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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...

Albania–Kosovo Rift Weakens the Albanian Voice
Change font size: - + Reset The Rama–Kurti clash over the war crimes tribunal highlights deeper structural tensions, from unimplemented agreements to competing regional agendas. The latest clash between Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and...

Kosovo businessman probed in Albania airport deal
TIRANA, Oct. 15 (TemA) — Albania’s prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Kosovo businessman Behgjet Pacolli over the construction of Vlora Airport, a major infrastructure project on the country’s southern coast. Pacolli, his...

Will Gaza’s cease-fire lead to statehood or another frozen peace?
I have just returned from Kosovo, where I moderated a discussion on the region’s path toward the European Union. The latest data gathered by an amazing group of people from across the region was sobering: At the current rate of growth, some Balkan...

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...
Reimagining Commercial Underwriting in the Age of AI
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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...

Kurti: European Commission Should Deliver Membership Questionnaire and Candidate Status to Kosovo
Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti, during a meeting today with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, reiterated the need for the European Commission to deliver, as soon as possible, the membership questionnaire and to...

How Kosovo is emerging from its political crisis and how local elections contributed to it
On 12 October, the Republic of Kosovo held its fifth local elections since declaring independence. Just two days before the vote, the work of the parliament was finally unblocked. A deputy speaker representing Serbian MPs was elected eight months...

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...

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...

Which companies are the most profitable in Serbia?
The Top 100 lists of business entities in 2024 were compiled based on the regular annual financial reports for 2024 for 113,463 companies, following analysis and ranking of data from the perspective of business performance – according to operating...

Sweden suffer shock defeat to Kosovo to leave World Cup hopes hanging by thread
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Associated Press: No Clear Winner in Kosovo Elections as Political Fragmentation...
Preliminary results from Kosovo’s weekend municipal elections showed that most major municipalities are heading to runoff votes, highlighting the country’s ongoing political fragmentation — and underscoring the persistent tensions in Kosovo–Serbia...

OPINION: When the Kremlin’s Kommersant Gives Lessons to Serbia
In a country where journalism is no longer a profession but a discipline of loyalty to the regime, the article in the Russian newspaper Kommersant about the alleged deterioration of relations between Serbia and Turkey due to the delivery of drones...

Kosovo’s former president Thaçi fights for his freedom in The Hague
Almost five years after the arrest of former Kosovan president Hashim Thaçi on charges of war crimes during the independence war against Serbian forces, his trial in The Hague has entered a decisive stage. With the prosecution having presented its...

Watch Sweden vs Kosovo: TV & streaming info as Isak and Gyokeres look to rescue World Cup qualification campaign
Watch Sweden vs Kosovo for a crucial game for Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyokeres in World Cup qualifying, with all the information on live streams and TV coverage right here. Sweden vs Kosovo: Key information ► Date: Monday 13 October 2025 ►...

Most key municipalities in Kosovo are headed to runoffs, local election results show
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Preliminary results from Kosovo’s weekend municipal elections showed most key municipalities heading to runoffs, highlighting the country’s ongoing political fragmentation — and underscoring continued tensions in...

Kosovo Takes Early Delivery of Türkiye’s Ready-to-Fly SkyDagger Attack Drones
Kosovo announced the arrival at Pristina International Airport of containers carrying thousands of ready-to-fly Skydagger (SkyDagger RTF) kamikaze drones, under a contract signed with Turkey’s Baykar in December 2024. On 8 October, 2025, Kosovo...

Kosovo: Serbian media must be allowed to report on local elections
Credit: KoSSev News 10-10-2025 #mfrr The Central Election Commission of Kosovo (KQZ) rejected accreditation requests from Serbian and Albanian-language media outlets, as well as international media, ahead of the 12 October local elections. The...