Ish-kapiteni i Kombëtares Shqiptare, Mërgim Mavraj, do të jetë kandidat për deputet në zgjedhjet e 9 shkurtit në Kosovë. Mësohet se Mavraj do të jetë kandidat me partinë “Lista për familje” dhe do të jetë pjesë e listës zgjedhore. Lajmin e konfirmuar edhe deputeti i parlamentit të Kosovës, Eman Rrahmani, raportojnë mediat në Prishtinë. “Po…
In a ceremony organized by the Association of Journalists of Kosovo, Kallxo.com took home five out of 12 awards in different categories, including Best TV Story of the Year for its series of TV programmes holding municipal mayors accountable for their promoted but unfulfilled works. Kallxo.com journalists and a cameraman have been awarded by the…
Kosovo’s prime minister hailed the launch of a new scheme to track domestic violence perpetrators with electronic bracelets, as authorities strive to deal with rising number of reports of violence in the home. In a fresh move to keep abusers away from their victims, Kosovo Police have launched a new system of tagging them with…
Prosecutors at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers accuse Hashim Thaci and four others of obstruction of justice and influencing witnesses in Thaci’s war crimes trial in The Hague. Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and co-accused Fadil Fazliu and Bashkim Smakaj appeared in court at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague on Sunday on charges of…
Six-year jail sentence imposed on Nezir Mehmetaj for war crimes against non-Serbs in a Kosovo village in 1999 condemned by the speaker of Kosovo’s parliament – who calls the charges ‘invented and arbitrary’. Belgrade’s Higher Court sentenced Nezir Mehmetaj, a Kosovo Albanian, to six years in prison for war crimes against civilians in the village…
Donika Shahini-Lami, a contributor to BIRN’s ‘Reporting House’ in Prishtina, has been recognized as the ‘Most Supportive Public Figure of the Year’ by the NGO TOKA for safeguarding a notebook belonging to the children of the Jashari family, killed in a massacre by Serbia’s forces in March 1998. Kosovo-based NGO TOKA recognized individuals, institutions, and…
Forced to flee their homes by shelling, S.N., her two young daughters, mother-in-law and sister-in-law had taken refuge in Dragaqine/Dragacin, south-central Suhreke/Suva Reka municipality. Two days later, Serb soldiers surrounded the village. Now 52-years-old, S.N. has never before spoken of what followed, though rumours and reports surfaced within weeks. “Every night Serbian soldiers dragged three…
Court monitors discovered several cases where Kosovo institutions violated the law on surveillance by illegally wiretapping citizens during criminal investigations. Murat Mehmeti, a tax inspector in Kosovo, was wiretapped for several months in 2016 by the country’s Special Prosecution. The surveillance ultimately proved Mehmeti’s innocence, but the prosecutor handling the case failed to inform him…
Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani underscored the critical importance of upholding constitutional patriotism, strengthening international alliances, advancing dialogue with Serbia, and advocating for the rights of Albanians in the region in her yearly address to the assembly. In her annual parliament address on Thursday, Kosovo President Osmani highlighted the importance of constitutional patriotism and safeguarding alliances…
Women members of the Kosovo parliament, with support from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, signed an official declaration to combat violence against women in politics and public life. Kosovo women MPs, on November 19, 2024, signed an official declaration pledging to actively combat gender based violence against women in public and political life. Cornelia Taylor,…