Atifete Jahjaga has handed the reins to Hashim Thaçi after five years as Kosovo’s first female President – but assessments of her term in office are divided.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-says-farewell-to-powerless-president-04-07-2016

A blockade on Serbian trucks transporting 'dangerous' materials into Kosovo remains intact despite a meeting in Vienna called by the European Union.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbia-kosovo-fail-to-end-a-blockade-on-serbian-trucks-04-04-2016

The Serbian prime minister insisted his government will not allow Pristina to claim the huge Trepca mining complex in northern Kosovo, but a Kosovo minister accused him of empty political posturing.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/vucic-serbia-will-fight-over-trepca-04-04-2016

Suspects were acquitted in war crimes cases in Kosovo last year because witnesses changed their stories in court, raising suspicions of intimidation, the Humanitarian Law Centre said in a new report.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/witness-intimidation-and-political-interference-in-trials-hlc-said-03-29-2016

More than 50 Kosovars face jail if convicted of offences linked to fighting in Syria and Iraq, but experts warn simply locking up returnees will do little to tackle violent extremism.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/offer-kosovar-fighters-jihadi-rehab-to-combat-extremism--03-23-2016

Former Kosovo Liberation Army guerrilla Gafurr Dugolli, released at the weekend after being detained in Macedonia over Serbian war crimes allegations, said Belgrade’s claims against him were lies.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/former-kla-fighter-said-serbia-s-allegations-are-untrue-03-21-2016

 New report says prosecution and courts in Kosovo score poorly when it comes to addressing high-profile corruption cases. 

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-judiciary-amnesties-high-profile-corruption-report-03-21-2016

 The OSCE mission in Kosovo said it is prepared to facilitate the process of enabling ethnic Serbs in Kosovo to vote in the Serbian general elections as soon as Belgrade and Pristina agree on the details. 

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-gears-up-for-serbian-elections-osce-set-to-jump-in-once-again-03-17-2016

After the Kosovo President set up a team of international experts to assess the hotly disputed of Kosovo-Montenegro border deal, opposition parties said it would make no difference. 

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-opposition-rejects-plan-to-review-border-deal-with-montenegro-03-16-2016

President-elect Hashim Thaci offered an optimistic view of Kosovo’s future during a speech in The Hague, despite impending prosecutions of former KLA guerrillas at the new ‘special court’ in the city.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/hashim-thaci-kosovo-has-nothing-to-hide-03-16-2016