, and artefacts displayed as part of BIRN’s Reporting House. Before entering the Reporting House exhibition hall, an eye-catching jeep awaits visitors. It is the vehicle that renowned war reporter Vaughan Smith used on mountainous…
The first trial hearing for the 2023 deadly attack in Banjska was postponed to October, and Kosovo’s Supreme Court was asked to rule on whether the trial of fugitive kingpin Milan Radoicic and 41 others can be held in absentia. Scheduled to start on Wednesday, the trial at the Prishtina Basic Court over the deadly…
Kallxo.com Journalists, Kreshnik Gashi and Behar Mustafa, were awarded first prize for investigative journalism by the European Union for their investigation into corruption at local and central governance levels enabling hundreds of illegal constructions in the protected area of Brezovica. The September 2023 Kallxo.com investigation revealing how Albanian businessmen became the ‘lords’ of Brezovica by…
One year after Kosovo Police sergeant Afrim Bunjaku was killed when Serb gunmen led by Kosovo Serb kingpin Milan Radoicic attacked police in the village of Banjska, the authorities renamed a road leading to the village after him. Prime Minister Albin Kurti, members of the cabinet, parliament speaker Glauk Konjufca and police director Gazmed Hoxha…
Elez Biberaj, a Voice of America journalist, reflected in an interview with BIRN on how the 1980-1990s rising tensions in Kosovo prompted VOA leadership to send correspondents to report from the region. Biberaj, an ethnic Albanian from Montenegro, migrated to the U.S. with his family at the age of 15. He began working at VOA…
Kosovo’s judicial system is facing numerous challenges due to widespread misinformation, defamatory accusations, and the public’s lack of understanding of the competences of judiciary and security institutions. The blending of responsibilities between Kosovo’s police, prosecutors, and courts, coupled with biased reporting from media and unfounded claims by politicians, has led to confusion and mistrust in…
Fans entered the field during a Kosovo vs Romania football match on September 6 in Kosovo’s capital of Prishtina. They were taken by surprise when people threw fireworks and verbally abused other fans during the national anthem of Romania. Skender Perteshi, a security expert from the Prishtina based think tank Institute for Security and Resilience,…
In Kosovo, agritourism is on the rise, with people abandoning urban stress to invest in village revitalisation and establish a sustainable lifestyle away from the city. Adrian Berisha once felt shackled by the grind of urban life in Prishtina, which he likened to modern-day slavery. The ceaseless battle for affordability on stepping out of his…
New report lists three Balkan states among the ten countries worldwide where fewest people separate their household waste, causing problems for the environment and risks to health – with a lack of awareness largely to blame. Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania are among the top ten countries worldwide where fewest households report separating their household waste,…