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…
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…
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…
After the February 2025 parliamentary elections, Kosovo finds itself in a political standstill, as no political party can form a government on its own and the current ruling party Vetëvendosje’s attempt to negotiate with the third biggest party, the Democratic League of Kosovo failed. Two months after the Kosovo parliamentary elections, officials from Vetëvendosje, which…
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, declared in her first tour in the Western Balkans that the EU is identifying mistakes in the facilitation of the dialogue between the two countries. The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, said that the EU is working to identify what has not…
Vlora Spanca, Kosovo’s General Auditor, highlighted persistent issues in the management of public funds and capital investments by government institutions. She voiced concerns over the slow pace of prosecution investigations and the minimal number of indictments regarding their findings. In an interview for Kallxo Përnime TV Programme, the General Auditor of the National Audit Office…
The Kosovo Olympic Committee requested clarification from UEFA regarding the removal of Kosovo’s flag during the European Football Federation Congress held in Belgrade, Serbia, on April 3. The Kosovo Olympic Committee, KOK, has demanded an explanation from the European football governing body, UEFA, after the Kosovo flag was reportedly removed at the Federation’s Congress in…
Kosovo’s Commissioner for Information and Privacy, Krenare Sogojeva Dërmaku, in an interview for “Kallxo Përnime,” warned of an increase of privacy breaches, calling on citizens to report potential violations to the agency. In an interview with “Kallxo Përnime” TV programme on March 16, Krenare Sogojeva Dërmaku, the Commissioner of the Kosovo Agency for Information and…