As the trial started for the September 2023 attack on the Kosovo village of Banjska, in which a police officer was killed, the prosecution said it would prove the assault was well planned by a trained group of armed Serbs. During opening statements on Thursday at Prishtina Basic Court in the trial for the attack…
Parliament’s inauguration was blocked again on Thursday after parties failed to agree to verify the mandates of new MPs – delaying the formation of important institutions stemming from the February 9 elections. In an unprecedented event since Kosovo declared independence in 2008, the inauguration of the country’s new parliament was blocked again on Thursday after…
A court in Prishtina sentenced Dragisa Milenkovic to seven years in jail for torturing and mistreating prisoners during the Kosovo war. The Basic Court of Prishtina on Wednesday sentenced a Serb former prison guard, Dragisa Milenkovic, to seven years’ imprisonment for war crimes against civilians during the Kosovo war, the sentence to include his time…
Kosovo citizens will pay 16 percent more on electricity tariffs starting on May 1, the Kosovo Energy Regulatory Office decided on Wednesday. The Kosovo Energy Regulatory Office, ERO, approved the new electricity tariff structure on Wednesday, reflecting a 16.1 percent increase. Starting on May 1, 2025, those who use up to 800 kWh per month…
The Specialist Prosecutor’s Office has concluded its presentation of evidence in the trial of four former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army: Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi, and Jakup Krasniqi. The Special Prosecutor’s Office, SPO, at Kosovo Specialist Chambers in the Hague has concluded its presentation of evidence in the trial of four former…
The municipality of Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje spent thousands of euros in constructing and renovating non-functional sports halls that were never used. In 2020, the municipality of Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje signed a contract exceeding 149,000 euros to construct a sports hall in the village of Pomozotin. A 2023 internal audit report revealed that the hall was…
Survivors of wartime sexual violence and NGOs have called on the Government of Kosovo to remove application deadlines for victims seeking to come forward and claim official survivor status, while criticizing the work of the victim verification commission. On Kosovo’s Memorial Day for Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence, survivors, activists, and diplomats gathered in Prishtina…
Ramadan Nishori became the first man in Kosovo to publicly testify about surviving sexual abuse during the Kosovo war – as other survivors called for the deadline to apply for victim status to be scrapped. Ramadan Nishori broke the silence about sexual abuse of male victims during the 1998-99 Kosovo war on Monday, calling on…
Xhevat Krasniqi, a mathematics professor at the University of Prishtina, has been charged with sexual harassment, a year after several students made allegations against him on a BIRN Kosovo television show. The Basic Prosecution of Prishtina on Friday charged Xhevat Krasniqi, a suspended professor of mathematics at the University of Prishtina, with the sexual harassment of students at the…
Energy regulator greenlights a 16-per-cent average increase in electricity tariffs despite widespread discontent and demonstrations. Kosovo’s Energy Regulatory Office, ERO, on Friday allowed the price of electricity to rise by 16 per cent on average. “The average tariff increase for all customer categories based on Maximum Allowed Revenues is around 16 per cent,” ERO explained in a…