The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, has said that archeology is receiving the appropriate state attention and that intensive work is being done on archaeological sites, management plans, international collaborations, studies and publications.

He announced that this year, important projects are being worked on for the preservation and development of the archaeological heritage in Kosovo, where archaeological sites are being treated, such as Vuçak Castle in Drenas, Dardana Castle in Kamenica, Kasterci Castle, Suharekë, Castle of Mareci in Prishtina, Harilaq Castle, Fushë Kosovë, Korisha Castle, Prizren, Keçekolla Castle in the municipality of Prishtina, the archaeological site in Hisar, Suharekë, the site in Bostan, Novobërda and Cernicë in Gjilan.

Until the end of this year, work will be continued on the Stone Bridge in Vushtrri, the Novobërda Castle, the Pogragja Castle in Gjilan, the archaeological site in Leshan of Suhareka, the findings of archaeological structures in Kaçanik and the village of Vrellë, in Istog, Kurti wrote on Facebook.

He also warned that the cooperation agreement with the University of Tubingen in Germany will be signed soon.

"This important research project, which will be carried out by the Archaeological Institute of Kosovo in cooperation with specialists from Germany, will focus on the identification and tracking of Paleolithic centers, as well as the creation of a map of Paleolithic and Mesolithic caves and localities in Kosovo ", he said.

Kurti has said that in one of the most important localities, Ulpiana, where the dedication inscription from Emperor Justinian to Dardania was discovered last year, research is expanding and excavations are continuing towards new discoveries.

In cooperation with the United States of America, the project of treating the archaeological site in Dresnik in Klina is continuing, while just a short time after the beginning of the archaeological excavations in Vučak Castle in Drenas, a Roman altar from the first half of the 3rd century after Christ.

The object is a spolia reused in the construction of the fortress of the Justinian period (AD 527-565). The altar is of special importance and indicates that there is continuity of life from prehistory, antiquity to the Middle Ages.

There were also important findings in the vicinity of the Hisar archaeological site in Suhareka. Excavations in this space have brought data on the late Eneolithic culture, also the Illyrian-Dardan period in some areas of the locality.

During the past year, the rehabilitation of the archaeological site in the center of Prizren has been completed, while the Archaeological Institute of Kosovo has prepared materials for publications and publications to present the results of archaeological research and discoveries in the country.

Some of the latest publications are the magazine "Kosova Archeology", the monograph "Varreza tumular e Dollci", while in June the article "The Dardanian Settlement of Cernica - Vendbanimi Dardan ne Cërnica" was sent for publication in the magazine "Iliria" in Tirana.

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