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Rediscovering the recent history of Kosovo at Elida pastry shop

20Nov

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Rediscovering the recent history of Kosovo at Elida pastry shop

Since 1977, in Elida pastry shop, or rather Elida embëltore, you can taste lemonades, Turkish coffee and boza, but also rediscover the history of Prishtina. This was a meeting point for the Kosovar intelligentsia in the turbulent and violent Nineties, and now it has become a heritage site, protected by the Ministry of Culture (more…)

S3E7. The youthful energy of Prishtina

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Manifesta 14 was full of the youthful energy released by Prishtina, in Kosovo

Prishtina. The youngest European capital, the city that is still looking for its identity since the end of the war in the Nineties, became the epicenter of contemporary art and urban regeneration in Europe for three and a half months. From July 22 to October 30, the capital of Kosovo hosted Manifesta 14, the European Nomadic Biennial of Contemporary Art. With the concept It matters what worlds world worlds: how to tell stories otherwise, Manifesta 14 involved artists, visitors and citizens of Prishtina in a bottom-up and empowering project of rethinking urban space. The centrality of the Kosovar capital in the European context is clear. The choice of Prishtina as the hosting city for the 14th edition of the Nomadic Biennial was due to the "geo-political importance of the Balkan in relat...