Kosovo court sentences six for planning attacks on KFOR and SPC (N1, KoSSev, Beta)
The Basic Pristina Court sentenced six people to a total of 25 years in jail for planning terrorist attacks on the members of the NATO-led KFOR, the property of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) and discotheques in Serb-populated parts of Kosovo, the KoSSev website reported on Wednesday. The individual sentences vary from ten years to […]
Read More →In Balkans highest concentration of jihadist returnees, Kosovo leads (KoSSev)
The Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) in its analysis entitled “Western Balkans Foreign Fighters and Homegrown Jihadis: Trends and Implications” reports that since 2012, about 1,070 citizens of Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Macedonia, Albania, Serbia and Montenegro travelled to Syria and Iraq, primarily joining the Islamic State, and to a lesser extent al-Qaeda (Jabhat al […]
Read More →Serbian MIA: About 400 people from Kosovo fight on the side of terrorists (Tanjug, Politika)
State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia Biljana Popovic claims that 400 Kosovo citizens are fighting on the side of terrorists throughout the world, reports Belgrade based daily Politika quoting the Ministry’s announcement. At a working lunch within the meeting on the subject of light and low-calibre weapons in the Western Balkans, […]
Read More →US urges caution, warns of possible terror attacks in Kosovo (Fox News, AP)
The United States is warning its citizens to “exercise increased caution in Kosovo due to terrorism” and listed some areas Washington thinks are at increased risk. The State Department warning issued Friday said that “terrorist groups continue plotting possible attacks in the Balkans region, including Kosovo.” It also advises that politically motivated violence occurs throughout […]
Read More →Kosovo Braces for Security Challenge of Returning Fighters (BIRN)
A draft strategy developed by the government says fighters coming back from the Middle East, as Islamic State collapses, pose the next major challenge to the country’s security. The Kosovo government’s new National Strategy against Terrorism and Action Plan 2018-2022 says fighters returning from conflict zones in the Middle East, as the so-called Islamic State, […]
Read More →Italy expels Macedonian and Albanian for Islamist ties (B92)
Italy has expelled a Macedonian and an Albanian citizen for their ties with radical Islam, the Macedonian media reported on Thursday. According to this, they were found to have been in contact with Muslim radicals arrested in Kosovo for terrorism, whose computers contained “anti-western and anti-Semitic material.” Previously, the police in Bari followed the 36-year-old […]
Read More →Ministry of Interior leads work on drafting new anti-terrorism strategy (RTK)
Kosovo’s Ministry of Interior has begun work on drafting a new strategy against terrorism that will cover the period from 2017 to 2022. The work will be led by Deputy Minister Valdet Hoxha who also exercises the post of National Anti-Terrorism Coordinator. Hoxha thanked all relevant local and international institutions for their contribution in implementation […]
Read More →US to send 130 more soldiers to Kosovo (B92, Blic)
Analysts say the US announcement of sending an additional 130 troops to Kosovo to support KFOR and NATO is a message to warmongering politicians in the region. The troops in question are members of US special units of the Tupelo-based 1st Battalion, “highly trained for emergency response,” the daily Blic is reporting. They will arrive […]
Read More →Headlines 1 March
• Thaci “warns” the EU (Kosova Sot)
• Veliu: Demarcation is not related to elections (Epoka e Re)
• KSF and missing persons, main failures in implementation of SAA (Koha)
• Delawie observes construction works at Mitrovica Bridge (Epoka e Re)
• Ivanovic appeals for temporary establishment of Association (RTK)
• Vetevendosje activists plead not guilty to terrorism charges (Koha, Zeri)
• 671 police officers under investigation (Epoka e Re)
• Police release Serb man wrongfully arrested for war crimes (Klan Kosova)
Kosovo prosecution charges imam with terrorism (media)
Kosovo Special Prosecution has filed an indictment at the Basic Court in Pristina against an imam for “inciting terrorist actions”. The imam, who the media claim is Shefqet Krasniqi from the “Mehmet Fatih” mosque in Pristina, is also accused of inciting hatred and tax evasion. He is believed to have encouraged people through the social […]
Read More →Headlines 20 January
EU on a mission to save Kosovo-Serbia dialogue (Koha Ditore)
Merkel requests meeting between Kosovo and Serbia (Gazeta Metro)
Dikovic: KFOR guarantees security in Kosovo (Koha)
Vucic rejects parallels between Kosovo and Crimea (Klan Kosova)
Apostolova: Corruption remains a serious concern (Epoka e Re)
Opening of the Iber River bridge planned for tomorrow, postopned (Lajmi)
Kurti tells why teargas is not being used at the Assembly (Gazeta Metro)
Seven convicted for terrorist activity (Zëri)
Headlines 8 December
• Partition of Mitrovica fortified (Koha Ditore)
• EU to assess if Mitrovica wall is in accordance with agreement (lajmi.net)
• Rakic: Wall will not be demolished (Zeri)
• KDI: Construction of the wall creates insecurity and fear (Koha Ditore)
• Assembly commission recommends session on Dehari (Kosova Sot)
• O’Connell: I regret that there are still criminals in politics (Telegrafi/RTK)
• NISMA and AKR sign coalition deal in Drenas/Glogovac (Bota Sot)
• Haradinaj: PM Mustafa tried to smuggle demarcation at the Assembly (RTK)
• Eight Kosovo Albanians held on terror charges in Belgium (Telegrafi)
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