BIRN Kosovo News and Events

Study focuses on gaps and omissions that too often leave occupational safety concerns in Kosovo unaddressed.

On June 30, 2026, BIRN Kosovo launched its fifth and concluding monitoring report on the National Strategy for the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism (2023–2028) titled Institutional Challenges and Progress in Prevention of Terrorism in Kosovo.

Report looks at factors preventing women, non-majority communities and others from exercising their property rights equally to others.

Closing event attended by Kosovo’s Acting President – who said end of project was not end of search for truth about missing from Kosovo war.

On June 15, 2026, BIRN Kosovo organised the Regional Roundtable on Digital Violence Against Women: Strengthening Media, Civil Society, and Institutional Responses, which brought together journalists, researchers, legal experts, civil society representatives and other Kosovo and Albania stakeholders.

Debate followed screening of film on missing persons from the war and the lasting trauma this has created in Kosovo society.

Public debate following screening of film is part of eights such events organised across Kosovo focusing on missing persons from war.

BIRN Kosovo is pleased to announce the official launch of the second cycle of Kosovo Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence. The program is modeled after the renowned Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence, which has been supporting investigative journalism since 2007.

On May 29, BIRN Kosovo and ACDC organized its fifth documentary screening as part of a broader series of public discussions on transitional justice and missing persons in Kosovo.

Dorentina Kastrati is BIRN Kosovo’s editor/journalist and project coordinator. Over the past 10 years, since she joined BIRN as an intern, she has witnessed all the changes and growth BIRN has been going through.

On May 22, BIRN Kosovo and ACDC premiered a documentary on missing people in the Gjakova region and held a public discussion in Gjakova to explore challenges in the issue of missing people from the Kosovo war and the role of justice in the process.

On May 22, BIRN Kosovo and ACDC premiered a documentary on missing people, followed by a panel discussion that highlighted the challenges on missing persons from the Kosovo war from all communities.

On May 15–16, BIRN Kosovo organised a two-day training titled “Safe and Professional Reporting in the Energy Sector” in Prevalla, in the Municipality of Prizren, bringing together journalists and media professionals from Kosovo.

Documentary and discussion in South Mitrovica explore challenges to search for the missing from the Kosovo war and the role of justice in the process.

Panel discussion and preceding film highlight address challenges in search for missing persons from the Kosovo war from both communities.