Fan violence is a characteristic of football seen in all major leagues and on the international stage. Some officials are optimistic, not seeing much chance for this in Kosovo, while others prepare for the unpredictable.

In August 2016, 34 American volunteers started to work in Kosovo. During their 24- month stay, they will help with education and community development.

They are part of Peace Corps Kosovo which started to work in Kosovo in 2014, and has since brought over 100 volunteers with different backgrounds from the United States to Kosovo.

While the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology hasn’t spoken about the possibility of incorporating Albanian language in university curriculum, the students see it essential because, according to them the language in their writings needs to be of an adequate academic level.

Taking your parents to an elderly home until the end of their life cycle wasn’t an idea that went so well with the Albanian culture and mentality.

According to a lot of research studies of civil society organizations of Kosovo, after the war of 1999, sexist rhetoric and sexism are very common in politics and the media. For different reasons, a lot of cases like these remain bad personal memories for some.

A half-dozen patients sat on plastic folding chairs in the grass, smoking and chatting in the courtyard of Pristina’s Mental Health Center. It was mid-morning, birds chirping in the trees overhead.

Mentor Dida from Prishtina, who moved to California-USA, ten years ago, has realized to a number of initiatives for social changes which, according to him, had an impact not only on the American youth, but in Kosovo as well.

Within a “Two dollar challenge” movement, students of several US universities tried living for a week on two dollars per day.

Lendi Mustafa, a 21 year old from Prishtina, is one of the few individuals brave enough to publicly speak about their gender identity. He publicly came out when he was 18 in the documentary “Mallkimi LGBTI” (LGBTQ Curse), produced by Zona Express. Before Mustafa came out publicly about the way he feels, he said that he first talked to his friends and family, and eventually he appeared in the media.

N.K, who is now 24 years old says that during the time she was in primary school and in high school, she felt inferior in the society she was surrounded by.

Even without windows, the shop is brightly lit from overhead fluorescents. Overflowing floral arrangements take up the shelves lining the walls, while buckets containing flowers yet to be arranged cover the floor. Tulips, roses, baby’s breath.

Even though he denies that there are cases of consuming drugs in the school he leads, he adds that after each break he checks the school`s bathrooms to see if there is anything suspicious.

Smiling, he pointed at the enclosure and rattled off instructions. Fiona, the puppy, ignored him and walked into another pen.Gashi motioned towards a concrete garage.