Kosovo News

Kosovo's ruling PKD coalition has claimed victory in the country's first elections since it declared independence from Serbia last year.

Kosovo on Saturday confirmed its second death from swine flu, health authorities said in a statement.

Pristina/Prague - A Czech soldier was shot at the base of the Czech military in Sajkovac, Kosovo, today, the Defence Ministry has announced, saying there is a serious suspicion that the wound was caused by a Czech contingent member.

Election silence has begun in Kosovo ahead of Sunday's local elections, the first organized independently by the Kosovo Albanian institutions.

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

Ok, so you've heard it all before voting is your democratic right, it's the only way to ensure your voice is heard, it's your duty as a good citizen, it gives you the mandate to complain when things go wrong.

Pristina Petrit Collaku Autumn brings swine flu to Balkans Kosovo's Ministry of Health confirmed on Saturday the first victim of the H1N1 virus.

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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.

As voting continues in Kosovo's first elections since the territory declared independence from Serbia nearly two years ago, officials are already grappling with apparent irregularities in the landmark voting.

Kosovo Election Results Released Pristina By Lawrence Marzouk Voters at polling station for Kosovo's municipal elections Democracy in Action, which had more than 2,000 monitors across Kosovo on Sunday, has released preliminary local election results for 18 municipalities.

Pristina Petrit Collaku Kosovo newspapers Here are the top stories in Kosovo's main newspapers.

Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci gives a thumb after voting at a polling station in Pristina, Kosovo's capital.

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.

At a bus station in the Kosovo town of Urosevac, commuters are seen standing near an election poster yesterday.

European Union police in Kosovo said Friday their technical staff was barred from entering the state's main vote counting centre ahead of this weekend's local election because of a "lack of communication" with local security guards.

Kosovo says an opposition candidate running for mayor of the tense city of Mitrovica was ambushed, days ahead of the weekend poll.

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

Kosovo police say Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's convoy was pelted with stones after a political rally in western Kosovo, days ahead of Kosovo's first local polls since declaring independence from Serbia.