Forensic teams search a suspected mass grave from the Kosovo War
Kosovo policeman guards the site where forensic teams have begun excavations of a mass grave near the village of Kalluder, Wednesday, July 29 2026 (AP Photo/Florent Bajrami) 30 July 2026 KALLUDER, Kosovo (AP) — Authorities in Kosovo have begun excavations in a northern village after the discovery of human remains there that are believed to be of people missing since the 1998-1999 Kosovo war in what at the time was a Serbian province. Authorities say the site in Kalluder, in t
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Jul 30
Silence Surrounds Rapes of Kosovo’s Ethnic Minorities
By: Serbeze Haxhiaj Illustration: Igor Vujcic/BIRN. Stigma still cloaks the issue of wartime sexual violence in Kosovo, but even more so for survivors from the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian minorities. The Roma woman was 19 years old when she and her cousin were raped by three Serbian policemen on February 25, 1999, at the height of the Kosovo war. They had been waiting for a bus from the southern city of Prizren to their home in Decan/Decani, when a police patrol approached, as
Balkan Insight
Jul 24
Serbian Minister Backs ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Kosovo
EU says Serbian minister's statement justifying ethnic cleansing in Kosovo in 1998-9 is 'inflammatory' – and that such rhetoric 'has no place in Europe'. Serbian forces take up positions opposite the village of Racak in Kosovo, the site of a massacre, January 1999. Photo: EPA/LOUISA GOULIAMAKI. The European Union on Tuesday condemned the “inflammatory” statement of a Serbian government minister supporting the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians during the 1998-99 war. Snezan
Kosovo postpones controversial foreign visitor law
The law would have hit Serb nationals as well as ethnic Serbs in Kosovo, benefiting from their services Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti. (Photo by Erkin Keci/Anadolu via Getty Images) By AFP Published March 14, 2026 Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Saturday said that the government is postponing for 12 months the enforcement of new entry regulations for foreigners, avoiding political fallout with ethnic Serbs. The so-called Law on Foreigners stipulated that all foreign
Trial opens for former Kosovo fighter accused of war crimes
By MIKE CORDER, AP News February 21, 2023 Former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA ) member Pjeter Shala attends his trial at the Kosovo...
Associated Press 1
Feb 24, 2023
Kosovo Independence now 15, but Problems Endure
By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI, Associated Press Published February 17, 2023 People wave Kosovar and Albanian flags as they watch a...
Associated Press 1
Feb 17, 2023
Wagner Group helping Serbia prepare attack on Kosovo
Wagner mercenaries helping Serbia prepare potential attack on our nation, Kosovan president warns Originally published by the Telegraph...
The Telegraph
Feb 14, 2023
Young man stabbed with knife in Kosovo
Originally published by N1 on February 2, 2023. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told the Parliament on Friday that twenty-year-old...
N1
Feb 6, 2023
Kosovo’s PM keen to talk minority rights
Kosovo’s PM sees no need for ethnic associations, keen to talk minority rights Originally published by Euractiv on January 30, 2023....
Euractiv
Feb 1, 2023
Serbia under Western pressure to reach deal on Kosovo
Published by Al Jazeera on Jan. 24 2023 Serbian president says Belgrade could face international isolation if it rejects a Western plan...
Al Jazeera
Jan 27, 2023
Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor Charges Thaci with War Crimes
A ten-count indictment has been filed against Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci charging him with crimes allegedly committed in the...
Balkan Insight
Jun 24, 2020
