Prishtina Opens Shelter to Combat Stray Dog Crisis Amid Rising Attacks
In an effort to address the issue of stray dogs, the Municipality of Prishtina has…
Prishtina Opens Shelter to Combat Stray Dog Crisis Amid Rising Attacks
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…
Kosovo Indicts 45 for Deadly Attack by Armed Serb Group in Banjska
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…
Kosovo Citizen Found Guilty of Threatening BIRN Crew
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…
‘We Had an Impact’: Kosovo War Photographer Says Images Affected West’s Policies
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…
Kosovo’s Osmani Urges Compromise to Avert New Row with the West
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…
EU Envoy in Prishtina Attempts to Break Kosovo- Serbia Dialogue Deadlock
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 Jubilar Grape Festival Features Global Stars
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…
Kosovo Citizens Urged to Avoid Serbia Amid Road Blockades Threats
Kosovo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora advised Kosovo citizens and the diaspora to avoid border crossings with Serbia amid reports of plans to block roads in Serbia surrounding the crossings. Kosovo authorities have urged citizens and diaspora to avoid going through Serbia amidst reports of plans to block roads that lead to border crossings…
Kosovo Serbs Protest Closure of Serbia-Run ‘Parallel Institutions’
Dozens of Kosovo Serbs protested on Monday in North Mitrovica after Kosovo authorities closed five Serbia-run ‘parallel institutions’ in the Serb-majority north, part of continuing efforts to extend government authority. Dozens of Kosovo Serbs protested on Monday in front of the offices of the Serbia-run parallel municipality in North Mitrovica, which Kosovo’s authorities shout down…
Kosovo Parents Struggle for Textbooks as New School Year Begins
As the new school year starts on Monday, the teachers’ union is criticising the government for again not supplying schools with textbooks directly, forcing parents to buy them from stores using money allocated online. Kosovo parents have been touring one bookstore after another recently – just as they did last year – to get textbooks…
