Doruntina Baftiu is a journalist with RFE/RL's Kosovo Service based in Pristina.
Only about 50 percent of Roma in Kosovo complete mandatory education, with the rate even lower for women. However, a new generation of Romany women is breaking through the many social and economic barriers so they can study for degrees.
Drones are being used to drop seeds as part of a pilot project to reforest parts of Kosovo. The Sustainability Leadership Kosovo group estimates an area of forest equal to three soccer fields is being lost every day in the Balkan state due to issues including illegal logging and forest fires.
Albania has received the first group of migrants from Italy under an agreement to house up to 3,000 male migrants while Rome fast-tracks their asylum applications.
The town of Rahovec in Kosovo is the heart of an agricultural region with a centuries-old tradition of cultivating grapes. But winegrowers say it's difficult to turn a profit and need government support to help expand their access to foreign markets.
Unilateral moves by Prime Minister Albin Kurti's government in Kosovo are again angering minority Serbs, risking confrontation with neighboring Serbia, and testing the patience of longtime Western allies.
Fans from Kosovo and abroad are attending a music festival in Pristina founded by pop singer Dua Lipa and her father. Twenty-five years after the war in Kosovo, the festival's founders hope the event is helping to change the country's image and promote it as a cultural destination.
The lasting legacy of NATO's intervention endures as Kosovars continue to honor those who supported them during the 1998-99 war by naming town square, streets, businesses, and even children after those they consider to be their liberators.
A simple asterisk on most diplomatic documents and reports on Kosovo has made it easier for Pristina to interact with international organizations and countries. But it also highlights that Kosovo's final status remains unclear, thanks, in part, to ongoing talks on normalizing ties with Serbia.
Fully one year after it was introduced in Kosovo's parliament, protesters claim religious interests have hijacked a debate over draft legislation to clear the way for wider access for women to in vitro fertilization.
As the new year chimed in, Kosovo's new visa-free relationship with the EU began, a measure long desired by Pristina and the country's citizens. However, a sluggish economy has meant that not all of Kosovo's 1.8 million people are ready to hop on a flight right away.
A troop of costume-clad volunteers brought presents and joy to a group of children battling cancer at a university clinic in Pristina as part of an annual Christmas ritual.
Hundreds of Roma spent years in temporary UN-run camps widely known to lie atop dangerously poisoned soil and vegetation. Decades later, the United Nations continues to stonewall.
The Israeli men's national soccer team was warming up at a Pristina stadium guarded by the police on November 11, a day before facing Kosovo in a postponed qualifying match for the Euro 2024 tournament. The game will be the Israeli team's first international appearance since the Hamas attacks.
Amid what local police say is a surge in ethnic tensions, North Mitrovica's Bosnian Quarter has lost much of the population of the ethnic group that gave the neighborhood its name.
Cases of Romany kids begging in Kosovo are rising, police in the Balkan country report. Experts say the marginalized community is facing even worse poverty in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thousands of women were raped in Kosovo in the conflict that erupted 25 years ago between Serbian and ethnic Albanian forces for control of the now independent country. Today, many women are still learning how to cope, confronted by shame and stigma.
Heavy rains caused rivers in Kosovo to overflow recently, filling streets and homes with water in several towns. The floods have now receded, but hundreds of residents remain homeless with recovery efforts in the South Mitrovica area focused on restoring power and finding those who went missing.
