Kosovo Woman Murdered Hours After Reporting Domestic Violence to Police

Kosovo authorities have been accused of failing to protect women after a woman was murdered mere hours after reporting domestic violence to the police on Sunday evening.

Children Exploited in Plain Sight Across Kosovo
  • October 24, 2026

Children continue to be exploited through street begging in Kosovo, as investigations stall and inadequate social services struggle to provide lasting protection.

‘Antifascism: Now’ Exhibition Begins International Tour in Prishtina
  • October 23, 2026

The exhibition ‘A Bird with a Stone Wing’ brings together local and international artists to Prishtina to explore antifascist resistance, contested histories, and the meaning of political memory today.

Proposed Law to Curb Powers of Hague-Based Court Returned to Kosovo Assembly
  • October 23, 2026

Following the war crimes convictions of former KLA leaders in The Hague, Kosovo’s assembly passed a bill attempting to curb the court’s powers. The bill now returns to the assembly for reconsideration.

Love on the Line: The Letters of KLA Fighters Xheve and Fehmi Lladrovci
  • October 22, 2026

Letters exchanged between Fehmi and Xheve Lladrovci in the 1980s, while Fehmi was serving a prison sentence as a political prisoner, are now on display at an exhibition in Prishtina's Reporting House museum.

Leader of Kosovo Opposition Party PDK Steps Down
  • October 21, 2026

Bedri Hamza, the leader of PDK, Kosovo’s largest opposition party, announced his resignation on Wednesday, opening the way for the party to select a new leader.

Kosovo Court Sentences Serb for War Crimes
  • October 21, 2026

Kosovo Serb Milorad Djokovic was sentenced by a Prishtina court to 10 years in prison for war crimes related killings and beatings of civilians during a Serbian military assault on a village in 1999.

OSCE Scrutinises Kosovo Judiciary’s Handling of Organised Crime and Corruption Cases
  • October 21, 2026

Kosovo’s judicial institutions have taken steps to strengthen the handling of serious organised crime and corruption cases, but lengthy proceedings and inconsistent courtroom practices continue to pose challenges, according to a new report by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Equal by Law, Left Out in Practice: Why Kosovo’s Women Still Lose Property
  • October 21, 2026

Kosovo law makes clear that women and men inherit equally, yet in many cases, only men inherit, while women are still cut out.

Prishtina Mayor Warns Kosovo Could Lose 2030 Mediterranean Games
  • October 16, 2026

Prishtina mayor Perparim Rama has warned that delays in meeting financial and administrative obligations could jeopardise the city's hosting of the 2030 Mediterranean Games, citing a warning letter from the event’s international governing body.

‘Family Values’ Row Returns as Kosovo Govt Revives Changes to Civil Code

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Beyond Hague Verdicts: The Necessity of Healing the Wounds of Kosovo’s Freedom Fighters

Iliria Kajdomqaj
  • October 5, 2026

“Freedom Is Dearer than Life”: Remembering Kosovo Hero Fehmi Lladrovci Amid Hague Court Convictions

Vaughan Smith
  • September 24, 2026

Beware of Friends Bearing International Tribunals

Petrit Selimi
  • September 18, 2026

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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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