Author Archives: Anna Wiman

Exkursion to Theranda region village and Prizren, third biggest city of Kosovo

By Anna Wiman | Published: July 9, 2010
A friend of mine invited me to his house the other day. He lives in a village between the cities of Prizren and Theranda in southern Kosovo. I had passed by this beautiful region where he lives several times by car but never really visited it. Travelling with locals is always the best way to travel a [...]
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Exkursion to Mitrovica via Adem Jashari memorial in Drenica region

By Anna Wiman | Published: July 8, 2010
I never went to the city of Mitrovica when I was in Kosovo last summer. Mitrovica is a divided city and considered the most unstable city in Kosovo due to tentions between Kosovo Albanians and Kosovo Serbs. The northern part of the city is inhabited by Serbs while the southern part of the city is inhabited by Albanians. [...]
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Why we need to realise that life happens right now and not when we think we are done planning for it

By Anna Wiman | Published: July 8, 2010
Looking over the edge is the only way to find out what is there. Prizren, Kosovo, July 2010. Photo by Ardian Gashi. I think this is a really important blog post and I will try to stress a good point with my own young experience. Thanks Todd for inspiring me and to all of you who read this post [...]
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Exkursion to Obiliq

By Anna Wiman | Published: July 3, 2010
The town of Obiliq is located a couple kilometres outside Prishtina. Obiliq power plants provide Kosovo with electricity. Kosovo power plant A to the right. Albanian eagles protect a house near the city of Obiliq. I visited Tomb of Sultan Murad I, the Ottomon Sultan who lead the armies of the Ottoman empire in the Battle of Kosovo on June 15th [...]
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Kosovo Albanian heavy metal in the rain

By Anna Wiman | Published: July 2, 2010
The Kosovo Albanian heavy metal band “Troja” performed in the Germia Park in the outskirts of Prishtina on June 27th 2010. They rarely give concerts because of financial reasons. Visit their website, www.troja-ks.com. I got inspired by some of the lyrics and turned the concert visit into a piece for my column at New Kosova report: Rain from [...]
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A day in the life…

By Anna Wiman | Published: July 2, 2010
9.00 am. Reality check: I live in Kosovo! Korporata Energjetike e Kosovës, the Kosovo Energy Corporation, left an electricity bill on my doorstep. It’s said to be one of the most corrupted places in Kosovo, thus hated by many… 11.00 am. I went to the local supermarket on the corner. There’s a cheaper, bigger market 10 minutes by foot [...]
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Welcome home

By Anna Wiman | Published: July 2, 2010
The view from my balcony. I live in a 2 bed room apartment in the Dardania neighbourhood, 10-15 minutes from the city center by foot. Bright, big bedroom. A decent place to work and lots of storage space. Living room sofa and the balcony door. The kitchen has everything one might need, already fully equipped. I have a WASHING MACHINE! And [...]
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Rain from an Albanian sky

By Anna Wiman | Published: July 2, 2010
Sunday June 27th 2010. Kosovo Albanian heavy metal band ”Troja” performing in Germia Park, Prishtina, Kosovo. The band’s signature song ”Amaneti i Clown-it” was understood among my friends as a clear jab at local politicians. There are some men gone over the edge who have cost me dearly. Their lies are sending me in a place where I [...]
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Roadtrip to Kosovo: Tirana – Prishtina

By Anna Wiman | Published: June 30, 2010
Last year when I travelled from Prishtina to Tirana for a few days, we had to go through the mountains in northern Albania, driving about 30km/h. It took us about 12 hours in total to reach our destination. Now there is a highway, at least while driving in Albania. A highway will be built in [...]
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Roadtrip to Kosovo: Dubrovnik – Tirana

By Anna Wiman | Published: June 30, 2010
Montenegro driving wasn’t a piece of cake. I went to bed early so I wouldn’t become tired on my drive from Dubrovnik in southern Croatia to the capital of Albania – Tirana. The coastal landscape in Montenegro is beautiful but the roads can be tricky. There are no highways and the signs are bad or [...]
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