2024 in Kosovo

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Events in the year 2024 in Kosovo.

Incumbents

• President: Vjosa Osmani
• Prime Minister: Albin Kurti

Events

April

• 21 April: A referendum on whether to remove ethnic Albanian mayors from office in four municipalities of Serbian-majority North Kosovo is boycotted by most Serbs, who demand that the mayors resign. ^[1]

May

• 16 May: Foreign minister Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz writes to the Council of Europe for member nations to consider Kosovo entry into the council. ^[2]
• 20 May: Police close six branches of the Serbia-based Poštanska štedionica bank for violating laws against the usage of the Serbian dinar in its transactions. ^[3]

June

• 18 June: Kosovo and Israel sign a visa waiver agreement allowing their citizens to travel between their countries without a visa beginning in September. ^[4]
• 28 June: A court in Pristina convicts four ethnic Serbs for the 2018 murder of Oliver Ivanović and sentences them to between four and ten years' imprisonment. ^[5]

July

• 16 July: The Kosovo Specialist Chambers convicts former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Pjetër Shala of war crimes during the Kosovo War in 1999 and sentences him to 18 years' imprisonment. ^[6]

August

• 30 August: Kosovar authorities shut down five "parallel" governing institutions serving the ethnic Serb minority in the north of the country, citing violations of Kosovar laws. ^[7]

September

• 6 September: Kosovar authorities close the Brnjak and Merdare border crossings with Serbia following a blockade by protesters on the latter side of the border. ^[8]

October

• 7 October: The government announces the resumption of imports at border crossings with Serbia after they had been halted in June 2023 due to security issues. ^[9]

November

• 29 November: An explosion near Zubin Potok damages a canal supplying water to two power plants and causes outages in water supply and electricity nationwide. The Kosovar government blames Serbia for the incident. ^{[10] [11]}

December

• 5 December:
  • Nine MPs of the Serb List are expelled from the Assembly of the Republic for repeated provocations and prolonged absences from the chamber. ^[12]
  • The Kosovo Specialist Chambers orders the arrest of three military officers for crimes committed during the Kosovo War in 1999. ^[13]
• 23 December: The Central Election Commission bans the Serb List from standing in the 2025 Kosovan parliamentary election, citing its refusal to recognise Kosovo as an independent state and its ties to the Serbian government. ^[14] The decision is overturned by the Electoral Panel for Complaints and Appeals on 25 December. ^[15]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Kosovo

Source: ^[16]

• 1–2 January – New Year's Day
• 7 January – Orthodox Christmas
• 17 February – Independence Day
• 1 April - Catholic Easter Monday
• 9 April – Constitution Day
• 10 April – Eid al-Fitr
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 6 May – Orthodox Easter Monday
• 9 May – Europe Day
• 16 June – Eid al-Adha
• 25 December - Catholic Christmas

See also

• 2024 in Europe

References

1. "North Kosovo Serbs boycott referendum on removing ethnic Albanian mayors". Reuters . 21 April 2024.
2. "Kosovo makes last-minute push to get its membership in Council of Europe approved in a Friday vote". AP News. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
3. "EU reprimands Kosovo's move to close Serb bank branches over the use of the dinar currency". AP News. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
4. "Kosovo and Israel agree to allow each other's citizens visa-free entry". AP News. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
5. "4 Serbs in Kosovo jailed in the killing of a moderate Serb politician in 2018". AP News. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
6. "EU-backed court convicts former Kosovo Liberation Army fighter of murder and abuse during 1999 war". AP News. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
7. "Kosovo shuts down 5 Serbian governing structures in the north and US reacts with alarm". AP News. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
8. "Kosovo closes two of four border crossings with Serbia after protests". Al Jazeera. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
9. "Kosovo lifts ban on entry of products from Serbia at the border". Associated Press. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
10. "An explosion damages water and power supply in Kosovo". Associated Press. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
11. "Kosovo races to contain blast impact, Serbia denies involvement". France 24. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
12. "Kosovo's parliament speaker ejects ethnic Serb lawmakers because of their truancy". Associated Press. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
13. "Special Kosovo court orders arrest of 3 war veterans". Associated Press. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
14. "Kosovo election authority bans main ethnic Serb party from parliamentary vote". Associated Press. 24 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
15. "Kosovo appeals body overturns ban on ethnic Serb party, allowing it to run in parliamentary election". Associated Press. 26 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
16. "Kosovo Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 8 December 2023.

External links

• Online calendar