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16 May 12 / 16:24:51

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.

03 Apr 12 / 12:18:08

Kosovo Blocked from Eurovision Song Contest

Kosovo is ineligible to take part in the world-famous Eurovision song contest but that hasn’t stopped a Kosovo-born singer from representing Albania in the competition.

22 Feb 12 / 12:22:50

Kosovo Culture to Premiere in Vienna

A play by Jeton Neziraj, “Yue Madeline Yue,” is among the long list of Kosovo cultural highlights to feature at a Vienna festival later this month dedicated to Kosovo.

21 Feb 12 / 14:55:12

Capturing Pristina’s Street Style

Armed with just a camera, a team of young fashionistas have been chronicling Pristina’s own particular slant on fashion through the website Pristina Street Fashion.

10 Feb 12 / 16:02:48

Kosovo, Serbia Photographers in Focus

Five photographers from Kosovo and five from Serbia have been brought together for an exhibition exploring Europe values.

20 Jan 12 / 18:09:38

Postmodern theater, Albanians and Serbs

While the political relationship between Serbs and Albanians may be in rough waters, a recent theatre production shows that artistic cooperation between the two groups is flourishing.

09 Jan 12 / 10:37:55

Press Freedom Violations on the Rise, Watchdog Says

A media watchdog recorded more than 500 press freedom violations over the past year in southeast and central Europe, an increase over 2010 figures.

22 Sep 11 / 09:31:38

Bar Review: Peppermint Club

Peppermint Club is in a new location. This time the club has found a central spot near the car park behind the Youth and Sports Center in Pristina.

21 Sep 11 / 09:55:09

New Guide Puts Dragash on the Tourist Map

Dragash in Kosovo is one of the poorest regions in the country, but it also happens to be one of the most beautiful. A new guide will encourage hikers to these underexplored mountains and plant the seeds of a sustainable tourist industry.

17 Aug 11 / 11:55:15

Pristina Drops Street Dog Cull

Pristina municipality have stopped their campaign of shooting street dogs to control the population in favour of a more humane technique.

20 Jul 11 / 12:51:33

Kosovo's 'Brotherhood and Unity' Statues Replaced by Car Park

A half-century old monument to Yugoslav Brotherhood and Unity in Kosovo's capital is to be moved, at least temporarily, as Pristina municipality plans to build three underground garages for about 1,500 parking places.

14 Jul 11 / 17:53:35

Liceulice Competition Highlights Disadvantaged

The activism platform Liceulice (Face of the street) has announced a competition for short videos and films about the problems of marginalized people in Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo and Bosnia and Hercegovina.

14 Jul 11 / 13:16:26

Little Cafes Facing Closure

Venues in Pristina’s popular drinking quarter – the little cafe neighbourhood – are struggling through another summer of road works.

12 Jul 11 / 09:19:42

PJ Harvey Confirms Dokufest Appearance

Singer-songwriter PJ Harvey and Irish photographer Seamus Murphy will be presenting their 12 short films at this year’s Dokufest.

12 Jul 11 / 08:12:34

Students Restore Jewish Cemetery in Pristina

Eleven students from Dartmouth College and ten students from the American University in Kosovo, AUK, have restored the rundown Jewish Cemetery in Pristina.