Reclaiming the Narrative behind ‘Reclamation’ (Kosovo 2.0)
THE INSTALLATION YOU’VE PROBABLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT… At 3 a.m. on Friday, June 7, I walked down to the Newborn monument in Prishtina and over the course of six hours, with the help of a couple of friends, covered it with the portraits and quotes of 99 women from Kosovo. See at: https://bit.ly/2K57nG5
Read More →Kosovo’s Silent Assasin (Kosovo 2.0)
PEERING THROUGH THE SMOG OF PRISHTINA’S POLLUTION PROBLEM. On a cold winter’s afternoon, outside one of the clinics of Prishtina’s University Clinical Center of Kosovo (QKUK), a man stands near the main entrance passionately smoking a cigarette. As he does so, he stares intently at the glass panel of the door, reading a notice that […]
Read More →I Need Something Less Than a National Day (Kosovo 2.0)
‘KOSOVO NATIONAL ROMA DAY’ IS A RIDICULOUS CIRCUS THAT HELPS NO ONE. In Kosovo, April 8, or International Roma Day, is expropriated and celebrated as ‘Kosovo National Roma Day.’ “How nice!,” one might say. Well, allow me to take you through how National Roma Day manifests itself in Kosovo, and then it’s up to you […]
Read More →TEN DAYS OF KOSOVO’S NEW GOVERNMENT (KOSOVO 2.0)
RAMUSH HARADINAJ’S TENURE AS PRIME MINISTER BEGINS. Today (Sept. 20) is the 10th day since Ramush Haradinaj became the new prime minister of Kosovo. After a three month wait between June’s election and confirmation of his new role through the Assembly on Sept. 10, Haradinaj and his new government have spent the last ten days […]
Read More →Is Lista Srpska a trojan horse inside Kosovo’s statehood? (Kosovo 2.0)
By Eraldin Fazliu Kosovar government’s agenda in danger of being dictated from Belgrade Lista Srpska demonstrated its powerful position in Kosovar politics last Saturday (Sept. 9), making the so-called “PANA” coalition wait for hours to vote in its new government. It was a political move that was considered by many analysts in Prishtina as a […]
Read More →Political crisis costs (Kosovo 2.0)
By Eraldin Fazliu – 24.08.2017 Kosovo missing out during post-election delays. On Thursday (August 24), a sixth attempt to conclude the constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly failed. More than two months after the June 11 parliamentary elections, it is still unclear when the PDK-AAK-Nisma (PAN) coalition, as the winner of the highest number of […]
Read More →Kosovo’s Interpol membership is far from assured (Kosovo 2.0)
By Leonora Aliu As UN General Assembly vote approaches, does Kosovo have the support? Toward the end of 2014, Slobodan Gavric, a Serbian citizen, was caught in Kosovo’s capital with 12 kilos of explosives, which turned out had been transported from Belgrade to the Arberia neighborhood in Prishtina with no problem whatsoever. As a result, […]
Read More →Attack on journalist widely condemned (Kosovo 2.0)
Insajderi director beaten outside his apartment. Condemnations have poured in today (Thursday, Aug. 17) after an attack on a prominent Kosovar journalist. Parim Olluri, the executive director of the online newspaper Insajderi, was beaten last night by three people in front of his apartment. Olluri and his fiancé Genta, who was with him at the […]
Read More →The traitors’ clique (Kosovo 2.0)
By Qerim Ondozi Statement by the War Veterans’ Organization of the Kosovo Liberation Army: Who is to blame? In the most recent attempt at an inaugural session of the Kosovo Assembly, which was interrupted for the fifth consecutive time having failed to reach a quorum, deputies were given the opportunity to speak before people present in the parliament, […]
Read More →First-time deputies (Kosovo 2.0)
Meet some of the novices entering Kosovo’s Assembly. Singers, lawyers, teachers, actors, journalists, economists, doctors, municipal mayors and even professional politicians, those who have never held another professional role, are amongst Kosovo’s 120 newly elected Assembly members. Having a broad-base of professional experiences, as well as backgrounds and ages, is often seen as the democratic ideal; […]
Read More →Specialist Chambers should learn from past experiences on witness testimonies (Kosovo 2.0)
As of July 5, the Specialist Chambers and the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office have been fully judicially operational and at any moment now we can expect to read about potential indictments and trial dates. There was an initial false-start, in which the Rules of Procedure and Evidence were found to be inconsistent with the Constitution, but […]
Read More →A look at the bystander effect and whether the law can increase interventions (Kosovo 2.0)
Almost two weeks ago, a very unfortunate event happened in the city of Gjilan/Gnjilane. An elderly man passed away as a result of his weak health, high temperatures and lack of people willing to stop and help him. The tragedy was afterwards followed by anger, despair and outbursts that took place mainly on social media. […]
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