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Kosovo

Kosovo, a Balkan nation of almost 1.9 million people, is a historically significant region for both ethnic Serbs and ethnic Albanians. Tensions between the two groups continue to this day.

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November 30, 2024

Kosovo claims 'terrorist act' after power plant canal blast

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Reports & Analysis

Presidential candidates Donald Trump (left) and Kamala Harris (right) can be seen on a large screen at a debate watch party at Penn Social, Washington D.C., USA, September 10, 2024. People can be seen in front of the screen

How US election outcome could affect the Western Balkans

How US election outcome could affect the Western Balkans

Serbia hopes — and Kosovo fears — that Donald Trump will win the US election on November 5.
PoliticsOctober 5, 2024
Former Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga sits in front of the flag of Kosovo. In the background are various photos in frames; to her right is a DW microphone

Jahjaga: Wartime sexual violence 'an open wound' in Kosovo

Jahjaga: Wartime sexual violence 'an open wound' in Kosovo

Former Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga speaks about raising awareness of sexual violence during the Kosovo war.
ConflictsSeptember 20, 2024
A man stands on the factory floor and looks at a machine full of crisps

Kosovo: Potato chips bring Serbs and Albanians together

Kosovo: Potato chips bring Serbs and Albanians together

Despite tension between Serbia and Kosovo, some ethnic Serbs and ethnic Albanians are putting cooperation over politics.
SocietyAugust 21, 202402:16 min
A young woman covers her face with her hand as she looks into a cellphone

Kosovo: Conservative traditions fuel sexual cyberbullying

Kosovo: Conservative traditions fuel sexual cyberbullying

Thousands of Kosovan men are involved in the phenomenon, and women who dare speak out against them suffer tremendously.
CrimeJuly 5, 2024
Aerial view of the city of Prizren, Kosovo

Few Serbs have returned to southern Kosovo since the war

Few Serbs have returned to southern Kosovo since the war

Prizren was home to 13,000 Serbs before the Kosovo War. Today, there are only 80 in the entire municipality.
PoliticsJune 25, 202403:21 min
Albanian fans in the stands

Euro 2024: Serbia demands UEFA sanctions over hostile chants

Euro 2024: Serbia demands UEFA sanctions over hostile chants

The Serbian FA have demanded that UEFA punish the Croatian and Albanian FAs for uttering hateful chants during a match.
SoccerJune 20, 2024
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Italian Carabinbarieri are on routine watch at the new Ibar bridge connecting the two sides of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo in Mitovica

Serbia, Kosovo at odds over municipal governance in Kosovo

Twenty-five years after the end of the Kosovo war, relations between Belgrade and Pristina remain difficult.
PoliticsJune 6, 202405:02 min
A woman holds up a placard that reads 'Respect my existence or expect my resistance'

Femicide in Kosovo: Why do women keep being killed?

Kosovars have been outraged by recent news of two femicides in five days, leading to growing calls for effective action.
SocietyMay 10, 2024
A Serb tank and two Serb soldiers are seen taking up positions

Raped men in Kosovo: Living with a stigma

During the Balkan wars, rape was a widespread war crime especially in Kosovo from 1998-99. One victim tells his story.
ConflictsMarch 13, 2024
Two women, Afghan journalists-in-exile, on a street in Pristina, Kosovo

Afghan journalists make a new start in Kosovo

After the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, free media outlets were shut down and many journalists fled the country.
SocietyApril 12, 202303:36 min
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