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Risk of Radicalisation: Kosovo Struggles with Informal Worship Places

Informal Islamic Places of Worship, not supervised by Kosovo’s Islamic Community, have been opened in some neighbourhoods of Pristina, Gjilan, and Fushë Kosovë, BIRN found ten years after the Kosovo police had closed one such place in the capital, suspected of recruiting terrorists.

Kosovo Must Learn from Croatia’s Mistakes in War Crimes Trials in Absentia

As Kosovo gets closer to Council of Europe membership, bringing access to the ECHR, experts tell BIRN that it must take notes from Croatia’s mistakes in conducting war crime trials without the presence of defendants.

BIRN Doc Lifts Lid on Russian Disinformation in Balkans

A documentary produced in Bosnia, Kosovo and Montenegro explores the scale of Kremlin-backed disinformation in these countries and its dangerous influence on the public.

What Caused the Decline of Kosovo in PISA Ranking?

The poor results of Kosovo in the PISA, the International Student Assessment Test, have sparked discussions on the country's education system. Criticisms abound, pointing to a range of factors, from policy considerations and school infrastructure to the disruptive influence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A protest against sexual violence towards women in Ferizaj/Urosevac | Photo: Bardha Goga.

Care for Victims of Sexual Violence in Kosovo Remains Insufficient

Within this year alone, around 50 sexually abused women have been reported in Kosovo, while a BIRN research reveals that some of them go through the trauma of rape without proper psychological and social treatment.

Serbia’s New Kosovo Legislation ‘Will Violate Dialogue Obligations’, EU Says

Nuredin Ibishi at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in the Hague, Photo: Livestream/Kosovo Specialist Chambers

Witness Tells Thaci Trial Detaining Serbia’s Collaborators Was Necessary

Kosovo's Prime minister, Albin Kurti. Photo: Prime minister's Office

Kurti Protests Serbian Draft Law Naming Kosovo ‘Area of Special Protection’

Haxhi Mazreku, testifying at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in the Hague on Thursday. Photo: Livestream/Kosovo Specialist Chambers

KLA Saw Outsiders as ‘Traitors’, Witness Tell Kosovo War Crime Trial

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