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World Press Freedom Day 3 May 2015 - Free media is the key to a free society. Every year across the world, on 3 May we celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom. The slogan of this year’s World Press Freedom Day…

International Jazz Day 30 April 2015 - 30 April is International Jazz Day. UNESCO has designated jazz a universal music of freedom and creativity. Radio Ophelia speaks to a multiethnic band from Kosovo about mixing jazz and…

Upshift: Building professional capacities of Kosovo youth 25 March 2015 - How to reduce violence in schools, how to raise awareness about children’s eye-care or how to prevent early marriages among the Roma/Ashkali/Egyptian…

Download radio programme in English Shkarkoje radio-programin në Shqip Преузми радио програм на Српском New York, 24 March 2015 The 24th of March is the International Day for the Right to Truth concerning Gross Human Rights…

Clean and safe water is precious. Nearly 1 billion people around the world don't have access to safe drinking water. Yet, we take it for granted, we waste it, and too often we pay to drink it from plastic bottles. Pristina…

Fighting for women’s property rights in Kosovo 10 February 2015 - Less than two out of five women own property in Kosovo. Laws offer equal inheritance rights to both men and women. But when the issue comes up in courts, women…

Do you know your rights? 15 December 2014 - The UNICEF Innovations Lab launched its “Know Your Rights” campaign in Kosovo, to make sure that young people know about their rights – and what they should do if those rights are…

Keeping kids in school in Kosovo 9 December 2014 - Education is a human right, and in Kosovo, it is mandatory for children between the ages of six and fifteen. But there are kids who are not going to school. Some were never…

Marking World AIDS Day in Kosovo December 1st is World Aids Day. It is an opportunity for people across the world to unite in the fight against HIV and AIDS, to show their support for people living with HIV, and to remember…

Kosovo’s cultural heritage brings its people together 24 November 2014 - By organizing visits to historical sites throughout Kosovo, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has helped more than 1400…

Understanding poverty in Kosovo 04 November 2014 - Around 30% of people in Kosovo live below the poverty line, with some 10% living in extreme poverty. To highlight and address the situation, the UN Kosovo Team is working to…

Observing United Nations Day in Kosovo October 24 is United Nations Day. On that day in 1945, the UN officially came into being – not just as an institution, but as a solemn promise to the world’s people. According to the UN…