Latest Kosovo News
Serbia demands new elections in tense north Kosovo as well as return of Serb police and judiciary
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia on Friday demanded that an election be held and ethnic Serbs return to police and judiciary in a Serb-populated northern region of Kosovo where tensions have fueled fears of instability and new armed clashes. Populist President Aleksandar Vucic also...
Kosovo prosecutors charge 45 people over a deadly incursion by Serb gunmen
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo prosecutors on Wednesday filed charges against 45 people over a gunfight following an incursion by heavily armed Serb gunmen last year, as tensions rise between Serbia and its former breakaway province. A Kosovo policeman and three Serb gunmen were...
EU envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to resume efforts to normalize ties through talks
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union envoy for the Western Balkans on Friday urged Kosovo and Serbia to step up their efforts at normalization talks, saying these are decisive toward the two countries' membership in the bloc. Miroslav Lajcak was in Kosovo’s capital,...
Prince Harry and Matt Damon set to address this year's Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting
Prince Harry, actor Matt Damon, and World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andrés are set to speak at the 2024 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York on Sept. 23 and 24, the Clinton Foundation announced Thursday. The theme of this year’s gathering of political, business...
A lawyer denies a Kosovo man's alleged ties to Mossad
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A lawyer representing the family of a man from Kosovo who was arrested in Turkey for allegedly transferring money to Mossad operatives there insisted on Wednesday that the suspect is innocent and offered the family's cooperation in the investigation. The...
Kosovo shuts down 5 Serbian governing structures in the north and US reacts with alarm
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo authorities on Friday closed five parallel institutions working with the ethnic Serb minority, a move that was immediately criticized by the United States and could further raise tensions with neighboring Serbia. Elbert Krasniqi, Kosovo's minister of...
Kosovo's president sets parliament elections for Feb. 9 in a key test for the prime minister
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s president on Friday set Feb. 9 as the date for the tiny Balkan country's new parliamentary elections, a vote that is expected to be a key test for Prime Minister Albin Kurti whose governing party won in a landslide in the 2021. In a decree...
Kosovo's premier calls for full reopening of key bridge in flashpoint city. But the West is wary
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister called on Wednesday for the full reopening of a bridge in the flashpoint city of Mitrovica, saying it would be another step toward free movement and not a threat to anyone. But Western powers are wary it could increase tensions. The...
Serbian police say they have killed man suspected of fatally shooting 1 policeman, wounding another
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Following a search, Serbian police have caught up with and killed a man suspected of shooting one policeman and wounding another, Serbia’s interior minister said Friday. The man, identified as being from Kosovo, had been on the run since early Thursday...
EU-backed court convicts former Kosovo Liberation Army fighter of murder and abuse during 1999 war
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at a European Union-backed court convicted a former Kosovo Liberation Army fighter Tuesday with involvement in the murder of one person and the illegal detention and torture of nearly 20 more during his country’s war for independence from Serbia in 1999. ...
