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Serbia demands new elections in tense north Kosovo as well as return of Serb police and judiciary
3 months, 1 week ago

Serbia demands new elections in tense north Kosovo as well as return of Serb police and judiciary

Associated Press  

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia on Friday demanded that an election be held and ethnic Serbs return to police and judiciary in a Serb-populated northern region of Kosovo where tensions have fueled fears of instability and new armed clashes. Populist President Aleksandar Vucic also called for the withdrawal of Kosovo’s special police from the region bordering Serbia that remains a flashpoint …

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EU reprimands Kosovo’s move to close down Serb bank branches over the use of the dinar currency
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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Kosovo shuts 6 Serb bank branches over use of the dinar currency in a move that could raise tensions
7 months ago

Kosovo shuts 6 Serb bank branches over use of the dinar currency in a move that could raise tensions

Associated Press  

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo police on Monday closed six branches of a Serbia-licensed bank in line with the decision on the ban of the use of the Serbian dinar currency in the country, a move that has raised tension with neighboring Serbia. Starting on Feb. 1, the government required areas dominated by the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo to adopt …

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Residents of four Serb-majority municipalities vote on removing Albanian mayors from office
8 months ago

Residents of four Serb-majority municipalities vote on removing Albanian mayors from office

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Residents of four Serb-majority municipalities …

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Kosovo will conduct nationwide census that includes surveying ethnic Serb minority
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Kosovo will conduct nationwide census that includes surveying ethnic Serb minority

The Hindu  

Kosovo's government began on April 5 its first nationwide census since 2011, which will include surveying the ethnic Serb minority in the north, at a time when tensions with neighbouring Serbia are high. Kosovo was a former Serbian province until a 78-day NATO bombing campaign in 1999 ended a war between Serbian government forces and ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo …

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Thousands of minority Serbs protest Kosovo’s decision to abolish the Serbian dinar
10 months, 1 week ago

Thousands of minority Serbs protest Kosovo’s decision to abolish the Serbian dinar

Associated Press  

MITROVICA, Kosovo — Thousands of minority Serbs in Kosovo on Monday protested a ban on the use of the Serbian currenc y in areas where they live, an issue that is proviking the latest crisis in relations between Serbia and Kosovo. Tensions escalated after the government of Kosovo, a former Serbian province, banned banks and other financial institutions in the …

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Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo spar at the UN over the latter’s ban of the Serbian dinar
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo spar at the UN over the latter’s ban of the Serbian dinar

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo sparred at the United Nations over the latter’s ban of the use of the Serbian currency in areas where minority Serbs live, the latest crisis between the two governments. He said it was “nothing more than another in a series of facts of persecution, and a systematic and widespread attack on …

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Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo spar at the UN over the latter's ban of the Serbian dinar
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo spar at the UN over the latter's ban of the Serbian dinar

The Independent  

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Serbia will seek a UN Security Council meeting over latest escalation of tensions with Kosovo
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Serbia will seek a UN Security Council meeting over latest escalation of tensions with Kosovo

Associated Press  

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia will seek an urgent U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss the escalation of tensions with its former province of Kosovo after its government decided to ban the use of the Serbian dinar and introduce the euro in areas where minority Serbs live, Serbia’s president said Friday. But parts of Kosovo’s north, populated mostly by ethnic Serbs, …

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Serbia will seek a UN Security Council meeting over latest escalation of tensions with Kosovo
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Serbia will seek a UN Security Council meeting over latest escalation of tensions with Kosovo

The Independent  

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Ethnic Serbs in Kosovo hold a petition drive in hopes of ousting 4 ethnic Albanian mayors
11 months ago

Ethnic Serbs in Kosovo hold a petition drive in hopes of ousting 4 ethnic Albanian mayors

Associated Press  

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo held a signature drive Wednesday in hopes of securing enough to oust four ethnic Albanian mayors whose elections last year sent tensions between Serbia and Kosovo soaring. The drive is expected to start soon Zvecan and Zubin Potok, two other municipalities in the north where most of Kosovo’s ethnic Serb minority lives. …

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Serbia demands that NATO take over policing of northern Kosovo after a deadly shootout
1 year, 2 months ago

Serbia demands that NATO take over policing of northern Kosovo after a deadly shootout

