Category Archives: Kosova

The art of starting small

By Anna Wiman | Published: March 3, 2010
The Rugova Canyon is home to one of Kosovo’s own mineral waters -Rugovë. This 25 km long canyon is located in the west, close to the border with Montenegro. Kosovo’s second largest city, Pejë, is located at the entrance of the canyon. Not only is this one of the nicest places in Kosovo with fresh air and beautiful mountain and [...]
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Inofficial traffic rules – an observation

By Anna Wiman | Published: February 20, 2010
I’ve lived in Germany as an adult for almost six months now. Since my childhood many things have changed, but some have remained the same – for example, I don’t think German preciseness will die, ever. At least not when it comes to pedestrians. The other day I stood on the sidewalk at an intersection, [...]
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A struggeling 2-year old

By Anna Wiman | Published: February 20, 2010
The future of Kosovo celebrating independence day How I wish I could have been in Prishtina three days ago. The Republic of Kosovo declared independence from Serbia February 17th 2008, 9 years after the NATO bombing campaign that drove Serbian military forces out of Kosovo, a former province of Serbia, and by that stopped the killing of ethnic Albanians. Two [...]
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Kosovo ambassador appointed to Sweden

By Anna Wiman | Published: February 10, 2010
According to a press release from the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs on February 4th, the newly appointed ambassador of Kosovo to Sweden, Lulzim Peci, has submitted his credentials to His Majesty the King, Carl Gustaf XVI. New Kosova Report reports that Mr Peci expressed his graditute for the help Sweden has given Kosovo and informed HM [...]
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NATO planning another KFOR reduction

By Anna Wiman | Published: February 8, 2010
“Kosovo is a success story”. These were the words of the NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen during last week’s two-day meeting of NATO Defence Ministers in Istanbul, Turkey, focusing on reviewing operations in Afghanistan and the security situation in Kosovo. ”Kosovo is facing challenges that are not of a military nature. NATO is looking into the possibility to [...]
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Building infrastructure – an important but slow process in the Balkans

By Anna Wiman | Published: February 2, 2010
Building new infrastructure is one of the crucial steps in the process towards economic growth, stability and general development in the Balkan region. Agreed upon to being built in 2004 and the most expensive infrastructure project of Albania, the new highway between Durrës (harbor city at the Adriatic sea) and Kukës (bordering to Kosovo in [...]
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Baby steps on several levels

By Anna Wiman | Published: January 30, 2010
For the Republic of Kosovo, January 2010 meant another round of steps towards a strong and independent state. On January 5th, the Kosovo Security Force Search and Rescue Unit travelled to assist in facing serious floodings in Albania. After days of heavy rain which left thousands of houses flooded in the northwestern Shkodra region and approximately 4000 [...]
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