EU warns Kosovo to form institutions or risk growth funds

European Commission officials have voiced concern over Kosovo’s political deadlock, warning that the delay in forming new institutions is blocking the ratification of key agreements under the EU Growth Plan 2024–2027. Kosovo is eligible for...

Kosovo Serb Police Officer Detained Over Spying Allegations

Bojan Jevtic, a Kosovo Police officer suspcted of espionage, is taken to Pristina Basic Court on July 18, 2025. Photo: BIRN Pristina Basic Court on Friday ordered 30 days of detention for a police officer who was arrested the day before on...

Kosovo accuses Serbia of ongoing destabilization efforts

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani has accused Serbia of actively seeking to destabilize the region, citing classified intelligence shared with allies and remarks by former U.S. President Donald Trump as further validation. Speaking in Pristina after...

Kosovo Sentences Serb Ex-Security Officer in Absentia Over Doctor’s Disappearance

The announcement of the verdict against Slavisa Filic at the Pristina Basic Court on Thursday, July 17, 2025. Photo: BIRN The Basic Court of Pristina on Thursday sentenced a former member of Serbia’s Security Service, Slavisa Filic, to 15 years in...

Kosovo Languishes as a Day-Trip Destination

Last month, a group of students from various EU countries decided to stop for a few hours in Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, during a longer trip they had booked in neighbouring North Macedonia. Giulia Marziale, a 24-year-old student of international...

Riffa set for Kosovo tournament

BASKETBALL – BAHRAIN representatives Riffa are back in action in the Fiba 3x3 World Tour this weekend. The veterans of street basketball’s premier series under the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) will be competing in the Pristina...

Kosovo Special Court Dismisses Thaci Motion to Scrap Several Charges

Hashim Thaci (bottom right) with his co-accused Kadri Veseli (bottom left), Rexhep Selimi (top left), and Jakup Krasniqi (top right) listening to the status conference online on Friday. Photo: Screenshot/Kosovo Specialist Chambers. The Kosovo...

Kosovo war crimes court to rule on motion

The Hague-based Specialist Chambers is expected to rule today on a motion by defence lawyers for former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders seeking to dismiss parts of the war crimes indictment. The motion was filed by legal teams for Hashim Thaçi,...

Kosovo president accused of distorting Trump claim on Serbia

Kosovo’s former prime minister has accused President Vjosa Osmani of distorting comments by Donald Trump, after she publicly claimed the former U.S. president had “prevented a Serbian attack” on Kosovo—an assertion sharply denied by Trump’s former...

Kosovo fighter's sentence cut despite court upholding convictions for murder, torture

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Appeals judges at a European Union-backed court upheld murder, torture and arbitrary detention convictions against a former Kosovo war liberation fighter Monday. But they cut his prison term from 18 years to 13 years,...

Kosovo Law Institute: Blocked Parliament Directly Affects Citizens' Lives, Implementation of Laws

Source: Beta News / Politics | 14.07.25 | access_time 11:42 Kosovo Parliament (BetaPhoto/Armenija Zajmi Besevic) Senior researcher at the Kosovo Law Institute Gzim Shala has pointed out the serious consequences caused by failure to constitute the...

Cliftonville facing four-country travel odyssey ahead of Champions League battle in Kosovo

The Bulgarian community in Kosovo preserves its national identity

Today, Bulgarian society is largely unaware of the existence of the Bulgarian community in Albania and Kosovo, or of their activities. The book Bulgarian Communities in Albania and Kosovo. Social and Political Processes and Demographic...

Hague court upholds Kosovo war crimes conviction for Shala

Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member Pjeter Shala saw his conviction upheld but the sentence reduced from 18 to 13 years, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers tribunal in The Hague said on Monday. The tribunal, staffed by international judges and...

Kosovo town protests after man dies in police custody

LIPJAN, July 13 – Residents in the town of Lipjan protested Saturday after 27-year-old Agon Zejnullahu died during a police arrest. Dozens walked from the municipal building to the local police station—steps from where Zejnullahu collapsed—holding...

Hague Court Cuts Jail Time for Kosovo’s ‘Commander Wolf’

Pjeter Shala during the announcement of the appeals verdict, July 14, 2025. Photo: Kosovo Specialist Chambers/Livestream. The Appeals Panel at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague on Monday reduced the 2024 sentence handed to former Kosovo...

Kosovo’s annual inflation speeds up to 4.3% in June

Kosovo’s harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) inflation accelerated to an annual 4.3% in June from 3.6% in the previous month (chart), statistics office’s data showed on July 10. In June, notable year-on-year increases were recorded in...

Grenell accuses Kosovo president of ‘manipulating’ Trump’s words

US President’s special envoy for NATO Richard Grenell has criticized Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani, accusing her of ‘manipulating’ Donald Trump’s words. In a post on the X platform (formerly Twitter), Grenell said Osmani should be ‘ashamed’ of the...

Kosovo’s Osmani says Trump defused new Serbia threat

WASHINGTON, July 10 – Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani said U.S. President Donald Trump personally intervened in recent weeks to prevent a potential military escalation by Serbia, calling it a decisive act of deterrence. “We have credible...

Kosovo police chief resigns after man dies in custody

PRISTINA, July 10 – A senior Kosovo police commander has resigned following the death of a 27-year-old man in custody, as footage showing the victim bound and kneeling triggered national backlash and demands for accountability. Police chief...