Latest Kosovo News

US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate

Dec. 02, 2023 05:42 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States committed Saturday to the idea of phasing out coal power plants, joining 56 other nations in kicking the coal habit that's a huge factor in global warming. U.S. Special Envoy John Kerry announced that America was joining the...

A deadline for ethnic Serbs to sign up for Kosovo license plates has been postponed by 2 weeks

Nov. 30, 2023 13:15 PM EST

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo's government on Thursday postponed a deadline by two weeks for ethnic Serbs living in the country to register their vehicles with Kosovo license plates instead of Serbian ones. The move was made to give ethnic Serbs more time to comply with the order....

Opposition protesters in Kosovo use flares and tear gas to protest against a war crimes court

Nov. 29, 2023 10:08 AM EST

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Opposition protesters in Kosovo on Wednesday used flares and tear gas to protest against a senior war crimes court official in the capital. Opposition leftist Social Democratic Party members tried to enter a hotel in Pristina, where Kosovo Specialist...

Blinken will return to Israel as the US hopes to see further extensions of the Gaza cease-fire

Nov. 27, 2023 22:45 PM EST

BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will return this week to the Middle East as the U.S. hopes to find a way to extend a cease-fire in Gaza and get more hostages released, the State Department said Monday. It will be his third trip to the region since Israel's war with Hamas...

Prosecutors say Kosovar ex-guerrilla leaders on trial for war crimes tried to influence witnesses

Nov. 23, 2023 09:43 AM EST

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking to restrict visits to three former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders who are on trial in The Hague for war crimes because they allegedly tried to manipulate witnesses and leak confidential testimony. Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci,...

Albania's prime minister calls for more NATO troops in neighboring Kosovo following ethnic violence

Nov. 22, 2023 10:38 AM EST

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama urged NATO on Wednesday to further boost its military forces in Kosovo and secure the country's borders with Serbia, warning that recent ethnic violence in Kosovo could potentially trigger a wider Balkan conflict. ...

A hand grenade explosion triggered by a quarrel at a market injures 10 people in southern Kosovo

Nov. 22, 2023 06:41 AM EST

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A hand grenade exploded in an animal market in a southern city in Kosovo on Wednesday, injuring 10 people, authorities said. A police statement said they arrested one of the three suspects while the other two remain at large following the explosion in...

NATO head says violence in Kosovo unacceptable while calling for constructive dialogue with Serbia

Nov. 21, 2023 12:51 PM EST

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that the recent violent outbreaks in Kosovo were unacceptable and perpetrators must be brought to justice. “I count on all sides to reduce tensions and to refrain from escalatory actions,” he said...

NATO chief commits to Bosnia's territorial integrity and condemns 'malign' Russian influence

Nov. 20, 2023 12:16 PM EST

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — NATO supports Bosnia's territorial integrity and is concerned by “malign foreign interference,” including by Russia, in the volatile Balkans region that went through a devastating war in the 1990s, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday. ...

Israel loses to Kosovo in Euro 2024 qualifying game

Nov. 12, 2023 18:42 PM EST

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Israel’s chances of reaching the European Championship finals went down Sunday after its 1-0 loss to Kosovo in their delayed qualifying game. It was the first soccer match for Israel since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and the ongoing war in Gaza. It had...