Amra Zejneli Loxha is the head of the Kosovo Unit in Pristina for RFE/RL's Balkan Service.
Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti says he will not suspend a ban by the central bank on the Serbian dinar in parts of the country with Serbian majorities but will accept the forming of an Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities once Belgrade agrees to sign an agreement on bilateral relations.
Frustration is growing among Kosovo's Western backers, a senior U.S. diplomat told RFE/RL's Balkan Service, because of Prime Minister Albin Kurti's refusal to reverse a ban on the use of Serbia's dinar in the country's ethnic-Serb dominated north.
Speaking to RFE/RL in an interview a week after EU-mediated talks between Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Brussels, U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Jeffrey Hovenier warned both countries risk losing opportunities if compromises aren’t found.
The U.S. special envoy for the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, stressed in an interview with RFE/RL the importance of creating an association of municipalities with majority Serb residents as a necessary step forward for the region.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he will ask a NATO-led international peacekeeping force to permit the deployment of Serbian military and police into neighboring Kosovo, an unprecedented move that will likely escalate already-high tensions between the two Balkan nations.
During a visit to Kosovo, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance-led peacekeeping force will remain in the country to secure “peace and stability” in the Western Balkans, and urged local leaders to work toward normalizing relations with neighboring Serbia.
Former Kosovar President Hashim Thaci will make his initial court appearance on November 9 on charges of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Kosovar President Hashim Thaci, a guerrilla leader during the country's war for independence from Serbia in the 1990s, has resigned after confirming that he has been indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Authorities in Kosovo have announced restrictions on movement in the capital, Pristina, and three other cities after a dramatic increase in both new cases of coronavirus infections and deaths in the country.
Sixteen-year-old Ilija Ivic is a rangy, neatly coiffed defender and the first ethnic Serb to be called up to play on a national soccer team for Kosovo. But the immediate impact of that promotion has been fairly ugly.
Kosovo's new prime minister spent years challenging powerful elites in Belgrade, Pristina, and the international community. Now it's his time to lead.
Kosovo's government says it is banning Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic from entering the country after comments she made that Pristina took as being "racist."
European diplomats are warning that a dispute pitting Serbia and Russia against Kosovo over a series of raids by Kosovar police in the country's Serb-dominated north threatens to ignite the Balkan tinderbox.
As Kosovo's parliament debated Serbian war crimes, a lawmaker presented a graphic image that she claimed showed Serbian soldiers raping an Albanian woman who, she said, currently lives in Kosovo. It was in fact a still from an adult film that was posted online.
Major General Timothy Orr, the National Guard commander of the U.S. state of Iowa, has canceled a visit to Kosovo over Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj's refusal to cancel 100 percent tariffs on goods from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Kosovo court begins interviews as it looks to prosecute suspected crimes, including human organ trafficking.
As Europe's newest state celebrates 10 years of independence, a stalemate over lyrics to Kosovo's national anthem highlights simmering ethnic tensions.
President Hashim Thaci says that after years of talks, Kosovo and Serbia are entering a “new phase of dialogue” as they look to sign a comprehensive agreement to benefit both countries on the path of European integration.
The Vetevendosje party moves from the fringe to front and center as Kosovo's so-called war faction pays the price for corruption.
In Europe's newest state, a campaign devoid of major scandals is a marked departure from other recent elections in the Balkans.
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