Given the overall situation in Kosovo, news produced locally by Serbian media is often of regional importance, which represents a special responsibility of media outlets from isolated areas, because events in them, unfortunately, most often negatively, reflect much further and affect not only relations between Pristina and Belgrade, but also the situation in the region. One of the characteristic examples is Radio Gorazdevac, which produces regionally relevant news in an environment with several hundred potential listeners. The main task of these outlets, in the context of the local nature of the Serbian media, is to be predominantly news producers, but not exclusively of local content.

In Civic Energy Center (CEC) in North Mitrovica, NGO AKTIV presented today, July, 29^th the research presentation “Enhancing Transparency and Rule of Law in Kosovo-Serb majority Communities”.  This research is done within the framework of a project implemented by NGO Aktiv with the financial support of the Buraeu of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs - INL).

On 28^th of July NGO Aktiv presented a policy paper ’Assessment of the Status of the Rights of Non-Majority Communities in Kosovo’ in Pristina (Swiss Diamond), which was published with the support of International Olof Palme Center. Guests of the presentation were Almir Veliji, Deputy Minister for Regional Development, Raif Kırkul, Journalist and Fatir Berzati, Activist, who offered an overview of the (dis)respect of rights of non-majority communities in Kosovo and shared their views on the content of the publication itself.

Written by: Marija Stojanović

NGO AKTIV established in 2020 the Rapid Response Civic Group (RRCG) to monitor measures undertaken by central and local institutions aimed at fightining the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences in areas throughout Kosovo populated by non-majority communities.

NGO AKTIV in the period May 2021/April 2022 implements the project “Advancing Serbian-Albanian Friendship: Making Available Joint Educative and Reconciliatory Content via Multilingual Portal”. It involves administering and improving a multilingual website Serbian-Albanian Friendship (https://srb-al.emins.org/?lang=en) and is implemented in cooperation with the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory from Belgrade and European Movement in Serbia, with the support of the Swiss Embassy in Pristina. 

How to achieve justice and reconciliation in a post-conflict society like Kosovo? How much do the Kosovo Specialized Councils contribute to reconciliation? Ivan Đurić, Program Director of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Belgrade, and Kushtrim Koliqi, Executive Director of the NGO Integra from Prishtina, share their views for Sporazoom.