David Loyn, a BBC correspondent during the Kosovo war recounts moments of his work in a country that was descending to armed conflict. David Loyn, a BBC correspondent who reported on the war in Kosovo in 1998- 1999, maintains that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic’s actions in Kosovo amounted to ethnic cleansing. He emphasised that the…
Lendi Osmani Bojniku was born at a time when Kosovo was ravaged by war. 25 years on, as a student of Architecture, his project has been selected as the best in a hard fought competition to rebuild a war- destroyed school in Ukraine’s Kharkiv. Debris dominates a site in Kharkiv, Ukraine where a school once…
Residents of Gorazdevac, a Serb majority village in the municipality of Peja/Pec, Kosovo, claim they are struggling to integrate into Kosovo society because of obstacles including language and infrastructure barriers. Kosovo Serbs from Gorazdevac, a village approximately seven kilometres from Peja/Pec municipality, requested at a public hearing also attended by BIRN and local media outlet…
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…
Albanian PM Rama is attempting to provide alternative facts for what is happening in Kosovo by exaggerating and trying to present himself as a misunderstood hero in the midst of this exaggeration. However, in the situation in Kosovo, things are too straightforward and clear to create such a fog and use the Rashomon Effect. In…
Prosecution witness Nuhi Bytyci asked the court not to use his book as evidence against “freedom fighters” Hashim Thaci and three co-accused, saying it was based on his “views as a journalist”, not a historian. Kosovar journalist Nuhi Bytyci, testifying at the trial of former President Hashim Thaci and three co-accused, said on Thursday he…
Kosovo introduced the Joint Intelligence Network Against Money Laundering, a mechanism designed to investigate, prevent, and combat money laundering, organised crime, corruption, and the financing of terrorism. Kosovo announced on Thursday the creation of a Joint Intelligence Network Against Money Laundering that brings together government institutions, financial actors, and social stakeholders in a coordinated effort…
Kosovo’s population census has drawn to a close, offering insights into an estimated 1.6 million residents and around 600,000 diaspora members. The Kosovo Agency of Statistics announced on Monday that the population census in Kosovo, which started on April 5 and for the first time included a separate count for the diaspora and housing units,…
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…
Kosovo prosecutor, Elza Bajrami, told BIRN’s annual Internet Freedom Meet conference about the ongoing investigation against contributors to a group on messaging app Telegram that was used to publish derogatory videos, ‘deep fake’ images and women’s personal information, explaining how key suspects were successfully arrested. Elza Bajrami, the Prishtina Basic Prosecution deputy Chief Prosecutor and…