Prishtina Insight

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. prishtinainsight.com/war-stories-ex…

A BIRN and Internews Kosova report analysing thousands of Russian media articles and tens of thousands of links shared on Kosovo-based online platforms, maps the influence of Russian propaganda in Kosovo via disinformation campaigns. prishtinainsight.com/birn-and-inter…

Kosovo marked the 27th anniversary of the Krusha massacre, where 241 civilians were killed by Serbian forces, many of whom were burned and thrown into a river in an attempt to cover up the crime. prishtinainsight.com/burned-alive-a…

Kosovo’s Constitutional Court said it has overturned President Vjosa Osmani’s verdict to dissolve parliament and gave MPs 34 more days to try to choose a head of state and avoid new snap elections. prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-court-g…

Emine Berisha was an expectant mother in Prishtina in March 1999 when NATO started bombing Yugoslavia. The experience made her understand the price pregnant women pay in conflict. prishtinainsight.com/pregnant-in-a-…

An open-air exhibition in Prishtina commemorates the 27th anniversary of NATO’s military intervention to end the Kosovo war and the ethnic cleansing of ethnic Albanians. prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-stages-…

Hamide Qereti, from Landovicë village in Prizren, lost two children in the Kosovo war. Her nine-year-old son, Gëzimi, was shot while fleeing and later found in a well in a village in Suhareka. Her daughter, 15 at the time, Nazmije, remains missing. prishtinainsight.com/confessions-fr…

The Prishtina Basic Court sentenced five men to a combined 75 years in prison and imposed fines totaling 108,000 euros in one of Kosovo’s largest drug trafficking cases. prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-court-s…

Three hydropower plants built more than a decade ago in the north of Kosovo remain out of operation because of an ongoing dispute between the public enterprise Trepça and the private company Hydro-Line, which constructed the facilities. prishtinainsight.com/kosovos-mining…

Zoran Kostic and Dragan Milovic have been sentenced to 15 and seven years of imprisonment respectively after Prishtina court found them guilty of war crimes committed in the region of Vushtrri/Vucitrn in April 1999. prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-convict…

Court finds Dragan Ristic not guilty of war crimes in 1999 in Gjakova/Djakovica, highlighting that the prosecution had proved that crimes were committed by Serbian forces, but not that Ristic took part in them. prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-court-f…

Fatal workplace accidents have raised concerns over occupational safety in Kosovo, amid disputes between authorities and trade unions over how deaths are recorded, while critics point to weak enforcement and limited inspections. prishtinainsight.com/fatal-workplac…

Kremlin-aligned actors have ushered in a new era of propaganda by taking advantage of social media’s algorithms. @abithoxha argues that not reacting to fake news allows the algorithm to bury it, thereby reducing its impact. prishtinainsight.com/the-dead-dont-…

The Kosovo Government has agreed to grant temporary residence permits and accept applications from members of the Serb community who do not hold Kosovo-issued documents, as the law on foreigners comes into force. prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-grants-…

Five defendants were sentenced to a combined 52 years in prison for sexually abusing a minor in 2022. prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-court-s…

BIRN Kosovo and Internews Kosova, in collaboration with the North Mitrovica–based NGO ACDC, launched an initiative to monitor Kosovo Police work in the Mitrovica region to improve transparency and public trust. prishtinainsight.com/birn-internews…

Kosovo's Constitutional Court imposed a temporary measure, until March 31, suspending the decree issued by President Vjosa Osmani to dissolve the Parliament after MPs failed to elect a new head of state. prishtinainsight.com/kosovos-consti…

Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago, the Kremlin has circulated dozens of disinformation narratives aimed at shaping international perceptions of the war. prishtinainsight.com/kremlin-disinf…

In the first week of Hashim Thaci's trial for obstruction of justice, the prosecution alleged at the Hague court that the former Kosovo president attempted to influence witnesses during his now-concluded trial for war crimes. prishtinainsight.com/first-witnesse…

Albin Kurti's ruling Vetevendosje party pledges to appeal to the Constitutional Court against President Vjosa Osmani's dissolution of parliament, which was triggered by MPs failing to vote for her successor. prishtinainsight.com/kosovos-kurti-…

Kosovo President dissolved the Parliament after MPs failed to elect a new head of state ahead of a constitutional deadline, opening the way for new extraordinary elections. prishtinainsight.com/new-snap-elect…