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Kosovo as a political tool: Trump’s return to the Balkans
Serbian Monitor
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June 27, 2025
While the world follows complex global crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, US President Donald Trump has, at least momentarily, brought the issue of Kosovo back into the spotlight by recently declaring that it was he who, during his first term,...
Kosovo Film Day 2025 a resounding cultural success at NSU
United News of Bangladesh
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The Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo in Dhaka, in collaboration with North South University (NSU), recently hosted Kosovo Film Day 2025, a landmark cultural and academic event that drew wide acclaim and an impressive turnout. Held to commemorate...
Kosovo approves €4 million diaspora border insurance fund
Gazeta Tema
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June 27, 2025
Kosovo’s government has approved a €4 million budget allocation to cover border-insurance costs for returning diaspora members during the summer holiday season. Approved at Friday’s cabinet meeting, the subsidy will cover insurance starting July 1...
Kosovo MPs stall again as deadline ticks
Gazeta Tema
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June 27, 2025
Kosovo’s new MPs met for the 38th time since the February 9 election but postponed today’s session until Sunday, days after a court-ordered deadline to form the legislature. Following a Constitutional Court ruling, lawmakers must elect the...
Kosovo’s Kurti warns Serbia may stir Gazimestan unrest
Gazeta Tema
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June 27, 2025
Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti warned that Serbia might mobilize nationalist groups at Gazimestan during Saturday’s Vidovdan observance to divert attention from domestic protests. Security services say Serbs from Serbia, Montenegro, and...
Kosovo PM Seeks Consensus as Court Orders End to Parliament Deadlock
Balkan Insight
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June 27, 2025
The first attempt to inaugurate a new Kosovo parliament, April 15, 2025. Photo: Kosovo Parliament. Kosovo MPs on Friday postponed a parliamentary session that would have been their 38th attempt to inaugurate a new legislature – after outgoing...
Diamant Hysenaj, GOP businessman and immigrant from Kosovo, to challenge AOC
New York Post
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June 29, 2025
A Republican city real-estate developer says his experience with war in his native Kosovo will help him topple Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “I came here as a young kid and had to make my way in a tough neighborhood in The...
Ex-Serbian FM urges Kosovo recognition, NATO path
Gazeta Tema
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June 29, 2025
Former Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Drašković has called on Serbia to recognize the reality of Kosovo and support its membership in international bodies, including the Council of Europe and Interpol. In an interview with Montenegro’s Pobjeda...
Trump: Serbia Was Getting Ready for a New War Against Kosovo This Year, We Prevented the Conflict
Beta Briefing
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June 29, 2025
Source: Beta News / Politics | 29.06.25 | access_time 22:22 Donald Trump (Beta/AP PHOTO) U.S. President Donald Trump recently said that Serbia had this year been preparing to wage a new war against Kosovo, but that his administration had prevented...
Kosovo, Albania report mixed results in peace index
Gazeta Tema
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June 26, 2025
Kosovo and Albania saw slight drops in the 2025 Global Peace Index, ranking 63rd and 52nd respectively, the latest report from the Institute for Economics and Peace shows. Kosovo fell three spots, Albania six, as regional peace trends shifted...
Kosovo court gives MPs 30 days to pick speaker
Gazeta Tema
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June 26, 2025
Kosovo’s Constitutional Court has ordered parliament to elect a speaker and five deputy speakers within 30 days, after weeks of deadlock. Lawmakers have held 37 sessions since April 15 without completing the leadership vote, following February’s...
Kosovo’s top court asks lawmakers to end their political stalemate and elect a speaker in 30 days
Associated Press
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June 26, 2025
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s Constitutional Court on Thursday asked the country’s newly elected lawmakers in Parliament to end three months of political stalemate and elect a new speaker within 30 days. The court’s move came at the request of...
Another Attempt to Constitute Kosovo’s Assembly Fails
Euronews Albania
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June 29, 2025
Kosovo’s deputies have, for the 38th time, failed to constitute the Assembly, after disagreements arose over forming a commission to conduct a secret ballot vote for the Speaker of Parliament candidate, Albulena Haxhiu. There were 95 deputies...
Kosovo Prepares For Deportees From US Amid Warnings Balkans Becoming A Migrant 'Warehouse'
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
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June 26, 2025
With illegal immigration a fraught issue in Europe and the United States, Western countries are increasingly kicking the political football over to the Balkans. But questions are building over whether the countries of the region are ready to catch...
Kosovo Regional Command East End Of Tour Video
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 26, 2025
The 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team commanded the 34th rotation of Kosovo Force Regional Command East. The KFOR deployment journey for the 41st began in July 2024 at Fort Johnson, Louisiana and concluded in June 2025 at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo....
Continuation of the 38th session for the constitution of the Kosovo Parliament
BGNES
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June 29, 2025
Members of the Kosovo Parliament will gather in another attempt to finalize the process of constituting the institution after the February 9 elections, RSE reported. This is their 39th meeting in the parliament chamber since April 15, although...
Kosovo businesses oppose power market shift
Gazeta Tema
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June 26, 2025
Kosovo’s leading business organization has urged the government to delay a decision forcing local companies into the free electricity market, warning the move could trigger widespread economic disruption. The Kosovo Chamber of Commerce (OEK),...
Kosovo MFA: Successful Evacuation of Several Citizens from Israel Completed
Euronews Albania
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June 25, 2025
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of Kosovo (MFA) announced on Wednesday that it had successfully completed the evacuation of several Kosovar citizens from Israel during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel. The ministry stated that...
Kosovo civil society protests parliamentary deadlock
Gazeta Tema
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June 25, 2025
Civil society groups held a protest outside Kosovo’s parliament on Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to end a four-month political stalemate and convene the newly elected legislature. Demonstrators carried signs reading “Chairs are for work, not...
Sovereignty untouchable, says Kosovo’s Kurti
Gazeta Tema
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June 28, 2025
Kosovo has added 350 new recruits to its Security Force (KSF), as part of its second 2025 intake, officials confirmed during a swearing-in ceremony attended by acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Friday. Kurti said the new soldiers reflect...