Vučitrn

Two months later, the treatment had ravaged his immune system.

Fearing for his life, Rron's family in the town of Vushtrri/Vucitrn, north of the Kosovo capital Pristina, sent him to neighbouring North Macedonia for a second opinion.

An online support campaign was launched on Monday after a Kosovo biology teacher was targeted with derogatory comments online after posting videos on TikTok of himself dancing to folk music.

Kosovo Health Minister Arben Vitia told BIRN Kosovo's TV show Kallxo Pernime on Wednesday that several labs in the country had obtained their licenses illegally, which had led to cases of falsified COVID-19 test results.

Pristina Basic Court of Pristina handed down its first-ever conviction for wartime sexual violence, sentencing former Serb policeman Zoran Vukotic to ten years in prison - a verdict that was hailed as a landmark by campaigners.

Vukotic was convicted of committing rape and participating in the expulsions of ethnic Albanian civilians from the town of Vushtrri/Vucitrn on May 22, 1999.

Demiri says only about 20 readers now come in daily compared to 200 or so before the health crisis started.

Kosovo shut its libraries and other cultural institutions in March to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The government reopened these sites to 40 per cent of their capacities in September.

Kosovo's Special Prosecution filed an indictment on Friday charging Zoran Vukotic with committing rape and participating in the expulsions of ethnic Albanian civilians from the town of Vushtrri/Vucitrn.

Kosovo's Court of Appeals in Pristina. Photo: BIRN/Atdhe Mulla.

The number of Kosovo Albanians trying to illegally enter the European Union is on the rise, with the Hungarian Police reporting that 880 people from Kosovo were arrested on Sunday and a total of around 4,400 in the period from Friday to Sunday.