Prishtina Insight

At the entrance to Prishtina’s landmark ‘Germia’ department store stands an old Land Rover, recently transported from London. It’s a homecoming, of sorts. prishtinainsight.com/war-sto…

Albanian MP Marjana Koçeku grew up in a community where women’s choices were often restricted, but she went on to build her own business, enter parliament, and eventually leave the party that brought her into politics to serve as an independent MP. prishtinainsight.com/albania…

The initial hearing for Adnon Jashari, accused of murdering his ex-partner Diana Kastrati in Prishtina in 2011, was postponed after his lawyer said he had not received the case files. Jashari, who remains at large, is expected to be tried in absentia. prishtinainsight.com/fugitiv…

Kosovo court has sentenced former Appeals Court Chief Prosecutor Haxhi Dërguti to a suspended prison term for failing to report a crime, following a KALLXO investigation exposing a 150,000 euro court-influence scheme. prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-…

Craftsman Fahri Krasniqi has not allowed his physical disabilities to stand in the way of his creative will and passions. prishtinainsight.com/the-cra…

Kosovo has made limited reform progress, with political instability, weak judicial independence, and corruption continuing to undermine its EU integration, says the European Commission’s 2026 Country Report. prishtinainsight.com/eu-repo…

Three Kosovo Albanian intellectuals who were forcibly disappeared by Serbian forces in April 1999 have been identified in a mass grave in the north of Kosovo. prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-…

EU justice agency says seven more suspects were arrested and 100 servers were shut down in ongoing international operation against investment fraud involving Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia. prishtinainsight.com/seven-a…

The Student List’s victory has raised hopes for a new political chapter in Serbia. But its position on Kosovo remains largely unchanged, raising questions over the future of EU-mediated dialogue with Kosovo and the relationship between the two countries. prishtinainsight.com/mystery…

Prishtina is the first stop outside Germany for Antifascism: Now, a decentralised network of exhibitions looking at the legacy of antifascism and what can be done today to confront a resurgence of fascism. prishtinainsight.com/exhibit…

Unresolved trauma and contested histories resurface in media coverage of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers’ verdict against Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, leaders. prishtinainsight.com/limits-…

Kosovo has lost more than 40 million euros in European Union Growth Plan funding after failing to implement reform commitments by the June 2026 deadline, with prolonged political deadlock and the paralysis of Parliament stagnating progress. prishtinainsight.com/politic…

Kosovo Police Director Gazmend Hoxha resigned amid mounting protests and calls for justice and institutional accountability following the latest femicide in Pejë, which exposed failures by the authorities to protect the victim before her murder. prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-…

The chief prosecutor and deputy chief prosecutor of Peja/Pec, as well as 11 police officers, were suspended on Thursday after a recent femicide case demonstrated institutional failures. prishtinainsight.com/prosecu…

By passing amendments to the Law on the Specialist Chambers, Kosovo’s parliament has taken the wrong approach to supporting former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders sentenced by the Hague-based court in September, argues Arben Qirezi, a political scientict. prishtinainsight.com/changin…

The Kosovo court has ordered one month of pre-trial detention for Albert Sylaj, suspected of killing his former sister-in-law, Arlinda Zekaj, after she returned home from a police station where she had reported her ex-husband for domestic violence. prishtinainsight.com/man-rem…

After the murder of a woman in Kosovo at the weekend, protesters took to the streets of Prishtina to demand accountability, high-level resignations and an end to gender-based violence.

After the murder of a woman in Kosovo at the weekend, protesters took to the streets of Prishtina to demand accountability, high-level resignations and an end to gender-based violence. prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-…

Kosovo’s capital, Prishtina, is grappling with a worsening sanitation crisis as mounting piles of uncollected garbage and recurring sewage system failures leave residents in several neighbourhoods frustrated and concerned about public health. prishtinainsight.com/garbage…

Civil society organisations are demanding institutional accountability over the handling of Arlinda Zekaj’s case, who was killed hours after reporting domestic violence. prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-…

Kosovo authorities have been accused of failing to protect women after a woman was murdered mere hours after reporting domestic violence to the police on Sunday evening. prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-…