Kosovo

Kosovo to hold election in bid to end year-long political impasse

The vote is the second this year in Europe's youngest nation after Kurti's Vetevendosje party fell short of a majority in February.

ACTING PRIME Minister of Kosovo and Levizja Vetevendosje (Movement for Self-Determination) party leader Albin Kurti speaks to his supporters during the last election campaign rally in Pristina, Kosovo December 27, 2025.
Syrian Pres. Ahmed al-Sharaa with Saudi PM Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and Kosovo Pres. Vjosa Osmani.

Syria recognizes Kosovo as Sharaa gov't continues to move towards western alignment - analysis

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement inside No. 10 Downing Street on the day the cabinet was recalled to discuss the situation in Gaza, in London, Britain, July 29, 2025.

Starmer must 'force' Gaza borders open with UK troops, union leader demands

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters ahead of the local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, March 29, 2024.

Turkey arrests alleged Mossad financial operative, Turkish intelligence says


What’s up with Kosovo? - analysis

Israel balked, unwilling to change a then decade-old policy of not extending recognition to the Muslim country in the heart of southeastern Europe?

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci speaks during interview in Pristina, Kosovo August 14, 2018

The links between Serbia and Israel remain strong – opinion

The friendship between Serbia and Israel is not based only on current geopolitical and economic interests, but on traditionally good relations between the Serbian and Jewish people.

SERBIAN PRESIDENT Aleksandar Vucic leaves a polling station after voting in the first national election since the coronavirus lockdown, in Belgrade on June 21.

Kosovo is a test of Israel’s moral character

In the 1990s, 10,000 Kosovo Albanians died and about one million were displaced as a result of Serbia’s aggression.

‘ISRAEL’S RECOGNITION of Kosovo would affirm its commitment to justice and ethics in international relations.’ Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti talks to media outside the Assembly building in Pristina early this summer.

War crimes prosecutor indicts Kosovo president Hashim Thaci

War crimes allegations against the KLA first surfaced in the 2011 Council of Europe rights agency report that accused guerrillas of killing civilian Serbs and ethnic Albanian political opponents.

Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci attends a ceremony of security forces a day before parliament's vote on whether to form a national army, in Pristina, Kosovo, December 13, 2018.

A Republic of Kosovo is not what the Balkans needs

The dispute over the autonomous region of Kosovo and Metohija should be resolved in compromise, not unilateral action.

Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci, Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 16, 2020

The new Israeli government should finally recognize Kosovo

Despite Kosovo’s continuous efforts – and its people’s sincere admiration for the Jewish state – Israel has so far refused to establish relations with the youngest country in Europe.

A MAN holds a Kosovo flag

The Republic of Kosovo designates Hezbollah a terrorist organization

The World Jewish Congress welcomed the proscription on Thursday, stating the move is a “principled step in the critical quest for international peace and security.”

Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah carry flags and pictures of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a rally marking al-Quds Day, (Jerusalem Day) in Maroun Al-Ras village, near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon

The case for Israel’s recognition of Kosovo

This year, Kosovo celebrated the 11th year of its independence from Serbia – following the unilateral declaration of 2008.

A MAN holds a Kosovo flag

Truthful reporting in the Balkans is life-threatening

Many journalists who are committed to candid reporting in Kosovo and other Balkan countries feel unsafe, as it has become normal to be threatened and even physically attacked.

Man reads newspaper in frustration.

Kosovo will open embassy in Jerusalem if recognized, president says

Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci added that Kosovo would never vote against US interests.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci speaks during interview in Pristina, Kosovo August 14, 2018