Prishtina Insight

18/10/2025

In Kosovo’s capital, Prishtina, dozens of women gathered this October for the three-day festival “Shliroj Cicat” (Free the Ni**le) which combines art and open conversation to raise awareness about breast cancer and promote early diagnosis.

In Kosovo’s capital, Prishtina, dozens of women gathered this October for the three-day festival “Shliroj Cicat” (Free the Ni**le) which combines art and open conversation to raise awareness about breast cancer and promote early diagnosis.

16/10/2025

A protest planned for Friday in Tirana – against the Hague war crimes court's trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci – has reignited feuding between Albania's premier Edi Rama and the biggest party in Kosovo.

A protest planned for Friday in Tirana – against the Hague war crimes court's trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci – has reignited feuding between Albania's premier Edi Rama and the biggest party in Kosovo.

16/10/2025

In the aftermath of Kosovo’s local elections, media experts raised concerns over the influence of disinformation during the campaign, warning that false narratives in social and traditional media aimed to undermine public trust in institutions and fuel social divisions.

On Debat Përnime on Monday, media experts and regulators presented initial findings from the monitoring of the election campaign, raising concerns about the impact of disinformation on decision-making and discussing how it is undermining trust in institutions and contributing to ethnic and social divisions.

The debate brought together Besnik Berisha, Chair of the Independent Media Commission, IMC, Kreshnik Gashi, Editor-in-Chief of KALLXO.com, and Visar Prebreza, Editor of the Kallxo.com fact-checking platform ‘Krypometri’, to discuss how false narratives are shaping public perception and influencing voter behaviour.

Read more at www.prishtinainsight.com.

14/10/2025

Disinformation—much of it originating from abroad—has become one of the most pressing challenges in Kosovo, eroding public trust in institutions and deepening ethnic and social divides.

Disinformation—much of it originating from abroad—has become one of the most pressing challenges in Kosovo, eroding public trust in institutions and deepening ethnic and social divides.

14/10/2025

The slow digital transition combined with the ineffective electronic Health Information System, HIS, make it impossible to generate, compile, analyse, communicate, or utilise data effectively for Kosovo's public and private healthcare sectors.

Read more: https://prishtinainsight.com/from-paper-to-algorithms-can-artificial-intelligence-heal-kosovos-healthcare-system-mag/

14/10/2025

Kosovo’s slow progress in digitising its health system has left a gap in data management and patient care. While the world races to integrate artificial intelligence into healthcare, Kosovo still relies extensively on paper records.

Kosovo’s slow progress in digitising its health system has left a gap in data management and patient care. While the world races to integrate artificial intelligence into healthcare, Kosovo still relies extensively on paper records.

13/10/2025

Prosecutors in Kosovo have shelved an investigation based on an internal audit at the Kosovo intelligence agency that identified nearly two million euros of alleged undocumented spending under three former directors, BIRN has found.

Prosecutors in Kosovo have shelved an investigation based on an internal audit at the Kosovo intelligence agency that identified nearly two million euros of alleged undocumented spending under three former directors, BIRN has found.

13/10/2025

Preliminary counts from Sunday's municipal elections in Kosovo indicate that most major Albanian-majority municipalities- including Prishtina, Peja, South Mitrovica, and Prizren- are probably heading to a second round of voting after indecisive results across much of the country.

A few towns saw celebrations in central squares on Sunday evening moments after the polls closed.

In Ferizaj, the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, secured a solid outright victory- being the only amongst the main municipalities to not go to the second round of elections.

According to the Central election Commission, runoffs will take place on November 9 in municipalities where no candidate received more than 50% of the vote.

Srpska Lista, the Belgrade-backed party representing Kosovo Serbs, led in nine out of ten of the Serb-majority municipakities, after a boycott of the previous local polls two years ago. The party made a strong return to the four northern municipalities which have been run by ethnic Albanian mayors for the last two years and it aces a runoff against the candidate from Srpska Narodna Sloga (Serbian People's Unity) in Klokot.

Illustrations: Prishtina Insight/Besnik Krivanjeva
Read more: https://prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-local-elections-head-to-runoffs-in-most-municipalities-early-results/

12/10/2025

Early results from Kosovo’s local elections suggest that most municipalities, including the capital Prishtina, are headed for runoffs.

Early results from Kosovo’s local elections suggest that most municipalities, including the capital Prishtina, are headed for runoffs.

12/10/2025

Citizens across Kosovo headed to the polling stations on Sunday to elect new mayors and municipal assembly members in the country's 38 municipalities.
BIRN has fifteen crews on the ground, including at the country's prisons, to report live on any potential irregularities.

Read more at www.prishtinainsight.com and Kallxo.com.

12/10/2025

Citizens across Kosovo headed to the polling stations on Sunday to elect new mayors and municipal assembly members in the country's 38 municipalities.

Citizens across Kosovo headed to the polling stations on Sunday to elect new mayors and municipal assembly members in the country's 38 municipalities.

11/10/2025

One day after the inauguration of the Parliament, the Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani mandated Albin Kurti, leader of February parliamentary elections winning party, Vetëvendosje, to form a government.
Kurti has 15 days to get 61 MP votes for his chosen cabinet.
Photo: Kosovo President's Office