Self-harm cases in elementary and secondary schools in Kosovo are increasing as school psychologists can only be hired if a school has over 1,000 students, based on an administrative instruction by the Kosovo Ministry of Education. On October 11, a school director in a village in Kamenica reported to the police that eight pupils tried…
German ambassador Jorn Rohde told BIRN in an interview on Thursday that Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti should not have been surprised that Germany and France asked Kosovo to send the draft statute of the long-delayed Serb municipality body to the Constitutional Court for approval as a prerequisite for membership of the Council of Europe.“I…
Kosovo’s second population census since the war is facing significant challenges such as mass resignation of registrars, a lack of informative campaigns , and boycotts by residents of Serbian-majority municipalities. Kosovo is also attempting to register its diaspora, including those not born in the country. Kosovo’s Agency of Statistics said on Monday that over 1.4…
The only three suspects arrested so far in Kosovo for the deadly attack on police by a Serb armed group in the northern village of Banjska in September 2023 pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges. Three Kosovo Serbs, Blagoje Spasojevic, Vladimir Tolic and Dusan Maksimovic, the only people arrested so far for the deadly attack…
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…
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…
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…
osnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo marked International Missing Persons Day on Friday, reminding the public of the fate of more than 10,000 people whose bodies have never been found following the violent breakup of Yugoslavia. Emza Fazlic, spokesperson for the Bosnian Missing Persons Institute, which organised a gathering with families of the missing and…
Kosovo Special Prosecution charged two former trade ministers with abuse of office for creating an oil marking monopoly in the country, after Kallxo.com’s investigations revealed the acts three years ago. Kosovo Special Prosecution filed an indictment against two former trade ministers, Vesel Krasniqi and Endrit Shala from the political party Social Democratic Initiative, NISMA on…
Situated just outside of Prizren, Korishe is one of Kosovo’s largest villages. It is a clean and quiet place, with a stream flowing down from the mountains in between the village’s many sizable villas and past a monument to KLA soldiers who fell during the Kosovo war. The peace and serenity of Korishe combined with…