Twenty-five years after the end of Kosovo war, Roma refuges that fled to Serbia still struggle to obtain social inclusion and equal opportunities, and even personal documents, a new report says. Many Roma people who fled Kosovo for Serbia after the Kosovo war in 1999 still feel the consequences in terms of their social exclusion…
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…
Start the day at 7 in the morning with a famous Prishtina macchiato in a simple neighborhood cafe, have another one in the centre, and end it with a drink according to the tastes of the evening. But coffee is drunk only when you have to visit some of the places, monuments, bars that must…
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 lacks sufficient capacity to combat disinformation and false narratives, with public officials also often falling for these narratives, experts claim. Experts call on the Kosovo government to increase the capacities to counter false anti-Western narratives that often not only influence the country but also target it, as even public officials are sometimes affected. In…
Miners at Kosovo’s once mighty Trepca complex are continuing their weeks-long strike over several months’ worth of unpaid wages. Miners at the giant Trepca complex in Kosovo entered the 23rd day of a strike on Thursday over unpaid salaries for June and July. On Thursday, the government said it was reviewing a work plan proposed…
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,…
Experts at BIRN’s annual Internet Freedom Meet, in Skopje, North Macedonia, warned that the Western Balkan countries do not have the proper legal framework to protect human rights from misuse of technological advancements. Human rights violations have become more likely and the manner of achieving those violations has become more varied as a result of…
Hundreds of Serbs gathered on Monday in the village of Pasjan/Pasjane, some 55 kilometres east of Pristina, to protest against the arrest of five people on war crime charges last Saturday. Holding signs with slogans reading: “They arrest us to expel all Serbs [from Kosovo]”, “We demand [NATO’s Kosovo force] KFOR protection”, and “They are…
Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani was awarded the M100 Media Award in Potsdam, Germany, for her commitment to strengthening democracy, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and European values. Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani was honored with the M100 Media Award on Thursday, September 12 at the international media conference Sanssouci Colloquium in Potsdam, Germany. The…