Region: Kosovo

An ICC tribunal has reportedly rejected a €65 million claim against Kosovo brought by an economist and former politician who claimed his investments in a network of petrol stations were expropriated.

11 August 2022

An ICC panel has ordered a Kosovan government-owned telecoms company to pay damages after finding that it failed to act in good faith during contract renewal talks with a local mobile operator.

23 February 2022

An UNCITRAL tribunal has rejected a Croatian mining company’s €18 million claim against a Kosovan government agency over a contract to develop a magnesite mine that was terminated on grounds of poor performance.

16 September 2021

A British power company’s €20 million ICSID claim against Kosovo over a scrapped power plant has been discontinued, with the parties agreeing to take the dispute to another forum.

20 July 2021

An ICSID tribunal has ruled that the participation of a Kosovan minister in a claim against his own government was “possibly unprecedented” but not procedurally unfair, finding he was entitled to the same protections as any other businessman legitimately operating through a foreign company.

08 January 2021

A UK energy company has filed a €20 million ICSID claim against Kosovo over a frustrated plan to build a power plant near the country’s capital Pristina.

02 December 2020

A divided ICSID panel has rejected Kosovo’s jurisdictional objections to a claim by a Swiss construction company owned by the republic’s former president.

05 November 2020

An ICC tribunal has begun hearing a claim brought against Kosovo by an Estonian fintech company after the state’s central bank revoked the business licence of its subsidiary due to the interest rates charged on its loans.

01 October 2020

A hydropower investor has reportedly threatened to bring a claim against Kosovo over the suspension of several projects – while details have emerged of ICC and UNCITRAL claims the republic is facing from a former politician and a cement company.

11 March 2020

UPDATED WITH COUNSEL. An Estonian fintech company has filed an ICC claim against Kosovo after the state’s central bank revoked the business licence of its subsidiary over the interest rates charged on its loans.

28 February 2020