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European public broadcasters said Friday that they planned to provide special assistance to public television and radio networks in Eastern and Southern Europe that are facing budget cuts because of the global financial crisis and waning political support.

Azem Syla, a member of the Hashim Thaci-led Democratic Party of Kosovo , has filed charges against Nazim Blaca.

European Union police in Kosovo said Monday a man claiming to be a hit man for former ethnic Albanian rebels has been arrested on suspicion of murder and participation in organized crime.

Pristina Lawrence Marzouk Nazim Bllaca A video of a man who claims to have worked for Kosovo's unofficial secret service has been released in which he claims to been involved in a string of post-war political murders, attempted murders and beatings.

Former Kosovo Information Service member Naim Blaca claims that he participated in serious crimes "against political opponents". Kosovo Albanian Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's party stood behind the crimes, that included murder, Blaca said.

Pristina By Visar Hapciu Two playful horses in a field at the foot of the mountain.

Ballot boxes at the Kosovo election commission counting centre in Pristina, Kosovo, November 16 2009.

Nezir Jonuzi sips black tea, stares at Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's boyhood home and wonders whether he can get a job to feed his family.

As Kosovo goes it alone for the first time in local elections, the results are less significant than the voting process itself, as some Kosovo Serbs defy Belgrade's boycott demand in a move that may cause a major rift between Serb communities in Kosovo, Igor Jovanovic and Anes Alic write for ISN Security Watch.

On Sunday , Kosovo voters headed to the polls in the first elections since the country announced its independence from Serbia in February 2008.

Supporters of tough U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government have given more than $10 million to congressional campaigns over the last seven years, according to a study released late Sunday night by a group supporting campaign finance reform.

Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's Democratic party has won the first round of the local elections in Kosovo.

Pristina Pristina Here are the top stories in Kosovo's main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

According to the CEC, almost 50% of voters hit the polls, with no major problems reported.

The first local elections took place in Kosovo since Serbia's ethnic-Albanian-dominated province unilaterally declared its independence in 2008.

A man passes by an election poster in the Kosovo town of Djakovica. Kosovo's local elections are the first since the country declared independence in 2008 and are seen as a key test for its fragile democracy.

Kosovo has launched a huge security operation ahead of Sunday's first polls since its 2008 independence declaration, drafting in thousands of extra police, a spokesman said Saturday.

Former political leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Hashim Thaci, became prime minister in 2007.

A few days before voters hit the polls, three suspects have been arrested for what is believed to be a politically-motivated attack.

It is abundantly clear that this year's electoral campaign for Prishtina has undergone a surreal metamorphosis, moving away from the naff promises of previous years and towards hardcore acerbity full of rant and rave.