Kosovo

Macron gave such statement on Tuesday evening at a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of self-proclaimed Kosovo, Albin Kurti.
Macron added that the European Union has a special interest in Kosovo and that France will support Kosovo in all processes that "will move this country forward," Koha said.

Around 330 members of the Kosovo Security Force took part in the US-led "Defender Europe 21" military exercise on Friday near the western town of Gjakove/Dakovica.

Kosovo Security Force Colonel Ejup Maqedonci specified that for the first time Kosovo was one a host country of such an exercise, one of 16 among a total of 27 participant countries.

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani has dismissed 12 ambassadors acting on a proposal by the Foreign Ministry to recall all the country's politically appointed ambassadors.

"President Osmani has acted in accordance with the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," the President's office told BIRN.

Brdo pri Kranju – Having gathered for a summit at Brdo pri Kranju on Monday, the leaders of the Brdo-Brijuni Process adopted a declaration to reaffirm their commitment to EU enlargement, but failed to reach a consensus to call against changes to borders in the region due to Serbia’s opposition.

With a fourth government in two years taking power in March, Kosovo's publicly-owned enterprises face a new round of firing and hiring.

The most senior positions in state-run firms are traditionally filled with political appointees, who invariably depart when a new government enters office.

Leading politicians and relatives of the victims marked the anniversaries of the killings of civilians in the villages of Krushe e Madhe/Velika Krusa, Krushe e Vogel/Mala Krusa and Suhareke/Suva Reka on Friday.

With the departure of Hashim Thaci, Kosovo's former president, to The Hague in November 2020 to face war crimes charges, and Vetevendosje's victory in early parliamentary elections in February, one might think that things will never be the same. It seems that we are putting the years of stagnation behind us and moving forward.

Gani Koci, a former Kosovo Liberation Army guerrilla turned politician, announced on Facebook on Thursday that he has been summoned as a witness by the Specialist Prosecutor's Office in The Hague, which is probing wartime and post-war crimes in Koosvo.

The cable, signed by U.S. Ambassador Philip Kosnett, said the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo, is "nearing the breaking point." Even before Covid-19, Kosovo was a tough posting, with air pollution, few green spaces, little chance for outdoor activity & bad infrastructure, "Blic" writes.

Drinking green tea in a café in Pristina, while respecting social distancing, Kosovo writer Shkumbin Gashi tells BIRN that he considers writing a kind of "spiritual therapy … yoga of the mind, a type of meditation".