BIRN Kosovo News and Events

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network is finalising a new project in Kosovo – an English-language newspaper entitled Pristina Insight.

The current-affairs televised show Life in Kosovo will discuss this Thursday about the official holidays and other laws that were a required part of the Ahtisaari package.

As a regional network of investigative reporting, BIRN will discuss this week about the problems and challenges in the Presevo Valley. This week, three debates will be shown both in Kosovo and Serbia, aiming to inform the citizens of Presevo Valley about the platform of the political parties who run in the parliamentary and local elections in Serbia on May 11.

As a regional network of investigative reporting, BIRN will discuss this week about the problems and challenges in the Presevo Valley. This week, three debates will be shown both in Kosovo and Serbia, aiming to inform the citizens of Presevo Valley about the platform of the political parties who run in the parliamentary and local elections in Serbia on May 11.

Jeta Xharra, BIRN’s Kosovo Director took part in the International Festival of Journalism in Perugia, Italy where she was on the panel for a discussion on Press Freedom and Human Rights, on 13 April 2008.

This Thursday’s Life in Kosovo show will host a debate with the candidates running for the Students’ Assembly Speaker at the University of Pristina.

The BIRN Kosovo office has launched its latest project in monitoring Kosovo’s public services in order to promote transparency, accountability and make them more efficient. The project particularly focuses on municipal and district courts, health and education.

The Life in Kosovo programme broadcasts its 100th show Thursday.

With Kosovo set to declare independence, how will Serbia react? On this Thursday’s Life in Kosovo special programme, we’ll be putting that question to our guests in both Pristina and Belgrade.

This Thursday, Life in Kosovo will host a debate between American, Russian, Albanian and Serb guests, who will be discussing Kosovo’s prospects now that talks on its status have failed.

BIRN Kosovo has welcomed over 50 foreign journalists, who have been covering the latest developments in Kosovo.

This Thursday the Life in Kosovo TV debate is to explore a very sensitive issue – violence against women.

The “Life in Kosovo” show held a further 23 debates ahead of the second round of voting for municipal mayors.

This Thursday the Life in Kosovo TV debate programme will host a live discussion continuing its analysis of the electoral campaign.

The Life in Kosovo TV debate series has so far staged 26 shows on the forthcoming local authority elections, while travelling to each of the 30 municipalities in Kosovo.