Trailblazing US skier Katherine ‘Kasha’ Rigby dies in Kosovo avalanche
American competitive skier and telemark skiing pioneer Katherine “Kasha” Rigby died Tuesday in an avalanche in Albania. She was 54 years old. Rigby was at a ski center in Brezovica, Kosovo, with her fiancé, Magnus Wolff Murray, when a small avalanche pushed her off the trail and into the trees at around 2:30 p.m. local […]
Ethnic tensions flare in Kosovo as Serbs petition to oust Albanian mayors
Serb residents of northern Kosovo signed a petition on Wednesday in hopes of securing enough funds to oust four ethnic Albanian mayors whose elections last year heightened tensions between Serbia and Kosovo. In the northern cities of Mitrovica and Leposavić, groups of people could be seen heading to sports halls and other places to sign […]