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Compensation is Pipe Dream for Kosovo Workers
While 900 ex-workers at a pipe factory in Kosovo still wait for the 25 million euro compensation promised a decade ago, the business has been sold for a song to the Deputy Prime Minister.
Lone Gay Bar’s Closure Leaves Kosovo Gays Bereft
This abrupt opening and closure of a pioneering gay-friendly venue in Pristina has highlighted the embattled status of this maringalised community.
Archivists Revive Fading Sounds of Old Kosovo
An online archive of traditional music aims to encourage broadcasters to play more folklore tunes - but supporters of the genre fear it may not suffice to revive its waning popularity.
Kosovo Surprised by Wave of Asylum-Seekers
Kosovo has long exported migrants, but a growing number of people from Africa, Asia and the Middle East are now heading the other way, seeking temporary asylum in the country.
Kosovars Seek Cures in Old Foe Serbia
Kosovo Albanians are increasingly turning a blind eye to politics and history and are travelling to Belgrade for medical treatment.
Hard Times Ahead For Crisis-Hit Balkans
A conjunction of local issues and the impact of the crisis in the eurozone have clouded the economic and political outlook for the whole region.
Pristina Hands Landmark Square to Controversial Firm
The Kosovo capital has awarded construction of the city’s main square to a firm with questions to answer about why it grossly overcharged the city for a fire engine.
Pan-Albanian Highway Fails to Deliver the Goods
Costly Patriotic Highway project has had only a negligible impact on trade between the two countries, figures suggest.
Kosovo Tax Dodgers Flourish in Corridors of Power
A café in parliament, a restaurant owned by the Deputy Prime Minister Behgjet Pacolli’s family and another owned by the family of a senior figure in the governing party, Shaip Muja, are among the thousands of companies that are breaking the law by not properly declaring taxes.
The Rule of Law in Kosovo: Mission Impossible?
The EU’s rule-of-law mission in Kosovo is failing to prosecute key figures accused of corruption and organised crime because of political interference and fears that putting too much pressure on Pristina could spark inter-ethnic violence, say campaigners.
Kosovo’s Smugglers Mourn End of Golden Age
BIRN’s undercover reporter reveals how fortunes made daily by smuggling goods from Serbia into Kosovo have dried up.
Uncomfortable Truths: War Crimes in the Balkans
Across the Balkans many survivors of the bloody conflicts of the 1990s still don’t know what happened to their missing loved ones. In Kosovo, even discussing the suffering of other ethnic communities is strictly taboo. What hope for lasting peace and reconciliation?
Kosovo Accused of Fixing Key Highway Contract
A loser in the bid to supervise work on Kosovo’s new highway to Albania has accused the Transport Ministry of rigging the tender process to ensure its favoured candidate won.
Kosovo Police Beating Complaints Pile Up
Police in Gjakova/Djakovica routinely beat up suspects to extract confessions, victims have told Balkan Insight – but while this practice is illegal, no action has been taken.
Kosovo Struggles with Spike in Drug Addiction
Lying at the crossroads of smuggling routes to Western Europe, Kosovo is seeing a rise in addictions that health services are failing to address.
