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  • Hashim Thaçi at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in the Hague © Photo Kosovo Specialist Chambers & Specialist Prosecutor's Office
    Justice

    Former Kosovo President and Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader Hashim Thaçi has been convicted of war crimes in a first-instance ruling by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, alongside three other KLA leaders: Kadri Veseli, Jakup Krasniqi, and Rexhep Selimi. The verdict has sparked anger and disappointment in Pristina

    17/09/2026, Arta Berisha  Prishtina

  • Vineyards around Motovun, Croatia ©Vinistra Vintners Association
    WINE

    The ability to feature a prestigious appellation on the label can make a difference in wine sales. In the dispute between Slovenia and Croatia over the exclusive right to use the term ‘Teran’, the denomination has become the subject of political conflict

    15/09/2026, Ian Bancroft 

  • “Kosovo is waiting,” reads a sign in support of the UÇK defendants in Pristina © Koapan/Shutterstock
    Justice and war crimes

    The verdict in the trial of Hashim Thaçi and other KLA leaders, accused of war crimes during the Kosovo conflict, is expected on September 16. Ahead of the court’s decision, thousands of people have taken to the streets in Pristina to call for the defendants’ acquittal

    14/09/2026, Arta Berisha  Pristina

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    Social media, polics and censorship

    In Albania, what began as an inability to use the “collab” feature with a protest page turned within days into a series of post removals and restrictions on Instagram

    11/09/2026, Erisa Kryeziu  Tirana

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    Political dead end

    Despite the successful election of the Speaker of the Pristina parliament, the process of forming institutions in Kosovo has stalled once again, this time over the selection of deputy speakers. The Vetëvendosje movement and the opposition are blaming each other for the endless political deadlock

    10/09/2026, Mehmet Krasniqi  Pristina

  • © Consiglio dell'UE
    analysis

    The co-legislators of Parliament and the Council are ready to negotiate the structure of the new common budget, with simpler rules and still separate programs within a revolutionized architecture. But the clash between two opposing fronts of member states over the amount of resources to be allocated threatens to stall the entire process

    08/09/2026, Federico Baccini  Brussels