Albert Krasniqi

US-Educated Lawyer Becomes Kosovo’s Second Female President

Vjosa Osmani became Kosovo's fifth head of state in 13 years since the country declared its independence from Serbia on Sunday night when MPs in the Kosovo Assembly voted to appoint her as president.

Osmani, a 38-year-old lawyer, also became the second woman to hold the post, after Atifete Jahjaga, who was president from 2011 to 2016.

Kosovo Court Jailes Two Persons for Prostituting Women

The EU rule-of-law mission to Kosovo, EULEX, said Elmi Kastrati and Besnik Kastrati had been convicted for having “facilitated the prostitution of a number of Serbian women and compelled the prostitution of one Albanian woman”.

EULEX said that the events that took place in Hotel Troja, Pristina, between February and April 2012.