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Young boys stand in front of the ruins of Adem Jashari's house, destroyed by Serbian forces in Prekaz. Photo: Joakim Roos

“The War Was Over, But They Were Still Hiding”: Swedish Photographer Recalls His Work During the Kosovo War

Swedish photographer Joakim Roos, who reported on the ground from various parts of Kosovo during the 1998-1999 war, has shared his most memorable moments from his work. He plans to publish a book showcasing all the materials he gathered, aiming to reconnect with the people he encountered.

A F-16 fighter jet takes off from the northern Italian NATO airbase Aviano on 24 March 1999 to hit targets in Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo with air strikes. PHOTO: EPA/STRINGER/

Kosovo Commemorates 26th Anniversary of NATO Airstrikes

Kosovo marked the 26th anniversary of the NATO airstrikes against Yugoslav and Serbian military and police targets, an intervention aimed at halting the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians.

Alex Anderson (left) and Kostyantyn Grygorenko (right) in Prishtina. Photo by Hana Xharra Anderson

“After the Victory”: A Dialogue on the Journalism of ‘De-occupation’ and Liberation, from Ukraine’s Donbas to Kosovo

Kostyantyn Grygorenko, editor-in-chief of the east Ukrainian local newspaper ‘Izium Horizons’ and Alex Anderson, former International Crisis Group project director for Kosovo and Amnesty International and OSCE researcher in eastern Ukraine, meet in Prishtina, resuming a discussion started as panellists amid air raid alerts at a large journalists’ forum in Kyiv in late 2023.

‘Reporting House’ Ends 2024 with More Than 5,600 Visitors

BIRN’s Reporting House, a museum to protect Kosovo’s collective memory, gathered thousands of people in Prishtina.

Survey presentation by the NGO Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) on the stance of youth towards war crimes, held in Prishtina on October 22. Photo: YIHR

Kosovo Youth Inherit ‘Burden of War’ from ‘Second-Hand Memories’, Report Says

New report by the Youth Initiative for Human Rights concludes that memories of a war they dont actually remember have a significant impact on the attitudes of the young, reinforcing biased narratives and ethnic division.

Film Recalling Horror of Wartime Prison Massacre Shown in Kosovo

Kosovo Ombudsperson Probes Police Brutality Claims After Man’s Death

Aerial view of the villas built in the village of Kllobukar, in Novobërdë. Photo: BIRN

Kosovo Prosecution Probes Illegal Construction in Mountain Resort After ‘Kallxo Përnime’ Report

People sign the petition against the construction of two bridges over the Iber river, July 7, 2025. Photo: BIRN/Florinda Kelmendi.

Kosovo Serb Party Petitions Against New Bridges in Divided Town

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