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Latest Investigations from Kosovo

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14 May 13

Car Pollution Checks Fall by the Wayside

The government still hasn’t followed through on the Prime Minister’s order to carry out mandatory exhaust checks.

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30 Apr 13

Offshore Cash Bankrolls PTK Purchase

ACP Axos Capital’s buyout of the Kosovo telecoms company is financed through a Caribbean tax haven but the purchasers deny claims that they’ve got something to hide.

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16 Apr 13

Slovenian Investigation Ensnares IPKO

Corruption probe into Telekom Slovenije revives accusations that bribery helped secure the mobile phone license of Kosovo’s second-largest provider.

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01 Feb 13

Flush PDK Leaders Take Invalids’ Pensions

Kosovo Mayor and an MP defend getting invalidity benefits on top of their considerable salaries, in spite of having no visible injuries.

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24 Dec 12

Fissures in the Faith: Rise of Conservative Islamists Alarms Kosovans

Followers of stricter forms of Islam are demanding more rights in Kosovo, provoking a backlash among secularists.

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22 Nov 12

Kosovo PM Installs Ally to Head Privatisation Body

Back in October, Hashim Thaci vowed to keep politics out of the agency – only to nominate a political ally as chairman of the board.

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14 Nov 12

Kosovo Govt Paid to Help President Meet US Officials

Atifete Jahjaga’s office denies paying a lobbying firm to help set up meetings in the US - but the company’s disclosure to the US Justice Department reveals that Kosovo’s government paid it to do just that.

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27 Sep 12

Millions Vanish in North Kosovo’s Black Hole

Criminals from both Kosovo and Serbia have made fortunes from cross-border smuggling into Serb-run northern Kosovo, depriving both countries of millions of euro a year in lost duties.


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15 Jun 12

Ferizaj Pays Dear For ‘Deadly’ Ancient Glider

The municipality of Ferizaj has spent a quarter of its sport budget on an 18-yearold motorised hand-glider, which experts claim is too dangerous to fly.

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14 Jun 12

Kosovo War Film Lands Producers in Dock

It was planned as the first Hollywood feature on the Kosovo conflict, but ‘Guests at the Sofra’ has landed its producer – and two former ministers of culture – in a battle of their own.

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08 Jun 12

Wesley Clark Seeks Licence For Oil in Kosovo

The US General who led NATO’s campaign against Serbia in 1999 has asked Kosovo’s government for a licence to transform the country’s untapped coal reserves into fuel, a letter obtained by Prishtina Insight reveals.

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15 May 12

‘Salary’ For Mayor’s Widow Causes Confusion

The widow of the murdered Mayor of Suhareke has continued to receive his salary since his death in 2002 - while their widows of mayors receive nothing, Balkan Insight has discovered.

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11 May 12

Black Market in Heart of Kosovo Government

Former employees of the Government’s catering service claim they worked without contracts, paid no tax and were forced to work illegally long hours.

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11 May 12

Kosovo: From Pasture to “Power Neighbourhood”

In four years, agricultural land on the edge of Pristina, owned by an elderly Serb farmer, has been transformed into one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in the country, soon to be home to Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, former Interior Minister Zenun Pajaziti, alongside a host of other top businessmen, politicians and public figures.

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27 Apr 12

Thaci’s Brother Stands to Earn Fortune From Flats

A construction firm part-owned by the brother of Kosovo's Prime Minister is on the verge of completing a big residential development that is expected to earn a handsome profit of up to 4 million euro.