In many economically struggling societies, forensic psychiatry is still in its initial developmental stages and thus forensic patients pose an ongoing challenge for the healthcare and juridical systems. In this article, we present the various issues and problems that arose when establishing the first forensic psychiatric institute in Kosovo - a country whose population has constantly been repor...

The study aims to explore the divergences around implementation of Basel III agreement, since this agreement is considered core international regulatory response financial crisis, setting strictest criteria for capital structure and risk assessment. This paper explains current level legislation that applies in Kosovo, as well possible with set by III. It argued national authority, explicitly CB...

The development of Albanian Art Music in Kosovo started after World War II and it shared the same fate as other countries situated Balkans. has gone through different political, social economic situations all which were part then ex- Yugoslavia (1918-1991). However, impact was stronger due to beginning last war (commencing 1990, almost a decade before war), that made ten mandatory years deserti...

The trajectory that the process of defining political-legal status Kosovo has followed been as complex and difficult, well unclear both in terms time content. While UNSC Resolution 1244 maintained (suspended) Yugoslavia's sovereignty over UN international administration (UNMIK) was envisaged a transitional phase then sides, Albanian Serbian side had completely different expectations. first expe...

A new simple, robust and low-cost wet laboratory method for the generation of the <10 μm (PM10) particle size fraction is reported. A sedimentation method is directly compared with a centrifugation method for generation of the PM10 fraction. Both approaches are based on an integrated form of Stokes' law. Subsequently the sedimentation method was adopted. The results from the sedimentation metho...

Over the past 10 years more than 700 cases of brucellosis have been reported in Kosovo, which is heavily oriented towards agriculture and animal husbandry. Here, brucellosis is still endemic and represents an uncontrolled public health problem. Human brucellosis may present with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations; among them, vascular complications are uncommon. Hereby we describe the ...

The Kosovo refugee crisis in the Macedonia in 1999 was unique in terms of its unprecedented magnitude against its short duration (sharp increase and sudden decrease in refugee population), its high visibility in the world media, and attention received by donors. In the late March 1999, after the launch of the NATO air campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, refugees from Kosovo beg...

INTRODUCTION Numerous studies observed health effects of particulate air pollution. Ambient air quality is particularly bad in Pristina. The principal sources of contaminants are sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides NO and NO2 (NOx), ozone (O3), lead (Pb), carbon dioxide (CO2), particulate matter (PM or dust). OBJECTIVE to investigate effects of concentrations of pollutants in ambient air on...

The recently granted “independence” to Kosovo by the transnational elite, in flagrant violation of international law and the UN, has completed the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. As I pointed out elsewhere the dismembering of Yugoslavia was an attempt by the transnational elite to fully integrate the area into the New Economic Order of the internationalised market economy. Thus, given ...

BACKGROUND Antimicrobial resistance is becoming a major public health challenge worldwide, caused primarily by the misuse of antibiotics. Antibiotic use is closely related to the knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of a population. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices about antibiotic use among the general public in Kosovo. METHO...