Europe Kosovo Former Kosovo Liberation Army guerrilla Pjeter Shala appealed against the ICC Hague Trial verdict jailing him for 18 years for war crimes; the prosecution and victims’ representative insisted the sentencing was fair
Europe Kosovo An awaited new parliament still hasn't been inaugurated since the elections held on 9 February; the winning party attempted to initiate a secret vote for the parliamentary speaker’s role but the proposal only got 54 votes out of 120 and did not pass
Europe Kosovo The Pristina Basic Court has issued an arrest warrant for Milan Radoicic and 19 others, suspected of war crimes during the Kosovo war in May 1999, in Gjakova/Djakovica; the suspects don't have addresses in Kosovo and aren't accessible to authorities
Europe Kosovo Kosovo signed a defence agreement with Croatia and Albania, calling for joint responses to common security challenges; the pact has drawn a furious response from Serbia, which called it a threatening move
Europe Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti affirmed that more than 1 billion euros will be allocated for the Kosovo Security Force in a possible new term of government
Europe Kosovo The country has joined the global donors of the International Development Association, an arm of the World Bank that supports the world's poorest nations
Europe Kosovo In the parliamentary elections, the ruling party Vetevendosje!, 'Movement for Self-Determination!', led by outgoing Prime Minister Albin Kurti, won a relative majority of seats
Europe Kosovo Extremism in Kosovo remains limited, but conditions for its spread persist, according to a report by the Pristina-based think tank Sbunker
Europe Kosovo The Information and Privacy Agency launched a platform to identify personal data breaches that ensures institutions are better prepared to protect personal data, prevent leaks and protect from potential cyber attacks
Europe Kosovo For the first time ever, Kosovo and Serbia met in Brussels to discuss the fate of people who disappeared during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war; joint commission has been agreed within the framework of the Declaration on Missing Persons
Europe Kosovo Kosovo's electoral commission has banned the country's main Serbian party, Lista Serba, from participating in the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for next February
Europe Kosovo Latest report “Challenges of Terrorism Prevention Mechanisms in Kosovo” says limited progress was made in implementing counter-terrorism strategy, which relies on prevention, coordination between stakeholders, early identification of vulnerable people
Europe Kosovo A new programme to track perpetrators of domestic violence with electronic bracelets has been launched, part of the authorities' efforts to address the growing number of reports of violence within the home