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British journalist, Vaughan Smith (L), receiving the 'Honorary Citizen' award in Skenderaj, June 18, 2025. Photo: BIRN

UK Journalist who Reported on Kosovo War Declared ‘Honorary Citizen’ in Skenderaj

British journalist Vaughan Smith, who witnessed Serbian forces’ bloody assault on the complex of Kosovo Liberation Army co-founder Adem Jashari in March 1998—the incident that marked the beginning of the Kosovo war—received the ‘Honorary Citizen’ award from the Skenderaj municipality.

06/18/2025 4:59 pm
The Kosovo Supreme Court. Photo: BIRN.

Kosovo Supreme Court Overturns Media Commission’s Regulation Change That Led to Chairman’s Dismissal

The Kosovo Supreme Court ruled against a controversial change to the internal regulation of the Independent Media Commission, which was used to dismiss the commission’s former chairman and appoint a new one without public consultation, finding it to be illegal and in violation of democratic principles.

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Kosovo Court Finds Serb Guilty of Wartime Rape

The Prishtina Basic Court found Zijovin Nesic guilty of raping an ethnic Albanian woman during the war in Kosovo – the second guilty verdict issued for sexual abuse during the war in the country.

06/17/2025 2:47 pm
Court hearing against Gavrilo Milosavljevic on April 10, 2025. Photo: BIRN

Kosovo Court Acquits Serb of Involvement in Dubrava Prison Massacre

Prishtina Basic Court acquitted former prison officer Gavrilo Milosavljevic of committing war crimes against civilians at Dubrava Prison, where a massacre left over 100 inmates dead in 1999.

06/16/2025 7:03 pm
People protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in New York, US, 10 June 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE/SARAH YENESEL

Kosovo Agrees to Shelter up to 50 US Deportees

Kosovo has agreed to host up to 50 immigrants deported from the US – one of the few countries to respond positively to a US request for its allies to take in deportees.

06/11/2025 7:52 pm

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