Spare us the empty words, Home Secretary, and get cracking on ending illegal immigration

YOU don’t have to be the sharpest knife in the box to realise that illegal immigration, in the form of the Channel boatmen, is reaching crisis proportions. Rarely out of the news, it is stretching beyond breaking point the credibility of the...

Kosovo Serb Party’s Deputy Leader Tried for 2023 Attack on Journalists

Slavko Simic (front) and co-defendant Uros Vukasinovic (centre) in court on October 9, 2025. Photo: BIRN. Slavko Simic, the deputy leader of Srpska Lista, the Belgrade-backed Kosovo Serb party, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to participating in...

War Veterans’ Protest Sparks Tension Between Kosovo and Albania PMs

Protest against the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in September in The Hague. Photo: BIRN Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and the biggest party in Kosovo, Vetevendosje, traded accusations on Thursday ahead of an upcoming veterans’ protest against the...

Kosovo, elections in a time of crisis

With national politics still at an impasse since last February's elections, Kosovo citizens will return to the polls for local elections on October 12, with significant implications also at the central level 2,069,098 Kosovo citizens, including...

Berisha condemns denial of Kosovo war crimes

TIRANA, Wed. Oct. 16 (TemA) — Former Albanian prime minister Sali Berisha used a parliamentary address on Thursday to condemn those who, he said, “trample on the blood” of victims of Serbia’s 1999 aggression in Kosovo. Berisha described the...

Dacic: No cooperation with so-called Kosovo police, Serbia does not recognise so-called Kosovo

LONDON - Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday the fundamental essence of a Berlin Process conference of interior ministers in London was to establish better international operational cooperation and exchange of information in...

No women, no peace

The podcast ‘1325: Women, Peace, Security – From the UN to Ukraine’ became not only my job, but also a space of trust. A place where you can ask the most difficult questions and hear honest answers. Because when women talk about war, they don’t...

The streets against the regime in Serbia: one year of mobilization in review

Throughout the last year, Serbian students have been taking to the streets. They have succeeded in organizing the largest protest movement since the fall of Slobodan Milošević in 2000. They accuse Aleksandar Vučić’s authoritarian and corrupt...

This Underrated Ski Region Has Slopeside Grills and Pale Pink Churches

Photographer Kari Medig grew up skiing in Fernie, southeastern British Columbia, and has spent the past 15 years traveling to ski and document the sport, from the iconic Hahnenkamm downhill in Austria to slopes in landlocked Lesotho in South...

Petkovic informs Bunford of details of Kosovo-Metohija polls, Belgrade's positions in dialogue

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met with Hungary's special Western Balkans envoy Zsolt Bunford and Hungarian Ambassador to Belgrade Jozsef Magyar on Tuesday to inform them of the details of...

Radical Islam Tightens Its Grip on Switzerland

Radical Islam Tightens Its Grip on Switzerland In Switzerland today, even young Muslim girls are wearing headscarves — a practice once limited to adult, married women. Observers are warning of a gradual Islamisation and a shift in orientation that...

What ethnicity is Dua Lipa? Singer celebrates passing her GCSE Spanish exam

Dua Lipa announced on Monday, October 13, that she has passed her GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) Spanish exam. She posted an Instagram story with her certificate and also thanked her teacher. Lipa has become one of the biggest...

Rey Manaj dedicates his historic goal to Kosovo

After a historic night for the Albanian National Team, Rey Manaj has become the symbol of victory against Serbia. The red-and-black striker scored a spectacular goal that not only gave Albania three points but also remained in the memory of all...

'You belong.' Westport student pens children's book to benefit refuge families

A Westport student is using the power of storytelling to help refugee families. Zahra Avdiu says her relatives fled to the U.S. in 1999 after being forced out of Kosova during the ethnic cleansing campaign by the Serbians. "A lot of the time, I'm...

Did Blair really rebuild Kosovo?

Donald Trump seems to be questioning Tony Blair’s inclusion in the so-called ‘Board of Peace’ to rebuild Gaza. On Monday, speaking on Air Force One, the President said, ‘I like Tony, I’ve always liked Tony, but I want to find out that he’s an...

Most key municipalities in Kosovo are headed to runoffs, local election results show

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Preliminary results from Kosovo’s weekend municipal elections showed most key municipalities heading to runoffs, highlighting the country’s ongoing political fragmentation — and underscoring continued tensions in...

Associated Press: No Clear Winner in Kosovo Elections as Political Fragmentation...

Preliminary results from Kosovo’s weekend municipal elections showed that most major municipalities are heading to runoff votes, highlighting the country’s ongoing political fragmentation — and underscoring the persistent tensions in Kosovo–Serbia...

Tight races push Kosovo’s local elections into runoffs

Voters across Kosovo went to the polls on Sunday, Oct. 12, to elect mayors and municipal assembly members. Out of over 2 million eligible voters, 39.07% participated in these local elections, the second ones held this year after the general...

Il Kosovo e Metohija “albanesizzato” alla prova delle urne

Le quinte elezioni locali in Kosovo dalla dichiarazione di indipendenza del 2008 sono previste per il 12 ottobre 2025, con il secondo turno previsto per il 2 novembre. Segue nostro Telegram. Gli elettori di 38 comuni eleggeranno sindaci e membri...

Kosovar artist wins Nasher Prize, one of sculpture’s biggest awards

Kosovar artist Petrit Halilaj, whose work often contrasts the innocence of youth with the sober realities of war, has been named the winner of the 2027 Nasher Prize. At 39, Halilaj is the youngest recipient of the award, according to a Thursday...