The trial for the September 2024 terrorist attack in Banjska, Zvecan, held at the Basic Court of Prishtina on April 17, 2025. Photo: BIRN

Three Serbs Go on Trial for 2023 Armed Attack in Banjska, Kosovo

As the trial started for the September 2023 attack on the Kosovo village of Banjska, in which a police officer was killed, the prosecution said it would prove the assault was well planned by a trained group of armed Serbs.

Session of the new Kosovo parliament on April 17, 2025. Photo: BIRN

Kosovo’s New Parliament Blocked by Logjam Over MPs’ Verification
  • April 17, 2025

Parliament's inauguration was blocked again on Thursday after parties failed to agree to verify the mandates of new MPs – delaying the formation of important institutions stemming from the February 9 elections.

War Crimes Trial of Dragisa Milenkovic on November 8, 2024. Photo: BIRN

Kosovo Court Convicts Serb Former Prison Guard of War Crimes
  • April 16, 2025

A court in Prishtina sentenced Dragisa Milenkovic to seven years in jail for torturing and mistreating prisoners during the Kosovo war.

The meeting of the Energy Regulatory Office board for the approval of new energy tariffs on April 16, 2025. Photo: BIRN

Kosovo Energy Regulator Determines Electricity Tariffs after Detested Price Hike
  • April 16, 2025

Kosovo citizens will pay 16 percent more on electricity tariffs starting on May 1, the Kosovo Energy Regulatory Office decided on Wednesday.

Former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders in court. Photo: Kosovo Specialist Chambers.

Kosovo’s Hague-Based Prosecution Concludes Evidence Presentation in Trial against ex-KLA Leaders
  • April 16, 2025

The Specialist Prosecutor’s Office has concluded its presentation of evidence in the trial of four former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army: Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi, and Jakup Krasniqi.

The Sports Hall in the village of Pomozotin, Fushë Kosovë/Kosova Polje Municipality. Photo: BIRN

Public Money Pouring in Non-Functional Kosovo Municipality Sport Halls
  • April 16, 2025

The municipality of Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje spent thousands of euros in constructing and renovating non-functional sports halls that were never used.

Survivors of sexual violence during the war in Kosovo, Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman and Shyhrete Tahiri-Sylejmani (L) and Mirlinda Sada, executive director of NGO Medica Gjakova (R) at the launch of the 'Trauma Has No Deadline' campaign in Pristina, Kosovo, on April 14, 2025

“Trauma Has No Deadline”: Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence Demand Justice Without Timeframes
  • April 14, 2025

Survivors of wartime sexual violence and NGOs have called on the Government of Kosovo to remove application deadlines for victims seeking to come forward and claim official survivor status, while criticizing the work of the victim verification commission.

Ramadan Nishori (L) tells his story at the Kino Armata community centre in Pristina, April 14, 2025. Photo: BIRN.

Kosovo Male Wartime Rape Survivor Breaks Taboo With Public Testimony
  • April 14, 2025

Ramadan Nishori became the first man in Kosovo to publicly testify about surviving sexual abuse during the Kosovo war – as other survivors called for the deadline to apply for victim status to be scrapped.

Xhevat Krasniqi, professor of mathematics in Faculty of Medicine. Photo: BIRN

Kosovo University Professor Charged With Sexual Harassment
  • April 11, 2025

Xhevat Krasniqi, a mathematics professor at the University of Prishtina, has been charged with sexual harassment, a year after several students made allegations against him on a BIRN Kosovo television show.

People gather in Pristina ahead of a march towards the Kosovo Energy Regulatory Office in protest against the increase in energy prices, April 11, 2025. Photo: BIRN.

Kosovo Regulator Allows Big Electricity Price Rise Despite Protests
  • April 11, 2025

Energy regulator greenlights a 16-per-cent average increase in electricity tariffs despite widespread discontent and demonstrations.

Members of the Parliament vote for the new speaker of the parliament of the Republic of Kosovo in Pristina, Kosovo, 26 December 2019. EPA-EFE/VALDRIN XHEMAJ

Post-Election Stalemate: Who Can Govern Kosovo?

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Britain’s Potential Arms Export to Kosovo, Strategic Support or Regional Gamble?

Denora Gashi
  • March 12, 2025
The Kosovo flag is seen in the uniform of a member of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) during a ceremony in Pristina, Kosovo, August 18, 2009. Photo: EPA/VALDRIN XHEMAJ

US Foreign Aid Suspension: Reshaping the Future of Kosovo’s Civil Society

Lirim Krasniqi
  • February 14, 2025
Illustration: USAID Kosovo, courtesy of USAID Kosovo.

Countering Violent Extremism: A Success Story from Kosovo

Kreshnik Gashi
  • February 12, 2025
BIRN Kosovo training session with Kosovo Police on violent extremism prevention. Photo: BIRN

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Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic (L), EU High Representative Josep Borrell (2-L) and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti (R) at a meeting of the EU-Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue in Brussels on February 27, 2023. Photo: EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ

Two Years On, Kosovo- Serbia Normalisation Deal Still Pending
  • March 18, 2025

The EU-facilitated verbal deal to implement the ‘normalisation’ of relations between Serbia and Kosovo, reached in Ohrid, North Macedonia in 2023, continues to hang in the balance as the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue remains nearly paralysed.

NATO General Secretary (L) and Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani (R) in Prishtina, Kosovo on March 11, 2025. Photo: Official Facebook Account of Vjosa Osmani

NATO General Secretary Urges Leadership and Dialogue for Lasting Peace in the Balkans
  • March 11, 2025

NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte emphasised the need for leadership and commitment from all parties to secure lasting peace and stability in the Balkans during his visit to Kosovo.

Kosovo Optimistic About Becoming Newest Member of Council of Europe, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister
  • March 22, 2024

The Kosovo deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, Kreshnik Ahmeti, told Kallxo Përnime TV programme that the implementation of the Constitutional Court ruling which awarded land to the Decani Monastery will lead to Kosovo becoming the newest member of the Council of Europe very soon.

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Posters at the opening of Anibar International Animation Festival read: “‘Patriarkati: Fabrikë e Dhunuesve (The Patriarchy: a Factory of Abusers)’; ‘Patriarkati: Armik i Përbashkët (The Patriarchy: Mutual Enemy)’; ‘Patriarkati: Fundi po i vjen (Patriarchy: Its end is coming)’." July 15, 2024. Photo: BIRN

‘Smashing the Patriarchy’: Anibar Film Festival Provides Possibilities for Equality

Anibar International Animation Festival

In its fifteenth edition, the Anibar International Animation Festival, in Kosovo’s town of Peja, urges citizens to raise their voices against patriarchal oppression.
Purple flags at the Sunny Hill festival for this year’s festival’s theme “A Flag for Her”, against gender based violence. Photo: BIRN

Sunny Hill festival

Most attendees praise the new out-of-town site of Kosovo’s Sunny Hill festival, which opened on Thursday – though some are less happy about updated ticket prices.

Prishtina

You might have read that Yahoo article about how the best macchiatos in the word are made in Prishtina. But the city has more than that. A visitor spending a day in the newest capital of Europe should take in a macchiato before walking around some of the interesting places, old cultural objects and bars – without which Prishtina would be known only for good macchiato and nothing else.

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    Survivors of sexual violence during the war in Kosovo, Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman and Shyhrete Tahiri-Sylejmani (L) and Mirlinda Sada, executive director of NGO Medica Gjakova (R) at the launch of the 'Trauma Has No Deadline' campaign in Pristina, Kosovo, on April 14, 2025

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