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Mayhem in May: A Parliamentary Paralysis in Kosovo
No government, no parliament—Kosovo’s current crisis could be easily resolved, if not for the obstinance of a confrontational caste of ruling…
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Confusion now hath made his masterpiece.
The new Kosovo Parliament gathers for constitutive session. Things don't go according to the plan. Here's the latest from the farcical start of the new…
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Son's last visit to his father
Hashim Thaçi’s brief return to Kosovo and the last goodbye to his father.
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What now for Kosovo?
Kosovo's freedom is a result of the resilience of its' people & the historically unique support it has received by the old trans-Atlantic establishment…
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"I do not want to close my eyes without seeing the mountains of Albania."
Ernesto Sabato was one of the most known Argentinian and South American writers. I'm bringing here a letter from 1994 he wrote to his friend Mira Meksi…
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Amidst darkness, something shines - and illuminates for ever
The history behind the photo made by the famous The New York Times photographer Andrew Testa, tells a story of a boy who grew up - and a nation that…
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Bedri beckons...
National elections are over in Kosovo. The ruling party loses governing majority, opposition gains votes and the mayor of Mitrovica Bedri Hamza seems…
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Returning to Café Rawda for a cup of coffee (and planning for a national rebirth)
Following is a translation of a column published by Nehat Islami, a journalist from Prishtina who worked as a newspaper correspondent for Kosovo's…
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DeepSeek gives deep answers on Marxist-inspired regimes. And then it deletes them.
I was prompted by the launch of the Chinese AI to do a bit of my own testing on the reported censorship, especially on the human cost of communist…
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Elections' outliers in Kosovo
The official election campaign in Kosovo is ongoing. While folks are dissecting polls, messages and trends, let's see what are the outlying events that…
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"The opposition is ready to steer Kosovo back on the path toward the West."
An interview I gave to The Albanian Post published in Tirana and Prishtina on the Kosovo national elections, diplomatic efforts post-Trump and the new…
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Injustice foretold
Kosovo's Special Court continues to arrest some of the most eminent names in Kosovo's modern history, forcing a false narration of our Republic that is…
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The Balkan Bubble
The Balkan Bubble
Is Balkans producing more history than it can consume - and can we escape from cliches when writing from and about Balkans? Some thoughts on these weighty matters, written with somewhat less gravitas.
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