A musician performs with his traditional drum during the Circumcision Festival in the village of Lubinje, on border between Kosovo and Macedonia. Every five years the people of the village organise a ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- There's a widespread tradition among many Muslims that it's better for women to pray at home than in the mosque. But in Kosovo, an old Ottoman-era tradition is bucking that trend, ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — There's a widespread tradition that it's better for women to pray at home than in the mosque, but in Kosovo, an old Ottoman-era tradition is bucking that trend. PRISTINA, ...

Two young anthropologists have delved into the ways Albanians have traditionally interpreted dreams – and what this says about their culture and society. Eating honey signals sorrow and bitterness, ...

Each summer, the Kosovo diaspora continue the tradition of returning home to marry, visit relatives – and hopefully spend a lot of money. “You are part of homeland” written in a banner at “Diaspora ...

KRUSHA Fahrije Hoti lost her husband in the 1999 Kosovo war but when that fight ended, a new one began against age-old taboos when she took up her dead husband's place working in the fields. “We were ...

The Balkan Peninsula remains largely unexplored by modern adventurers, and there are surprises at every turn. Pristine mountains, rich cultural traditions, and a fascinating geopolitical history make ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo — There’s a widespread tradition among many Muslims that it’s better for women to pray at home than in the mosque. But in Kosovo, an old Ottoman-era tradition is bucking that trend, ...

The town of Rahovec in Kosovo is the heart of an agricultural region with a centuries-old tradition of cultivating grapes. But winegrowers say it's difficult to turn a profit and need government ...

Enisa Bekteshi student of Islamic Studies studies a book inside the library of the Faculty of Islamic Studies in Kosovo capital Pristina on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. In Kosovo religious authorities are ...

Student Enisa Bekteshi stands inside the library of the Faculty of Islamic Studies in the Kosovo capital, Pristina. The Islamic Community of Kosovo secretary general, Resul Rexhepi, says women are now ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo – There's a widespread tradition among many Muslims that it's better for women to pray at home than in the mosque. But in Kosovo, an old Ottoman-era tradition is bucking that trend, ...