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Kosovo’s Film Industry Yet to Shine
Pristina’s fast-growing film festival kicks off this month, but industry insiders complain that despite such events cinematography in Kosovo continues to underperform.
Latest Culture and Lifestyle News from Kosovo
30 Apr 13
Kusturica: West Kicking Serbs Out of Kosovo
Serbian film director says landmark Serbia-Kosovo deal concludes international community's job of creating monolithic ethnic communities in the Balkans.
02 Apr 13
Kosovo Organ Trafficking Inspires Kusturica Film
Renowned Serbian film director Emir Kusturica has announced that his new movie will deal with human organ trafficking, the focus of a current high-profile trial in Kosovo.
29 Mar 13
BIRN Fellows for 2013 Selected
The jury in the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence has selected 10 participants for this year’s programme.
14 Feb 13
Balkan Artists Prepare For Venice Biennale
This year's international art exhibition in Venice will see a number of interesting projects from the Balkans - and Kosovo will have its own pavilion for the first time.
13 Dec 12
Kosovo Rolling Film Festival Kicks Off
Festival’s third edition brings Roma into focus through cinema.
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29 Nov 12
First Culture Watch Award Goes to Vranje
The first ever Culture Watch Award for analytical and investigative reporting on cultural issues in the Balkans went to Valentina Milenkovic from Vranje.
28 Nov 12
Final BICCED Culture Conference in Belgrade
The closing event of the three-year project “Balkan Initiative for Cultural Cooperation, Exchange and Development”, BICCED, started on Thursday in Belgrade's Youth Centre.
16 Nov 12
Culture Watch Award Shortlist Made
Four journalists from the region have made it to the Culture Watch Award shortlist.
27 Aug 12
BIRN to Fund Summer School Participants’ Investigations
Journalists who attended BIRN's summer school 2012 have obtained funds to conduct cross-border investigations.
24 Jul 12
SEEMO, Balkan Leaders ‘Must Live With Free Media’
Top politicians in the region are still struggling to live with criticism, accusing journalists of undermining national interests and of mafia ties, media organisation says.
06 Jul 12
DokuFest Docks in Prizren for Eleventh Time
Faced with a programme of more than 150 short films and document, Balkan Insight has collected tips from the Kosovo’s leading experts on the silver screen for this year’s Dokufest.
02 Jul 12
Pristina’s Glass House Promotes Local Products
Three people have been locked inside this glass box in central Pristina for the week in a bid to prove that Kosovars can survive on local products alone.
16 May 12
Culture Watch Award Announced
The Balkan Initiative for Cultural Cooperation Exchange and Development, BICCED, funded by the Swiss Cultural Programme in the Western Balkans, is announcing the launch of the first Culture Watch Award.
09 May 12
Kosovo Media Hail President's Action on Law Code
President Atifete Jahjaga has met journalists' concerns about the new criminal code and returned the bill to parliament for review.
08 May 12
Montenegrin Media Most Free in Balkans, Report Says
A survey of world media freedom in 2011 carried out by US-based watchdog Freedom House put Montenegro in top place in the region. Kosovo has also moved up the rankings while Macedonia has moved down.
Culture Policy Focus
Turks Bewitch The Balkans With Their Addictive Soaps
Turkish soaps have replaced Latin American shows as must-sees for many TV viewers in the Balkans - tapping into nostalgia for a system of family values that people in the region have lost, and lament.
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Politics and Society
Montenegro Police Detain Drug Suspect Kelmendi's Son
Montenegrin police arrested one of the sons of Kosovo-born narcotics trafficking suspect Naser Kelmendi early on Friday at one of the country's border crossings.
Business
Kosovo May Sue US Firm Over Trepca Deal
Kosovo said it will sue companies that establish contracts with the Trepca industrial complex after the US firm New Generation Power did so without due consultation.
