Prishtina Insight

1 week ago | prishtinainsight.com | Xhorxhina Bami

Parliament's inauguration was blocked again on Thursday after parties failed to agree to verify the mandates of new MPs – delaying the formation of important institutions stemming from the February 9 elections. In an unprecedented event since Kosovo declared independence in 2008, the inauguration of the country’s new parliament was blocked again on Thursday after the parties failed to agree to verify the new MPs’ mandates.

1 week ago | prishtinainsight.com | Xhorxhina Bami |Laurant Berisha

As the trial started for the September 2023 attack on the Kosovo village of Banjska, in which a police officer was killed, the prosecution said it would prove the assault was well planned by a trained group of armed Serbs.

1 week ago | prishtinainsight.com | Xhorxhina Bami

Ramadan Nishori became the first man in Kosovo to publicly testify about surviving sexual abuse during the Kosovo war – as other survivors called for the deadline to apply for victim status to be scrapped. Ramadan Nishori broke the silence about sexual abuse of male victims during the 1998-99 Kosovo war on Monday, calling on survivors not to be ashamed because “the shame is not ours, the shame is theirs [the perpetrators’]”.

1 week ago | prishtinainsight.com | Xhorxhina Bami

Energy regulator greenlights a 16-per-cent average increase in electricity tariffs despite widespread discontent and demonstrations. Kosovo’s Energy Regulatory Office, ERO, on Friday allowed the price of electricity to rise by 16 per cent on average.

3 weeks ago | prishtinainsight.com | Xhorxhina Bami

Election oversight bodies need new powers to tackle the falsehoods, disinformation and 'dehumanising' abuse that tarnished February's parliamentary polls, a new BIRN report says. Kosovo’s 2025 parliamentary election campaign was marred by unprecedented hate speech and disinformation from local and foreign actors, raising concerns about the integrity of future elections unless significant action is taken, a new BIRN report, launched on Wednesday, concluded.