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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kosovo closes two of four border crossings with Serbia after protests

Kosovo’s Interior Ministry blamed the closures on ‘masked extremists’ blocking traffic into Serbia. Kosovo has closed two of its four border crossings with Serbia, the government said, after protesters on the Serbian side blocked roads and turned away passengers carrying Kosovo documents. The closures at the Brnjak and Merdare crossings – both located in Kosovo’s northern region with a majority …

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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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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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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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11 months, 1 week 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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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

NATO beefs up its Kosovo force as the US worries about a buildup of Serb troops in the area

Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo — NATO announced Friday that it is beefing up its troop presence in Kosovo after four people were killed in a weekend shootout and as the U.S. expressed concern about a buildup of Serbian forces along the border of its former territory. NATO, which leads the KFOR peacekeeping force there, said Friday that extra U.K. troops would be …

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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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1 year, 2 months ago

What is behind renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo?

Associated Press

BELGRADE, Serbia — Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew over the weekend when some 30 heavily armed Serbs barricaded themselves in an Orthodox monastery in northern Kosovo, setting off a daylong gunbattle with police that left one officer and three attackers dead. Kosovo’s majority ethnic Albanians, most of whom are Muslim, meanwhile, view Kosovo as their country and accuse …

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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

Kosovo demands Serbia hand over escaped Serb gunmen after deadly shootout

Al Jazeera

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 …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Does the West still want a democratic Kosovo?

Al Jazeera

If the West is still serious about Kosovo’s sovereignty and the security of the region, it ought to act like it. Recent Kosovo-Serbia tensions culminated in Serbia “arresting” three Kosovo police officers without a clear cause, an act that Kosovo called a “kidnapping” and “foreign aggression” within Kosovo’s borders. Yet for the sake of stability and to bring Serbia under …

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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, 5 months ago

Kosovo’s prime minister offers to hold new elections in tense Serb-majority municipalities

Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo’s prime minister offered Thursday to hold new mayoral elections in four Serb-majority municipalities and reduce police there in an effort to defuse tensions with neighboring Serbia that flared anew last month. Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo boycotted mayoral elections in the four municipalities in April as part of a campaign for greater autonomy, and they now …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Explained | What is the Kosovo-Serbia conflict all about? Why have tensions flared again?

The Hindu

The story so far: In the aftermath of one of the worst escalation of tensions between Kosovo and Serbia in at least a decade, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization last week sent 700 more of its peacekeeping troops to Kosovo. Currently, an ethnic Serb minority of more than 50,000 resides in multiple municipalities in the northern part of Kosovo bordering …

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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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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

Explained: Why tensions between Kosovo and Serbia are getting worse

Firstpost

There are fears of a huge escalation as tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared up again this week after Kosovo’s police attacked Serb-dominated districts in the region’s north and seized local municipality buildings. Clashes erupt between police and local Serbs in northern Kosovo after new ethnic Albanian mayors take office. Last Friday, newly elected ethnic Albanian mayors moved into their …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Djokovic draws criticism from Kosovo tennis federation for comments at French Open

The Hindu

Novak Djokovic has drawn criticism from Kosovo's tennis federation — but not from French Open organisers — after offering his thoughts on clashes in northern Kosovo between ethnic Serbs and police and NATO peacekeepers. Kosovo's tennis federation said Tuesday that Djokovic's comments were "deplorable" because he was stoking tensions between Serbia and Kosovo. NATO said on Tuesday it will send …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Kosovo prime minister says he will not surrender country to Serbian ‘fascist militia’ after clashes in north

CNN

CNN — Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti told CNN on Tuesday that he would not surrender the country to what he described as a Serbian “fascist militia,” following violent protests in its north over the installation of ethnically Albanian mayors in a disputed election. “The Government of Kosovo’s decision to force access to municipal buildings sharply and unnecessarily escalated tensions,” …

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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

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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Kosovo closes two of four border crossings with Serbia after protests

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

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

Kosovo will conduct nationwide census that includes surveying ethnic Serb minority

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

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

NATO beefs up its Kosovo force as the US worries about a buildup of Serb troops in the area

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

What is behind renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo?

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

Kosovo demands Serbia hand over escaped Serb gunmen after deadly shootout

Does the West still want a democratic Kosovo?

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

Kosovo’s prime minister offers to hold new elections in tense Serb-majority municipalities

Explained | What is the Kosovo-Serbia conflict all about? Why have tensions flared again?

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

Efforts to defuse Kosovo crisis intensify amid more protests

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

Explained: Why tensions between Kosovo and Serbia are getting worse

Djokovic draws criticism from Kosovo tennis federation for comments at French Open

Kosovo prime minister says he will not surrender country to Serbian ‘fascist militia’ after clashes in north

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

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