Tidings from Prishtina Insight, an online magazine published by BIRN Kosovo.
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At the entrance to Prishtina’s landmark ‘Germia’ department store stands an old Land Rover, recently transported from London. It’s a homecoming, of sorts.
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Kosovo authorities have been accused of failing to protect women after a woman was murdered mere hours after reporting domestic violence to the police on Sunday evening.
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Children continue to be exploited through street begging in Kosovo, as investigations stall and inadequate social services struggle to provide lasting protection.
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The exhibition ‘A Bird with a Stone Wing’ brings together local and international artists to Prishtina to explore antifascist resistance, contested histories, and the meaning of political memory today.
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Following the war crimes convictions of former KLA leaders in The Hague, Kosovo’s assembly passed a bill attempting to curb the court’s powers. The bill now returns to the assembly for reconsideration.
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Letters exchanged between Fehmi and Xheve Lladrovci in the 1980s, while Fehmi was serving a prison sentence as a political prisoner, are now on display at an exhibition in Prishtina’s Reporting House museum.
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Kosovo’s judicial institutions have taken steps to strengthen the handling of serious organised crime and corruption cases, but lengthy proceedings and inconsistent courtroom practices continue to pose challenges, an OSCE report says.
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Bedri Hamza, the leader of PDK, Kosovo’s largest opposition party, announced his resignation on Wednesday, opening the way for the party to select a new leader.
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Kosovo Serb Milorad Djokovic was sentenced by a Prishtina court to 10 years in prison for war crimes related killings and beatings of civilians during a Serbian military assault on a village in 1999.
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Prishtina mayor Perparim Rama has warned that delays in meeting financial and administrative obligations could jeopardise the city's hosting of the 2030 Mediterranean Games, citing a warning letter from the event’s international governing body.
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Prime Minister Albin Kurti announces plan to move ahead with stalled changes to civil legislation as opposition MP attacks provisions deemed hostile to 'traditional family values' such as same-sex partnerships.
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Justina Shiroka Pula takes office after months of political deadlock, as the new Specialist Chambers law and strained relations with international partners are set to test her authority and diplomatic skills.
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Kosovo’s media regulator has approved an experimental broadcasting licence for a radio station run by the Kosovo Police, but media experts have cast doubts over the move.
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Kosovo Serb politician and shady businessman, Milan Radoicic, was seen close to the son of Serbia's former President, Aleksandar Vucic, Danilo, in an electoral campaign rally of Vucic's party SNS in Kragujevac, Serbia.
Radoicic is one of the 44 accused by Kosovo prosecution of terrorism in relation to September 2023 attack by Serb gunmen in the village of Banjska in the north of Kosovo, that left one Kosovo policeman dead. Radoicic accepted responsibility for the attack.
Kosovo’s attempt to curb the Hague-based Court might not yield results without the option of accountability from the Strasbourg-based European court of human rights.
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Justina Shiroka-Pula was inaugurated as Kosovo’s president after parliament elected her by a majority vote on Tuesday evening.
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Justina Shiroka Pula was elected as President of Kosovo in an evening which saw a roller coaster of proposals for the vacant post.
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Protesters in Prishtina continue demanding legal changes to curb the powers of the Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers, after a a first instance verdict at the Hague-based court convicted four former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders of war crimes.
New election likely in Kosovo as political parties fail to agree on electing a president and protesters keep up pressure for adoption of law curbing powers of Kosovo Specialist Chambers, following its conviction of wartime guerrilla leaders.
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