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2024 in Kosovo

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2024
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Kosovo

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Events in the year 2024 in Kosovo.

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Events

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April

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May

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June

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  • 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

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August

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Holidays

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See also

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References

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  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 Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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