13 Aug 14
In the wake of reported attacks on Serbian returnees, Atifete Jahjaga toured the Serbian stronghold of Gracanica on Tuesday, hailing what she called a ‘success story’ in terms of integration.
Pristina Kosovo’s President toured the ethnic Serbian town of Gracanica in central Kosovo on Tuesday, on what looked like a mission to reassure ethnic Serbs in the wake of reported attacks.
04 Jul 14
The Kosovo authorities said they will soon identify the killer of Elvis Pista, a prospective MP from the Democratic Party of Kosovo, who was gunned down not long after recent elections.
Pristina
“With the evidence collected, we are on the right track and will be able to identify the person who committed this criminal act,” Shpresa Bakija, the chief prosecutor in the town of Gjakova/Djakovica, told Balkan Insight.
04 Jul 14
Isolated Albanian villagers say they are neglected by the Pristina authorities, cut off from their ethnic kin and vulnerable to political unrest in the Serb-dominated surrounding areas.
Edona Peci
BIRN
Leposavic, Zvecan
The land in Kosovo’s far north, close to the Serbian border, has sustained the Musa family for six generations.
01 Jul 14
Lawyers for two of the Kosovo Albanians in custody for allegedly recruiting Albanians to fight in the war in Syria have appealed against their remand in custody.
Pristina
The men’s lawyers said on Monday that their clients, arrested last week and accused by prosecutors of organizing terrorist acts, should be freed on bail.
News 26 Jun 14
As a condition for supporting an opposition coalition seeking to form a government after recent polls, the nationalist Vetevendosje Movement wants EU-backed dialogue with Belgrade to stop.
Pristina
Kosovo is waiting for the constitutional court to clarify who should form a new government after recent elections, with the outgoing PM and his challengers both claiming the right to rule.
Pristina
With the last votes from the general election yet to be counted, the political parties are still squabbling over who has the right to form a new government in Kosovo.
BIRN
Pristina
The ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, and the recently established coalition between the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK, the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK and Nisma per Kosoven [Initiative for Kosovo] are still at loggerheads over who has the right to form a new government.