Kosovoâs flag at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics. Photo: Kosovo Paralympic Committee/Facebook The Paris Paralympics will include 4,400 athletes with physical, visual and intellectual impairments competing in 22 sports from August 29 to...
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Kosovo Govt Doubles Minimum Wage Ahead of Elections
Months before the next parliamentary election, PM Kurti’s government has almost doubled the minimum wage to 2 euros an hour, or 350 euros a month for a full-time job. The Kosovo government announced on...
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CIA Chief Visits Kosovo, Meets President and Prime Minister
As part of the tour in three Western Balkans countries, CIA Chief William Burns visited Kosovo to meet President Osmani and Prime Minister Kurti. The Chief of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William...
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Kosovoâs Capital Expands Tourism Potential
Through its vibrant culture, Prishtina is attracting an increasing number of tourists, challenging the once-dominant stereotype of Kosovo as a troubled place to visit. Despite stereotypes of Kosovoâs capital as being uninteresting and dangerous,...
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Kosovo Gets âŹ31 Million US Grant Despite Worsened Relations
Kosovo has received a multi-million grant from the United States. But the U.S. ambassador remarked that relations with Albin Kurtiâs government remain âless positive than we had hopedâ, following a row over plans to...
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Kosovo- Serbia Dialogue Deadlock is Suffocating Civic Initiatives
In an interview with Prishtina Insight, Marko Milosavljevic from the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) in Serbia delves into how political actors make Kosovoâs and Serbiaâs civil society cooperation attempts harder. Since political...
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EU Warns Kosovo as Mitrovica Bridge Standoff Goes On
Amid tensions over the possible reopening of the main bridge in Mitrovica, an EU official told BIRN that the issue will be returned to the dialogue table in Brussels and warned Kosovo not to...
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Kosovo Dokufestâs Spotlight on Palestine Takes Festival Into Sensitive Territory
Securing funding is not the only problem that some film festivals face. Yuliia Kovalenko, a Ukrainian film critic and programmer at Docudays in Kyiv who was involved in the Focus on Ukraine programme at...
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BBC Correspondent Reflects on Kosovo War Difficulties
David Loyn, a BBC correspondent during the Kosovo war recounts moments of his work in a country that was descending to armed conflict. David Loyn, a BBC correspondent who reported on the war in...
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Kosovo Serbs Protest Against Move to Open Bridge in Mitrovica
Hundreds of Serbs protested on Wednesday against the Kosovo governmentâs move to open the main bridge in Mitrovica, which divides the Serb-dominated north and Albanian south of the city. The planned reopening of the...
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