Their rights may look good on paper - but in reality the LGBT community in Kosovo remains heavily discriminated against, in a society that still sees same-sex attraction as a disease.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/mentality-over-constitution-lgbt-in-kosovo-08-11-2016
Kosovo's parliament has scheduled a vote on the controversial border deal with Montenegro for September, while opposition MPs again used tear gas to try to stop the agreement being put on the agenda.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/demarcation-voting-on-1st-of-september-08-10-2016
Montenegrin villagers living near the disputed border with Kosovo fear their government may sacrifice their interests when striking a final deal on the frontier with Pristina.
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj told BIRN that the former top Serbian diplomat Vuk Jeremic should not get the job of UN Secretary-General, claiming he is not committed to peace.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-fm-slams-jeremic-s-bid-to-head-un-08-09-2016
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci’s proposed plan to bring a genocide lawsuit against Serbia at the International Court of Justice for atrocities during the 1998-99 war has little chance of success, experts suggest.
After Majlinda Kelmendi won a gold for judo in Rio, national leaders along with thousands of people took to social media to rejoice over the country’s first-ever Olympic medal.
As new leaks allegedly reveal fresh examples of politically influenced appointments to top jobs in Kosovo, EULEX prosecutors are starting to evaluate the content of the wiretaps.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/eulex-checking-kosovo-wiretap-claims-08-04-2016
The Kosovo government has finally adopted the draft law on border demarcation with Montenegro, following a debate in the Kosovo Assembly on Wednesday.
For the legislation to come into force, parliament now has ratify the document with a two-thirds majority, however.
The government adopted the legislation amid continued opposition protests against the deal, which they say deprives Kosovo of 8,000 hectares of land.
The Chief Prosecutor of Kosovo said there was no legal basis for issuing indictments over leaked wiretapped phone conversations that allegedly show how the ruling party influenced top jobs in the public sector.
The Pristina-based media website, Insajderi.com, on Monday released inserts of allegedly wiretapped conversations of top officials from the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, which, according to the Insajderi.com, reveal the extent to which the PDK influenced appointments in senior positions in the government, justice, police and media.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-wiretaps-allege-party-employments-08-01-2016