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...

Kosovan who pretended to be the father of 13 babies to illegally obtain UK passports locked up for five years

By GEORGE ODLING SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Published: 11:14 EDT, 15 October 2025 | Updated: 11:24 EDT, 15 October 2025 A Kosovan migrant pretended to be the father of 13 Albanian babies to get them illegal British passports. Petrit Musa, 38, created...

Nebojsa Pavkovic, Serbian general convicted by UN of war crimes in Kosovo, dies at 79

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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...

Closing the Gap: Managing Journal Entry Risk in the Record-to-Report Process

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Serbian general convicted by UN of war crimes in Kosovo dies at 79

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Nebojsa Pavkovic, a former Serb-led Yugoslav army chief who was convicted by a U.N. court of war crimes during the war in Kosovo, has died, Serbian officials and media said Monday. He was 79. Pavkovic died in Belgrade,...

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The Gaza Peace Effort Could Learn Lessons From Kosovo

Why does the 20-point peace deal US President Donald Trump brokered for Gaza, barely 10 days ago, already seem to be in trouble? Instead of getting ready to disarm and retire from politics, Hamas militants have emerged from their hideouts to...

Kosovo’s Main Municipalities Face Runoffs After Close-Run Local Elections

A person prepares to cast their vote in local elections in North Mitrovica,12 October 2025. Photo: EPA/GEORGI LICOVSKI. Preliminary counts from Sunday’s municipal elections in Kosovo indicate that most major Albanian-majority municipalities –...

Kosovo holds municipal elections

Kosovo is holding municipal elections on Sunday, with the governing left-wing Self-Determination Movement, or Vetevendosje!, seeking to capture the Capital’s city hall amid lingering political tensions and strained relations with Serbia. About 2.1...

Jalsa Seerat-un-Nabi held in Kosovo

Jinahuddin Saif, Missionary, Kosovo On 8 September 2025, Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Kosovo organised a Jalsa Seerat-un-Nabisa in Prishtina to commemorate the life and noble character of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa. This gathering was attended not only by...

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...

Tirana Protesters Demand Justice for Kosovo War Leaders 

Change font size: - + Reset Hundreds of protesters rallied in the Albanian capital on Friday demanding justice for former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) on trial in The Hague, denouncing the proceedings as an attack on the wartime...

Kosovo holds municipal elections with the governing party aiming for Pristina city hall

Audio By Carbonatix PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo is holding municipal elections on Sunday, with the governing left-wing Self-Determination Movement, or Vetevendosje!, seeking to capture the capital’s city hall amid lingering political tensions...

Kosovo criticised for media bans ahead of local vote

PRISTINA, Oct. 11 (TemA) — International organisations and media associations expressed concern after Kosovo’s Central Election Commission rejected accreditation requests from dozens of Serbian-language and international outlets ahead of Sunday’s...

Kosovo Votes for New Mayors: A Decisive Election With Many Candidates and High Political Stakes

On Sunday, October 12, regular local elections will be held in Kosovo, where citizens will vote for mayors and municipal councils in the country’s 38 municipalities, BGNES reported. The second round is scheduled for November 2. A total of...

The role of the right wing in student protests in Serbia

Neither left, nor right, nor civic, nor nationalist. Despite the student movement’s position of not taking sides on issues that could polarise Serbian society, a year of mass anti-government protests has been marked by right-wing and nationalist...

Protesters in Albania Demand ‘Justice’ in Kosovo Wartime Leaders’ Trial

Protesters in Tirana on October 17, 2025. Photo: BIRN/Fjori Sinoruka. Hundreds of supporters of the Kosovo Liberation Army’s wartime struggle against Serbian forces rallied in the Albanian capital Tirana on Friday to protest against the war crimes...

Thousands rally in Albanian capital against EU-backed court prosecuting Kosovo war veterans

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Kosovo war veterans and thousands of their supporters gathered Friday in the Albanian capital, Tirana, in a protest against a European Union-backed court prosecuting their former fighters who waged the 1998-99 war for...

“Without the liberators, there is no state” — messages from Kosovars gathering in Tirana

Protesters from various cities across Kosovo, Albania, and Europe have gathered in Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, ahead of the “Justice for the Liberators” protest set to begin in a few hours. They are demanding the release of the former KLA...