Protests Held Across Kosovo Against Hague Court Verdict on Former KLA Leaders

Hundreds of people gathered in cities across Kosovo to protest the war crimes convictions of four former senior Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, figures by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague on September 16.

“Freedom Is Dearer than Life”: Remembering Kosovo Hero Fehmi Lladrovci Amid Hague Court Convictions
  • September 24, 2026

Vaughan Smith, a Kosovo war reporter from the UK, recalls his encounter with a Kosovo Liberation Army fighter, Fehmi Lladrovci, killed in battle in September 1998 and lays out the circumstances of the Kosovo war in light of last week’s Hague court convictions of ex-guerrilla leaders.

Kosovo Marks Banjska Attack Anniversary as Main Suspects Remain Free
  • September 24, 2026

Politicians and relatives paid tribute to Kosovo police officer killed in September 2023 Banjska attack by an armed Serb gang, while the majority of the suspects remain at liberty, most likely in Serbia.

Kosovo Court Orders MPs to Elect President by October 6
  • September 23, 2026

Constitutional Court sets October 6 deadline for MPs to elect new head of state – if they want to avoid new snap parliamentary elections.

Between Voice and Silence: Online Hate Speech Leads Kosovo Women to Self-Censorship
  • September 23, 2026

Women public personas in Kosovo are often the targets of online smear campaigns and hate speech more than men, causing them to sometimes opt for self-censorship, which experts claim harms democracy.

‘Our War is Being Judged’: In Kosovo, Outrage at Hague Verdict Simmers
  • September 22, 2026

Thousands gather twice a day in Prishtina’s main square to protest against last week’s verdict convicting four Kosovo guerrilla leaders of war crimes - and some politicians are demanding legislative action to change the way the Hague court works.

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“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

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

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

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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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