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3 weeks, 3 days ago

8 arrested after blast disrupts Kosovo water and power supplies

PRISTINA, Kosovo — A powerful explosion damaged a water canal and temporarily cut water and power supplies to Kosovo’s cities, the prime minister said Saturday, blaming groups supported by Serbia. Kurti blamed “official Belgrade and its criminal structures led by Milan Radoičić, supported by Serb institutions and Serbia President Aleksandar Vučić.” Radoičić, a politician and wealthy businessman with ties to …

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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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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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1 year, 2 months ago

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

The Independent

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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

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, 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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1 year, 11 months ago

NATO should renew its commitment to Kosovo

Al Jazeera

On December 10, ethnic Serbs started setting up roadblocks in northern Kosovo, near the Serbian border, to protest against the arrest of an ethnic Serb former police officer. The fragile relationship between the two neighbouring countries has been on the verge of collapse since last summer, when Kosovo’s government started taking steps to exercise sovereignty over the country’s entire territory. …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Kosovo-Serbia tensions: Mood on the ground, possible scenarios

Al Jazeera

Analysts say heightened friction in the Balkans may serve the Kremlin’s interests but cast doubt over a show of force by Moscow. The leadership in Belgrade accuses Kosovo’s government of plotting “terrorism against Serbs” in Serb-populated northern Kosovo. “I can’t imagine Serbia entering the north of Kosovo with either army or police, or both, because that would be a total …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Protesting Serbs in northern Kosovo start removing barricades

Al Jazeera

The removal of the roadblock paves the way for easing soaring tensions in the volatile region. Cars and trucks were queueing in front of the border point from the Serbian side where the roadblock was set up, the report said on Thursday, while Kosovo police confirmed the crossing was officially re-opened. It came hours after Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Kosovo minister sees Russian influence in growing Serbian tension

Al Jazeera

Kosova’s Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla has accused Serbia, under the influence of Russia, of attempting to destabilise his country by supporting the Serb minority in northern Kosovo who have blocked roads in an escalation of weeks of protests. Serbs in the ethnically-divided city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo erected new barricades on Tuesday, hours after Serbia said it had put …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Ethnic Serbs erect more roadblocks as tensions soar in Kosovo

Al Jazeera

Kosovo has demanded barriers erected by Serb protesters be removed while Serbia has put its army on high alert. Serbian Patriarch Porfirije said Kosovo “locked the door of his home”, adding: “I pray to God that he unlock the hearts of those who have closed it and that the love of Christmas and of the birth of the Saviour touch …

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2 years ago

Tensions in north Kosovo – whose agenda does the flare-up serve?

Al Jazeera

Ethnic fractures in the Western Balkans, including in Kosovo’s Serb-populated area, create trouble for the EU and US. “I am sure that the President of Serbia will keep in mind as he considers what sort of military steps – as unwise as they would be – he may be contemplating in northern Kosovo.” KFOR peacekeepers have played a critical role …

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2 years, 1 month ago

EU raises alarm over escalating Serbia, Kosovo car plates dispute

Al Jazeera

The Balkans neighbours are at odds over Pristina’s move to match Belgrade’s ban on Kosovo licence plates. The European Union’s foreign policy chief has warned of “escalation and violence” after emergency talks between Kosovo and Serbia failed to resolve their long-running dispute over car licence plates used by the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo. “I think that there is an …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Kosovo pauses Serbian car plate scheme after Brussels talks fail

Al Jazeera

The delay helps calm tensions in northern Kosovo, a day after EU-mediated talks between Belgrade and Pristina failed. Kosovo’s prime minister, accused by Brussels of scuppering talks to resolve a row over a scheme to replace Serbian car number plates, has delayed the plan for two days. The dispute erupted after Kosovo said the country’s ethnic Serbs would be penalised …

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8 arrested after blast disrupts Kosovo water and power supplies

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

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

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

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

Kosovo marks 15 uneasy years of independence from Serbia

Kosovo marks 15 uneasy years of independence from Serbia

NATO should renew its commitment to Kosovo

Kosovo-Serbia tensions: Mood on the ground, possible scenarios

Protesting Serbs in northern Kosovo start removing barricades

Kosovo minister sees Russian influence in growing Serbian tension

Ethnic Serbs erect more roadblocks as tensions soar in Kosovo

Tensions in north Kosovo – whose agenda does the flare-up serve?

EU raises alarm over escalating Serbia, Kosovo car plates dispute

Kosovo pauses Serbian car plate scheme after Brussels talks fail