Demonstrators from the Vetevendosje self-determination movement have been arrested after overturning 25 EU rule of law mission, EULEX, cars in central Pristina, Kosovo.
Albanian officials are refusing to cooperate with a probe into alleged organ trafficking during the Kosovo conflict.
Surrounded by empty fields and the odd three-story house, around ten minutes outside of Prishtina, is the grand memorial ground of Sultan Murad I, reportedly the only Ottoman sultan ever to die in battle.
Kosovo’s government has acquired the appropriate funds to begin construction of the country’s national highway, which is scheduled to begin this autumn.
Macedonia will follow directions given by the European Commission, EC, in deciding whether to establish a visa regime for citizens of Kosovo and Albania.
Slovenia far outranks other Balkan countries, taking ninth place in the 2009 Global Peace Index out of 144 countries worldwide.
Crews working on the tunnel of the new highway connecting Albania and Kosovo completed work on Sunday, inaugurating the breakthrough with a celebration ceremony attended by Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha.
Kosovo’s Tax Administration announces that incomes from tax collection during Jan-April 2009 are €75.8 million, €14 million more than forecast.
Kosovo’s public servants and pensioners will get a pay rise next month, with civil servants receiving a 10 percent increase, while pensioners, people on social assistance and war veterans and their families will get a 12 percent increase.