Fire claims three lives in Kosovo informal settlement

Three people have died during the early hours of Monday morning when a fire broke out in the Kosovo informal settlement in Philippi. At least six structures caught fire and were destroyed, leaving 14 people displaced and three people dead. The...

Kosovo School Smartphone Ban Flouted, Prompting Calls for Reform

Etna Dula, a school psychologist in the southwestern municipality of Gjakova/Djakovica, said she had direct experience of dealing with children self-harming. “There are many factors that push children into self-harm but spending lot of time on the...

Elissa Slotkin addresses Jane Goodall’s passing and discusses Kosovo relations

Senator Elissa Slotkin, who has represented Michigan’s 7th district in the U.S. Congress since 2019, shared a series of updates on October 1, 2025, addressing issues ranging from international diplomacy to community tragedies and federal policy...

Report keeps Kosovo Tier 2 on human trafficking

PRISTINA, Oct 1 (TemA) — The United States kept Kosovo on Tier 2 in its 2025 human-trafficking report, citing progress but continued gaps. Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and North Macedonia also remain Tier 2. Published Sept...

The Brief – The lessons of Kosovo: Why Gaza needs more than a protectorate

Today’s edition is powered by the Party of European Socialists (PES) PES Congress 2025: Progressive Mobilisation. Not politics-as-usual, but a large conference uniting prime ministers, mayors, politicians, journalists, activists, artists,...

UK sees lessons from Northern Ireland that could aid Gaza ceasefire process

As Israelis and Palestinians wait anxiously to see what comes after a ceasefire in the two-year war in Gaza, the experience of the Northern Ireland peace process in the 1990s may offer lessons in the thorny process of moving from seemingly...

Ibrahim Rugova, Man of Letters Who Led Kosovo’s Independence Struggle

But with the Serbs out of Kosovo, Albanian voters – much to the surprise of foreign commentators – declined to hand all authority to their self-appointed, khaki-clad liberators in the KLA. In elections in October 2000, they gave 58 per cent of...

Serbia Welcomes Back Army General Sentenced for Kosovo War Crimes

Archive photo, Nebojsa Pavkovic in Belgrade, June 2002. Photo: EPA/SASA STANKOVIC. Nebojsa Pavkovic, a former Yugoslav Army general sentenced to 22 years in prison for war crimes, arrived back in Serbia on Sunday after being released by the...

Vucic seeks early release of Serbian general convicted of Kosovo war crimes

Former Yugoslav army general Nebojsa Pavkovic, convicted of war crimes during Kosovo’s war of independence, is set to be released early due to “serious health conditions,” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said. Pavkovic, 79, was sentenced in The...

War crimes convict Nebojša Pavković to be freed early due to health condition, Vučić says

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić stated on Friday in New York that the Mechanism in The Hague has decided, due to serious health conditions, to grant early release to Serbian General Nebojša Pavković. Pavković, former commander of the Yugoslav...

Goodwill Pharma: From Family Business to Publicly Listed Company

The BBJ spoke with chairman and CEO Dr. Ferenc Jójárt about the company’s origins, its mission, and its future. BBJ: How did the story of Goodwill Pharma begin? Ferenc Jójárt: We started in 1997 as a family-owned business on the Hungarian...

Vucic urges action, says Kosovo is Serbia

NEW YORK, Sep 24 (TemA) — Serbia’s president Aleksandar Vucic told the U.N. General Assembly that Kosovo is an “inseparable” part of Serbia and “the cradle” of its identity. He accused Pristina of denying ethnic Serbs basic rights and urged...

UAE: Psychology, medicine spark interest among students at KT UniExpo 2025

Psychology and medicine courses are drawing growing interest among UAE students at the ongoing KT UniExpo 2025. The two-day event which opened on Wednesday morning at The H Dubai attracted students and parents eager to explore higher education...

CGI’s 20th Anniversary Meeting Calls For Bold Action On Climate, Democracy, Health

Photo: Clinton Global Initiative By Navneet S. Chugh NEW YORK, NY — The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) announced more leaders from across business, government, philanthropy, and civil society, convening at the CGI 2025 Annual Meeting September...

Christopher Merrill stepping down after 25 years directing UI International Writing Program

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — At a pay phone 25 years ago in the exclusive picturesque Mount Athos in Greece — center of the Eastern Orthodox Church and home to 20-some...

NIHD offers new kind of mammogram, designed with comfort in mind

Many women describe mammograms as uncomfortable or awkward. Northern Inyo Healthcare District hopes to change that experience with a new approach — and a new machine. NIHD recently introduced the GE Senographe Pristina, a next-generation 3D...

UK sees lessons from Northern Ireland that could aid the fragile Gaza ceasefire process

LONDON (AP) — As Israelis and Palestinians wait anxiously to see what comes after a ceasefire in the two-year war in Gaza, the experience of the Northern Ireland peace process in the 1990s may offer lessons in the thorny process of moving from...

This is what's really behind Alexander Isak's Liverpool slump: The problem that began in February, the alarms AI is raising about him and why Arne Slot's explanation for Swede's slow start just doesn't add up

Alexander Isak last played at his best in February. Even his goal in March during Newcastle’s Carabao Cup final win over Liverpool felt like a cameo from a star already starting to write himself out of the script. For the most expensive player in...

When Anton Çetta met Desmond Tutu

It was May 1999. I was seventeen, tall enough for my mother to worry that my height might betray us. As Serbian soldiers forced us from our homes in Kosovo, my family and I were hidden in the trailer of a tractor. My mother kept whispering, “Bend...

NIHD offers a new kind of mammogram

Many women describe mammograms as uncomfortable or awkward. Northern Inyo Healthcare District hopes to change that experience with a new approach — and a new machine. The district recently introduced the GE Senographe Pristina, a 3D mammography...