NATO Peacekeeping Forces in Kosovo, KFOR. Photo: BIRN/Denis Sllovinja

NATO to Reduce Troops in Kosovo as Security in Serb-Majority North Improves

The NATO peacekeeping mission will reduce troop numbers as a result of improved security conditions in Kosovo’s north. NATO increased troop numbers in 2023 in response to increased violence, including an armed attack by Serb gunmen that left one Kosovar police officer dead.

Kosovo Entrepreneur Recounts Climb from Prishtina’s Nightlife to Everest Summit
  • June 16, 2026

Weeks after climbing Mount Everest, Petrit Kllokoqi, an entrepreneur from Kosovo, sat with Prishtina Insight to discuss how trekking taught him the value of life following years of living under Prishtina’s nightlife.

Former Kosovo Minister Jailed for Conflict of Interest After BIRN Investigation
  • June 16, 2026

A court in Kosovo sentenced former Trade and Industry Minister, Endrit Shala, to two years in prison for conflict of interest over the appointment of his brother-in-law’s company to conduct fuel quality inspections, following a KALLXO.com investigation.

Kosovo Court Jails Man for Spying for Serbian Intelligence
  • June 15, 2026

Kosovo Albanian Hysri Selimi, a former Islamic State member, was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment by the Prishtina Basic Court for spying for Serbian intelligence.

Kosovo Court Detains Five Serbs for Massacre That Catalysed NATO Intervention
  • June 15, 2026

Five Serbs have been placed in 30-day pre-trial detention by the Prishtina Basic Court on war crimes charges for alleged involvement in the January 1999 massacre in Recak/Racak, which left 45 dead and sparked the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

Kosovo Marks 27 Years of Liberation
  • June 12, 2026

Kosovo marked the 27th anniversary of the end of the 1998-99 war, on June 12, the day NATO-led peacekeeping forces entered the country after a 78-day air campaign and ended the war paving the way for the return of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Albanian refugees.

Kosovo Media Regulator Condemned after Proposing Talk Show Ban
  • June 11, 2026

A proposal by the Kosovo Independent Media Commission to suspend a political talk show has sparked criticism from media representatives and civil society activists, who say the move risks undermining media freedom and exceeds the regulator’s mandate.

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The Missing Context in Kosovo’s Energy Debate

Viktor Berishaj
  • June 5, 2026

Testing the Future: North Macedonia’s Non-Existent Albanian Language Bar Exam

Xhavit Rexhaj
  • April 15, 2026

The Dead Don’t Click Back: Fake Quotes, Real Profits, and Kosovo’s Information Warfare

Abit Hoxha
  • March 17, 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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