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Events in the year 2024 in Kosovo.
Incumbents
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.
May
- 16 May: Foreign minister Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz writes to the Council of Europe for member nations to consider Kosovo entry into the council.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
- The Kosovo Specialist Chambers orders the arrest of three military officers for crimes committed during the Kosovo War in 1999.
Holidays
Further information: Public holidays in KosovoSource:
- 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
References
- "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.
- "An explosion damages water and power supply in Kosovo". Associated Press. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- "Kosovo races to contain blast impact, Serbia denies involvement". France 24. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- "Kosovo's parliament speaker ejects ethnic Serb lawmakers because of their truancy". Associated Press. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- "Special Kosovo court orders arrest of 3 war veterans". Associated Press. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- "Kosovo Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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