2026 in Kosovo
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Events in the year 2026 in Kosovo.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 23 January – Authorities announce the detention of 109 people on suspicion of committing electoral fraud in Prizren during the December 2025 Kosovan parliamentary election.[1]
February
[edit]- 11 February – The Assembly of the Republic approves a new government after prime minister-designate Albin Kurti wins 66 of 120 votes in the chamber.[2]
March
[edit]- 5 March – 2026 Kosovan presidential election[3]
- 6 March – President Vjosa Osmani dissolves the Assembly of the Republic, attempting to set new parliamentary elections within 45 days after it fails to elect a new president. Vetëvendosje maintains that the constitution allows parliament 60 more days to try to elect a president and challenges Osmani's decree at the Constitutional Court.[4]
- 9 March – The Constitutional Court issues an injunction that freezes President Osmani's decree dissolving the Assembly of the Republic, while also preventing both the President from calling snap elections and the assembly from carrying out parliamentary business until the Constitutional Court delivers its final ruling.[5]
- 30 March – Kosovo approves the deployment of troops to the Gaza Strip as part of an international peacekeeping force.[6]
April
[edit]- 24 April – The Basic Court in Pristina sentences three ethnic Serbs to between 30 years to life imprisonment for their role in the Banjska attack in 2023.[7]
Deaths
[edit]- 1 January – Nexhat Daci, 81, acting president (2006) and chairman of the Assembly (2001–2006).[8]
- 23 April – Rexhep Qosja, 89, writer, representative to the Interim Administrative Council (1999–2002).[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Kosovo authorities arrest over 100 people over alleged ballot manipulation in December vote komuna". AP News. 25 January 2026. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ^ "Kosovo's new Parliament approves new government ending political deadlock komuna". AP News. 12 February 2026. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
- ^ "Kosovo headed toward new elections as election of president about to fail". DTT-NET. 4 March 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ Cimili, Zana (6 March 2026). "Kosovo president moves to dissolve Parliament for early election as country plunges into new crisis". AP News. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ^ Si, Nen (9 March 2026). "Kosovo Constitutional Court suspends Vjosa Osmani's decree, government reacts". Euronews Albania. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ "Kosovo Approves Troops to Gaza". Reuters.
- ^ Cimili, Zana (24 April 2026). "Kosovo court sentences 3 ethnic Serbs to life, 30 years in prison over 2023 clash". AP News. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- ^ "Former Speaker of Parliament Nexhat Daci passes away". Telegrafi. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ "Akademiku Rexhep Qosja shuhet në moshën 89-vjeçare! Familja: S'do organizojmë ceremoni pritjeje, ishte dëshirë e tij". Shqiptarja (in Albanian). Retrieved 23 April 2026.
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