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Kosovo’s leader demands Serbia hand over gunmen who attacked police
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Kosovo’s leader demands Serbia hand over gunmen who attacked police

Associated Press  

BANJSKA, Kosovo — Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Tuesday held Serbia accountable for trying to annex part of Kosovo following an incursion of Serb gunmen who killed a police officer in a shootout last year that raised tensions between the sides. The plan was to annex part of its territory.” Kurti said the paramilitary group was “orchestrated and financed …

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Analysis: Are Kosovo and Serbia on the brink of war?
1 year, 2 months ago

Analysis: Are Kosovo and Serbia on the brink of war?

Al Jazeera  

An escalation into a conflict in the Western Balkans was averted but the likelihood of future flare-ups remains high. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that the Kosovo government’s “terror” had driven the Serb minority in the northern part of the country to an “uprising”. Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti accused Serbia of supporting financially and logistically “organised crime” groups attacking …

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Vucic ‘wants war’: Kosovo PM accuses Belgrade of inciting violence
1 year, 2 months ago

Vucic ‘wants war’: Kosovo PM accuses Belgrade of inciting violence

Al Jazeera  

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Albin Kurti says Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic aims to create ‘another Republika Srpska’ in Kosovo by attempting to start a conflict. Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti says Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic planned and ordered an attack in northern Kosovo “to destabilise” the country with the goal of starting a war. But I think they …

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Serbs in Kosovo mourn those killed in monastery shootout
1 year, 2 months ago

Serbs in Kosovo mourn those killed in monastery shootout

Firstpost  

The gunbattle has prompted new international concern over stability in Kosovo, which has an ethnic Albanian majority and declared independence from Serbia in 2008 after a guerrilla uprising and a 1999 NATO intervention Following the deadliest violence in years in the contested area, the biggest political party representing Serbs in northern Kosovo on Tuesday declared three days of mourning for …

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Kosovo demands Serbia hand over escaped Serb gunmen after deadly shootout
1 year, 2 months ago

Kosovo demands Serbia hand over escaped Serb gunmen after deadly shootout

Al Jazeera  

One police officer and three attackers were killed after gunmen stormed the village of Banjska in northern Kosovo. Kosovo has called on Serbia to hand over ethnic Serb gunmen who fled after a shootout with Kosovar police that killed four people in the restive north of the country. Kosovo Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla said six wounded members of the armed …

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Kosovar police surround a village after Serb gunmen storm a monastery in violence that has killed 4
1 year, 2 months ago

Kosovar police surround a village after Serb gunmen storm a monastery in violence that has killed 4

Associated Press  

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Dozens of Serb gunmen dressed in combat uniforms killed a Kosovar Albanian police officer then stormed an Orthodox monastery in Kosovo near its border with Serbia, setting off gunbattles that left three assailants dead and further raised tensions between the two former wartime foes as they seek to normalize ties. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke later Sunday …

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Kosovo monastery siege ends following deadly attack on police
1 year, 3 months ago

Kosovo monastery siege ends following deadly attack on police

Al Jazeera  

Kosovo police say one officer and three of about 30 attackers killed in shootouts around the village of Banjska. The standoff between gunmen and Kosovo authorities at a monastery near the border with Serbia ended Sunday night, authorities in Pristina said, following a police operation to regain control of the area. Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti had said at least …

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