Istok

Kurti's fiasco

Kurti's party did badly even in the municipalities where it had more than 60 percent of the votes in the parliamentary elections in February.
That Kurti experienced a total debacle is shown by the fact that in 38 municipalities in which there were elections, he did not get a sufficient number of votes to win in the first round.

Another Kosovo man killed in Syria while fighting alongside ISIS

Another Kosovo man has been killed in Syria, while fighting alongside the terrorist organisation of ISIS (ISIL, Islamic State), gazetaexpress.com reports.

The killed jihadist is Betim Ibrahimaj from the municipality of Istok. The news has been confirmed by his wife who is also in Syria. She informed members of the Ibrahimaj family, that their son Betim has been killed.

Attack on Serb family’s property in Djurakovac

ISTOK - Minister for Communities and Returns in the Kosovo government Dalibor Jevtic said Monday that an attack had taken place on the property of the Serb returnee family Spasic from the village of Djurakovac in the municipality of Istok, in the western part of the southern Serbian province of Kosovo-Metohija (KiM).