

EU and UP: Construction of the new premises for the FMNS starts today, EUR 13.9 million to be invested
The EU Ambassador in Kosovo, Tomas Szunyog, and Rector of University of Pristina (UP), Prof Dr Qerim Qerimi, marked today the beginning of the construction of the new premises for the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMNS). At any one time, the...
Dokufest: Call for solidarity with the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
DokuFest joins the fundraising campaign to help the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, by opening the doors of DokuKino to the public, starting tomorrow. Over three days staring this week(February 14-16), a selection of films will be screened at DokuKino,...
EU in Kosovo is helping fight corruption; supports public information efforts of the Corruption Prevention Agency
The Agency for Prevention of Corruption, supported by the European Union in Kosovo, launched today a public information campaign promoting its role in controlling the declaration of assets by officials, preventing a conflict of interest, and investigating...
EU and Kosovo Government offer 45 full scholarships for Master’s Degree Programs at EU universities
The European Union and the Government of Kosovo recently launched the 13th call for applications for the Young Cell Scheme EU post-graduate scholarship program. The call will be open until 27 December 2022 and all graduate and post-graduate students and civil servants...


Facing ongoing shocks, Western Balkans need policies that potect most vulnerable, reforms that boost growth
Economic performance in all six economies of the Western Balkans continues to be impacted by the ongoing war in...
EU and UNDP Continue to Promote the Role of Women in Peace and Security
In support of the first Forum on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) organised in Pristina this weekend at the initiative...
2022 Enlargement package: EU assesses reforms in the Western Balkans and Türkiye and recommends candidate status for B&H
The European Commission adopted its 2022 Enlargement Package, providing a detailed assessment of the state of play and...


The EU welcomes the ongoing electoral reform and encourages the legislators to draft amendments to the relevant laws in an inclusive manner
The EU Election Follow-up Mission (EFM), deployed to Kosovo since 14 November 2022 presented today its preliminary findings on the progress in the implementation of the EU’s...


The Community College Initiative (CCI) Program is Accepting Applications for the 2023-2024 Academic Year
Are you a high school graduate, undergraduate student, or a young professional from Kosovo’s municipalities of Gjakova, Junik, Deçan, Peja, Istog, and Zubin Potok? Are you interested in studying Digital Media and Communications for one academic year at a U.S....
EU in Kosovo, Switzerland, and UNDP, join the Ministry of Justice in the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign
Helping to raise awareness about the need to prevent and report any form of gender-based violence, the EU in Kosovo, Switzerland, and UNDP, joined forces with the Kosovo Ministry of Justice and NGO Integra in implementing this year’s 16 Days of Activism against...
European Union and Government advance Kosovo on the EU integration path through education
The European Union and the Government of Kosovo launched today the 13th round of the EU Masters Scholarship Programme which aims to improve the work of public administration and the services it provides to all people living in Kosovo by providing higher education to...


MIA: Happy Online is a new public campaign for safety of the children
The Government of Kosovo and its partners are today launching a new campaign called Happy Online, for keeping children...
EU provides homes for displaced and socially vulnerable families in Kosovo
The construction of the two new EU-funded apartment buildings for 34 families who lived in Padalište/Padallishte...
The EU contributes further EUR 5.25 million to Kosovo’s budget, to help it mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The European Commission transferred today to Kosovo’s budget a further EUR 5.25 million to help it mitigate the impact...


A former member of the KLA is arrested in Belgium with a warrant from Kosovo Specialist Chambers
On 16 March 2021, the authorities of Belgium arrested Pjetёr Shala, former member of KLA, pursuant to an arrest...


GAP publishes the report: Will a new law on economic zones boost investments in local communities
GAP Institute today published the report on the new law on Economic Zones. The aim of this draft law is to regulate...



EUSR Lajčák’s visit to Kosovo: Dialogue will continue
EU Special Representative for the Pristina-Belgrade Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues, Miroslav...


Call for experts
IREX is recruiting a pool of local experts to serve as consultants on our Learn to Discern (L2D) Kosovo program for...



Lajčák, will visit the Western Balkans in the first week of March
EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues, Miroslav...


Disinformation Toolkit
Albany Associates (www.albanyassociates.com) has created an app that provides a step-by-step toolkit for identifying...


UN Women-British Embassy intensify efforts to reduce school dropouts of young girls non-majority communities
UN Women and the British Embassy have distributed laptops to young women and girls from Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian...


New EU project to support readiness for vaccination efforts and resilient health systems in the Western Balkans
The European Union in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a new regional project worth...
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Kosovo joins the global initiative to map perceptions of Circular Economy
Imagine Circularity in cooperation with Kosovalive has adapted the first global survey on circular economy in Albanian...


“Internship & Mentorship Program” training II
The second training in the framework of the “Internship & Mentorship” program was held at KosovaLive. For three days the participants had the opportunity to learn about video editing techniques. They applied the lessons by editing the videos they shot in the first...



“Internship & Mentorship Program” training – field work
After the training held last week as part of the Internship & Mentorship program at KosovaLive, the trainees are almost ready to create their own stories. They went out to work in the field, where each of them had the opportunity to conduct interviews as...



“Internship & Mentorship Program” training – field work
After the training held last week as part of the Internship & Mentorship program at KosovaLive, the trainees are almost ready to create their own stories. They went out to work in the field, where each of them had the opportunity to conduct interviews as...


International Day for Climate Action
“International Day for Climate Action” at KosovaLive In honor of the International Day for Climate Action, KosovaLive is holding an event to learn more about the environment, the importance of water and air, and the damage caused by climate change. At the end we will...
IN-DEPTH
Even the correctional center needs some “corrections”
Majlindë Lulaj, head of the Media and Public Relations Office at Obudsperson Kosovo, says that the conditions in the correctional center have changed. She says that in the last visit to this center on May 2, 2017, the hygiene level was satisfactory in all of the buildings where the minors stayed. However, the window mechanisms were still damaged.
Kosovo women are not free from stigma associated with divorce
“My relatives told me that I was doing the right thing by getting a divorce. I wasn’t the one who started the divorce procedures, it was my wife. Marriage has its obligations and everyone who knew her told her that she should have sacrificed more to keep the family together since she was the mother of two children,” he adds.
Lack of moral and financial support is pushing people to abandon their children
“I can’t understand how these mothers don’t show love to their children, how they decide to abandon them so easily. The woman, with whom I shared the room, hadn’t brought any clothes for her newborn, not even a towel to wrap the baby. She didn’t even want to hold the baby,” says Fitore.


The vote for new deputies, a vote of hope for change
It is obvious that the youth is the future of a country and its development. The advancement of the educational system and the opening of new jobs is a step in making them aware that their future is in Kosovo and not in other countries,” Bunjaku-Rexhepi says.


Earning a living by selling scrap metal
You can find 64-year-old Rrahim Kurteshi from Fushë Kosova spending time near garbage containers every day. He earns a living by gathering scrap metal (recyclable materials). The temperature outside and the negative effects on his health don’t matter much to Kurteshi, because according to him, he has to get money for food somehow.


Art as a means of breaking the barriers between the communities
A research study that was presented in this debate, showed that the main problems of these communities are severe economic conditions, and not bring informed of protective mechanism where they can address their problems… Discrimination and socialization are viewed as “bearable problems.”
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