All the people from Peja, Kosovo, would have no second thoughts if they were asked to identify Majlinda Kelmendi: the gold medal winner of the junior world championship of Paris, in 2009. The life and story of a girl who dreams of representing Kosovo in the 2012 Olympic games

Four months after Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci announced a government reshuffle, it eventually became real in Pristina on April 1. Unfortunately, it is difficult to find any strategy and clear political guidelines behind the initiative

Scandali e servizi segreti. In Kosovo, un legame che curiosamente emerge ogni novembre. Nel 2009 le confessioni di Nazim Bllaca, auto-dichiaratosi membro dello ShIK, i servizi vicini al PDK di Thaci, hanno aperto numerose domande su un intelligence fino ad oggi fuori dal quadro istituzionale

In Kosovo many buildings, mostly belonging to Serbian citizens, are occupied or sold illegally in the owners' absence. Swindlers often use false documents and conniving officials, unveiling the weakness of the rule of law. The case of Peja/Pec

Days after the 15 November elections in Kosovo, unorthodox agreements have caused a rift between the coalition partners in the Pristina parliament. Prime Minister Thaci's PDK threatened to break up with President Sejdiu's LDK, but its attempt to dictate the political agenda to its junior partner clearly failed

All'importante test delle prime elezioni amministrative del post indipendenza, il PDK di Hashim Thaci si conferma prima forza politica in Kosovo. Come previsto la maggioranza dei serbi boicotta le urne. Venti municipalità avranno una nuova amministrazione solo dopo il ballottaggio

Tensions between LDK and PDK in view of Kosovo's local elections of November 15th. Bitter fights over the control of Pristina, the likely boycott from Kosovo Serbs. The electoral campaing in the chronicle of our correspondent

Glamour and red carpets, together with international star Vanessa Redgrave, characterised Pristina's first film festival. The goal? To launch the Kosovo brand on the international scene

Recent statements by Sali Berisha on the strengthening cooperation between Albania and Kosovo have stirred a lively debate over the notion of "Greater Albania". Political considerations notwithstanding, relationships between the two states have been intensifying

The Kosovo government is having their first major disagreement with EULEX over the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo intention, announced in August, to sign a protocol with Serbian police as part of regional cooperation to fight organized crime

Rosen, Maja, Fjolla, Louis, Samuel, sono alcuni dei giovani partecipanti alla nona edizione della Pristina Summer University. Le loro impressioni sul Kosovo, sul percorso di integrazione europea, sul rapporto tra istituzioni locali e internazionali

Membership in the World Bank costs Kosovo greatly because it must pay its portion of the old Yugoslav debt. As outlined by the Ahtisaari plan, membership comes despite Kosovo not receiving any assets deriving from the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Belgrade's continuing politics to pay Kosovo's foreign debt, as part of Serbia's general debt, is breaking down

Investigative journalism in Kosovo? Someone is trying, not without difficulties. The case of the TV programme "Jeta në Kosovë" and threats to journalist Jeta Xharra stir the debate within institutions and the public opinion

Jazz e bici. Una combinazione forse insolita, ma che, grazie ad un festival di successo, negli ultimi anni mette fianco a fianco per le strade di Scutari la musica e le due ruote. Un'occasione unica per promuovere il turismo in una città dalle profonde radici storiche e culturali

The Central Bank of Kosovo warns that the remittances are falling as the diaspora starts to feel the effects of the global economic crisis. Kosovo's diaspora has a long tradition of sending money home because of strong family ties, a practice developed because of Kosovo's difficult political and social environment during the last decades

Together with some fellow journalists, Altin Raxhimi, an Albanian freelance reporter, took the hard path to disclose the truth on KLA detention camps, allegedly established in Albania and Kosovo during the 1999 war. An exclusive interview for Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso

Dopo il lento dispiegamento ora la missione Eulex è operativa ed ha assunto molte delle competenze prima attribuite alle Nazioni Unite. L'Unmik, dopo aver amministrato il Kosovo negli ultimi dieci anni, si sta facendo da parte

From the very beginning of the Nato campaign in March 1999, the city of Gjakova in western Kosovo became a city under siege and had to deal with reprisals by Serbian army and police. Its inhabitants remember those days

Pristina's population has increased from around 100,000 in 1981, to an estimated 500,000 today. The city's turbulent growth has been marked by a frenetic building activity without any planning. This model of development is now being questioned

Il primo anno di indipendenza, per il Kosovo, si chiude con luci ed ombre. Al di là dei giudizi politici, però, per gli albanesi kosovari il 17 febbraio resta una data tutta da festeggiare, soprattutto per aver messo alle spalle lo stallo dovuto alla questione dello status