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Politics● Elevated1h ago · Nov 4, 2026, 4:17 PM

Kosovo: Protests and outrage after a woman was killed despite repeatedly seeking assistance from the authorities

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from DW News [en] · Eastern Europe

Despite reporting her husband to the police and pleading for protection, Arlinda Zekaj was brutally murdered. Now, thousands in Kosovo are protesting what they say is a dramatic failure of state institutions.

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