Pristina’s NEWBORN independence monument is being redesigned with a ‘No Walls’ message that appears to be addressed to US President Donald Trump as well as Serbs in Kosovo’s north.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/newborn-no-walls-02-15-2017

A new court faces old problems in protecting witnesses to a dark chapter in Kosovo’s fight for freedom.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/hiding-in-plain-sight-kosovo-s-protected-witnesses-02-13-2017

‘Home’, a drama shot in Kosovo about a British family forced by war to become refugees, won the best short film prize at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-uk-short-film-wins-bafta-awards-02-13-2017

Kosovo, Serbian and international actors are going from one mistake to another as they try to resolve the issue of the infamous bridge in Mitrovica, Nexhmedin Spahiu says.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/mitrovica-bridge-still-dividing-instead-of-uniting-kosovo-02-12-2017

A French court decided to postpone its decision on whether to free former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj or to send him to Serbia to face trial on war crimes charges.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-serbia-haradinaj-france-war-crimes-extradition-hearing-02-09-2017

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks said the plight of Kosovo war victims is being ignored amid the ongoing political discussions about the country’s future.

s Muiznieks said on Thursday after a four-day visit to Kosovo that war victims and their human rights should be placed “at the centre of the political dialogue”.

Politicians in the Balkans condemned Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher for suggesting that Serbia and Kosovo swap territory and for claiming that Macedonia is not a state.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/balkans-politicians-dismissing-us-congressman-proposals-02-08-2017

Kosovo minister says government is committed to working on establishing the Association of Serbian Municipalities - once Kosovo Serb politicians end their boycott of state institutions.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/government-waits-on-kosovo-serbs-for-their-municipal-association-02-06-2017

The European Union approved 19 judges who will serve at the new Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers, set up to try former Kosovo Liberation Army members for 1990s wartime crimes.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/eu-appoints-19-judges-for-the-new-kosovo-court-02-07-2017

The mayor of Serbia's predominantly ethnic Albanian town of Presevo dismissed a US Congressman's idea of swapping mainly Albanian parts of southern Serbia for the Serb-populated part of northern Kosovo.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/mayor-of-presevo-disapproving-territories-exchange-proposal-02-06-2017