Palestine

Screenshot of CCTV footage from the Conscience Ship in waters near Israel. Photo: Instagram/gazafreedomflotilla

More Balkan Activists Held as Israel Thwarts New Gaza Flotilla

Activists from the Balkans including a Kosovo Albanian who fled war as a child were detained as Israeli forces raided the Gaza Freedom Flotilla - the second such interception of a flotilla of pro-Palestinian aid vessels in a week.

Adania Shibli in Prishtina, Kosovo, on June 19, 2025. Photo: CHwB Kosova/Majlinda Hoxha

Acclaimed Palestinian Writer Reaches Kosovo Readers

Internationally renowned Palestinian novelist Adania Shibli highlights the importance of literary translations in learning from shared traumatic experiences, after the Albanian translation of her well-known novel “Minor Detail” was introduced in Kosovo.

Kosovo Government Meeting on Jan 31, 2025. Photo: Prime minister's Office

Kosovo Allocates 500,000 Euros in Humanitarian Aid for Palestinians in Gaza

Kosovo government decided on Friday to donate 500,000 euros in humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza, following a ceasefire that paused 15 months of active fighting.

Dokufest attendees enter the Lumbardhi Bahce in Prizren for the festival’s opening, passing a mural of a butterfly with the festival slogan ‘New Order’. Photo: BIRN

Kosovo Dokufest’s Spotlight on Palestine Takes Festival Into Sensitive Territory

The Dokufest film festival's programme boldly focused on Palestine and Ukraine, defying concerns expressed by some other cultural festival organisers that highlighting the Palestinians' plight can put funding at risk.

Screening at the open cinema at the Prizren fortress in 2018. Photo: Suer Celina, courtesy of Dokuufest.

Dokufest 2024: Embracing a New World Order

Under the theme 'New Order,' Kosovo’s International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Dokufest, will explore the reconfiguration of the global geopolitical landscape with an artistic order through its diverse film selections and thematic programs.