With a new season of ‘Big Brother VIP Kosova’ around the corner, calls are growing for greater moderation of violent, hate-filled content and better media literacy.
Eighteen-year-old Dea Hamiti has watched all three seasons of the Kosovo edition of Big Brother VIP. So have all her friends.
Launched at the 2023 Group of Twenty (G20) summit in New Delhi, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) features three pillars that integrate existing and future infrastructure: a transportation pillar—the corridor’s backbone—integrating rail and maritime networks, an energy pillar with interconnected energy and electricity infrastructure across continents, and a digital pillar providing new fiber-optic cables and cross-border digital infrastructure.
Protestors called for an end to the atrocities and genocide in Gaza.
As global outrage toward the state of Israel grows over the escalating humanitarian crisis and atrocities against Palestinians, several hundred citizens gathered last night in Skënderbeg Square in Tirana to express solidarity with the Palestinian people and to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza.
With media outlets in Kosovo and the region increasingly concentrated in the hands of major business moguls, journalists say censorship to protect the owners’ interests has become ‘the norm’.
A six-month investigation, involving over thirty sources, most of whom requested to remain anonymous due to consequences they fear they may face. This journalistic piece reveals that with the expansion of the media market in Kosovo, large businesses are increasingly taking control of journalistic work.
Ethno-nationalism often fuels religious and far-right extremism by crafting a unifying narrative centered on identity, grievances and perceived victimhood.
These narratives are frequently rooted in historical conflicts and territorial disputes. In some cases, these stories escalate into violence.