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British soldiers guard Kosovo-Serbia border amid as situation remains tense
1 year ago

British soldiers guard Kosovo-Serbia border amid as situation remains tense

Firstpost  

Ethnic Serbs make up about five percent of the population of Kosovo; the majority reside in the north, rejecting Kosovo’s independence, and regard Belgrade as their capital. They have frequently battled with UN peacekeepers and the Kosovo police As part of a NATO peacekeeping mission being reinforced, British troops are patrolling the Kosovo-Serbia border out of worry that the former …

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Tensions in north Kosovo – whose agenda does the flare-up serve?
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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EU raises alarm over escalating Serbia, Kosovo car plates dispute
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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Serbs in northern Kosovo quit state jobs in licence plate protest
2 years, 1 month ago

Serbs in northern Kosovo quit state jobs in licence plate protest

Al Jazeera  

The long-running licence plate row is stoking ethnic tensions between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo. Minority Serbs in northern Kosovo say they are quitting their posts in state institutions, including the government, police and courts, to protest against the use of new vehicle licence plates issued by Pristina. The long-running licence plate row has stoked tensions between Serbia …

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Serbian PM says willing to compromise during first Kosovo visit
2 years, 3 months ago

Serbian PM says willing to compromise during first Kosovo visit

Al Jazeera  

Compromise needed for ‘normalisation of ties between Belgrade and Pristina’, Ana Brnabic says. Serbia’s Ana Brnabic has expressed willingness to compromise during her first visit to Kosovo since becoming prime minister almost five years ago, a day after Germany and France appealed to Serbia and Kosovo to resolve a flare-up in tension. During her first visit to Kosovo since she …

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Vladimir Putin could benefit if a row between Serbia and Kosovo over licence plates spills into another European conflict
2 years, 3 months ago

Vladimir Putin could benefit if a row between Serbia and Kosovo over licence plates spills into another European conflict

ABC  

Driving a faded blue taxi, Vojislav Miljkovic circles the north side of the bridge in Mitrovica, in northern Kosovo, looking for fares near the busy main square. The radio blares Serbian ballads as he passes Serbian signs and Although Mr Miljkovic lives and works in Kosovo's divided city of Mitrovica, he may as well be living in Serbia. Kosovo and …

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What’s behind the renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo?
2 years, 4 months ago

What’s behind the renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo?

Al Jazeera  

Ethnic Serbs in Kosovo have protested against new identity document and car registration plate requirements. Tension has flared between Kosovo’s ethnic Serbs and the government in Pristina – a worrying development 14 years after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. Kosovo proclaimed independence from Serbia in 2008 but ethnic Serbs who make up the majority in the northern region of the …

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Kosovo deploys police, Serbs protest amid border tension
3 years, 3 months ago

Kosovo deploys police, Serbs protest amid border tension

Al Jazeera  

Tensions have soared at the border between Kosovo and Serbia as Kosovo deployed additional police to implement a rule to remove Serbian licence plates from cars entering Kosovo, while Serbs protested the move. Serbia’s police have been taking off registration plates from Kosovo-registered cars entering Serbia for years, and the latest move by Kosovo authorities appears to be a tit-for-tat …

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