How football helps build bridges in Kosovo
By DW
17 February 2023 |
3:23 pm
Fifteen years after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia, ethnic tensions remain high. However, a UN project is helping bring Serb and ethnic Albanian girls together, on the football pitch.
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