by Toplica | Feb 17, 2020 | English, Events, Featured, News
Today marks 12 years since Kosovo declared its fought-for independence from Serbia, and Kosovo’s teenage years begin with high hopes now that Albin Kurti has been elected Prime Minister. “Kosovo’s independence has become an irreversible fact, even if Serbia, Russia,... 
by Toplica | Feb 9, 2020 | Culture, English, Featured, News
The Eurovision 2020 season received a much need kick-start this week when Spain released Blas Cantó’s long-awaited song for Rotterdam — “Universo”. This brought the current tally of confirmed acts and songs to two, the other being Albania’s Arilena Ara with “Shaj”.... 
by Toplica | Feb 7, 2020 | English, News
For nearly two decades, Feti Gjici worked on a project that was so secret he was made to lock the plans away in a safe before leaving his office each evening. He never spoke of it to his friends or family. Gjici was the chief planner of the town of Kukës, in northern... 
by Toplica | Feb 7, 2020 | Community, English, Featured, News
A GROUP of Polish revellers launched into a frenzy of violence at a town nightclub after getting into a fight with a group of Albanians. A sentencing judge said yesterday it didn’t matter ‘wherever you come from’, groups of men getting into fights at nightclubs was... 
by Toplica | Jan 30, 2020 | Culture, English, Featured, News
The Doll is an autobiographical story, with his beloved, inscrutable mother at its heart Ismail Kadare is a kind of lapidary artist who carves meaning and pattern into the rocky mysteries of his native Albania. Born, like his frenemy the Communist dictator Enver... 
by Toplica | Jan 30, 2020 | English, Featured, News
Pristina, Kosovo, is using hyper-local ingredients in inventive, new ways. Kosovo is the youngest nation in Europe, granted independence only 12 years ago. While its cuisine has always combined ideas from its neighboring countries, it’s in a unique place where...