After the widespread circulation of a video earlier this month that appeared to show two seventh-grade boys forcing their genitals into the mouth of a girl in first grade, Shpresa Shala education director for the municipality of Prishtinë, Kosovo's capital brushed off the incident as “games kids play.” That led even more people to join the street protests under the banner: “It’s not a game, it’s trauma.”
National Library in Minsk (by Alex XFollow)
Our locals in Europe have written about many buildings that have earned a reputation for being the ugliest building in their city. These structures are hated by some, but many have grown to love them.
We’ve selected 12 buildings around Europe that are considered “ugly” by residents or architects. It’s up to you to decide if you agree of course… Whether you love or you hate them, they can be interesting spots to visit for sure!
National Library, Prishtina
National library of Kosovo Prishtina (by Bart van Poll)
The National Library of Kosovo is often referred to in lists as the “ugliest building in the world”. It definitely is truly bizarre. A bit like a game of Tetris has gone wrong. It was opened as part of the Albanian-language University of Prishtina. Many tried to figure out what the 99 white domes represented. Some say they are traditional Albanian hats, others think brains.
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Scientists identify new insect species in Kosovo s rivers after coronavirus
While the new Coronavirus will, hopefully, be effectively controlled sooner rather than later, its latest namesake is here to stay - a small caddisfly endemic to a national park in Kosovo that is new to science.
Potamophylax coronavirus was collected near a stream in the Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park in Kosovo by a team of scientists, led by Professor Halil Ibrahimi of the University of Prishtina. After molecular and morphological analyses, it was described as a caddisfly species, new to science in the open-access, peer-reviewed
Biodiversity Data Journal.