Dua Lipa has been granted Kosovan citizenship and been hailed by the president as “some of the iconic cultural figures in our nation’s historical past”.
The singer was born in London to Kosovan-Albanian mother and father and lived in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, between the ages of 11 and 15.
Now, in a ceremony hosted by the nation’s president Vjosa Osmani, she has been formally named as a citizen of Kosovo, having been within the nation to headline the Sunny Hill Pageant on Friday night time (August 1).
Welcome again residence, Dua!
At present, by presidential decree, I had the respect of granting the citizenship of the Republic of Kosovo to some of the iconic cultural figures in our nation’s historical past, @DUALIPA.
Dua and Kosovo have all the time been inseparable. From the world’s largest… pic.twitter.com/aNlME6pocG
— Vjosa Osmani (@VjosaOsmaniPRKS) July 31, 2025
Our satisfaction, our voice to the world, Kosovo’s gem — welcome again residence, @DUALIPA! pic.twitter.com/f8jdUM87tU
— Vjosa Osmani (@VjosaOsmaniPRKS) August 1, 2025
In an announcement, Lipa mentioned “it looks like my two sides at the moment are one”, including: “It completes the duality I’ve all the time had inside. I like this nation and this implies a lot to me and my household.”
Osmani added: “Dua and Kosovo have all the time been inseparable. From the world’s largest levels to the hearts of tens of millions, she’s carried our story with energy, satisfaction, and style. Our gratitude is limitless for every thing Dua has carried out, and continues to do for Kosovo.”
Lipa is now a citizen of the UK, Albania and Kosovo.
She had beforehand been named an Honorary Ambassador of Kosovo in 2022, which she described as “an honour and a privilege”, including: “The youth of Kosovo deserves the precise to visa liberalisation, freedom to journey and to dream massive.”
As well as, forward of the inaugural Sunny Hill Pageant in 2018, Lipa was given the primary ever key to town of Pristina. In a tweet that confirmed Lipa alongside then-Mayor Shpend Ahmeti, she wrote: “Such an honour to be given the primary key to town of Prishtina, Kosovo… Thanks to your limitless help.”
She induced some controversy in 2020 with a tweet by which she spoke concerning the rights of indigenous Kosovar Albanians.
She went on to say that the submit was “by no means meant to incite any hate”, including: “It makes me unhappy and offended that my submit has been wilfully misinterpreted by some teams and people who promote ethnic separatism, one thing I utterly reject.”
Lipa was additionally one of many celebrities to hit out at British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s response to their open letter that referred to as for the top of “UK complicity” in Gaza.
“Prime Minister, you’ve constructed your profession as a human rights lawyer, defending the powerless and difficult injustice,” the response learn. “In years to return, when you find yourself requested whether or not you’ve gotten carried out sufficient, what is going to you say?”
Elsewhere, Lipa was not too long ago noticed at certainly one of Oasis’ reveals at Wembley Stadium, and launched a mini-documentary about her personal sold-out reveals on the London venue in June.
