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 …
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 …
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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