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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'

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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.

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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.

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'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.

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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.

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Spain vs. Kosovo World Cup qualifier to go ahead with flags & anthems

Spain does not recognise Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 but states that this month's match will go ahead with national flags and anthems under FIFA rules.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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How poorer countries on the EU's fringes are still without vaccines

Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and the Republic of North Macedonia are among the countries still empty-handed.

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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.

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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.

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Kosovo drama 'Hive' wins three awards at Sundance Film Festival

A film about a woman's struggle for survival after the war in Kosovo has won three awards at the Sundance Film Festival.

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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.