’God save Dua Lipa’: festival puts Kosovo on music map

PRISTINA: Amid the denim shorts, selfies, sequins and thumping bass, it’s easy to mistake this for Coachella or Glastonbury. But Sunny Hill Festival in Pristina has helped transform Kosovo into a top European summer festival destination, thanks in large part to founder Dua Lipa. For years, Kosovo has been embroiled in a bloody war with Serbia, a war between Albanian rebels and Serb forces in the late 1990s that left thousands dead and sparked a refugee crisis.

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