Kosovo Albanians

Informal ministerial meeting held in Pristina

PRISTINA -- An informal meeting of ministers of foreign affairs and ministers of transport of regional countries was held in Pristina on Wednesday.

On the 16th anniversary of the launch of NATO’s strikes on Yugoslavia, President Atifete Jahjaga said the Western military intervention had prevented genocide and helped set Kosovo free.
 

"Unification" of Kosovo and Albania "through EU"

TIRANA/PRISTINA -- Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has said that Albania and Kosovo "united the nation through the European Union."

President Atifete Jahjaga has demanded more institutional support for wartime rape victims, saying too many people in Kosovo still regard the issue as a taboo subject.

Kosovo-Serbia agreement paves way for unified judiciary

Kosovo and Serbia discussed the justice system in northern Kosovo as talks restarted after a year-long hiatus.

The prime ministers of Kosovo and Serbia, Isa Mustafa (left) and Aleksandar Vucic, signed the agreement last month. [EU]

Kosovo, UK partner against crime

A new deal tightens ties between law enforcement agencies in Kosovo, Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Kosovo Interior Minister Skender Hyseni (right) and Steve Bennett of the UK's National Crime Agency speak in Pristina on February 24th after inking a security co-operation agreement. [AFP]

Kosovo PM: No Serb List condition would be accepted

PRISTINA -- Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said on Thursday that the Serb (Srpska) List had set no conditions to return to his government.

He at the same time added that he would "not accept any condition."

Mustafa's comments came after it was announced in Belgrade

PRISTINA - Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said on Thursday that the Srpska list has set no conditions to return to the government, but added that he will not accept any condition set by the list.

Responding to questions from members of the Kosovo assembly, Mustafa said that Srpska representatives have been invited to return to the government but that they did not respond.

Seven Kosovars have been indicted on terrorism charges for planning to take up arms with the Islamic State or for recruiting fighters in Kosovo, the first such indictment to be raised in the country since more than 50 people were arrested last year.

NGOs representing ethnic minorities in Kosovo have called for the dismissal of the Minister of Diaspora, Valon Murati, after he told a lecture at one of the private universities that minorities were "privileged".