Should Kosovo recognise Serbia?

 Cedomir Petrovic

Notions of ethnic cleansing have long plagued Serbia, as demonstrated by the atrocities covered in the three books Albin Kurti presented Aleksandar Vucic with this week and the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia.

Gëzim Visoka

Kosovo’s next foreign policy: A wish list

Sunday’s electoral earthquake must also translate into a reimagining of Kosovo’s approach to foreign affairs, one that enables the country to truly behave like a sovereign, independent state.

Jack Robinson

The end of an inglorious era

After Sunday’s election, Kosovo is set to have its first ever government not to feature either PDK or LDK, as Vetevendosje inherits a country eager for change but short on patience.

Isak Skenderi

Kosovo’s Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians need real change

The Kosovo Constitution guarantees seats in the parliament for Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians, but this has not provided a true voice for these communities.

Agron Demi

Kosovo’s prime time TV debates are becoming a farce

The journalists, analysts and political representatives on prime time TV shows are failing to address the pressing issues facing Kosovo ahead of February’s elections, and instead are turning public debate into a circus.

Agron Demi

The economic elephants in the room

Kosovo’s state budget has often been wasted on a bloated public sector wage bill and endless infrastructure projects, while social schemes have rarely reached those who need them the most or help alleviate poverty. It’s time for a change.

Hana Marku

How to fight disenfranchisement, Kosovo style

The Central Election Commission’s decision to verify postal voters through a single phone call is a blatant attempt to suppress the diaspora vote, but we don’t have to take it lying down.

Aidan Hehir

Stop using the Balkans as a synonym for chaos

Events in Washington DC on Wednesday night saw many commentators reaching for cliches about Kosovo and the Balkans, perpetuating stereotypes that are inaccurate, unfair and fundamentally colonial.

Adea Kondirolli

New year, same old sexism

Agim Veliu’s obsession with Vjosa Osmani is just the latest installment in a series of misogynistic episodes featuring Kosovo’s politicians.

Fjolla Hoxha

No season: A chance to promote non-elitism in performance art and decentralize the stage

The pandemic has been financially devastating for artists and performers, both in Kosovo and around the world, but it also creates opportunities to envision new perspectives.

Adea Kondirolli

COVID-19 only exacerbated Kosovo education’s preexisting conditions

2020 was another difficult year in education with more misgovernance, political interference and poor test scores, while attempts to provide schooling during the pandemic often fell short.

Artan Mustafa

2020 showed that Kosovo’s social contract needs rethinking

The economic emergency created by the pandemic revealed the state’s inability to provide support to those who need it most, with measures taken by the Hoti Government only exacerbating inequality.

Aidan Hehir

Kosovo can’t allow the dialogue to continue in this form

Overshadowed and lacking an obvious purpose, the Brussels based dialogue resumed in 2020 in the interest of the EU, Serbia... everyone except Kosovo.

Liridona Sijarina

A year that exposed the entrenched violence against women

2020 saw a steep rise in domestic violence and femicide in Kosovo but temptations to blame the pandemic should be avoided. The answers lie closer to home.

Agron Demi

Is it time to rethink Kosovo’s political system?

For more than a decade, no Kosovo Government has completed its full mandate amid crises that have called into question the functioning of state level politics.

Donika Emini

The Hoti show must not go on

At a time of unprecedented crisis in the country, what’s essential is political legitimacy – which is precisely what Avdullah Hoti’s government does not have.

Agron Demi

Kosovo turns blind eye to officials flouting COVID-19 laws

Kosovo’s constitution may proclaim that everyone is equal before the law – but its selective imposition of punishments for breaking government pandemic measures shows otherwise.

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