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Without courage, compassion falters, and without compassion, courage has no direction.

Eric Greitens from The Heart and the Fist

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#Ramush Haradinaj #War Crimes #Prime Minister #Kosovo

“The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.”

Marcus Garvey

#social justice #service #selfless #Kosovo #human rights

Today, STS President, Chelsea Charles, will be attending a conference on the end of supervised independence in Kosovo. The conference is titled "Chapter Closed in the Balkans". The lengthly list of special speakers includes Kosovo's President Jahjaga, Prime Minister Thaci, President of Finland Maarti Ahtisaari, and Bill Clinton. Tim Judah will also be present as a moderator for a panel discussions titled, "What's Next for Societies and Economies in Balkans?"

A hero dies once, a scared person dies one hundred times

Bajrush Berisha (Community leader of Social Buildings 1 and 2 and the barracks in Plemetin, Kosovo"

Mother and child living in the barracks in Plemetin, Kosovo. The woman's husband has two wives and does nothing to support his nine family members. He is completely absent in their lives. The woman searches for scraps to survive.

#Plemetin #Kosovo #human rights #Women's Rights #Poverty

Toxic Water Source

This past week STS President and Founder, Chelsea Charles, visited social buildings 1 and 2 and the barracks in Plemetin, Kosovo. Approximately 450 minorities live in these buildings and barracks. They have had no water or electricity for 4 months. They all share this one toxic waste water source.

#Kosovo #Plemetin #Minorities #toxic waste

The very first Roma music festival in Kosovo, Gracanica was a blast. Various amazing Roma bands playing different styles of music. A celebration of Roma life and culture.

Back in Pristina after an amazing research trip on Albanian culture in stunning Albania. More coming soon!

The Northern part of the most divided city in Kosovo, Mitrovica, is mostly inhabited by Serbian Kosovars. This picture is taken just across the bridge which connects the North with the Southern Albanian part of Mitrovica.

"Jo Negociata - Vetëvendosje!"

By David Deijmann

In the tumultuous political arena of Kosovo’s young democracy, there is one cry to be heard everywhere, “Jo Negociata –Vetëvendosje!”. It is the slogan of the most popular political movement in Kosovo called Vetëvendosje, meaning self-determination. This very active opposition movement is directed by a former student leader and charismatic Kosovar Albin Kurti. He worked for the politician, Adem Dimançi, in the early days of the Kosovo war before he was arrested by the Serbs. Kurti spent two years in a Serbian prison.

The movement, which started in 2004 refuses to be called either left- or right-wing claiming their principles cannot be reduced to those labels. In 2010, the Vetëvendosje initiated political action by participating in the elections at the end of that year. They obtained around 12 percent of the votes. Vetëvendosje’s main message “Jo Negociata – Vetëvendosje” means no negociations - self-determination. It aims at three issues: the corruption of the government and their failure in successfully building the new nation, the fight against organized crime and the influence of foreign organizations and governments in the Republic of Kosovo. In the last couple of years they have become strong proponents of uniting Albanians, implicating the union of Kosovo and Albania.

Vetëvendosje, popular with the young people of Kosovo, functions as Prime Minister Thaçi’s main opponent. Their fierce resistance visibly reflects in their political art, mainly graffiti, and immense non-violent demonstrations every now and then. It is this visible and active resistance against those things that Kosovars hate the most makes Vetëvendosje so popular. Although very popular, there is a large group of people that may agree with Vetëvendosje’s main points, but find them too aggressive and populist. They wish for a more moderate path of the movement. In a Kosovo where many lost their faith in the government and the sustainability of the Republic of Kosovo, Vetëvendosje holds a hopeful promise for the future of self-determing Albanians.

#Vetevendosje #Kosovo #Politics #Movement #Corruption #Self-Determination

If you do exactly the same thing time and time again you'll get the same results, sometimes you need to push the envelope

Dennis Capstick - LGBT Director in Kosovo

Kosovo’s Constitutional Court has given the green light to plans to scrap 21 amendments from the constitution and end Kosovo's internationally supervised independence.

On January 31 Kosovo’s parliament adopted a resolution calling for an end to "internationally supervised" independence by the end of 2012....

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#United Nations #Kosovo #prime minsiter #Haradinaj

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