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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kosovo shuts down 5 Serbian governing structures in the north and US reacts with alarm

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo authorities on Friday closed five parallel institutions working with the ethnic Serb minority, a move that was immediately criticized by the United States and could further raise tensions with neighboring Serbia. Elbert Krasniqi, Kosovo’s minister of local administration, confirmed the closure of five so-called parallel institutions in the north — where most of the ethnic Serb …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Kosovo celebrates 25th anniversary of the withdrawal of Serbian forces after NATO bombing

Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo on Monday celebrated the 25th anniversary of the withdrawal of Serbian forces following a 78-day NATO bombing campaign, which opened the way for its independence nine years later. About 13,000 people, mostly ethnic Albanians, died and about 1 million were deported until the NATO bombing resulted in the Serbian withdrawal and the establishment of an international …

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7 months ago

EU reprimands Kosovo’s move to close down Serb bank branches over the use of the dinar currency

Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo — The European Union reprimanded Kosovo Tuesday over the unilateral closure of six branches of a Serbia-licensed bank, saying the move would negatively impact the life of the ethnic Serb minority living in northern Kosovo and damage Kosovo-Serbia normalization talks. The British embassy in Pristina also warned that the move would “risk escalating tensions and making a long-term …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Senior US official travels to Kosovo to revive Kosovo-Serbia talks after tensions over currency

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — A senior U.S. official on Tuesday said he would be visiting Kosovo in the next days to put “back on track” talks on normalizing ties between Kosovo and Serbia, after tensions escalated over Kosovo’s decision to ban the use of the Serbian dinar. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar said he would discuss with Kosovo authorities …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

The European Union calls on Kosovo to delay requiring ethnic Serbians to use euros instead of dinars

Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo — The European Union on Thursday called on Kosovo to postpone an effort to force ethnic Serbian-dominated areas to adopt the euro currency like in the rest of the country, as rules that would block use of the Serbian dinar went into effect. An EU statement expressed concern “about the consequences … on the daily lives of Kosovo …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Kosovo will impose the use of the euro in minority Serb areas, concerning Western powers

Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo authorities on Wednesday said they would impose the use of the country’s currency, the euro, and abolish the use of neighboring Serbia’s dinar in the north where most of the ethnic Serb minority lives. Kosovo’s Central Bank Governor Ahmet Ismaili said starting Thursday, new rules on local transactions in euros would be applied in the northern …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

EU envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to step up normalization efforts before the bloc’s June elections

Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo — The EU envoy for the Western Balkans on Tuesday urged Kosovo and Serbia to push ahead with faltering normalization talks before elections for the European Parliament in June. Miroslav Lajcak met for three hours with Kosovo’s top leaders — President Vjosa Osmani, Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi — in the capital Pristina …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Kosovo remembers 45 people killed in 1999 and denounces Serbia for not apologizing

Associated Press

RECAK, Kosovo — Hundreds of Kosovars gathered in a southern village on Monday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of a mass killing of 45 ethnic Albanians by Serb forces, an event that helped spark international intervention to end a 1998-99 war in Kosovo. Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani, Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Parliament Speaker Glauk Konjufca joined citizens at a …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Kosovo mourns a slain police officer, some Serb gunmen remain at large after a siege at a monastery

Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo on Monday observed a day of mourning for the Kosovar Albanian police officer killed by Serb gunmen in the north of the country in one of the worst confrontations since it declared independence from Serbia in 2008. Pristina accuses Belgrade of backing the “terrorists,” an accusation Serbia denies, saying they are Serbs from Kosovo protesting the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Why Kosovo’s standoff with Serbs continues 15 years after statehood

Al Jazeera

Kosovo declared independence in 2008, but Serbia still formally deems Kosovo to be part of its territory. Unrest in the region intensified when ethnic Albanian mayors took office in northern Kosovo’s Serb-majority area after April elections the Serbs boycotted, a move that led the United States and its allies to rebuke Pristina. Last December, Serbs in north Kosovo erected multiple …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Kosovo to partially withdraw special police officers from northern Serb-majority municipalities

Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo’s government on Wednesday will reduce the number of special police officers stationed outside four municipal buildings in ethnic Serb-majority areas and hold new mayoral elections in each of the towns, in a bid to defuse tensions with neighboring Serbia that flared anew in May. Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti said that one-fourth of the special police …

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1 year, 6 months ago

The West has lost the plot in the Balkans

Al Jazeera

The recent escalation in Kosovo demonstrates the US and the EU have adopted a dangerous strategy of appeasing expansionist Belgrade. In 1989, as Slobodan Milosevic seized power in Belgrade, he imposed a new constitutional regime on Kosovo and turned the region into a veritable police state with ethnic Albanians stripped of virtually all civil liberties. In Serbia’s regime-aligned media, the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Efforts to defuse Kosovo crisis intensify amid more protests

Associated Press

ZVECAN, Kosovo — International efforts to defuse a crisis in Kosovo intensified Wednesday as ethnic Serbs held more protests in a northern town where recent clashes with NATO-led peacekeepers sparked fears of renewed conflict in the troubled region. Hundreds of Serbs repeated at a rally their demand for the withdrawal from northern Kosovo of the special police and ethnic Albanian …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Western Efforts To Defuse Kosovo Crisis Mount As Ethnic Serbs Rally Anew After NATO Clashes

