Kosovo parliament makes 53rd attempt to break deadlock

Kosovo’s newly elected lawmakers will meet today for the 53rd time to try to form the country’s new parliament, nearly six months after elections on 9 February. The session begins at 2 p.m., coming just 48 hours before a temporary ban by the...

Djuric: Visit to Benin additional impetus to Serbian presence in Africa

PORTO-NOVO - Serbian FM Marko Djuric says his visit to Benin is an additional impetus to Serbia's presence in Africa and that strengthening ties with countries such as Benin is important to Belgrade due to the Kosovo-Metohija issue, as well as for...

Kosovo grapples with political crisis

Kosovo is entering a dangerous and uncertain political situation if it does not make a decision by July 27 to constitute the Assembly, News.Az reports citing foreign media. The ex officio decision of the Constitutional Court, issued yesterday,...

Kosovo's public broadcaster RTK on verge of collapse as financial crisis deepens

Kosovo’s public broadcaster, Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK), is facing an imminent financial collapse due to the prolonged failure of national institutions to allocate its legally approved budget, the International Federation of Journalists...

Kosovo’s Thaci Denies Feeling Betrayed by West Over War Crimes Trial

Hashim Thaci in the courtroom in The Hague, November 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/JERRY LAMPEN. In a long, written interview from detention in The Hague, Kosovo’s former President, Hashim Thaci, who is on trial for war crimes, expressed no regret for...

Kosovo Fails Again to Inaugurate Parliament Despite Looming Deadline

MPs enter parliament before the 52nd failed attempt to constitute the body on July 25, 2025. Photo: BIRN. Kosovo MPs failed for the 52nd time on Friday to constitute the country’s parliament, with a Constitutional Court deadline to do so expiring...

Kosovo parliament fails for 52nd time

Kosovo’s parliament has once again failed to move forward, after the 52nd attempt to hold a constitutive session collapsed on Friday, 25 July. Session chair Avni Dehari called on opposition parties to nominate candidates for the secret ballot...

Kosovo crisis: Clock ticking on parliament deal

PRISTINA, July 24 – Kosovo is two days from a constitutional deadline to form its parliament, but parties remain deadlocked and no breakthrough is in sight. Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s Vetëvendosje and opposition leader Fatmir Limaj have yet to...

Kosovo president meets Qatar's ambassador

Kosovo: Top opposition figure urges parties to break deadlock

Fatmir Limaj, leader of the Social Democratic Initiative, said Kosovo’s political parties should use President Vjosa Osmani’s request to the Constitutional Court as an opportunity to resolve the country’s parliamentary deadlock. “It is in...

EU blasts Kosovo over parliament deadlock

Kosovo’s parliament has failed for the 52nd time to hold a constitutive session, drawing sharp criticism from EU and German diplomats in Pristina. EU ambassador Aivo Orav said Kosovo “needs a functioning parliament immediately,” stressing the need...

Kosovo: authorities must guarantee funding for public broadcaster RTK

Picture credit: RTK. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its affiliate the Association of Journalists of Kosovo (AJK) in calling on authorities to guarantee funding for Kosovo’s public broadcaster RTK. For several months, RTK has...

Djuric, Roquefeuil discuss political relations, situation in Kosovo-Metohija

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric has met with Brice Roquefeuil, head of the French foreign ministry's directorate for continental Europe, to discuss further strengthening of political relations between Serbia and France, the challenges faced by...

Travelling to Kosovo: Two arrested at Findel passport control

Two men were taken into custody at Luxembourg airport on Thursday after it transpired there was a Europe-wide warrant out for their arrest. The two individuals were attempting to board a plane from Luxembourg to Kosovo, but were stopped by border...

We took action in Kosovo. Why should Gaza be any different?

The UK is threatening more sanctions against [[Israel]] but in reality they have no effect at all. Why would [[Israel]] listen to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer or his Foreign Secretary David Lammy? They have no influence in what is an ongoing...

Kosovo President Presses Court to Clarify Consequences of Parliamentary Deadlock

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani on a visit in Switzerland. Photo: EPA/MICHAEL BUHOLZER Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani on Tuesday said she had asked the country’s Constitutional Court to review the consequences of MPs’ failure to constitute parliament...

Deadline looms in Kosovo parliamentary stalemate

Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti.[AFP] A months long standoff over Kosovo's next parliamentary speaker is dragging the tiny Balkan nation toward an unparalleled crisis, experts warn, ahead of a deadline this weekend. After more than 50...

Kosovo president turns to court over parliamentary deadlock

PRISTINA, July 22 – Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani has asked the Constitutional Court to clarify the legal consequences if the parliament fails to convene by July 26, the deadline set by the court. Speaking at a press conference, Osmani said the...

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Deadline looms in Kosovo’s parliamentary stalemate

After more than 50 attempts, Kosovo's MPs now have just two days to meet a court mandate to pick their new speaker, a key step toward Albin Kurti's possible return to office."This is an unparallelled situation, an undefined vacuum and chaos," law...