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Three young women sat together on a couch in the Muralfest Kosovo office in Ferizaj/Uroševac, passionately exchanging ideas on art, their lives, experiences of discrimination, being women from Kosovo and dreaming of a world where they are empowered and united. Refadie Guci, 22, is from the Kosovo…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, visited the municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane, and met the Mayor Mr. Alban Hyseni on 30 June. The SRSG and the mayor discussed constructive and solution-focused dialogue and issues related to local…

If you ask Andjela Canacevic, a 12-year old Kosovo-Serb girl from Brezovica dressed in her yellow tiger-striped football jersey, who her sports idol is, she declares excitedly: “MBappe!” Lea Komoni, 11, a Kosovo-Albanian girl from Pristina, started playing football with boys in her neighbourhood at…

“The sky is not the limit, and I encourage you all to dream big and allow your passion to drive your life path,” said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh in her remarks at the historic grand opening of the Pristina Observatory. On 13 July…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, met with the Minister for Communities and Returns, Mr. Goran Rakić. They exchanged views on recent political developments and agreed on the importance of continued dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade to…

Gathered around their living room in Roma Mahala, 18-year-old Flamur Krasniqi’s family was pleasantly surprised when they heard a familiar voice as they scrolled through Facebook on his father’s smartphone. They were watching a video report on RTK’s social media channels documenting the issues…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, met with the new Chief of Mission of UNHCR in Kosovo, Mr. Arjun Shrestha, at UNMIK HQ. SRSG Ziadeh and Mr. Shrestha discussed cooperation in the monitoring of the sustainable reintegration of returnees.

In the framework of her outreach to municipalities in Kosovo, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, visited Deçan/Dečane on 21 July, where she met with the Mayor Mr. Bashkim Ramosaj. They discussed inter-community confidence-building…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Caroline Ziadeh is following the developments in northern Kosovo with concern. She calls for calm, restoration of freedom of movement and avoiding further escalation. "I urge all to address issues in good faith through the EU…

Ahead of the high-level meeting between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Caroline Ziadeh calls on all sides to constructively engage in, and uphold the integrity of, the EU-facilitated dialogue process. “It is essential that a…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, received the new Head of the Liaison Office of Romania in Kosovo, Mr. Alin Ciocănea, at UNMIK Headquarters. They discussed recent political developments including the EU-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade…

*Drita’s husband, in-laws and two children were forced to stay in the balcony. She went to put her son to bed in his cradle, in her own room. “Two men came in. They were wearing hats,” she said. Decades on, *Drita can recall with clinical detail, the trauma she endured as a survivor of conflict…