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…

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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…

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‘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…

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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 The European Union envoy on Kosovo- Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, said on Friday that Serbia has withdrawn the letter it sent to the EU last year, in which…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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‘Where are Our Loved Ones?’ Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo Mark Missing Persons Day

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…

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Kosovo’s New Media Law Sparks Concerns Over Press Freedom and Regulation

The Kosovo Parliament’s approval of a controversial law regulating the Independent Media Commission has sparked widespread criticism, raising concerns among local and international organisations and media freedom advocates about potential threats to press freedom. A new law regarding the Kosovo Independent Media Commission, IMC, was approved by the Kosovo Parliament on July 11, 2024, and…

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