Great New Playground in Center of Mitrovica North!
February 8th, 2012
The children of the Bishevac neighborhood of Mitrovica North now have a new playground right in their community. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) built the playground at the request of local residents, through its Democratic Effective Municipalities Initiative.
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Winning Entries for “Junior Oscars”
January 20th, 2012
The USAID/Basic Education Program (BEP) is using project based learning to reform teaching and learning in schools throughout Kosovo, and one of the teaching tools is a video competition. Over 30 schools submitted student-produced films for the competition, dubbed the “Junior Oscars”.
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Honoring St. Nicholas Day at Sveti Nikola Church
January 12th, 2012
U.S. Embassy Charge d’Affaires Michael Murphy visited Sveti Nikola Church in Pristina on December 19, 2011 to pay respects to the clergy on St. Nicholas Day and to join Minister for Communities and Returns Radojica Tomic and Serbian Orthodox Bishop Teodosije in dedicating a multi-functional facility on the church grounds.
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USAID’s Five Partner Projects Participate at Small Business Days Fair
December 20th, 2011
The four-day ‘Small Business Days Fair’ held in Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje November 29 – December 1, had 57 participants, including business associations, businesses, donors, government institutions, and commercial banks.
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Bringing Communities Together
December 19th, 2011
Residents of Mitrovica North now have a place to gather, talk, hold workshops and obtain information about support programs available to them from the U.S. Government. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) opened a Regional Community Resource Center on December 7, 2011 in downtown Mitrovica North.
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Giving up Saturday to go to school?
November 25th, 2011
Teachers know they are doing something right when students ask to come back to school on a Saturday. Violeta Kuleta, a teacher at Pristina/Prishtina Hilmi Rakovica Primary school,says that one of her best days at work was a recent weekend when her ninth grade students came to school on the weekend because they were so eager to finish a science project.
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Towns that play together stay together
November 22nd, 2011
The remote northern village of Kamenica has often been overlooked when it comes to government funding, despite its large and growing population of school aged children. For example, a bridge that allows vehicle access to Kamenica has been in place for 17 years, but the town still does not have asphalted roads or convenient access to water.
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LL.M. Program Features New Electronic Classroom
November 22nd, 2011
Law professors from the US and Europe and the University of Prishtina Law Faculty teaching in the new LL.M. Program in Contract and Commercial Law met virtually for the first time in a distance-learning classroom designed and equipped by the USAID Kosovo Systems for Enforcing Agreements and Decisions (SEAD) Program.
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USAID – 50 years internationally ... 12 years in Kosovo!
November 09th, 2011
Happy 50th anniversary to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)! The Agency set up its mission here in Kosovo in 1999, as the country was trying to recover from war and people everywhere were in urgent need of assistance ...
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Integration and Hope through Education
November 04th, 2011
One of the challenges in a country recovering from a war driven by ethnic tensions is how to persuade people from different ethnic groups to integrate, trust one another and work together for the common good.
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Planting Trees and Nurturing Young Environmentalists
October 24th, 2011
U.S. Ambassador Christopher Dell joined 15 children in Junik in planting a tree in support of 2011 as World Forestry Year.
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Support to Tourism Pays off for Peja!
September 20th, 2011
The Tourism Street Fair in the northwestern Kosovo city of Peja has become an increasingly successful annual event. This year, the event was held on September 10-11 and it attracted more than 14-thousand visitors.
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USAID Project Inspires New TV Show!
September 20th, 2011
Who would have thought that you could get on TV by going to school? Residents of six Kosovo school districts have a chance to be on camera when RTK, the National Network, shows up in their communities to film a new show, “Classroom Makeover.”
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Poetry Unplugged!
September 19th, 2011
Forty students from five Pristina primary schools were lucky enough to attend "Poetry Unplugged" on September 8th, an event organized by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID Basic Education Program in support of international "literacy day".
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It’s a tough job… but someone has to do it!
