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What is it about Janjevo?

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Janjevo (c) Gail Warrander
Janjevo (c) Gail Warrander
The Flickr photograph website (www.flickr.com) has plenty to keep you clicking.  Just to enjoy myself, I tried searching for Brad Pitt, and found 11 739 images to keep me happy.  Search for 'Kosovo' and you find even more. 

Some of my favourites are those taken by Gail Warrander, one of the authors of the excellent Bradt guidebook to Kosovo (on Amazon.com - and also available in Kosovo). The page offers a dizzying array of mountains, ancient monasteries, cityscapes, a donkey in Dragash,  a young boy dressed for sunet, Rugova's funeral, filigree at the ethnographic museum, sharr cheese, kullas, and goose-bump-inducing independence day images.

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Your money where your mouth is: Why Kosovo needs us to eat local

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ImageHashim Thaçi has just announced a 40% increase in the budget for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development.  He says that among other things, this aims to replace imports with local products.  dHow realistic is this aim?  Have a look inside your fridge...

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Kosovo's future - a view from Pristina's ten-year-olds

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ImageYou're a ten year old kid from Pristina.  You and each of your classmates are given an application form to be completed if you want a place at an English club being led by native speaker volunteers, free of charge in your school after the end of lessons.  You're told by your teacher that to be chosen to be a member of the English club you don't need to be very good at English, but you do have to show evidence of being really interested in learning more.  Only two pupils from your class will be chosen.  How will you ensure that you will be one of them?

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Tourism in Kosovo. Ha ha ha?

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Kulla of Mazrekaj
Kulla of Mazrekaj
Over the past two years I have been working as a volunteer on building a tourist industry in Kosovo in a number of small ways.  This time last year I was spending my weeks shuttling from Pristina to the small village of Dranoc, near Decan, where there is a stunning old stone kulla, restored by an international NGO, which I was marketing as a venue for seminars and for bed and breakfast accommodation.  We (Kosovars and international visitors, women and men) sat in the former men’s oda meeting room and were taught Kosovan lullabies by a local soprano, listened to a lecture on the Kanun, learned about tasting techniques for Kosovar wine and raki, and much more.

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Anna Wiman

Anna Wiman
Freelance Writer and photographer

Elizabeth Gowing

Elizabeth Gowing
Co-Founder at The Ideas Partnership NGO

Henry H. Perritt Jr.

Henry H. Perritt Jr.
Professor of Law Chicago-Kent College

Drilon Gashi

Drilon Gashi
Comm. Counselor to the Prime Minister

Arlind V. Bytyqi

Arlind V. Bytyqi
Editor-in-chief
New Kosova Report
 

Book reviews

Books on Kosovo

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Then go ahead to our book review section and find the latest book reviews from various authors and scholars!