• Kurti: Our absolute priority is to avoid elections (Kallxo)
• Abdixhiku: No refusing positions against anyone, let alone against Osmani (media)
• Hamza: PDK doesn’t support Osmani for Kosovo President (Express)
• Robelli: EU is preparing to mediate in the election of the Kosovo President (media)
• Ministry says no Kosovars injured from fighting in the Middle East (RFE)
• Ministry waits for assembly approval and president’s authorization to send troops to ISF (Dukagjini)
• Prosecution initiates investigations into assault against reporter (media)
• Mitrovica North university professors initiate petition to remain under Serbia’s system (Kossev)
• Kosovo court releases three suspects after €1 million found in van (Prishtina Insight)

Kurti: Our absolute priority is to avoid elections (Kallxo)

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said on Monday that in the current political circumstances, the absolute priority is to avoid sending Kosovo to new parliamentary elections. He made these remarks after meeting LDK leader Lumir Abdixhiku with whom he discussed the election of the Kosovo President. “We need to make sure we have 84-85 votes and this is what the communications and meetings we are having are focusing on,” he said when asked why the Vetevendosje Movement is not proposing Vjosa Osmani for another term in office. “The atmosphere with the opposition has never been more constructive, but this does not mean there are concrete steps”.

Kurti said he believes that everything will go well when the Assembly meets for the election of the President. “I will continue to communicate so that tomorrow or the day after we can get a result and for the election of the president to be successful. For the time being, I cannot say anything new, because on the one hand we don’t have a consensual candidate and we don’t have a political agreement especially after the PDK said that the proposal needs to come from the party and this has further complicated the matter,” he argued.

Abdixhiku: No refusing positions against anyone, let alone against Osmani (media)

Leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) Lumir Abdixhiku said on Monday that this party does not have a refusing position against Vjosa Osmani being reelected as President of Kosovo. “We don’t have any refusing positions against anyone, let alone against Osmani,” he said.

After meeting Prime Minister Albin Kurti, Abdixhiku said that no candidate for president was presented at the meeting and that there is no political agreement. “To be honest, I believe it is very difficult to reach political consensus at this point among the Albanian political parties. There is no specific candidate that was presented to us at this point. They have not asked for our votes for a specific candidate,” he said.

Hamza: PDK doesn’t support Osmani for Kosovo President (Express)

Leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) Bedri Hamza said in an interview with Pressing on Monday that the PDK does not support Vjosa Osmani for another term as President of Kosovo. “We appreciate the good work that she has done, but she did not have a balanced position with all political parties in Kosovo,” he argued. “We have made it clear that the PDK does not support Osmani for President”.

Robelli: EU is preparing to mediate in the election of the Kosovo President (media)

Several news websites reported on Monday that Swiss-based journalist and commentator Enver Robelli said in a Facebook post that according to well-informed sources that the European Union will appoint Polish veteran diplomat Tadeusz Kazowiecki to mediate between Kosovo’s political parties in finding a candidate for President of Kosovo.

Ministry says no Kosovars injured from fighting in the Middle East (RFE)

Kosovo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that hundreds of people from Kosovo are in several countries in the Middle East but that none of them has been affected by the recent fighting there. “According to information from our diplomatic missions, all our citizens are currently in good health condition,” the ministry said in a Facebook post.

Ministry waits for assembly approval and president’s authorization to send troops to ISF (Dukagjini)

Kosovo’s Ministry of Defense told Dukagjini on Monday that it is preparing to send Kosovo Security Force (KSF) troops to Gaza as part of the International Stabilization Force authorized by the United Nations based on Resolution 2803.

The ministry said on December 10 last year they got an invitation from the US Command Center to become part of the stabilization force. The first coordination meeting was held in Doha, Qatar, where representatives from around 40 countries attended.

The ministry said that Kosovo’s contribution to the force will include specialized capacities, including demining units, search and rescue teams, and other professional capacities to stabilize and guarantee security on the field.

Kosovo’s constitutional framework requires that the decision for the deployment must be first sent to the government, then to the Assembly and then get a formal authorization from the President.

Prosecution initiates investigations into assault against reporter (media)

Most news websites reported on Monday night that the Prosecutor’s Office in Pristina has initiated investigations into the assault against Nacionale reporter Burim Pacolli by a rap artist and several other individuals whose work Pacolli had reviewed. The Association of Journalists of Kosovo said in a statement that it strongly condemns the attack “which endangered Pacolli’s physical integrity, and calls on the Kosovo Police to locate and apprehend the perpetrator(s) following Pacolli’s official complaint”. The association also said that “freedom of expression, criticism, and reporting is guaranteed under the Constitution and laws of Kosovo, and no journalist should be subjected to attacks for exercising these rights”.

Mitrovica North university professors initiate petition to remain under Serbia’s system (Kossev)

The news website reports that twenty-four teachers and associates of the Faculty of Law of the university in Mitrovica North have initiated a petition to keep the university within the legal and educational system of the Republic of Serbia, warning that, as they state, it is the "last moment" for an institutional reaction.

The signatories call on the Serbian academic community, students, authorities and international university institutions to support the university in remaining within the Serbian system.

The petition has been initiated on the eve of a panel discussion by an informal group of Proaktiv professors on the legal status of the university, which will be held on March 3 in Mitrovica North.

Kosovo court releases three suspects after €1 million found in van (Prishtina Insight)

The Basic Court of Prishtina ordered the release of three Albanian citizens who were arrested after authorities found approximately 1 million euros hidden inside a van at the Kosovo–Serbia border.

The Basic Court of Prishtina rejected the Special Prosecution’s request for detention and ordered the release of three Albanian nationals arrested after nearly 1 million was found hidden inside a van at the Merdare border crossing, ruling that prosecutors failed to provide sufficient evidence to justify pre-trial detention.

The money was found on February 24, 2026, at the Merdare crossing point by officers from Kosovo Customs and border police. 

According to authorities, X-ray scanning equipment detected suspicious materials inside the vehicle, which led to the discovery of cash hidden in an improvised compartment.

The suspects—Aurel Kaziu, identified as a member of the Albanian State Police, along with Ardit Laska and Edmir Ahmagjokaj—were detained that day. All three are citizens of Albania.

On February 25, the Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo, SPRK, requested pre-trial detention, arguing that the money may have been obtained through criminal activity. 

A court hearing was held on February 26, and a decision was issued a day later.

In its ruling, the court found that the prosecution failed to establish a “well-grounded suspicion” that the suspects had committed a criminal offense.

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