Voting centres opened in Kosovo on Sunday for national elections where the main issues for the country's 1.9 million eligible voters are tackling corruption and a peace deal with Serbia which would pave the way for United Nations membership.

Kosovo voters focus on graft, Serbia peace deal in election

International prosecutors questioned Kosovo's ex-prime minister and wartime guerrilla commander Ramush Haradinaj on Wednesday in the latest in a series of war crimes proceedings against him.

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj questioned at war crimes court

Kosovo's Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said on Friday (July 19) he was resigning because he had been called to a war crimes court in The Hague to answer questions from prosecutors related to Kosovo's violent independence struggle.

Kosovo's PM quits after being called to Hague war crimes court

Serbia ordered its security forces on full alert on Tuesday after police in neighbouring Kosovo mounted an anti-smuggling operation in a northern region of the country populated mainly by Serbs.

Serbia puts forces on alert after Kosovo police operation in Serb-populated north

Kosovo's government has said it is trying to resolve the issue

Former Kosovo Prime Minister arrested in France