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Kosovo receives first COVID-19 vaccines through Covax scheme

Kosovo said they had received 24,000 AstraZeneca vaccines, which will be used for medical personnel, elderly people and those with chronic diseases.

29/03/2021

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Kosovo's EU-backed war crimes court 'has full US backing'

The State Department urged the new government in Pristina to support the unpopular court 'unambiguously'

26/03/2021

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President Biden urged to move EU-backed war crimes court to Kosovo

A Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) veteran and diaspora figure has accused the Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) of attempting a revision of history.

24/03/2021

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Albania begins vaccinating Kosovo medics against COVID-19

New leader Albin Kurti has refused to source COVID-19 vaccines from countries that do not recognise Kosovo as an independent state, like Russia and China.

20/03/2021

My Europe Series

'I want to live not just survive': Kosovo and its brain drain problem

Kosovo's new government has promised to end the exodus of young Kosovo Albanians abroad. It may struggle to persuade them to stay at home.

18/03/2021

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In Mitrovica, a bridge that separates Albanians and Serbs | Extract

Mitrovica's Main Bridge is both a symbol of the town’s division and its most popular tourist attraction.

14/03/2021

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EU envoy urges Kosovo to resume talks with Serbia

Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia stalled in September following talks in Brussels last September.

02/03/2021

My Europe Series

20 years on, the disappeared still cast shadows in northern Kosovo

Tens of thousands of ethnic-Albanians, Serbs and other minorities disappeared during the 1998-99 war in Kosovo. Two decades later, thousands are still unaccounted for.

01/03/2021

My Europe Series

In Kosovo, an uncertain future for the war crimes court nobody wanted

Kosovars hate it and its president has warned EU diplomats of a plot to undermine it. But Kosovo's new leader-in-waiting Albin Kurti might just choose to ignore it.

24/02/2021

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Kurti's comments spark pessimism in Belgrade over Kosovo-Serbia talks

Serbia has not reacted well to an interview Kosovo election winner Albin Kurti gave to Euronews.

18/02/2021

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I would vote to unify Albania and Kosovo, says election winner Kurti

Kosovo opposition leader and election winner Albin Kurti says that if a referendum was held on his country joining Albania, he would vote yes.

16/02/2021

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Euroviews. Kurti has vowed to change Kosovo. He has a fight on his hands | View

The Vetëvendosj leader will not only have to contend with Kosovo's frozen conflict with Serbia but weeding out the elements of the 'old regime' that has governed the tiny Balkan state for two decades.

16/02/2021

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Kosovo could try to move war crimes court to Pristina, judge warns

In a transcript of a briefing obtained by Euronews, Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova warns that forces within Kosovo are trying to undermine the work of the Netherlands-based court.

15/02/2021

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Left-wing reformist party led by former PM Kurti wins Kosovo election

An anti-corruption and anti-establishment party, Vetëvendosje, has won the election in Kosovo, held amid the worsening coronavirus situation in the country.

14/02/2021

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Kosovans vote for new govt to tackle COVID-19 and corruption

The new government will be tasked with restoring Kosovo's pandemic-hit economy and tackling corruption across the nation.

14/02/2021

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Kosovo jails Serbian army reserve for 12 years for war crimes

A Kosovo court has jailed a former Serb army police reserve officer for 12 years for crimes during the country's 1998-1999 war.

12/02/2021

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A sixth election in 12 years reveals growing pains of a young Kosovo

Let down by Europe, young Kosovars are flocking to a movement - and a leader - who says that Kosovo needs to forge its own path.

10/02/2021

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Serbia unhappy after Kosovo and Israel establish diplomatic ties

"We have invested serious efforts in our relations with Israel in recent years and we are not happy," said Serbia's foreign minister.

02/02/2021

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Former Kosovo PM barred from February 14 general election

Election authorities have ruled that Albin Kurti is an ineligible candidate because he has been sentenced for a crime in the last three years.

26/01/2021

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Kosovo's biggest ski resort is under strain from a lack of skiers

Brezovica Ski Resort is only seeing half its usual crowd.

22/01/2021

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Kosovo artist creates Joe Biden portrait using grains and seeds

An artist in Kosovo made a portrait of the US President-elect using grain and seeds ahead of his inauguration this week.

18/01/2021

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More than 40 people injured in Kosovo gas explosion

Kosovo police say that more than 40 people were injured on Tuesday in a suspected gas tank explosion in the town of Ferizaj.

05/01/2021

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Kosovo to hold unprecedented early election after court ruling

The country's constitutional court ruled that fresh elections were needed after invaliding the current government installed in June. The lawmaker who cast the deciding vote in its favour to rule the country is now in prison.

22/12/2020

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Pristina's festive lights get the cold shoulder amid COVID curfew

Health authorities have imposed an overnight curfew from 7 pm to 5 am in a bid to lower the number of COVID-19 cases

14/12/2020

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Santas gather in Pristina to raise money for those hit by pandemic

People in Kosovo gathered in central Pristina to hold the annual Santa Claus mini-marathon and raise money to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

13/12/2020

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Kosovo bar and restaurant owners protest coronavirus restrictions

The coronavirus measures mean they have to close completely at weekends.

07/11/2020