In Eastern Europe corruption lies at heart of polarisation

Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial intelligence. Close Share In the countries of Eastern Europe, polarisation often has more to...

Kosovo receives RQ-20 Puma UASs from US

Kosovo has received the first of an undisclosed number of Puma UASs. (Janes/Pat Host) The Kosovo Security Forces (Forca e Sigurisë së Kosovës: KSF) has received AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) from the United States...

U.S. suspends talks with Kosovo and blames the caretaker government for rising tensions

PRISTINA, Kosovo — The United States on Friday suspended talks with Kosovo, saying the actions by its caretaker government were to blame for rising tensions and instability in the small Balkan country and the region. Seven months after...

World Reuters US suspends dialogue with Kosovo, says government moves stoke 'instability'

PRISTINA (Reuters) -The United States has suspended a dialogue on strengthening economic and diplomatic ties with Kosovo over concerns that some moves by the caretaker government have stoked "tensions and instability", the U.S. Embassy in Pristina...

EP Rapporteur on Serbia Tonino Picula: No Conditions for Free Elections, Social Polarization Is the Alternative

Interviewed by BTA, the European Parliament's rapporteur on Serbia, Croatian MEP Tonino Picula, said the only way for Serbia to emerge from its deepening crisis is to hold elections, but conditions for free and fair polls are currently lacking,...

USA Suspense Strategic Dialogue with Kosovo

The United States has indefinitely suspended its planned Strategic Dialogue with Kosovo due to concerns about caretaker government actions that have increased tensions and instability, constraining the ability of the United States to work...

US suspends dialogue with Kosovo, says government moves stoke 'instability'

PRISTINA (Reuters) -The United States has suspended a dialogue on strengthening economic and diplomatic ties with Kosovo over concerns that some moves by the caretaker government have stoked "tensions and instability", the U.S. Embassy in Pristina...

US suspends talks with Kosovo and blames the caretaker government for rising tensions

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The United States on Friday suspended talks with Kosovo, saying the actions by its caretaker government were to blame for rising tensions and instability in the small Balkan country and the region. Seven months after...

Kosovo man pleads guilty to running online criminal marketplace BlackDB

Kosovo man pleads guilty to running online criminal marketplace BlackDB Kosovo man Liridon Masurica pleaded guilty to running the cybercrime marketplace BlackDB. He was arrested in 2024. Kosovo citizen Liridon Masurica (33) of Gjilan, aka...

US Blames Kosovo’s Kurti After Suspending ‘Strategic Dialogue’

Albin Kurti. Photo: EPA-EFE/VALDRIN XHEMAJ The US embassy in Kosovo announced on Friday that Washington has indefinitely suspended its planned ‘Strategic Dialogue’ process to deepen ties with Kosovo in response to unspecified “recent actions and...

Petkovic: Pristina's police raided offices of Serbian pension and health insurance funds in K Mitrovica

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Friday Pristina's police had raided the offices of the Serbian pension and disability and health insurance funds in Kosovska Mitrovica and...

James Rubin to testify at Kosovo court

THE HAGUE, Sept 12 (TemA) – Former U.S. assistant secretary of state James Rubin said he will testify next week before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, where former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi, ex-parliament speakers Kadri Veseli and Jakup...

U.S. suspends strategic dialogue with Kosovo

PRISTINA, Sept 12 (TemA) – The United States has indefinitely suspended its planned Strategic Dialogue with Kosovo, the U.S. Embassy said, blaming government actions that raised tensions and instability and limited cooperation on shared...

Taoiseach and British prime minister ‘at one’ over Troubles legacy framework

The leaders of the Irish and British governments “are at one” on the pathway for a new framework on the legacy of the Troubles, the Taoiseach has said. UK prime minister Keir Starmer hosted Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Chequers in England on Friday...

Djuric: Pristina's raids of pension and health insurance funds undermine dialogue

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said Friday's forceful entry of Pristina’s police into the offices of the Serbian health insurance and pension funds in Kosovska Mitrovica was an "unacceptable and inhumane act." "By targeting institutions that...

Taoiseach and Prime Minister ‘at one’ over Northern Ireland legacy framework

The leaders of the UK and Irish Governments “are at one” on the pathway for a new framework on the legacy of Northern Ireland’s Troubles, the Taoiseach has said. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hosted Taoiseach Micheal Martin at Chequers in...

Today is the Day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and the National Flag

As a form of special respect for the heroic ancestors who defeated the enemies in 1918 and fought for the glorious victory of the Serbs in the First World War, on September 11, 2020, the Government of Serbia made a decision to continue to mark the...

Irish and British governments to unveil agreed approach to legacy in North ‘soon’

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that the Irish and British governments will “shortly” set out a new agreed framework for dealing with the legacy of the conflict in Northern Ireland after meeting prime minister Sir Keir Starmer. Mr Martin met Mr...

Albanian PM appoints world’s first AI-generated minister

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said he had appointed the world’s first AI-generated government minister to oversee public tenders, promising its artificial intelligence would make the administration “corruption-free”. Presenting his new cabinet...

Maltese film ‘Island of Oblivion’ to premiere at Kosovo festival

Island of Oblivion, a film by Maltese director Jamie Vella, will have its world premiere in competition at the Prishtina International Film Festival in Kosovo on Saturday. Based on Homer’s The Odyssey, the film is a revisionist retelling of the...