Kosovo 

Escalation of inter-ethnic tension with Serbia is intensifying, worrying international community, after 2 explosions were heard on Saturday evening in Zvecan and a shooting in Zubin Potok, two of the largest Kosovo municipalities with Serb majority

Kosovo judiciary announce strikes, demanding that Albin Kurti's government revokes a draft law on salaries in the public sector which they fear could lead to paying cuts

Suicide - over 1.000 occurrences in the last 20 years - is a growing problem and an initiative has been launched to regulate this act by law

The total imports from Serbia grew by 27% in Jan-Oct 2022 on 2021, for a total €58,7 million value, showing the country is still much relying on Serbia in spite of bilateral initiatives to boost imports from Albania, €48,7 million in the same period

Tensions continue to simmer as the requirement for all Kosovo citizens to display Kosovo-issued licence plates on their cars came into force, hitting Serbs and provoking threats from Belgrade

Several recent recruits to the Kosovo Security Force have been expelled shortly after starting their courses for having tattoos on their bodies - apparently though the ban on body art does not apply to all tattoos or parts of the body

In 2022, the wheat area increased by 15,5% and the maize area by 91%, said Prime Minister Kurti; compared to 2021, government support for wheat sowing increased by 216% per hectare, and for maize by 119% per hectare

The Treasury of Kosovo has executed September salaries for employees in the education sector, as confirmed by the director of the Association of Municipalities of Kosovo, Sazan Ibrahimi

"Subsidies for Energy Efficiency in Kosovo" project, by Millennium Foundation Kosovo and supported by Millennium Challenge Corporation, ended; more than 1.000 households and 26 residential buildings benefited from energy efficiency measures

The country will seek EU candidate status by the end of the year, announced Kosovo's foreign minister on Wednesday in a tv interview

Ariana Resources PLC said its 75%-owned subsidiary Western Tethyan Resources has completed an agreement with Avrupa Minerals for an exclusive earn-in option on the Slivova gold project in Kosovo

Rolling blackouts have been introduced due to low electricity production and high import costs; as the units of the only two coal-fired thermal power plants are being overhauled to prepare for winter, production is too low for current heat

The country has introduced emergency measures of up to 180 days in the electricity supply sector due to soaring energy prices in Europe