KPS Forensic Lab Staff.  Photo: Arbnor Haxhibeqiri, U.S. Embassy

Charge d’Affaires Tina Kaidanow Hands Over Keys of Forensic Lab to Kosovo, May 7, 2008.

I am very pleased to participate today in this ceremony, in which the United States Government is donating to Kosovo an entire police forensic laboratory, complete with the most up-to-date technology and highly trained staff. 

Nearly eight years ago, after an assessment of the forensic capabilities in Kosovo, the U.S. Government began searching for a suitable location for a forensic laboratory to serve the needs of Kosovo's police. (more)

PUBLIC OUTREACH

Professor Mike Medley (right) with Kosovo English Teachers.  Photo: Laura Hochla, U.S. Embassy.

English Language Specialist Mike Medley Helps Teachers Build Community in the Classroom, May 6 - 15, 2008

During his two-week program in Kosovo, Mr. Medley worked with English teachers in six different municipalities, including a two-day, intensive writing workshop in Pristina.  Mr. Medley guided teachers through content-based language lessons so they could experience ways to use the English language to bridge divides, resolve conflicts and encourage self-reflection and forgiveness.  Using classroom techniques like group and pair work, free-writing and music, teachers explored topics like the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and the American Civil Rights Movement.

U.S. Cultural Envoys Colleen Cintron and  Marie Morrow.  Photo by: Aferdita Krasniqi, U.S. Embassy Pristina.   Click here to watch the performance Photo gallery - Cultural Envoys

Cultural Envoys Colleen Cintron and Marie Morrow Change Ideas about Modern Dance in Kosovo, May 3, 2008

During their two week-long visit in Kosovo, Cultural Envoys Colleen Cintron and Marie Morrow worked with various dance groups in Kosovo: traditional folk dance ensemble "Shota" and the National Theater of Kosovo Ballet Troupe in Pristina; Artistic Dance company "Art Design" in Gjakova; and the folk dance group "Mladost" in Strpce.  The Cultural Envoys showed new techniques of contemporary dance to the Ballet troupe (whose repertoire is mostly classical ballet), guiding them through the creation of their personal/individual original dance. (more)