The EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas on Thursday said the bloc has begun to lift sanctions on Kosovo, but that the process would be conditional on a sustained de-escalation of violence and ...

Kurti, however, has stuck to his guns, even when warned by the United States or when, in June 2023, the EU suspended financial aid to the country worth up to 100 million euros ($104 million).

Albin Kurti, president of the left-wing Vetevendosje! party, makes statements following results of a parliamentary election, in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. Credit: AP/Vlasov Sulaj ...

While Kurti retains a strong support base, his opponents have denounced him for the fraying ties with the US and the EU.

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Friday accused Western officials of "appeasement" towards Serbia, driven by what he said were overblown fears that Belgrade would move closer to Moscow.

Lawmakers have been meeting every 48 hours since mid-April to elect a new speaker, a step required before Prime Minister Albin Kurti, a leftist nationalist who failed to win a majority in a ...

EU and U.S. officials have placed much of the blame on Kurti for the failure to move forward with the deal between Serbia and Kosovo, struck in March last year in Ohrid, North Macedonia.

Preliminary results from Kosovo’s legislative elections show incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party in the lead, but short of the majority needed to govern alone. With 73% of the votes ...

Unilateral moves by Prime Minister Albin Kurti's government in Kosovo are again ... EU officials who have mediated the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue for over a decade stressed that both sides had ...