Kosovo

• October 30, 2026

  Kosovo Protests Grow Over Killing Of Woman Who Pleaded For Police Protection

  Protests are spreading across Kosovo after a woman who repeatedly pleaded for protection was killed, allegedly by her brother-in-law. An official investigation found multiple institutional failures, including a prosecutor's refusal to act on a death threat.

• October 27, 2026

  'Committed To European Integration': Student List's Srdanovic On Serbia's Post-Vucic Future

  Aleksandar Vucic’s election defeat has ended more than a decade of political dominance and handed victory to Serbia’s student-led opposition movement. RFE/RL's Balkan Service spoke with Ilija Srdanovic, the top candidate for the Student List party on what comes next for the country.

• October 23, 2026

  Serbia's Vucic Faces Biggest Election Challenge Yet Amid Fraud Fears

  After 14 years dominating Serbian politics, Aleksandar Vucic faces the biggest challenge to his rule in parliamentary elections on October 25 from an opposition movement that has sprung from mass student protests. But there’s growing concern about whether voting will be fair.

• October 07, 2026

  EU Says Kosovo's Changes To War Crimes Court Law Violate International Obligations

  The European Union has expressed “deep concern” over Kosovo’s adoption of legislation that seeks to narrow the jurisdiction of a Hague-based war crimes court, saying the changes violate the country’s international obligations toward the bloc.

• October 07, 2026

  Kosovo Elects President After Opposition Agrees To Last-Minute Deal

  Parliament elected Justina Shiroka Pula as Kosovo's new president late on October 6 following a last-minute political deal that secured lawmakers' approval of legal changes restricting the powers of a Hague-based war crimes court.

• October 06, 2026

  Police, Protesters Clash In Pristina As Lawmakers Debate Bill On War Crimes Court

  Police fired tear gas at protesters outside the parliament building in Kosovo's capital, Pristina, on October 5. The protesters were demanding that lawmakers pass legislation that would limit the decisions of a special war crimes tribunal by imposing caps on prison terms for convicted criminals.

• October 05, 2026

  Protesters, Police Clash As Vote On President And Kosovo War Crimes Court Stalls

  Police fired tear gas at protesters outside Kosovo's parliament on the evening of October 5 as a dispute over proposed restrictions on a Hague-based war crimes court became entangled with a last-minute political standoff over electing the country's next president.

• September 17, 2026

  What Comes Next After The Conviction Of Kosovo's Former President?

  Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army are preparing to challenge their war-crimes convictions, while the prosecutors will also review the full judgment, including the four men’s acquittal on several counts of crimes against humanity.

• September 16, 2026

  Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci Sentenced To 25 Years For War Crimes

  The 58-year-old Thaci, and three other former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army who fought Serb forces in the 1998-99 war, was convicted on four counts of war crimes: illegal and arbitrary arrest and detention, cruel treatment, torture, and murder.

• September 16, 2026

  Hague Court Finds Former Kosovo President Thaci Guilty Of War Crimes

  An international tribunal in the Hague on September 16 said it has found former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and later Kosovo President Hashim Thaci guilty of war crimes and sentenced the 58-year-old to 25 years in prison.

• September 15, 2026

  Kosovo Braces For War Crimes Verdict For Former President Thaci

  An international tribunal is due to deliver a verdict in the war crimes trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and later Kosovo President Hashim Thaci in a case that could shape how the country’s 1990s war of independence from Serbia is remembered.

• August 27, 2026

  The 'Butcher Of Bosnia' Who Was Convicted Of Genocide

  Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb wartime commander convicted by an international court for genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995, has died at the age of 84.

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