A new café in Pristina where most of the staff have Down’s syndrome has become a hit with locals - while generating much-needed cash for an NGO that aids people with this condition.

Kosovo has any number of bars these days - but Bar X21, which opened four months ago, is slightly different from the crowd.

Most of the staff here have Down’s syndrome - and it has swiftly become popular with locals who enjoy the cheery welcome they receive when they come through the door.

The chauffeur for the Kosovo consulate in New York, accused of selling weapons and drugs and laundering money, has been denied bail because of fears his diplomatic links would help him abscond.

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Milojko Nikolic, a former Serbian soldier accused of involvement in the massacre of more than 100 Kosovo Albanians during the 1999 war, has died before the end of his trial in Belgrade.

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Kosovo’s Supreme Court has acquitted a former senior member of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Sami Lushtaku, who had been convicted of war crimes against civilian prisoners.

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Gay rights advocates in Kosovo say it is time to test whether the ambiguously worded constitution permits same-sex marriage or not.

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More than 25 years since Yugoslavia dissolved, the borders between many of the former states remain contentious and unresolved.

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Moldova’s refusal to give Kosovo tennis players visas to play in the Fed Cup is only the latest disappointment suffered by the country’s athletes – the result of continued disputes over Kosovo’s statehood.

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After the opposition Vetevendojse movement invited the LDK to join a coalition, acting PM Isa Mustafa said the LDK’s condition for entering any coalition was holding the PM’s post.

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Former senior Kosovo Liberation Army members Sylejman Selimi and Sami Lushtaku’s appeal against their conviction for war crimes against civilian prisoners began at the country’s Supreme Court.

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