The Latest Breaking News from Kosovo

Kosovo, Serbia leaders resume talks in Brussels to normalise ties

After more than a decade of negotiations, EU wants Balkan neighbours to settle on plan and put hostilities to rest.

Al Jazeera · May 2, 2023

Serbia, Kosovo leaders in EU-backed talks to normalize ties

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo are meeting in Brussels to continue talks on the implementation of a European Union-backed 11-point plan to normalize the ties between the two, but tension continue to simmer

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023

EU urges Kosovo, ethnic Serbs to start 'serious dialogue' after vote boycott

The European Union called on Kosovo's government and ethnic Serbs to start a "serious dialogue" to bring them back into state institutions after they boycotted local elections to press demands for more autonomy.

Reuters · Apr 24, 2023

Kosovo puts voting containers in Serb majority areas despite boycott

Kosovo's election commission has put containers by main roads for Sunday local elections in the northern part of the country even though the Serb majority there plans to boycott the vote.

Reuters · Apr 20, 2023

European Union approves visa-free travel for Kosovo citizens

European Union parliamentarians on Tuesday gave the green light for citizens from Kosovo to travel freely in Europe without visas from next year. Kosovo, once a Serbian province in the former Yugoslavia, is the last territory in the Western Balkans without visa-free travel to the EU's Schengen travel area.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 20, 2023

War crimes trial of Hashim Thaçi, the 'George Washington of Kosovo', will do little to reduce tensions in the Balkans

Hashim Thaçi, the former president of Kosovo and a founding member of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), has been described as “one of the key figures” in the country’s recent history. He was elected as prime minister in January 2008 and declared Kosovo’s independence a month later.

The Conversation · Apr 19, 2023

EU lawmakers green-light visa free travel for Kosovo

European Union lawmakers have given the green light for citizens from Kosovo to travel freely in Europe without visas from next year

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

Spike Milligan’s former Hyde Park mansion to become new Kosovan embassy in £6.5m sale

The Goon Show, Thunderbirds and Dr Who and the Daleks were all produced at the Hyde Park mansion

Evening Standard · Apr 13, 2023

Kosovo police arrest three men for beating journalist

Kosovo police said on Wednesday they had arrested three men accused of beating a prominent journalist a night earlier after he left the studio where he had participated in a talk show.

Reuters · Apr 12, 2023

Kosovo police suspend four officers they accuse of wounding a Serb

Kosovo police on Tuesday suspended four officers who they accused in a statement of being involved in the wounding of a local Serb in the volatile north of the country and trying to hide the incident.

Reuters · Apr 11, 2023