Kosovo’s request for special guest status in the Foreign Affairs and Democracy Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has been removed from the agenda at the request of the Spanish representative. Kosovo’s request to become a special guest has been removed from the agenda of the Political Committee on Foreign Affairs…
Kosovo’s prime minister again ignores summons to testify in a probe about the alleged about misuse of state reserves, accusing the prosecutors of abusing their freedom in order to ‘fight the government and not crime’. Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Tuesday snubbed a demand to testify before the Special Prosecution in Pristina and instead…
Young girls and boys from different countries break cultural barriers through swimming in Kosovo. It’s evening on January 30, and swimming trainers in a pool of a Pristina’s suburb are ready to prepare their young swimmers with swim caps and goggles. Swimmers begin with some warm-up exercises before going into the 25 meters long swimming…
A surprisingly low number of individuals convicted of terrorism-related offenses are participating in rehabilitation programs, primarily due to the absence of a legal framework that would oblige their involvement, a BIRN Kosovo report published on Thursday concluded. The eighth monitoring report “Challenges of Rehabilitation, Reintegration, and Deradicalisation Programs in Kosovo,” paints a concerning picture, finding…
Judges in The Hague have upheld the 15-year jail sentence handed down to former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Salih Mustafa for war crimes. Judges of the Supreme Court at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers war crimes court announced on Wednesday that they have upheld the 15-year prison sentence for former Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA commander Salih…
On February 17, Kosovo marked its 17th independence anniversary with celebrations. In Serb-majority Mitrovica, the sight of Albanian flags raised concerns, while security and law institutions failed to investigate the motive. Kallxo.com revealed that police have not reported all evidence to the prosecution. On the night of February 17, a group of 12 Albanians from…
On April 20, 1973, the Central Committee of Albania’s communist party criticised the publication of poems by Pashku, Podrimja and Basha in Albanian newspapers, condemning their “unclear, heretical verses”. But while it singled out Pashku as “one of the dedicated initiators and authors of the manifesto against socialist realism”, the Committee said Podrimja appeared to…
The administrators of the ‘AlbKings’ group on Telegram, which was used to publish derogatory videos, ‘deepfake’ images, and women’s personal information gained thousands of euros through blackmail. The leader of the Telegram group ‘AlbKings,’ gained around 2,300 euros in payments via blackmail and threats. The group, which shared derogatory content of girls and women, ‘deepfake’…
In a draft report to the European Parliament, the Kosovo rapporteur urged the immediate removal of EU sanctions imposed on Kosovo in June 2023 due to tensions in the country’s northern region, calling them unjustified. The European Parliament’s Rapporteur for Kosovo, Riho Terras, in a draft annual report on the situation in Kosovo and its…
US envoy Richard Grenell denounced the imprisonment and Hague trial of Hashim Thaci for war crimes and blamed Europeans and Kosovo’s own institutions for “failing to bring this injustice to an end”. US President Donald Trump’s Envoy for Special Missions, Richard Grenell, on Monday called for the release of Kosovo’s ex-President, Hashim Thaci, from a…