EU in Kosovo, Switzerland, and UNDP, join the Ministry of Justice in the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign
Helping to raise awareness about the need to prevent and report any form of gender-based violence, the EU in Kosovo, Switzerland, and UNDP, joined forces with the Kosovo Ministry of Justice and NGO Integra in implementing this year’s 16 Days of Activism...
European Union and Government advance Kosovo on the EU integration path through education
The European Union and the Government of Kosovo launched today the 13th round of the EU Masters Scholarship Programme which aims to improve the work of public administration and the services it provides to all people living in Kosovo by providing higher education to...
Facing ongoing shocks, Western Balkans need policies that potect most vulnerable, reforms that boost growth
Economic performance in all six economies of the Western Balkans continues to be impacted by the ongoing war in Ukraine and resultant sharp increase in energy prices and slowdown in global growth, says the latest Western Balkans Regular Economic Report (#22 in the...
EU and UNDP Continue to Promote the Role of Women in Peace and Security
In support of the first Forum on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) organised in Pristina this weekend at the initiative of the President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, the European Union and UNDP co-organised today a panel discussion on the need for the integration of...
Kosovo and EU held the 6 th SAA Sub-committee on Economic and Financial Issues, and Statistics
Officials from Kosovo and the European Union convened a digital meeting on 21 September 2022 to discuss developments...
Kosovo and the EU sign the agreement for the first IPA III annual financing programme, worth EUR 63.96 million
Kosovo and the European Union signed today the first annual financing agreement under the Instrument for Pre-accession...
Ambassador of Israel, Ziv on behalf of the State of Israel donates 70 wheelchairs to Handikos
In the premises of HANDIKOS, it is held the ceremony of donating 70 wheelchairs for the persons with disabilities,...
2022 Enlargement package: EU assesses reforms in the Western Balkans and Türkiye and recommends candidate status for B&H
The European Commission adopted its 2022 Enlargement Package, providing a detailed assessment of the state of play and the progress made by the Western Balkans and Türkiye on...
MIA: Happy Online is a new public campaign for safety of the children
The Government of Kosovo and its partners are today launching a new campaign called Happy Online, for keeping children safe online. During the last years, the Government of the Republic of Kosovo has made many interventions with civil society partners to improve media...
EU provides homes for displaced and socially vulnerable families in Kosovo
The construction of the two new EU-funded apartment buildings for 34 families who lived in Padalište/Padallishte collective centre in Gračanica/Graçanicë municipality for more than 20 years has entered the second phase, and families are expected to move in September...
The EU contributes further EUR 5.25 million to Kosovo’s budget, to help it mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The European Commission transferred today to Kosovo’s budget a further EUR 5.25 million to help it mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and rapidly increasing energy and food prices. Today’s transfer brings the EU’s direct support to Kosovo’s budget under the...
PriFest with the new slogan-For Her, to the memory and honor of the late director Vjosa Berisha
Prishtina International Film Festival publishes new slogan of the 14th edition: FOR HER, dedicating the new edition of...
Kosovo Assembly ratifies the IPA III Financial Framework Partnership Agreement with the European Union
The Assembly of Kosovo ratified today the Financial Framework Partnership Agreement with the European Union related to...
DokuFest announced the theme for the 21st edition of the festival
DokuFest today announced the theme for the 21st edition of the festival. DokuFest’s thematic take for this edition is...
Miami University – KosovaLive Exchange Program Call for Applications
Miami University – KosovaLive Exchange Program The Miami University (MU)-KosovaLive semester exchange program,...
Girl be Heard: Call for Applications!
KosovaLive Organization in partnership with international award winning GlobalGirl Media is establishing a girl’s news...
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Our goal is to bring together undergraduate, graduate, and PHD local and international students, as well as...
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A Place With a Story to Tell This 8-week Miami University summer program is based in the capital, Pristina. Students...
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Our goal is to bring together undergraduate, graduate, and PHD local and international students, as well as...
Apply now for Miami University
A Place With a Story to Tell This 8-week Miami University summer program is based in the capital, Pristina. Students...
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“Womedia” – Training on shooting techniques with participating girls
At KosovaLive we held another short training with the participants of the “Womedia” project. Renea Begolli, video producer at KosovaLive, taught them a few filming techniques and shared with them a few tips and tricks on how even them as amateur video producers and...
“Womedia” – Meeting with the participants for the month of August
During August, 13 girls and young women from different regions of Kosovo, will pursue their one month professional development in the field of media and journalism at KosovaLive within the Womedia project. During this month, each of them is going to write three...
“Womedia” – Meeting with the participants for the month of August
During August, 13 girls and young women from different regions of Kosovo, will pursue their one month professional development in the field of media and journalism at KosovaLive within the Womedia project. During this month, each of them is going to write three...
“Womedia” – Meeting with the participants for the month of July
Ten girls and young women from different regions of Kosova will do their one month professional development at KosovaLive within the Womedia project. They held a meeting where they discussed about the tasks that they will do during the project, and also about...
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Another form of “rape”
A.T., 20 years-old from Lipjan, is one of several girls in Kosovo who have been sexually assaulted in the street. She was 17 years old when she was first assaulted in the street near the dental clinic in Lipjan by a 50-year-old man, who offered her money for sexual favors.
An initiative to stop mistreating interns and start paying their internships
A group of young Kosovars decided to start an initiative to change the law for internships. They got the idea by witnessing a lot of interns get mistreated in various ways by their employers.
With high grades but no scholarships
Medina Mehmeti, a Master’s level student at the University of Prishtina (UP) – Department of Albanian Language, thinks that it is unfair that Masters students are not given scholarships.
Even with diplomas, still skeptical about perspective
According to the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, the number of unemployed in the municipality of Gjilan in 2015 was about 14,050, out of which 6,337 were women.
Lack of property is leaving women without businesses
Blerina Xhaqku, a-28 year-old from Kamenica, mother of two, is one of many women who want to own her own her business. Her husband, Fatmir, has his own business. He is a landscape construction worker. She is not able to own a business like her husband since, according to her,her family did not share the inheritance proportionally between her and her brothers. Thus, it has been impossible for her to make her wish come true.
Still imposed upon in choosing their education
Lack of perspective in employment and the will for a better living often pushes parents to “choose” which education track their children follow, and sometimes, parents even choose their profession. Even if there is disagreement, usually children are forced to accept “the only offer on the table.”