''Stinë dashurie'' (English: ''Love season'') is a Kosovan television

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, created and directed by Gazmend Nela. The series premiered on RTK, the public service broadcaster in

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

, on Sunday, March 9, 2014, at 8:30 p.m. It is a production of Cineproduction. Shooting for the second season started on October 1, 2014 and ended in April 2015.

Overview

The television series addresses issues that are prevalent to modern Kosovo. Alban Krasniqi (''

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''), who lives in Switzerland, comes to Kosovo to work for

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. Here, he meets an Albanian girl, Mimoza Ukaj ('' Albulena Kryeziu'') and falls in love with her. What Alban doesn't know is that their families have been feuding for years. The series deals with concepts of ideal love, and other elements of modern Albanian society such as corruption and

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Episodes

References

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