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING ZVECAN, Kosovo — International efforts to defuse a crisis in Kosovo intensified Wednesday as ethnic Serbs held more protests in a northern town where clashes with NATO-led peacekeepers earlier this week left dozens injured and sparked fears of renewed conflict in the troubled region. Hundreds of Serbs repeated at a rally that they want the Kosovo special …

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1 year, 6 months ago

NATO to send an extra 700 troops to Kosovo amid rising tensions with ethnic Serbs

ABC

An additional 700 NATO troops will be sent to northern Kosovo to help quell violent protests after clashes with ethnic Serbs there left 30 international soldiers wounded. Key points: The announcement comes a day after 30 NATO soldiers were hurt in clashes Unrest has intensified since ethnic Albanian mayors took office in northern Kosovo's Serb-majority area Mr Stoltenberg condemned the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

NATO to send 700 more troops to Kosovo to help quell violent protests

Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo — NATO will send 700 more troops to northern Kosovo to help quell violent protests after clashes with ethnic Serbs there left 30 international soldiers wounded, the alliance announced Tuesday. In a video message issued Tuesday evening, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said the mayors elected on April 23 “are the only ones who have the legitimacy to …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Why did ethnic Serbs attack NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo? Here’s what we know

CNN

CNN — Dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured after they were attacked by ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, during protests over the installation of ethnically Albanian mayors. Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti said there had been a “threatening campaign orchestrated by Belgrade and executed through intimidation, pressure and blackmail by criminal groups.” After polls closed, election officials said only around …

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1 year, 6 months ago

NATO soldiers injured in Kosovo clashes with Serb protesters

Al Jazeera

Twenty-five soldiers were injured while blocking off four town halls as Serbs protested against ethnic Albanian mayors. Twenty-five soldiers from a NATO-led peacekeeping force were injured in clashes with Serb protesters while defending three town halls in northern Kosovo, while Serbia’s president put the army on the highest level of combat alert. The NATO-led peacekeeping Kosovo Force, or KFOR, condemned …

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1 year, 6 months ago

NATO urges Kosovo to ease tensions with Serbia after clashes

Al Jazeera

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has called on Pristina to de-escalate tensions after placing army on high alert. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has called on Kosovo to tone down tensions with Serbia, two days after clashes between Kosovan police and protesters who are opposed to Albanian mayors taking office in ethnic Serbian areas. In the wake of the latest unrest, Serbian …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Serbia, Kosovo leaders in EU-backed talks to normalize ties

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will convene the high-level meeting between Serbian President …

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1 year, 10 months ago

‘Partial independence’: Kosovo reflects on secession from Serbia

Al Jazeera

Independence 15 years ago was a dream come true, but building a future is taking longer than expected, Albanian Kosovars say. For Teuta Hadri, Kosovo’s declaration of independence on February 17, 2008 was “a century’s long dream”. “There was nothing else – death or freedom, because gave an oath to take the process to the end; nobody among us knew …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Europe's youngest country Kosovo now 15, but problems endure

The Independent

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1 year, 10 months ago

Kosovo marks 15 uneasy years of independence from Serbia

Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo is celebrating 15 years of independence with a month of celebrations starting Friday while still facing serious challenges with Serbia, which refuses to recognize the autonomy of its former province. Europe’s youngest country unilaterally declared independence from Serbia on Feb. 17, 2008, nearly nine years after a 78-day NATO bombing campaign in 1999 ended Belgrade’s bloody …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Kosovo marks 15 uneasy years of independence from Serbia

The Independent

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Kosovo shuts down 5 Serbian governing structures in the north and US reacts with alarm

Kosovo celebrates 25th anniversary of the withdrawal of Serbian forces after NATO bombing

EU reprimands Kosovo’s move to close down Serb bank branches over the use of the dinar currency

Senior US official travels to Kosovo to revive Kosovo-Serbia talks after tensions over currency

The European Union calls on Kosovo to delay requiring ethnic Serbians to use euros instead of dinars

Kosovo will impose the use of the euro in minority Serb areas, concerning Western powers

EU envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to step up normalization efforts before the bloc’s June elections

Kosovo remembers 45 people killed in 1999 and denounces Serbia for not apologizing

Kosovo mourns a slain police officer, some Serb gunmen remain at large after a siege at a monastery

Why Kosovo’s standoff with Serbs continues 15 years after statehood

Kosovo to partially withdraw special police officers from northern Serb-majority municipalities

The West has lost the plot in the Balkans

Efforts to defuse Kosovo crisis intensify amid more protests

Western Efforts To Defuse Kosovo Crisis Mount As Ethnic Serbs Rally Anew After NATO Clashes

NATO to send an extra 700 troops to Kosovo amid rising tensions with ethnic Serbs

NATO to send 700 more troops to Kosovo to help quell violent protests

Why did ethnic Serbs attack NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo? Here’s what we know

NATO soldiers injured in Kosovo clashes with Serb protesters

NATO urges Kosovo to ease tensions with Serbia after clashes

Serbia, Kosovo leaders in EU-backed talks to normalize ties

‘Partial independence’: Kosovo reflects on secession from Serbia

Europe's youngest country Kosovo now 15, but problems endure

Kosovo marks 15 uneasy years of independence from Serbia

Kosovo marks 15 uneasy years of independence from Serbia