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Serbia’s Threats Against Kosovo’s Prime Minister Are No Longer Implicit
As Kosovo heads toward its third election in sixteen months, threats against Prime Minister Albin Kurti expose deepening regional instability and…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
Russian-Style Paralysis in a Balkan Republic
Kosovo’s presidential deadlock is no mere legal spat; it is a high-stakes test of whether a young republic can survive internal sabotage and foreign…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
Lawmakers Face a Ticking Clock to Save the State
Vjosa Osmani’s premature decree to dissolve parliament failed a basic constitutional test, revealing a presidency more interested in tactical escalation…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
Bags of Cash and Broken Trust, How Kosovo’s AJK Protects the Kremlin’s Proxies
By framing evidentiary investigations as "attacks," the Association of Journalists has transformed from a democratic watchdog into a convenient fortress…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
Kosovo Court Blocks Presidential Decree to Dissolve Parliament
In a high-stakes constitutional test, Kosovo’s top court halted President Vjosa Osmani’s bid to dissolve parliament, effectively stalling a volatile…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
The Unanswered Allegations Trailing Vjosa Osmani
After dissolving Parliament under contested legal pretenses, President Vjosa Osmani faces a harrowing question: is she guarding Kosovo’s democracy or…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti, Michael Sheppard, and Fried Didden
How a President Burned the House to Save the Seat
Osmani’s abrupt dissolution of Parliament isn't a constitutional remedy; it’s a calculated arson of the legislative branch to bypass a boycott her own…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
KOSOVO’S 51 PERCENT, STUCK IN LIMBO
February produced 42.3 percent and a hostage parliament. December produced 51 percent. The deadlock ended, briefly, then reappeared wearing legal…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
How Kosovo Became the Front Line of Europe’s Quiet War
Kosovo did not stumble into crisis. It was engineered patiently through paralysis, narrative warfare, and institutional sabotage, until citizens forced…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
Landslide Vote Restores Political Stability in Kosovo
With over half the vote, Vetëvendosje ended a year long deadlock, empowering Kurti to govern alone and confront corruption, organised crime and Serbian…
 • Michael Sheppard
Why Europe should not ignore what is happening in Kosovo
A portal promoting Bedri Hamza and senior PDK figures depicts Kosovan Prime Minister as a legitimate target echoing patterns from a past where political…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
Kosovo’s Deadlock Broken, But Democracy Still at Risk
Kosovo’s parliament broke months of deadlock electing Dimal Basha as speaker, but opposition sabotage aligned with Belgrade threatens sovereignty…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
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