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,…
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…
Most survivors of sexual abuse during the Kosovo war still suffer severe psychological consequences as a result of their ordeal, a new report by two NGOs, Medica Mondiale and Medica Gjakova, concludes. German NGO Medica Mondiale and local Kosovo NGO Medica Gjakova, which works with survivors of sexual abuse from the Kosovo war, published a report on…
In an effort to address the issue of stray dogs, the Municipality of Prishtina has opened a treatment and shelter centre for dogs, aiming to find adopters for them afterward. The Municipality of Prishtina on Wednesday inaugurated a centre for the treatment and sheltering of stray dogs on Wednesday, September 11, located just seven kilometres…
Forty-five suspects, including powerful Kosovo Serb businessman Milan Radoicic, were charged by prosecutors in Prishtina over last September’s armed attack on Kosovo police officers in the northern village of Banjska. Kosovo’s Special Prosecution announced on Wednesday that it has filed an indictment charging 45 over the attack in September 2023 by a Serb armed group…
A Kosovo court sentenced a man to four months in jail for threatening BIRN Kosovo journalists while they were reporting on a controversial initiative to build a Catholic church in a village in February. The Skenderaj/Srbica branch of the Basic Court of Mitrovica on Tuesday sentenced Mustafe Hasani to four months in prison for threatening…
Alan Chin, a photojournalist for the New York Times who covered the war in Kosovo said that powerful images of civilian suffering in the conflict ‘perhaps had influence on policies in the US and London’. New York-based photojournalist Alan Chin said during a lecture at BIRN’s Reporting House in Prishtina on Monday that images published in…
In an interview with BIRN, Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani urged ‘coordination’ with the West in steps concerning Serbia and Kosovo Serbs, saying some EU states need to be convinced – not attacked – to lift punitive measures in place since June last year. As Kosovo drifts into another diplomatic row with its Western allies over…
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Donika Gervalla Schwarz considered Serbia’s move to withdraw from the letter of reservations on the deal on normalisation of relations with Kosovo as “partial.” The European Union envoy on Kosovo- Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, said on Friday that Serbia has withdrawn the letter it sent to the EU last year, in which…
Kosovo’s Hardh Fest returns for its 10th anniversary, offering three days of music, culture, and festivities where visitors can enjoy traditional grape-stomping, family-friendly activities, and the annual Wine Fair to celebrate the start of the grape harvest. Under the motto “Për kokërr të qejfit” (Just for fun), the 10th edition of Hardh Fest, the most…