Kosovo War Left Deep Scars on Cultural Heritage

During the 1998–1999 Kosovo war, hundreds of cultural heritage sites were burned, destroyed, or severely damaged, including Islamic religious buildings, Catholic churches, libraries, museums, and monuments of historical significance to Albanians, experts explained at BIRN's Reporting House museum.

Telegram Channels Drive Kremlin Narratives Into Kosovo’s Albanian-language Media Space
  • March 31, 2026

A network of pro-Russian Telegram channels is being used as a source for content published by the Albanian-language version of the Pravda network, raising concerns about the spread of disinformation that could increase ethnic issues in Kosovo.

Gani Kosumi holds his photograph showing footballers having a wash in a stream after a match in March 1997. Photo: BIRN.

Ahead of Historic Match, Photo Illustrates Kosovo Football’s Astonishing Journey
  • March 31, 2026

Ahead of a play-off that could send Kosovo to the World Cup, journalist Gani Kosumi recalls how in the 1990s – barred from stadiums – ethnic Albanian football teams had to play on makeshift pitches.

Kosovo Needs to Align Media and AI Legislation with EU Standards
  • March 30, 2026

Kosovo faces an increasingly urgent need to align its media and digital governance framework with European Union standards, as technological developments—especially in artificial intelligence, AI—outpace its current legal and institutional capacities.

Kosovo Govt Backs Sending Troops to Join Gaza ‘Stabilisation Force’
  • March 30, 2026

While global attention is consumed by war in Iran, Prishtina government approves sending troops to join mooted International Stabilisation Force, a security and peacekeeping mission in Gaza.

BIRN and Internews Kosova Report Maps Influence of Russian Disinformation in Kosovo
  • March 27, 2026

A BIRN and Internews Kosova report that analysed thousands of articles shared by Russian media and tens of thousands of links shared by Kosovo based online platforms and social media networks, maps the influence of Russian propaganda in Kosovo via disinformation campaigns.

Burned Alive and Thrown Into the River: Kosovo marks 27th anniversary of Krusha massacre
  • March 26, 2026

Kosovo marked the 27th anniversary of the Krusha massacre, where 241 civilians were killed by Serbian forces, many of whom were burned and thrown into a river in an attempt to cover up the crime.

Kosovo Court Gives MPs Another Month to Elect New President
  • March 25, 2026

Kosovo’s Constitutional Court said it has overturned President Vjosa Osmani’s verdict to dissolve parliament and gave MPs 34 more days to try to choose a head of state and avoid new snap elections.

Pregnant in a Warzone: Giving Birth as NATO’s Bombs Fell on Yugoslavia
  • March 25, 2026

Emine Berisha was an expectant mother in Prishtina in March 1999 when NATO started bombing Yugoslavia. The experience made her understand the price pregnant women pay in conflict.

Kosovo Stages Massacre Exhibition to Mark Anniversary of NATO Air Strikes
  • March 24, 2026

An open-air exhibition in Prishtina commemorates the 27th anniversary of NATO’s military intervention to end the Kosovo war and the ethnic cleansing of ethnic Albanians.

Confessions from Kosovo War: An Empty Grave and a Mother’s Waiting

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The Dead Don’t Click Back: Fake Quotes, Real Profits, and Kosovo’s Information Warfare

Abit Hoxha
  • March 17, 2026

Kosovo’s Kurti Awaits His Moment to Play the Presidential Card

Agron Halitaj
  • March 3, 2026

Flooding in Kosovo: PR as a Substitute for a Civil Emergency Response

Kreshnik Gashi
  • January 9, 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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