Latest Pristina News

A Kosovo court sentences a man to prison for planning an attack on LGBTQ+ marchers

Mar. 05, 2024 08:51 AM EST

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A Kosovo court on Tuesday sentenced a man to three-and-a-half years in prison for planning attacks. A Pristina court statement said the man contacted a person in Saudi Arabia to learn how to create bombs he planned to use against an LGBTQ+ march in the...

Kosovo's former infrastructure chief sentenced to prison for abusing post on road project spending

Jan. 31, 2024 11:11 AM EST

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A Kosovar court on Wednesday sentenced a former infrastructure minister to more than 3 1/2 years in prison for abusing his position by overspending public funds on a road project. Three of his top aides were also ordered to serve time. The Pristina district...

EU envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to step up normalization efforts before the bloc's June elections

Jan. 30, 2024 13:50 PM EST

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The EU envoy for the Western Balkans on Tuesday urged Kosovo and Serbia to push ahead with faltering normalization talks before elections for the European Parliament in June. Miroslav Lajcak met for three hours with Kosovo’s top leaders — President Vjosa...