Regional Heritage Plan of Kosovo East has been promoted
Regional Heritage Plan of the eastern region of Kosovo was drafted by the Joint Programme of European Union/Council of Europe “Support to the Promotion of Cultural Diversity”. The process has been based on partnership, cooperation and community ownership and in Kosovo East a key partner has been the NGO Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB) Kosovo […]
Mezzosoprano Flaka Goranci promotes Albanian music in Vienna
On May 12, 2015, under the charm of the baroque hall of Altes Rathaus Vienna, Kosovar Mezzo-soprano Flaka Goranci held the concert and album promotion of Albanian songs from different regions of Kosovo and Albania. The album entitled “Albanian flowers” contains a booklet with 30 pages, which includes the lyrics in Albanian, English and German, […]
CHwB has contributed to the “Community Design Prishtina”
“Community Design Prishtina”, a symposium, an exhibition and a charrette exercise, exploring the community design model and Prishtina’s built environment, was held from 6 to 9 May 2015 in Prishtina. The event organised by American University of Kosovo (AUK) in partnership with Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) was supported by CHwB Kosovo office with contribution […]
The restored winery of St. Stephan Church is inaugurated
On April 18th, on the International Day on Monuments and Sites, the built heritage of the village of Velika Hoča (Municipality of Rahovec) has been enriched with another restored building. The project of restoration and revitalization of the winery building of Saint Stephan Church was completed and the building was inaugurated in the presence of […]
Cultural Heritage without Borders celebrates 20 years
Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB), an independent Swedish non-governmental organization dedicated to rescuing and preserving cultural heritage, celebrates its 20th anniversary. CHwB was constituted in April 1995 as a reaction to the systematic destruction of cultural monuments and objects that took place during the war in former Yugoslavia and the urgent need for development assistance […]
Works in the Castle of Kaçanik are to be started soon
In the beginning of April, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, gave the permission to start the conservation and partial revitalization works in the Castle of the City of Kaçanik. In the second half of 2014, CHwB Kosovo office has conducted research, recording, documentation and the conservation and revitalization plan of this castle. This […]