The Irish Times

Erdogan’s enemies in the Balkans fear Turkey’s growing reach

Ankara unleashes global dragnet to catch Gulenists it blames for 2016 coup bid

Sat Oct 26 2019 - 05:00

Kosovo opposition leaders eye coalition after election shake-up

Albin Kurti rejoices but Vjosa Osmani retains dream of being nation's first female PM

Mon Oct 07 2019 - 19:32

Snap election could give Kosovo its first female prime minister

New government will have to tackle corruption, poverty and frosty relations with Serbia

Thu Oct 03 2019 - 20:00

US and Russia court Serbia as pact with Kosovo remains distant prospect

Moscow says Belgrade to sign free-trade deal with Kremlin-led economic bloc

Wed Aug 21 2019 - 17:06

Kosovo bars Serbian officials as tariff row deepens deadlock

Progress only possible with independence recognition, Pristina tells Belgrade

Thu Jul 04 2019 - 18:17

Serbia puts army on alert as raids by Kosovo police spark clashes

Police officers and Russian UN staffer held during crackdown on ‘organised crime’

Tue May 28 2019 - 18:08

Kosovo's ex-rebels face questions from new EU-backed court

Specialist chambers at The Hague to tackle cases from 1998-9 war in Kosovo

Mon Jan 14 2019 - 17:30

Belgrade threatens to intervene if Kosovo’s new army moves to ‘subjugate’ Serbs

Nato, which leads peacekeeping force in Kosovo, says military upgrade is ‘ill-timed’

Wed Dec 05 2018 - 17:41

Kosovo arrests over politician's murder stoke tension with Serbia

EU official discusses ‘urgent need for calm and de-escalation’ with Belgrade and Pristina

Fri Nov 23 2018 - 20:51

EU calls for calm as Kosovo tax move sparks new row with Serbia

Kosovo targets Serbia's imports after Belgrade blocks its bid to join Interpol

Thu Nov 22 2018 - 19:02

Kosovo votes to create national army over Serb objections

Serbia do not recognise Kosovo’s independence and has blocked the move in the past

Fri Oct 19 2018 - 06:38

Kosovo’s murky politics cloud hunt for Serb politician’s killers

Eight months after Oliver Ivanovic was shot dead, many people suspect a cover-up

Sat Sept 15 2018 - 05:00

Kosovo-Serbia talks to resume amid tensions over land swap deal

Critics fear a proposal to change borders could have violent consequences

Fri Sept 07 2018 - 01:00

Land-swap fears unite many of Kosovo’s Serbs and Albanians

Broad multi-ethnic opposition in Kosovo to talk of border changes with Serbia

Sat Sept 01 2018 - 05:00

Kosovo premier warns border change with Serbia ‘would mean war’

Ramush Haradinaj says land swap would help Russia destabilise the Balkans

Wed Aug 29 2018 - 19:58

Kosovo’s president backs border changes in deal with Serbia

Belgrade vows to defend Kosovo Serbs amid tension over long-awaited pact

Tue Aug 07 2018 - 05:00

Kosovo rejects talk of partition deal with Serbia

Some Belgrade officials eye chance of reclaiming northern Kosovo

Wed Aug 01 2018 - 18:04

Bosnian Muslim leader defends Erdogan plan for Sarajevo rally

Turkish president angry over EU states' ban on campaign events

Fri May 11 2018 - 19:16

Kosovo security chiefs sacked over Turkish deportations

Pristina under fire for handing over six alleged critics of Erdogan to Ankara

Sat Mar 31 2018 - 01:00

Kosovo warns Serbs not to push for more autonomy

Russia accuses Pristina and allies of ‘brutally suppressing’ Serb rights

Wed Mar 28 2018 - 18:05

Kosovo Serbs quit coalition government in protest at expelled official

As some block roads in north, EU foreign policy chief flies to Belgrade to calm situation

Tue Mar 27 2018 - 19:55

Bitter-sweet 10th birthday for Kosovo as Serbian hostility lingers

EU demands major reforms from a state blighted by corruption and poverty

Sat Feb 17 2018 - 05:01

Germany says Serbia must recognise Kosovo’s sovereignty to enter EU

Pristina reassured by Sigmar Gabriel as it prepares to mark 10 years of independence

Thu Feb 15 2018 - 17:55

Serbian president to visit Kosovo after leading politician murdered

Pristina may ask the FBI to help find Oliver Ivanovic's killers

Wed Jan 17 2018 - 15:31

West urges calm as Serbia denounces ‘terrorist’ killing of politician

Moderate Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic gunned down in divided city of Mitrovica

Tue Jan 16 2018 - 15:42

Kosovo threat to EU-backed war crimes court before first case heard

Prosecutors in The Hague could indict ex-rebels who are now top politicians

Fri Dec 29 2017 - 17:23

Serbia wants to annex part of Kosovo, president claims

Balkan neighbours trade accusations of wanting to ignite a new war in the region

Mon Jan 16 2017 - 18:16

‘Provocative’ train brings Serbia and Kosovo ‘to brink of conflict’

Serbian leader Nikolic says Kosovars’ reaction to train shows they ‘want war’

Sun Jan 15 2017 - 18:14

Kosovo bars Serbian president over former leader’s arrest

Belgrade claims ex-Kosovo chief Haradinaj carried out war crimes in 1998-1999

Fri Jan 06 2017 - 19:21

Serbia urges France to extradite former leader of Kosovo

Ramush Haradinaj was twice acquitted of war crimes during Kosovo conflict

Thu Jan 05 2017 - 17:28

Slovenia detains ex-Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj on Serbian warrant

Second high-profile detention in a week stokes tension in former Yugoslavia

Thu Jun 18 2015 - 01:01

An Irish lawyer on befriending and defending an accused war criminal

Former prime minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj was in Dublin for the launch of a book about his trial and acquittal at the Hague for war crimes. Its author recalls the man

Sat May 23 2015 - 01:00