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KLA trial: verdict nears
UÇK flag - © Attila JANDI/Shutterstock According to the timeline provided by official sources, the judiciary is expected to rule on the case of Hashim Thaçi and his three co-defendants in the spring or early summer of 2026. An overview of a...
COST: Shaping the future of research and innovation in the Western Balkans
On 20 October 2025, the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) took part in the Western Balkans Ministerial Meeting in Podgorica, Montenegro, with a dedicated session highlighting its key role in promoting research cooperation in...
Tech giants, social media, and journalism: To leave or to stay?
This article was originally published on the South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM) website When asked whether we should even be on social media, Victoire Rio responds by asking in return: “We must stay, because this...
RS Blocks Relations Between BiH And Kosovo: Politics Hinders Economic Processes
The decision allowing citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to enter Kosovo with an identity card has been in force for ten months already. Reciprocal measures from BiH have not followed, despite the signed agreements for regional cooperation...
The Singapore Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale Reimagines the City-State as a Dining Table
RASA-TABULA-SINGAPURA: Celebrating Singapore's Superdiversity - A Variational City. Singapore Pavilion at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale, 2025. Image © Luca Capuano, Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail...
CREATResili project marks a journey of resilience: creativity and social design empowering women in Kosovo
In Kosovo, as in many countries around the world, many women still live with the consequences of gender-based violence, economic dependence, and social exclusion. Although women hold about one third of seats in parliament, just 24% of women...
Serbia Buries General Convicted of Kosovo War Crimes With Honours
The Serbian Army Guard at Nebojsa Pavkovic’s funeral in Belgrade, October 22 2025. Photo: mod.gov.rs. Nebojsa Pavkovic, a former Yugoslav Army General sentenced to 22 years in prison for war crimes, was buried in the Alley of Meritorious Citizens...
Progressive except for Kosovo
What does solidarity truly mean – especially in contexts where ethnonationalism is deeply entrenched? This question has guided much of my work as a community organizer, creating inter-ethnic spaces for Balkan diasporas in the UK. As someone with...
Boost for PM as Kosovo in line to take UK’s rejected asylum seekers
Kosovo has become the first country to offer to accept Britain’s rejected asylum seekers as part of Sir Keir Starmer’s plan for migrant “return hubs”. Albin Kurti, the prime minister of Kosovo, said that his country “wants to help the UK” with its...
Starmer to host Western Balkans leaders as UK seeks to stem flow of migrants
Sir Keir Starmer will host Western Balkans leaders for a summit in London as the UK seeks to agree further measures to bring down the number of migrants arriving illegally. Some 22,000 people were smuggled by gangs last year along routes through...
Türkiye to build ammunition plant in Kosovo as defense links grow
Türkiye's state-owned defense manufacturer MKE has signed an agreement to build a turnkey ammunition production facility in Kosovo, a report said on Tuesday, the latest step showcasing advancing defense links between Ankara and Pristina. The...
Stuart Anderson MP graduates from Armed Forces Scheme
Stuart Anderson MP has proudly graduated from the prestigious Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme (AFPS). On 21st October, he attended a celebration event at the Royal Air Force Club in London. Stuart Anderson MP at the celebration event at the...
Nebojsa Pavkovic, Serbian general convicted by UN of war crimes in Kosovo, dies at 79
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Streaming in Canada on Crave, Netflix and Prime Video [Oct. 27-Nov. 2]
Wondering what to watch on streaming? Every week, MobileSyrup outlines some of the most notable new movies and TV shows. We typically focus on new content from Amazon’s Prime Video, Crave, Disney+ and Netflix, but other services like Apple TV+ and...
Seven Kosovo Nationals Stopped at Croatia-Serbia Border for Exceeding Schengen Stay Limits
Seven citizens of Kosovo were arrested this week at the Croatia-Serbia border after officials discovered that they exceeded the allowed stay of 90 days in the Schengen Area within the rolling period of 180 persons according to reports in the...
Bomb disposal expert aims to save more lives with cancer research
Neil PriorBBC Wales ShareSave In 32 years as an Army explosives expert, Dr Gareth Collett oversaw the disposal of more than 75,000 IRA, Al-Qaeda and Taliban devices A bomb disposal expert made more than 75,000 devices safe during a 30-year career...
Kosovo local elections test PM, EU leverage
PRISTINA – Kosovo’s local election results are complicating Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s political strategies and potentially giving the European Union fresh leverage to push for stalled normalisation with Serbia. The vote, held last Sunday, saw...
Vučić’s Flirtation With Erdoğan Fails As Turkey Continues To Militarize Separatist Forces In Kosovo
Support SouthFront Click to see the full-size image Most of Kosovo’s military equipment is Turkish, primarily armored vehicles, missiles, and drones. Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher As Turkey has...
Kosovo Takes Early Delivery of Türkiye’s Ready-to-Fly SkyDagger Attack Drones
Kosovo announced the arrival at Pristina International Airport of containers carrying thousands of ready-to-fly Skydagger (SkyDagger RTF) kamikaze drones, under a contract signed with Turkey’s Baykar in December 2024. On 8 October, 2025, Kosovo...
Kurti: European Commission Should Deliver Membership Questionnaire and Candidate Status to Kosovo
Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti, during a meeting today with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, reiterated the need for the European Commission to deliver, as soon as possible, the membership questionnaire and to...