Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti announced on Monday that starting January 1, 2025, Kosovo will unilaterally permit free movement for all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina holding identification cards. Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, announced on Monday that as of January 1, Kosovo will unilaterally allow free movement for holders of identification cards from Bosnia…
Kosovo introduced the Joint Intelligence Network Against Money Laundering, a mechanism designed to investigate, prevent, and combat money laundering, organised crime, corruption, and the financing of terrorism. Kosovo announced on Thursday the creation of a Joint Intelligence Network Against Money Laundering that brings together government institutions, financial actors, and social stakeholders in a coordinated effort…
Kosovo will represent itself in the Central European Free Trade Agreement, CEFTA, and no longer be represented by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK. Kosovo Minister of Entrepreneurship, Industry and Trade, Rozeta Hajdari announced on Wednesday, at a press conference, that Kosovo will represent itself at the Central European Free Trade Agreement,…
The only three suspects arrested so far in Kosovo for the deadly attack on police by a Serb armed group in the northern village of Banjska in September 2023 pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges. Three Kosovo Serbs, Blagoje Spasojevic, Vladimir Tolic and Dusan Maksimovic, the only people arrested so far for the deadly attack…
A highly organised marijuana plantation, maintained by citizens from Albania, was discovered in Kosovo’s mountains of Peja. Seven suspects, one detained and six escaped, are believed to have been living in the plantation since early September. On the morning of September 27, under the direction of the Peja Prosecutor’s Office, the Kosovo Police conducted a…
Brussels says Prishtina’s decision to lift its ban on Serbian goods at one border crossing is a positive step toward restoring free trade in the region and unblocking CEFTA. The European Union’s office in Prishtina on Tuesday welcomed the Kosovo government’s decision to scrap a ban on imports of Serbian finished goods at the Merdare…
A few months ahead of the parliamentary elections, Kosovo PM Albin Kurti announced a 20 percent increase in pensions for various categories of retired people, a move the opposition has called an attempt to “buy votes.” Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti announced on Monday that the government will increase pensions by 20 percent, a move…
For nearly 12 years, the establishment of the Association of Serb Majority Municipalities has been a hurdle between Kosovo and Serbia. By following Kosovo’s Constitution, this seemingly complicated issue is actually straightforward and resolvable. Kosovo and Serbia have been locked in a frozen conflict since the former declared independence in 2008. While the two countries…
Visar Syla, the Chief of Staff for North Mitrovica mayor Erden Atic, attempted to prevent Kallxo.com journalist Florinda Kelmendi from reporting the arrest of ethnic Serb politician Aleksandar Arsenijevic. While reporting on the arrest of Kosovo Serb politician Aleksandar Arsenijevic on Wednesday, Florinda Kelmendi, Kallxo.com’s journalist in North Mitrovica, was blocked from doing her job…
In a tribute to the 27th anniversary of student protests against Slobodan Milosevic’s regime, the University of Prishtina marked its first-ever National Student Day. Mihane Salihu Bala was one of the tens of thousands of students who took to the streets in protest 27 years ago to demand a return to their educational premises. Kosovo…