The Kosovo Police suspended a police officer more than one month after the Basic Court of Prishtina issued his wife a restraining order against him after her report of domestic violence. Prosecution’s investigation continues. “The only thing I have is a restrictive order against him. He moves around freely on the streets, with a gun….
Kosovo lacks sufficient capacity to combat disinformation and false narratives, with public officials also often falling for these narratives, experts claim. Experts call on the Kosovo government to increase the capacities to counter false anti-Western narratives that often not only influence the country but also target it, as even public officials are sometimes affected. In…
Bashkimi Evropian pret që takimi i radhës mes kryenegociatorëve të Kosovës dhe Serbisë për çështjen e dinarit serb, të jetë rasti final për zgjidhje dhe atë në bazë të propozimit të bërë nga i dërguari i posaçëm evropian për dialogun, Mirosllav Lajçak. Kështu tha në një përgjigje për Radion Evropa e Lirë zëdhënësi i BE-së,…
Kryeministri i Kosovës, Albin Kurti, ka biseduar me kancelarin gjerman Olaf Scholz të cilit i ka thënë se shpreson që Gjermania do ta mbështesë kandidaturën e shtetit të tij në Këshillin e Evropës. Shumica e deputetëve të Asamblesë Parlamentare të Këshillit të Evropës e mbështetën më 16 prill raportin që rekomandon anëtarësimin e Kosovës në…
University of Prishtina rector, Qerim Qerimi, decided to suspend the mathematics professor Xhevat Krasniqi until the prosecution finalises its investigation on sexual harassment claims, based on a recommendation by the university’s Council of Ethics which comes after several protests from students and civil society activists. “Based on the decision of the Council of Ethics and…
More than six years since the enforcement of the Kosovo law on the Protection of Whistleblowers, in 2018, Kosovo institutions continue to violate the law by retaliating against whistleblowers, Kallxo Përnime TV programme was told. Demë Elezaj, a whistleblower and former employee at Prishtina International Airport “Adem Jashari” had his contract terminated after he reported…
An annual report on democracy in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia by Freedom House, mentioned the BIRN’s investigation “RTK’s Board Blocks High-Scoring Women from Top Jobs” published in September 2023, by journalists Jeta Xharra and Mediana Halili. The investigation dealt with gender discrimination in the processes of recruitment for high positions in Kosovo’s public…
More than a decade after legal proceedings began in the case known as ‘Drenica 1’, Prishtina Basic Court found Sylejman Selimi and Jahir Demaku not guilty on Thursday of committing a war crime by beating up a prisoner at a Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA detention centre in the village of Likovc/Likovac. “This court found that…
The President of Slovenia, Natasa Pirc Musar, told BIRN in an interview that her predecessor as president, Borut Pahor, is the right candidate to replace the outgoing EU special envoy for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak. “I am supporting him,” Pirc Musar said, adding that her country has often mistakenly not supported Slovenians for high positions…
The museum is not enough. Fadil Muqolli wakes up every day with the internal struggle to seek justice for the family members who were killed by Serbian forces in the 1998/1999 war. The blood is shed, but justice is still elusive. Fadil Muqolli, 55, has eyes full of pain, longing and anticipation. Muqolli held back…