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Kosovo Police Director Resigns Amidst Protests Against Femicide, Ministers Refuse to Step Down

Kosovo Police Director Gazmend Hoxha resigned amid mounting protests and calls for justice and institutional accountability following the latest femicide in Pejë, which exposed documented failures by the authorities to protect the victim before her murder.

Femicide case sparks protests in Prishtina, Kosovo. October 29, 2026. Photo: BIRN/Denis Sllovinja.

Prosecutors and Police Officers Suspended in Kosovo After Latest Femicide

The chief prosecutor and deputy chief prosecutor of Peja/Pec, as well as 11 police officers, were suspended on Thursday after a recent femicide case demonstrated institutional failures.

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.

Kosovo Media Regulator Grants the Police a Radio Licence

Kosovo’s media regulator has approved an experimental broadcasting licence for a radio station run by the Kosovo Police, but media experts have cast doubts over the move.

Marijuana Plantation in Peja/Pec Mountain. Photo/BIRN

“We’ve been busted”: Prosecution Details of the Kosovo-Albania Drug Network Communication

The Peja Basic Prosecution has charged nine people suspected of operating an organised drug network between Kosovo and Albania that cultivated thousands of cannabis plants in the Peja region in 2024.


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