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Media Censorship in Kosovo at the Behest of Big Business

Media Censorship in Kosovo at the Behest of Big Business

With media outlets in Kosovo and the region increasingly concentrated in the hands of major business moguls, journalists say censorship to protect the owners’ interests has become ‘the norm’. A six-month investigation, involving over thirty...

Unprotected, Women in Albania, Kosovo Face ‘Toxic Coexistence’ with Digital Abuse

Unprotected, Women in Albania, Kosovo Face ‘Toxic Coexistence’ with Digital Abuse

Zhaklin Lekatari describes a “toxic coexistence” with the online abuse she receives for championing women’s rights, sex education and LGBTQ+ rights in Albania. A journalist and founder of Tabu.al, Lekatari is no stranger to death threats. One...

Pristina's ruling culmination of political misuse of judiciary - Justice Ministry

Pristina's ruling culmination of political misuse of judiciary - Justice Ministry

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Justice condemned in the strongest terms on Tuesday a "disgraceful and politically motivated" ruling by a so-called court in Pristina under which Serbs Milun Milenkovic, Aleksandar Vlajic and Dejan Pantic have...

Kosovo jails two for wartime rape

Kosovo jails two for wartime rape

A court in Pristina has sentenced Ivica Rajkovic and Dragan Denic to 15 years in prison each for wartime sexual violence during the 1999 Kosovo war. The Basic Court ruled that the two, then police officers in Serbia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs,...

Kosovo: EFJ and AJK call once again on the government to fund RTK

Kosovo: EFJ and AJK call once again on the government to fund RTK

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its affiliate in Kosovo, the Association of Journalists of Kosovo (AJK), in expressing concern that no visible action has been taken regarding the need to prevent the financial collapse of the...

US urges Kosovo leaders to break political deadlock

US urges Kosovo leaders to break political deadlock

The US Embassy in Pristina has called on Kosovo’s political leaders to use the coming weeks to resolve the country’s deepening political crisis and ensure stable leadership in line with the Constitution. In a statement to Klankosova.tv, a US...

Grenell slams “sham” Hague trial of ex-Kosovo leader

Grenell slams “sham” Hague trial of ex-Kosovo leader

Richard Grenell, a former US envoy for Kosovo-Serbia talks under President Donald Trump and now the US Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions, has condemned the ongoing detention of former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi. Posting on X,...

Priština: Dvojica Srba osuđena za navodini ratni zločin

Priština: Dvojica Srba osuđena za navodini ratni zločin

PRIŠTINA - Osnovni sud u Prištini osudio je danas u odsustvu na po 15 godina zatvora Ivicu Rajkovića i Dragana Denića zbog navodnog ratnog zločina protiv civilnog stanovništva tokom sukoba u AP Kosovo i Metohija. Oni su osuđeni za krivično delo...

Helping Hands and Healing Paws in Kosovo

Helping Hands and Healing Paws in Kosovo

U.S. Army Veterinary Services from Charlie Company, 199 Brigade Support Battalion rarely get the opportunity to interact with the local animal population. When a request came in for help with the stray cat population control on Camp Film City,...

Serbian Justice Ministry: Three Serbs in Kosovo Convicted without Evidence

Serbian Justice Ministry: Three Serbs in Kosovo Convicted without Evidence

Source: Beta News / Politics | 29.07.25 | access_time 13:13 Pristina (Photo: YTPrintScreen) The ruling of a court of first instance in Pristina, sentencing three Serbs to several years in prison, is politically motivated as there was no relevant...

Kosovo Court Convicts Two Serbs in Absentia of Wartime Rape

Kosovo Court Convicts Two Serbs in Absentia of Wartime Rape

A courtroom at the Pristina Basic Court. Photo: BIRN The Pristina Basic Court on Monday found Dragan Denic and Ivica Rajkovic guilty in absentia of raping an ethnic Albanian woman during the Kosovo war and sentenced them to 15 years in prison...

Kosovo Court Convicts Three Serbs of Attacking Election Commission

Kosovo Court Convicts Three Serbs of Attacking Election Commission

Milun ‘Lune’ Milenkovic (second right) in court, July 28, 2025. Photo: BIRN Pristina Basic Court on Monday convicted three suspects and acquitted a fourth over a December 2022 attack on the offices of the Municipal Election Commission in North...

Kosovo court to rule on grenade attack trial

Kosovo court to rule on grenade attack trial

A court in Pristina will today deliver its verdict on four men accused of a 2022 grenade attack on election offices in North Mitrovica. Prosecutors say Millun Millenkovic – “Llune” – led the strike, aiming to destabilise Kosovo’s political order....

The 15th Anniversary of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Kosovo

The 15th Anniversary of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Kosovo

By Roy Lie Atjam The Hague, July 3, 2025 – The Embassy of Kosovo, in partnership with the Asser Institute (Centre for International & European Law), proudly convened an engaging academic conference to celebrate the momentous 15th anniversary of...

Prosecutor Breaks Silence on Withdrawn Warrant for Kosovo Serb Powerbroker

Prosecutor Breaks Silence on Withdrawn Warrant for Kosovo Serb Powerbroker

Blerim Isufaj. Photo: BIRN Prosecutors in Kosovo withdrew a warrant for the arrest of Kosovo Serb powerbroker Milan Radoicic in connection with the 2018 murder of local Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic because Radoicic had offered “credible...

Three Serbs convicted by Pristina without evidence, witnesses - Serbian gov't office

Three Serbs convicted by Pristina without evidence, witnesses - Serbian gov't office

BELGRADE - The so-called Basic Court in Pristina has convicted Serbs Milun Milenkovic and Aleksandar Vlajic for a non-existent crime of "terrorism" and Dejan Pantic for "hooliganism" in a staged political trial that can be described as a classic...

Three jailed for Kosovo election office attack

Three jailed for Kosovo election office attack

A court in Pristina has sentenced three men to a total of 12 years in prison over a 2022 attack on election offices in North Mitrovica. Millun Millenkovic – known as “Llune” – and Aleksandar Vllajic each received 5 years in jail, while Dejan...

Kosovo parliament fails again as deadline passes

Kosovo parliament fails again as deadline passes

Kosovo’s parliament has failed for the 54th time to elect a speaker, leaving the country stuck in a deep political crisis. The latest attempt, held eight hours after a previous session, ended with no quorum as opposition parties again refused to...

Kosovo Government Remains in Limbo as Parliament Hits Stalemate

Kosovo Government Remains in Limbo as Parliament Hits Stalemate

Kosovo’s Parliament made its 54th and final attempt to elect its speaker late on Saturday evening, but the vote once again ended in failure, the news portal Koha.net reported. The session, held at 10 p.m., was an extraordinary sitting convened...

Analyst warns Kosovo risks economic and political isolation as Albania moves closer to EU

Analyst warns Kosovo risks economic and political isolation as Albania moves closer to EU

Kosovo may face a return to “hard borders” with Albania and Montenegro within the next five to seven years if current political trends continue, Kosovo political analyst Agon Maliqi has warned. His comments, shared on social media and reported by...

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