The Craftsman Who Turns Challenges Into Inventions

Craftsman Fahri Krasniqi has not allowed his physical disabilities to stand in the way of his creative will and passions.

European Commission. Photo: BIRN

EU Reports Limited Progress in Kosovo, Citing Political Stalemate and Rule of Law Concerns
  • November 4, 2026

Kosovo has made limited progress in key areas of reform, as political instability, lack of judicial independence, and shortcomings in the fight against corruption continue to undermine the country's progress towards EU integration, says the European Commission in it’s 2026 Country Report.

Kosovo Identifies Three More Wartime Missing Persons
  • November 4, 2026

Three Kosovo Albanian intellectuals who were forcibly disappeared by Serbian forces in April 1999 have been identified in a mass grave in the north of Kosovo.

Seven Arrested in International Investment Fraud Crackdown in Balkans
  • November 3, 2026

EU justice agency says seven more suspects were arrested and 100 servers were shut down in ongoing international operation against investment fraud involving Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia.

Mystery Surrounds Serbian Student List’s Stance on Kosovo After Election Victory
  • November 3, 2026

The Student List’s electoral victory has raised hopes for a new political chapter in Serbia. But its position on Kosovo remains largely unchanged, leaving questions over the future of EU-mediated dialogue with Kosovo and the relationship between the two countries.

Exhibition in Kosovo Capital Asks What Antifascism Means Today
  • November 2, 2026

Prishtina is the first stop outside Germany for Antifascism: Now, a decentralised network of exhibitions looking at the legacy of antifascism and what can be done today to confront a resurgence of fascism.

Limits of Emotional Distance: Reporting on The KLA Leaders’ Trial and its Aftermath
  • November 2, 2026

Unresolved trauma and contested histories resurface in media coverage of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers’ verdict against Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, leaders.

Political Deadlock Costs Kosovo 43.8 Million in EU Reforms Plan
  • November 2, 2026

Kosovo has lost more than 40 million euros in European Union Growth Plan funding after failing to implement reform commitments by the June 2026 deadline, with prolonged political deadlock and the paralysis of Parliament stagnating progress.

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Changing the Rules Mid-Game: Kosovo’s Misguided Bid to Curtail Hague-based Court

Arben Qirezi
  • October 29, 2026

Beyond Hague Verdicts: The Necessity of Healing the Wounds of Kosovo’s Freedom Fighters

Iliria Kajdomqaj
  • October 5, 2026

“Freedom Is Dearer than Life”: Remembering Kosovo Hero Fehmi Lladrovci Amid Hague Court Convictions

Vaughan Smith
  • September 24, 2026

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Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic (L), EU High Representative Josep Borrell (2-L) and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti (R) at a meeting of the EU-Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue in Brussels on February 27, 2023. Photo: EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ

Two Years On, Kosovo- Serbia Normalisation Deal Still Pending
  • March 18, 2025

The EU-facilitated verbal deal to implement the ‘normalisation’ of relations between Serbia and Kosovo, reached in Ohrid, North Macedonia in 2023, continues to hang in the balance as the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue remains nearly paralysed.

NATO General Secretary (L) and Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani (R) in Prishtina, Kosovo on March 11, 2025. Photo: Official Facebook Account of Vjosa Osmani

NATO General Secretary Urges Leadership and Dialogue for Lasting Peace in the Balkans
  • March 11, 2025

NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte emphasised the need for leadership and commitment from all parties to secure lasting peace and stability in the Balkans during his visit to Kosovo.

Kosovo Optimistic About Becoming Newest Member of Council of Europe, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister
  • March 22, 2024

The Kosovo deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, Kreshnik Ahmeti, told Kallxo Përnime TV programme that the implementation of the Constitutional Court ruling which awarded land to the Decani Monastery will lead to Kosovo becoming the newest member of the Council of Europe very soon.

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Posters at the opening of Anibar International Animation Festival read: “‘Patriarkati: Fabrikë e Dhunuesve (The Patriarchy: a Factory of Abusers)’; ‘Patriarkati: Armik i Përbashkët (The Patriarchy: Mutual Enemy)’; ‘Patriarkati: Fundi po i vjen (Patriarchy: Its end is coming)’." July 15, 2024. Photo: BIRN

‘Smashing the Patriarchy’: Anibar Film Festival Provides Possibilities for Equality

Anibar International Animation Festival

In its fifteenth edition, the Anibar International Animation Festival, in Kosovo’s town of Peja, urges citizens to raise their voices against patriarchal oppression.
Purple flags at the Sunny Hill festival for this year’s festival’s theme “A Flag for Her”, against gender based violence. Photo: BIRN

Sunny Hill festival

Most attendees praise the new out-of-town site of Kosovo’s Sunny Hill festival, which opened on Thursday – though some are less happy about updated ticket prices.

Prishtina

You might have read that Yahoo article about how the best macchiatos in the word are made in Prishtina. But the city has more than that. A visitor spending a day in the newest capital of Europe should take in a macchiato before walking around some of the interesting places, old cultural objects and bars – without which Prishtina would be known only for good macchiato and nothing else.

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