Kosovo Tax Administration officials inspect a worksite in the Prizren region in July 2025, where unregistered workers from Turkey were found during a routine check. Photo: BIRN

‘Modern Slavery’: The Hidden Exploitation of Migrant Workers in Kosovo

Migrant workers are filling labour shortages across construction, manufacturing, hospitality, and services in Kosovo. But for some, employment promises have led to exploitative working conditions, withheld wages, restricted movement and, in some cases, sexual exploitation and suspected human trafficking.

A Kosovo-Swiss Director’s Idyllic Journey through a Village’s Turbulent Past
  • August 11, 2026

The film by Dea Gjinovci, a Swiss director of Kosovo origin, tells the story of a village which endured a lot in its recent past. The film will be screened at Prizren’s DokuFest on August 13.

BIRN Demands Prishtina Mayor End Intimidation Campaign
  • August 10, 2026

KALLXO.com has condemned renewed attacks by Prishtina’s Mayor Përparim Rama, accusing him of using derogatory and unprofessional language against the media.

KFOR Begins Security Transition at ‘Flashpoint’ Bridge and Orthodox Monastery
  • August 10, 2026

As NATO-led KFOR mission starts winding down presence on bridge in divided Mitrovica, Kosovo's main Serb party warns of potential problems at 'site of serious conflicts'.

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Albin Kurti – Baba: Kosovo’s ‘Father’ Who Inherits an Absence

Vjosa Musliu
  • July 22, 2026
Illustration. BIRN/Besnik Krivanjeva

The Missing Context in Kosovo’s Energy Debate

Viktor Berishaj
  • June 5, 2026

Testing the Future: North Macedonia’s Non-Existent Albanian Language Bar Exam

Xhavit Rexhaj
  • April 15, 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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