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Mr. Miroslav Jenča, the Assistant Secretary-General in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations began his visit to Kosovo on 29 August, meeting with Kosovo leadership and visiting religious…

On Monday 30 August, Mr. Miroslav Jenča, the UN Assistant Secretary-General from the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of…

When it comes to the next generation, building a framework for a more trusting, collaborative society can begin in the simplest of ways, including through storytelling. That’s the guiding principle behind Colors of Nature…

24 August 2021 The Security and Gender Group (SGG) strongly condemns the killing of the 18-year-old young woman who was left with no signs of life at the hospital of Ferizaj/Uroševac on Sunday, 22 August. The SGG calls upon…

At the Lipjan/Lipljan Correctional Center for Women and Juveniles, women these days are busy at work measuring ingredients, monitoring ovens, and testing out their new equipment. What might seem like an ordinary bakery…

This spring, 177 women and 23 men from different communities across Kosovo worked together towards a singular goal: creating thousands of protective cloth masks for distribution throughout Kosovo. Whether from their kitchen…

Sharing their experiences from different realms of civil society and government, on 23 June, the United Nations family in Kosovo hosted Global Open Day on Women, Peace and Security in Kosovo to highlight the importance of…

Over the past six years, UNMIK has worked in partnership with local judicial authorities to improve the quality of translation and multilingual services within the Kosovo court system to facilitate equal access to justice for…

Thirty-four key human rights civil society organisations (CSOs) in Kosovo officially published their second joint report on the human rights situation in Kosovo on 31 May, in follow-up to their first-ever joint report last…

When Qendresa Mehmeti, Engin Avci, and Jovan Živković first began attending UNMIK-led youth trust-building activities such as the UN Youth Assembly in Kosovo , none of them expected their initial meetings might shape into a f…

A special milestone for linguistic diversity in Kosovo was marked at the “Pjetër Bogdani” Library in Pristina on 20 May - the presentation of the print edition of the largest Serbian-Albanian, Albanian-Serbian dictionary with…

As part of UNMIK’s sustained efforts to support judicial integration and improve access to justice for all, services available for all members of the community have been upgraded with the inauguration of a new courtroom at…