September 12th, 2011
One of the delights of representing the U.S. Government in Kosovo is that you are constantly invited to try the finest of local products. Here, Deputy Chief of Mission Michael Murphy samples the “Honey Rakia” produced by the Sarski Roj Honey Association in the Sharr/ Šar Mountains.
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Celebrating the Grape and a Growing Tourism Industry
September 09th, 2011
Glasses were raised in Rahovec Municipality on September 7 at the inauguration of the three-day “Grape, Wine, Food and Culture Festival 2011”.
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“To Market, to Market...”
September 09th, 2011
Nothing beats the taste of a Kosovo tomato, dressed up (or not) with a little pepper, olive oil and basil. In fact, all of Kosovo’s locally grown vegetables are beautiful to look at and wonderful to eat. Yet, Kosovo vegetables are not competitive in the market place. Supermarkets are full of imported products.
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Kosovo’s President Makes First Judicial Appointments – Five Supreme Court Judges
August 18th, 2011
The President of the Republic of Kosovo, Madam Atifete Jahjaga, appointed five new judges to the Supreme Court in August, 2011. This marks the first judicial appointments by President Jahjaga. More significantly, it is the first appointment under the recently approved procedures to ensure transparency and quality in judicial appointments.
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US Ambassador Showcases Support to Predominantly Serb Community of Kosovo
August 11th, 2011
U.S. Ambassador Christopher Dell and Gračanica/Graqanicë Mayor Bojan Stojanovic donned hard hats to break ground for a USAID-supported Cultural Center in the village of Badovac/Badovc. The area currently has no place for community gatherings, exhibitions and cultural performances.
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Building Skills, Friendship Through Robotics
August 10th, 2011
On July 28, USAID’s Basic Education Program welcomed back five primary school students and two teachers from Iliria School, Pristina who attended the “ROBOTEKA” summer school in Bitola, Macedonia. USAID/Kosovo supported their visit to the camp, which was funded by USAID/Macedonia for the last three years.
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Reaping the Bounty of the Forest
July 29th, 2011
A northern Kosovo processing company expects to increase its output and double its permanent work force over the next three years with an expanded, modernized cold storage facility installed with USAID assistance...
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USAID Business Enabling Environment Program Announces the Results of the First Annual Municipal Competitiveness Index (MCI) Survey 2011:
July 22th, 2011
At the MCI Awards Presentation Event on July 12, 2011 in Pristina, Kosovo, the USAID Business Enabling Environment Program (BEEP) announced the results of the first Municipal Competitiveness Index (MCI) Survey and presented awards to the three top performing Municipalities...
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Harnessing Youthful Creativity for Environmental Cleanup
July 7th, 2011
USAID is helping schools lead a campaign to develop environmental awareness in schools and communities through student action projects.
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Technology in Schools
April 8th, 2011
The subject of "Technology" was a popular subject in Kosovo primary schools, offering students the opportunity to take part in practical activities.
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DCM visit to the north
April 1st, 2011
"The idea for the Ibar River Cleanup project came from the community, and the work is being carried out by members of your community," remarked USEP Deputy Chief of Mission Michael J. Murphy at the official launch of Phase II of the project on March 29.
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IT for Teachers workshop
March 28th, 2011
Arlinda Zeqiri, an English teacher from "Dardania" primary school in Pristina enjoys teaching but is frustrated by the lack of technology available to her and her students. All over the world, the use of modern technology is enhancing educational systems.
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Tourism Street Fair
01.10.2009
The first ever street fair in Kosovo organized in Peja/Pec by TPD Consulting...
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Promoting Kosovo Dairy Products Starts at an Early Age
01.08.2009
An educational visit to Eurolona dairy farm and milk processor
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Kosovo Potato Surplus Sold in Macedonia and Albania
01.08.2009
The potato harvest had a happier ending than expected for the farmers of the TINA Agribusiness
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