Verdict Day: The Journey of the Case Against Four Former KLA Leaders

Four former KLA leaders will learn their fate on Wednesday, when the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague delivers its first-instance verdict in their war crimes and crimes against humanity case.

Kosovo’s New Govt Challenged in Court as Presidential Pick Withdraws
  • September 15, 2026

Political crisis worsens as opposition PDK contests legality of Albin Kurti's re-election as Prime Minister, and Bekim Sejdiu withdraws his bid to become President.

Kosovo Opposition Challenges Parliament’s Inauguration in Court
  • September 14, 2026

Kosovo’s main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Kosovo, has asked the Constitutional Court to suspend the work of the newly- inaugurated parliament, noting that it was formed in breach of procedures.

Hashim Thaci in court on Thursday, September 10, 2026. Photo: Screenshot/Kosovo Specialist Chambers.

Hague Prosecutors Seek Six Years for Kosovo’s Thaci for Obstructing Justice
  • September 10, 2026

Prosecution in closing statements demands six years' prison for Thaci, claiming he told his co-defendants to instruct witnesses what to say while testifying in his war crimes case.

Kosovo Prosecutorial Council meeting on Monday, September 7, 2026. Photo: KPC/Facebook

Kosovo’s Prosecutorial Council Terminates Cooperation with Civil Society and Media Organisation
  • September 7, 2026

On Monday, Kosovo Prosecutorial Council members voted to terminate memorandums with all civil society organisations.

Fatmir Sheholli at the Pristina Basic Court on Monday, September 7, 2026. Photo: BIRN.

Kosovo Man Pleads Not Guilty to Spying for Serbia
  • September 7, 2026

The former head of the Pristina-based Institute for Advancing Interethnic Relations, Fatmir Sheholli, pleaded not guilty to spying for Serbia's intelligence agency, the BIA.

Kosovo power plants. Photo: BIRN

Workplace Fatality at Kosovo’s Public Energy Corporation Raises Alarm Over Safety Failures
  • September 7, 2026

The death of a 32-year-old worker at Kosovo’s state-owned energy corporation, the fourth death at the company in 2026 alone, has resulted in renewed workplace safety inspection measures.

Blerim Isufaj (C), Chief Prosecutor at the Kosovo Special Prosecution, with prosecutor Valdet Gashi on September 4, 2026. Photo: BIRN.

Kosovo Charges Serbian Security Officers Over Jashari Compound Massacre
  • September 4, 2026

High-profile former Serbian security figures including Jovica Stanisic and Milorad ‘Legija’ Ulemek are indicted for mass killings in then Kosovo Liberation Army commander's Adem Jashari family compound in 1998.

‘Return Hubs’ for Migrants Anticipated in Balkans for ‘Era of Deportations’
  • August 26, 2026

As the EU awaits final approval for plans to set up ‘return hubs’ in third countries for migrants awaiting deportation, it’s predicted that Balkan countries could end up hosting such holding centres despite concerns about human rights violations.

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Albin Kurti – Baba: Kosovo’s ‘Father’ Who Inherits an Absence

Vjosa Musliu
  • July 22, 2026
Illustration. BIRN/Besnik Krivanjeva

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

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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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