The election is seen as a crucial test for current Prime Minister Albin Kurti, whose four-year mandate has been marred by disputes with Kosovo’s Western partners. More than 2 million voters in Kosovo are heading to polling stations on Sunday to elect a new 120-seat parliament for another four-year term, in a process widely seen…
The ‘Narodna Pravda (People’s Justice)’ party, which hopes to represent Kosovo Serbs in parliament after the February 9 elections, blamed Serbia’s President Alexandar Vucic for ongoing challenges faced by ethnic Serbs in Kosovo and pledged to integrate the Serbian community into Kosovo’s institutions and improve inter-ethnic relations. The Narodna Pravda (People’s Justice) party, a party…
As student protests in Serbia have gained domestic momentum and international attention, a critical cross-border perspective places these events within a broader regional and historical context, examining how the outcomes of the protests could affect developments related to neighboring Kosovo. Following the collapse of the renovated railway station canopy in Novi Sad, Serbia in November…
At the ‘Debat Përnime’ TV Programme, a series of electoral debates, several MP candidates from Kosovo opposition parties have been caught spreading misinformation on key issues, including population migration, ethnic demographics, and the prison system. They were debunked in real-time by fact-checkers. Several MP candidates from the Kosovo opposition parties have been caught red-handed misinforming…
With a lack of success in foreign affairs, Kosovo’s political opposition has outlined different foreign policy commitments ahead of parliamentary elections, from fulfilling obligations in the dialogue with Serbia to renegotiating agreements and repairing relationships with strategic allies. Kosovo’s opposition parties have pledged to engage special envoys in a quest to increase the number of…
Each party and coalition competing in the Kosovo February 9, 2025 elections promises ambitious investments in security. Kosovo political parties, trying to win the February 9 parliamentary elections, have revealed very ambitious plans to advance the country’s security system, which mainly align with the Kosovo Security Strategy, for the period 2022-2027. The strategy, overall, provides…
Amid challenges in energy supply and economic stagnation, opposition parties in Kosovo promise new coal and gas power plants to address the energy crisis, as well as salary increases and billions in capital investments. Kosovo remains one of the poorest countries in the Balkans, with an economy largely dependent on imports and consumption and characterised…
Tomë Dodaj was sentenced to five years in prison after admitting to selling the firearm used in the murder of a 30-year-old mother of two in Prishtina in 2023. The victim’s husband, who is among the four accused, pleaded not guilty. Naim Murseli, pleaded “completely not guilty” to the charge of aggravated murder of his…
Kosovo government decided on Friday to donate 500,000 euros in humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza, following a ceasefire that paused 15 months of active fighting. Kosovo’s government decided on Friday to allocate funds for Palestinians in Gaza, in what could be the last government meeting before the end of its four-year term, and just…
Data on the success of Kosovo’s much-praised Security Fund, established so that citizens could directly contribute to the country’s security, remains secret almost three years after its establishment. In 2024, the final year of the Albin Kurti-led government mandate, 202.8 million euros were allocated to the Kosovo Security Force, FSK. The funds were planned to…