Opeds

At the heart of a country that promotes itself as multiethnic and democratic, it is facing an educational crisis that risks undoing the roots of its language and identity. Turkish-language education in Kosovo is in free fall, and the institutional silence surrounding it makes this decline even more dangerous.

Bosnians are not the collateral of the dialogue. They are citizens of the Republic of Kosovo. And it is time for them to have their place on the table where the future of the country is decided. On issues related to education, local self-government, public services or language and cultural rights, Bosnians should be on the table – not on its margins.

Due to the inability to obtain Kosovo personal documents, I am legally invisible, and therefore deprived of basic human rights - the right to work and livelihood, which is otherwise guaranteed by the Convention on Human Rights.

By strengthening community involvement and social justice, the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia can bring benefits not only to regional peace, but also to cohesion and equality within Kosovo itself.

Even after the "European solution" for identity cards in the framework of the dialogue for the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia, there is still a certain number of members of the Serb community living and working in Kosovo, who do not have the opportunity to get Kosovo documents.

The more normalization, both social and neighborly, the more we can have inter-community normalization. More growth and employment. Especially for the Ashkalis. Especially from the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia. 

Although brought to prominence during 2018 and 2019, the idea of a possible territorial delineation between Belgrade and Pristina has receded into history due to significant international opposition. The „internal dialogue“ initiated by the President of Serbia, driven by a...

Merely hours apart from the torture Miloš Subotić experienced in the police station in North Mitrovica, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, praised the achievements of the Government of Kosovo in the democracy development and...

Kosovo is often regarded as a peace project, and for much of its existence, it has proven to be a successful one. Its foundation as an independent state is built on a combination of best Western values and ideas of modern governance, alongside...

As the Kosovo Peace and Democracy Summit 2024 concludes, we are left with valuable insights from the conference, but also pressing questions: What lies ahead for Kosovo-Serbia normalisation talks, and will they deliver tangible benefits for those on the ground?

If you happen to be a Serb living in Kosovo, it is almost impossible that you have not felt betrayed and deceived at least once over the previous few months, or even years, left...

An institutional ‘structure’ was imposed onto the members of the Serbian community who had no choice but to adapt to it, while also being denied ‘agency’, and left with their vision of a solution disregarded in the course of implementing a previously prepared plan