Vjosa Çerkini is a journalist and international documentary filmmaker from Pristina, Kosovo.

She reports for DW, MDR, dpa and regional broadcasters in the Balkans and is involved in international documentary projects in the USA and Europe.

She writes on politics, business and society from Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro and other Western Balkan countries.

In 2021, Vjosa's documentary "Working Today, Only for Tomorrow" was named Best Documentary of the Year by the Kosovo Journalists Association. In 2023, she was involved in an investigative story about call-center fraud, which Investigative Journalism Europe named one of the ten best investigative stories in Europe that year.

Vjosa Çerkini

Basic information

Name
Vjosa Çerkini
Title
Journalist I Writer I Correspondent Kosovo and Balkans
Expertise
Kosovo, Balkans, politics, business
Country
Kosovo
City
Ferizaj

Supported projects

The unbreathable air of the Western Balkans

  • Environment

SKOPJE /TIRANA /PRISTINA – The levels of pollution in the capitals of the republics in the Western Balkans are extremely high. The investigation looks at the causes of this situation as well as the health problems that air pollution leads to.

Clean Energy in South East Europe

  • Energy
  • Environment

SKOPJE - Sunny North Macedonia falls short of solar thermal expectations. Using solar thermal technology to convert sunlight into heat should be a no-brainer in North Macedonia. After all, it’s one of the world’s sunniest countries. But meager subsidies and insufficient regulation have stymied projects, despite the economic benefits that experts concur are there for the impoverished country.