Culture in Pristina

Authorities in the Kosovo capital want them removed, but some in Pristina are reluctant to let go of the satellite dishes that broke a media blackout in the 1990s.

A fresh draft Law on the Kosovo Philharmonic, Opera and Ballet, provided to BIRN by an official of the Ministry of Culture - aimed at amending the previous law passed by the UN rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, UNMIK - fails to resolve the key issue - the lack of a dedicated concert and performance hall.

She may have reached the grand age of 74, but musical virtuoso Pranvera Badivuku - only the second Kosovo Albanian woman to become a composer in Kosovo - is still full of ideas.

The long queues for visas outside the Croatian embassy in Pristina highlight an increase in legal migration by young Kosovo Albanians, raising fears that those who go abroad to work may not return.

Without the right to a new mistake, the Bulgarian national football team faces its second European qualification test after visiting Kosovo. Three days after a 1:1 draw in Sofia with Montenegro, Peter Hubchev's footballers have a chance to improve at a very important game.

The fate of two Radio Pristina journalists is still not known, two decades since they disappeared.

The Pristina-based political analyst told Prva TV on Tuesday Mitchell during his visit to Pristina the day before "emphasized his commitment to Kosovo," and aid that the United States stood "shoulder to shoulder" with Pristina.

According to Sheholi, the visit to Kosovo is one of the most important visits in the past year.

The Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published an updated list of countries that have recognized Kosovo, Tanjug reported on Friday.

The agency cited the Pristina-based Albanian language daily Koha Ditore, which writes that Nigeria and Uganda have been removed from the list - and that Pristina never received their recognition notes.

The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) with its branch in Kosovo condemned Wednesday's brutal physical attack on investigative journalist Parim Olluri.

Olluri, who is the director of the website Insajderi, was attacked in Pristina, UNS said, and urged the authorities to find the attackers and those who gave the order.

Acting Director of Kosovo Correctional Service Sokol Zogaj was attacked on Wednesday morning in Pristina, the Kosovo Justice Ministry has confirmed.

Zogaj attacked as he was leaving his apartment.