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UN approves resolution to commemorate 1995 Srebrenica genocide

General Assembly votes to create memorial day despite fierce opposition from Bosnian Serbs and Serbia. The United Nations General Assembly has voted to establish an annual day of remembrance for the 1995 Srebrenica genocide despite furious opposition from Bosnian Serbs and Serbia. In a letter sent Sunday to all UN delegations, Serbian charge d’affaires Sasa Mart warned that raising “historically …

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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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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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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

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

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Kosovo’s president says Serb investigators are dragging their feet over attacks on NATO peacekeepers

Associated Press

BRUSSELS — Kosovo’s president on Thursday accused Serbian investigators of dragging their feet over an inquiry into attacks on NATO peacekeepers earlier this year in which dozens of troops and police officers were injured, some of them seriously. President Vjosa Osmani also called on European Union officials to refrain from showing any favoritism in talks next week aimed at improving …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Bosnian Serbs stage protests in support of their separatist leader

Associated Press

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Hundreds of Bosnian Serbs waved flags of Serbia and Russia and banners of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday as they staged a protest in support of their separatist leader who seeks union with neighboring Serbia. The protests were held at the unmarked internal border in Bosnia that separates the country into two entities — the Bosnian …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Serbia to ignore US sanctions against Bosnian Serbs accused of undermining deal that ended the war

The Independent

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1 year, 4 months ago

Serbia to ignore US sanctions against Bosnian Serbs accused of undermining deal that ended the war

Associated Press

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Serbia will ignore U.S. sanctions recently imposed on top Bosnian Serb officials for undermining a 1995 peace agreement that ended a war that left more than 100,000 dead and millions homeless, the Serbian president said Friday. “It is hard, but that’s the only possible decision.” The four Bosnian Serb officials sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury on …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Serbia to seek meeting with NATO chief, UN Security Council session on Kosovo tensions

Associated Press

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s president on Thursday accused Kosovo of carrying out “silent ethnic cleansing” of Serbs and said his country will seek a meeting with NATO’s chief and an urgent session of United Nations Security Council to demand their protection. “Serbian people have been cornered.” Vucic said he will urge the meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg next …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Dutch and Luxembourg PMs urge Serbia and Kosovo to defuse tensions under shadow of war in Ukraine

Associated Press

BELGRADE, Serbia — The prime ministers of the Netherlands and Luxembourg on Monday urged Serbia and Kosovo to act to defuse recent tensions that have threatened to push the Balkan region into instability as Europe faces Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. “We cannot, both of us, emphasize enough how important it is that both Serbia and Kosovo take steps toward de-escalation …

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1 year, 6 months ago

No breakthrough after EU summons Kosovo and Serbia leaders for emergency talks

Associated Press

BRUSSELS — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo made no breakthrough in EU-hosted emergency talks on Thursday aimed at defusing tensions around their border. “I think the two leaders understand the severity of the situation,” Borrell said after hours of talks each with Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. Borrell conceded that they have “different interpretations …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Kosovo tightens security at border with Serbia in row over detained police officers

Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo said Thursday it would tighten security at the border with Serbia as the two states traded accusations of sending armed men into each other’s territory and disputed the details of Serbia’s seizure of three Kosovo policemen. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic reiterated his country’s position Thursday that the Kosovo police officers were arrested deep inside Serbia and …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Kosovo says 3 border police officers ‘kidnapped’ by Serbia; Belgrade says they crossed illegally

Associated Press

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian authorities said Wednesday they captured three “fully armed” Kosovo police officers inside Serbia near their mutual border, while Kosovo officials said the trio were “kidnapped” on Kosovo territory as they patrolled the area. Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said the “kidnapping” of the police officers represents an “act of aggression aimed at escalating and destabilizing” his …

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1 year, 6 months ago

NATO soldiers on guard in Kosovo Serb town after clashes

The Hindu

Dozens of NATO troops secured a municipal building in the Kosovo town of Zvecan on May 30, a day after 30 NATO soldiers and 52 Serb protesters were injured in clashes that EU and NATO officials said were unacceptable as they urged calm. The area's majority Serbs have never accepted Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia, and consider Belgrade …

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1 year, 6 months ago

‘Kosovo is the heart of Serbia’: Serbian tennis star Djokovic

Al Jazeera

Novak Djokovic reflects on the tensions between Serbia and Kosovo following his first match at the French Open. Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has sparked a controversy at the French Open after writing a message on the recent flare-up between Serbia and Kosovo. The tension started after Serbs boycotted last month’s local elections held in northern Kosovo, where Serbs are …

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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, 9 months ago

Montenegro’s president dissolves parliament as election nears

Al Jazeera

Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic has issued a decree to dissolve parliament, days before a presidential election. Montenegro’s political turmoil has worsened since the parliamentary elections in 2020, in which Djukanovic’s Democratic Party of Socialists suffered a historic defeat by a church-backed coalition. Although Montenegro’s president has a largely ceremonial role, analysts see Sunday’s vote as a potential turning point in …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Serbia slams Russia’s Wagner Group for Ukraine recruitment

Al Jazeera

Serbian President Vucic denounces Russian websites and social media groups for calling on volunteers to join the mercenary force. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has condemned Russian mercenary force Wagner for trying to recruit soldiers from his country after the group ran a local media The criticism marks a rare public rebuke from the Serbian leader towards Russia – a steadfast …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Bosnian Serbs award Putin with medal of honor

Associated Press

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The Bosnian Serb separatist leader on Sunday awarded Russian President Vladimir Putin with the highest medal of honor for his “patriotic concern and love” for the Serb-controlled half of Bosnia. “Putin is responsible for developing and strengthening cooperation and political and friendly relations between RS and Russia,” the Bosnian Serb president, Milorad Dodik, said at the awards …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Bosnian Serbs award Putin with medal of honor

The Independent

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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

Serbian troops on Kosovo border in state of ‘combat readiness’

Al Jazeera

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has ordered that ‘all measures be taken to protect the Serbian people in Kosovo’. Serbia has placed its security forces on the border with Kosovo in a “full state of combat readiness”, senior officials have said, amid increasingly strained relations with its neighbour and despite calls by the European Union and NATO for tensions to ease …

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UN approves resolution to commemorate 1995 Srebrenica genocide

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

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

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

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’s president says Serb investigators are dragging their feet over attacks on NATO peacekeepers

Bosnian Serbs stage protests in support of their separatist leader

Serbia to ignore US sanctions against Bosnian Serbs accused of undermining deal that ended the war

Serbia to ignore US sanctions against Bosnian Serbs accused of undermining deal that ended the war

Serbia to seek meeting with NATO chief, UN Security Council session on Kosovo tensions

Dutch and Luxembourg PMs urge Serbia and Kosovo to defuse tensions under shadow of war in Ukraine

No breakthrough after EU summons Kosovo and Serbia leaders for emergency talks

Kosovo tightens security at border with Serbia in row over detained police officers

Kosovo says 3 border police officers ‘kidnapped’ by Serbia; Belgrade says they crossed illegally

NATO soldiers on guard in Kosovo Serb town after clashes

‘Kosovo is the heart of Serbia’: Serbian tennis star Djokovic

NATO soldiers injured in Kosovo clashes with Serb protesters

Montenegro’s president dissolves parliament as election nears

Serbia slams Russia’s Wagner Group for Ukraine recruitment

Bosnian Serbs award Putin with medal of honor

Bosnian Serbs award Putin with medal of honor

Protesting Serbs in northern Kosovo start removing barricades

Serbian troops on Kosovo border in state of ‘combat readiness’