This study is an attempt to assess the political situation in post-war Kosovo, with an accent on the extent and dynamics of terrorist acts committed in the 2000–2006 period. The study also describes some of the characteristics of explosions that occurred in post-war Kosovo. The findings of a survey of UNMIK Police statistics on criminal acts committed for terrorism purposes during the 2000–2006 period show that 1,204 explosions occurred in Kosovo. For the needs of this paper 48 of these explosions were analysed.

The study of these explosions shows that most of them only caused material damage; that for a large percentage of cases no one has claimed responsibility for carrying them out; that usually perpetrators used exploding devices, grenades and bombs with a small quantity of explosives and that in the majority of cases the motives for planting the explosions was the general political situation, namely the unresolved political status of Kosovo and inter-ethnic disagreements between Albanians and Serbs regarding the political status of Kosovo. The findings suggest the risk of terrorist threats in Kosovo after the resolution of its final status may be expected. Therefore, the paper examines some factors which might help reduce the number of those acts and some other factors which might directly influence the occurrence of terrorism in Kosovo.