Associated Press  

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s president demanded Tuesday to have a NATO-led peacekeeping force take over for the national law enforcement agency in northern Kosovo after a daylong shootout between armed Serbs and Kosovar police left one officer and three gunmen dead. He said he wanted the NATO-led Kosovo Force, or KFOR, to take over “all the security matters in the …

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Kosovo mourns a slain police officer, some Serb gunmen remain at large after a siege at a monastery
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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Turkish forces arrive in Kosovo to bolster NATO-led peacekeepers after recent violence
1 year, 6 months ago

Turkish forces arrive in Kosovo to bolster NATO-led peacekeepers after recent violence

Associated Press  

ISTANBUL — A Turkish commando battalion requested by NATO has arrived in Kosovo to assist in quelling recent violent unrest in the Balkan country. The Turkish Defense Ministry shared a video Sunday showing troops wearing the insignia of the Kosovo Force, a NATO-led peacekeeping mission established in 1999, departing Turkey and arriving in Kosovo. I thank Turkey for sending reinforcements …

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Efforts to defuse Kosovo crisis intensify amid more protests
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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30 NATO Soldiers, 52 Serbs Injured In Ethnic Clashes With Kosovo As Troops Guard Newly Elected Mayors
1 year, 6 months ago

30 NATO Soldiers, 52 Serbs Injured In Ethnic Clashes With Kosovo As Troops Guard Newly Elected Mayors

ABP News  

The NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kosovo on Tuesday said its 30 soldiers were injured in fierce clashes with ethnic Serbs, reported Reuters. According to the report, the Serbs had tried to take over the offices of one of the municipalities in northern Kosovo where ethnic Albanian mayors took up their posts last week. Tensions escalated after ethnic Albanian mayors …

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25 NATO-led peacekeepers injured in Kosovo in clashes with Serbs outside municipal building
1 year, 6 months ago

25 NATO-led peacekeepers injured in Kosovo in clashes with Serbs outside municipal building

Associated Press  

ZVECAN, Kosovo — The NATO-led peacekeeping force said on Monday that 25 of its troops were injured in clashes with ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo after they tried to take over the offices of one of the municipalities where ethnic Albanian mayors took up their posts last week. He referred to the Albanian forces in the north Kosovo as “occupiers.” …

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Serbian border troops to maintain highest state of alert after ethnic clashes inside Kosovo
1 year, 6 months ago

Serbian border troops to maintain highest state of alert after ethnic clashes inside Kosovo

Associated Press  

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia on Saturday condemned NATO-led peacekeepers stationed in neighboring Kosovo for their alleged failure to stop “brutal actions” by Kosovo police against ethnic Serbs, and said that its armed forces stationed near the border will remain on the highest state of alert until further notice. Serbia’s top political and security leadership, led by President Aleksandar Vucic, met …

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Serbian border troops on high alert after ethnic clashes inside Kosovo
1 year, 6 months ago

Serbian border troops on high alert after ethnic clashes inside Kosovo

Associated Press  

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Serbian troops on the border with Kosovo were put on high alert Friday following clashes inside Kosovo between police and ethnic Serbs that injured more than a dozen people. Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, who are a majority in that part of the country, had tried to block recently-elected ethnic Albanian officials from entering municipal buildings earlier …

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Kosovo minister sees Russian influence in growing Serbian tension
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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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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Ethnic Serbs rally in Kosovo after leaving jobs in protest
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethnic Serbs rally in Kosovo after leaving jobs in protest

Associated Press  

MITROVICA, Kosovo — Several thousand ethnic Serbs rallied in Kosovo on Sunday as a dispute over vehicle license plates heightened ongoing tensions between Serbia and its former province. The government’s decision to gradually ban Serbia-issued license plates has angered Kosovo Serbs, most of whom do not recognize Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence. During Sunday’s protest in the northern Kosovo town …

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Kosovo’s ethnic Serb police, lawmakers resign en masse
2 years, 1 month ago

Kosovo’s ethnic Serb police, lawmakers resign en masse

Associated Press  

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Representatives of the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo on Saturday resigned from their posts in protest over the dismissal of a police officer who did not follow the government’s decision on vehicle license plates. Earlier this week Pristina authorities dismissed a senior Serb police officer in northern Kosovo, where most of the ethnic Serbs live, who refused …

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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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