Citizens across Kosovo headed to the polling stations on Sunday to elect new mayors and municipal assembly members in the country's 38 municipalities.
Kosovo Parliament Speaker, Dimal Basha, declared parliament inaugurated after the election of a Serb deputy speaker, despite objections by the biggest Serbian party.
A decision to not grant accreditation to multiple Serbian-language media outlets wishing to cover Sunday’s local elections in Kosovo has sparked strong condemnations from NGOs and international community.
Slavko Simic of the Belgrade-backed Srpska Lista party pleaded not guilty to involvement in violent attacks with stun grenades and bricks on journalists covering protests by Serbs in north Kosovo in 2023.
The delivery of a shipment of “thousands” of military drones to Kosovo triggered a harsh reaction from Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic against the supplier, Turkey, which he accused of harbouring imperial ambitions in the Balkans.
