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Beyond calligraphy: On the many talents of Shyqri Nimani

For the 10-year anniversary of Kosovo independence, Prishtina Insight met with Shyqri Nimani, the engrosser whose handwriting declared Kosovo as a sovereign state.

‘We made Kosovo, now we must make the Kosovars’

Pride in Kosovo’s political independence can live alongside people’s self-identification as Albanians. In the end, it might not matter that much.

Kosovo Serbs, ten years later

When we ask ourselves, 10 years after Kosovo’s declaration of independence, where Kosovo Serbs stand, there is no good answer. We are somewhere between two countries, without freedom of movement or adequate living standards.

A decade of shattered dreams

Kosovo’s statehood decennial offers little cause for celebration given the country’s current economic and political stagnation and incomplete state-building.

Small moments of victory for Kosovo

The first decade of Kosovo’s independence was filled with moments of the ground shifting beneath our feet - easy to forget in our earthquake-prone country, but they restore our dignity nevertheless.