2024 in Kosovo
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Events in the year 2024 in Kosovo.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]April
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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 to ten years' imprisonment.[5]
July
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[10]
- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "North Kosovo Serbs boycott referendum on removing ethnic Albanian mayors". Reuters. 21 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kosovo and Israel agree to allow each other's citizens visa-free entry". AP News. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "4 Serbs in Kosovo jailed in the killing of a moderate Serb politician in 2018". AP News. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kosovo shuts down 5 Serbian governing structures in the north and US reacts with alarm". AP News. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Kosovo closes two of four border crossings with Serbia after protests". Al Jazeera. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Kosovo lifts ban on entry of products from Serbia at the border". Associated Press. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "Kosovo Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
