Full Coverage: Kosovo

27.05.2009 Post-independence Kosovo lacks effective international protection for minorities, which is worsening the situation for smaller minorities and forcing some to leave the country for good, an international human rights organisation warns in a new report.

13.04.2008 The West's recognition of Kosovo's independence has given fresh impetus to other separatist movements. Consider Abkhazia, says Shaun Walker.
From Prospect

12.03.2008 The Serbian government canceled a local women's peace march this Saturday, demonstrating escalating political turmoil and state repression of civil rights in response to Kosovo's recent unilateral declaration of independence, say rights advocates.

20.02.2008 Do you believe that freedom of opinion, diversity, fairness, impartiality, basic knowledge, and research should be defining principles behind the news you get, asks Jan Oberg.

18.02.2008 Kosovo has declared independence from Serbia, amid questions over recognition and support from the EU and United States and the threat of Serb retaliation.

06.02.2008 Chalmers Johnson looks at 60 years of misallocation of resources in the US to the establishment and maintenance of a military-industrial complex as the basis of the nation's economic life.

24.07.2007 Both the Albanians and the Serbs feel humiliated, victimised and cheated by the mismanagement of the international players and it's time for a new approach to Kosovo, say Aleksandar Mitic and Jan Oberg.

30.05.2007 Supported by International Organization for Migration – IOM, Government of Finland and Advisory Office for Good Governance - Office of the Kosovo Prime Minister, INTEGRA NGO, in coming days will launch the second phase of project “I Decide For My Self”, in seven main regions of Kosova.

29.05.2007 The youth should be the vanguard in creation of better society free of discrimination in Kosovo, having in mind it makes up two thirds of Kosovo’s society, said Bardhi Bakija, Youth Coordinator of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Kosovo, at the start of “Stop Discrimination” street action.

28.05.2007 UNDP, KFOR and Kosovo Police Service started the destruction of confiscated illegal weapons on Friday, May 25, in an event organized in Camp Victoria in Ajvali, Prishtina.

07.05.2007 Kosovo and Serbia are in a difficult position, because they have not come to terms with the past and the present political situation is uncertain. Both governments, together with Europe, need to find a solution that will not give rise to new conflicts. Curators, activists, and artists in Belgrade and Prishtina are already participating in joint projects and attempting to reach a better understanding of each othersÂ’ viewpoints.

30.04.2007 Despite difficult postwar conditions and abnormal circumstances during most of the 1990s, KosovoÂ’s labor market is on its way to functioning normally. Stimulated by institutional flexibility and liberal wage determination framework, employment has rebounded to pre-war levels, but unemployment rate is still large.

26.04.2007 A group of women from six Balkan countries and Kosovo have asked for an urgent meeting with the UN Security Council, and repeated their demand that women must participate directly in talks on the future of Kosovo.

18.04.2007 The UNDP Early Warning System team launched the Early Warning Fast Facts outlining the data coming from a poll conducted last month, and asked Kosovars about their views on the AhtisaariÂ’s Plan.

16.04.2007 Challenges to a functioning administrative justice system need to be tackled to help protect individual rights and the rule of law, concludes a new report from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.

04.04.2007 The continued existence of parallel structures in Kosovo in several public sector areas has a direct impact on the rights of individuals and the rule of law, concludes a new human rights report from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.

04.04.2007 The Harriman Institute for Russian, Eurasian and Eastern European Studies at Columbia University in New York City has recently joined the efforts to find a solution that would bring the advantages to all the parties, by inviting a scholar from Indiana University at Bloomington School of Law, Professor Timothy William Waters.

29.03.2007 With eyes and mouths closed with black ribbons, activists of INPO NGO from Ferizaj/Urosevac have protested on Wednesday, March 28, in front of the Municipal Assembly, Municipal Court and the Public Hospital, demanding greater work efficiency of these institutions.

26.03.2007 The United Nations-sponsored process to determine Kosovo's final status is nearing conclusion, but serious development challenges loom. Mercy Corps has operated there since 1993 and offers some lessons learned to help guide future programs.

23.03.2007 The Danish Refugee Council Western Balkans (DRC WB), together with UNDP offices in Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro, embarked on a new regional initiative to improve capacities and advocacy skills of IDP associations.