Kosovo

Latest Stories

Kosovo police members of Special Intervention Unit escort the arrested Serb gunmen out of the court after the Kosovo shootout in capital Pristina, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. Sunday's clash was one of the worst since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008. It came as the European Union and the U.S. are trying to mediate and finalize years long talks on normalizing ties between the two Balkan states. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Serbia demands that NATO takes over the policing of Kosovo’s north after a deadly shootout

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

In this Aug. 25, 2008, photo, then-Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (right) is seen with his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. (Associated Press) **FILE**

President Biden touched by Kosovo medal for late son Beau

By Sylejman Killokoqi and Llazar Semini - Associated Press

Supporters of the left-wing Self-Determination Movement party react in Pristina, the capitol of Kosovo, on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. Kosovo’s voters defied freezing weather to vote in a parliamentary election Sunday to form a new government amid the coronavirus pandemic, an economic downturn and stalled negotiations with wartime foe Serbia. (AP Photo/ Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo’s leftist opposition party gains landslide win

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Pedestrians walk past a man selling balloons in front of electoral poster with portrait of the candidate for the prime minister of &quot;Self-Determination&quot; party Albin Kurti, right, and candidate for president of Alliance for Future of Kosovo &quot;AAK&quot; Ramush Haradinaj in capital Pristina, Kosovo, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Kosovo holds an early general election on upcoming Sunday Feb. 14, amid the coronavirus pandemic, economic downturn and stalled negotiations with wartime foe Serbia.(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Economy, not Serbia, dominates Kosovo election campaign

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Kosovo president Hashim Thaci addresses the nation as he announced his resignation to face war crimes charges in Kosovo capital Pristina on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Thaci, a guerrilla leader during Kosovo’s war for independence, has resigned in order to face charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity issued by at a special court based in The Hague, Netherlands. Thaci announced his resignation at a news conference on Thursday. He said he was taking the step “to protect the integrity of the presidency of Kosovo.” (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Ex-Kosovo president Hashim Thaci to appear in court Monday

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

EU praises Serbia, Kosovo for resuming face-to-face talks

Associated Press

Kosovo president visits prosecutors who indicted him

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 file photo, Kosovo president Hashim Thaci gestures during a press conference in Kosovo capital Pristina. Kosovo’s president and nine other former separatist fighters were indicted on a range of crimes against humanity and war crimes charges, including murder, by a court investigating crimes against ethnic Serbs during and after Kosovo’s 1998-99 independence war with Serbia, it was reported on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu, File)

Kosovo president, indicted for war crimes, heads back home

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU - Associated Press

Kadri Veseli, leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), speaks during a press conference in Pristina, Kosovo, on Wednesday, June, 24, 2020. Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and nine other former separatist fighters were indicted Wednesday on a range of crimes against humanity and war crimes charges, including murder, by an international court investigating their actions against ethnic Serbs and others during and after Kosovo's 1998-99 independence war with Serbia. The indicted group includes Kadri Veseli. (AP Photo/Zenel Zhinipotoku)

A look at Serbia-Kosovo dispute as war crimes charges filed

By JOVANA GEC - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 file photo, Kosovo president Hashim Thaci gestures during a press conference in Kosovo capital Pristina. Kosovo’s president and nine other former separatist fighters were indicted on a range of crimes against humanity and war crimes charges, including murder, by a court investigating crimes against ethnic Serbs during and after Kosovo’s 1998-99 independence war with Serbia, it was reported on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu, File)

Kosovo president, 9 others indicted on war crimes charges

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

EU, US display differences over Serbia-Kosovo negotiation

By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony of handing Gold Stars medals to heroes of labor marking the Day of Russia holiday in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, June 12, 2020. The ceremony marked the first big public event Putin attended since announcing a nationwide lockdown more than two months ago. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin suggests he was key in Kosovo airport occupation

Associated Press

Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci, right, and U.S. ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell pose for a photograph, in Kosovo capital Pristina, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Grenell, who is U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy for Serbia and Kosovo visited Kosovo in an effort to urge both countries to resume negotiations and reach a final reconciliation agreement. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

U.S. envoy urges Kosovo, Serbia turn eyes on economy, jobs

By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Serbian police officers guard a bus with Red Star players at the border crossing between Serbia and Kosovo, near the village of Rudnica, Serbia, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Kosovo authorities have banned a soccer match between Red Star Belgrade and a local Serb team and prevented their bus from crossing into the former Serbian province. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

Red Star banned from playing match in Kosovo

Associated Press

Protester run from tear gas in Kosovo capital Pristina as clashes broke out after the arrest of a prominent opposition politician Albin Kurti on Monday, Oct. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu) ** FILE **

Atifete Jahjaga, Kosovo president, meets with politicians to resolve crisis

Associated Press

Atifete Jahjaga (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)

Kosovo leader speaks softly, carries big hope

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Kosovo leader denies heading organ-trade gang

By Nebi Qena - Associated Press

Associated Press
'RIGHT ANSWER': Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci hailed the ruling Thursday on Kosovo independence.

Kosovo cheers independence ruling

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times