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Kosovo closes two of four border crossings with Serbia after protests
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kosovo closes two of four border crossings with Serbia after protests

Al Jazeera  

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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Bosnian Serbs stage protests in support of their separatist leader
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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No breakthrough after EU summons Kosovo and Serbia leaders for emergency talks
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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Serbia opens proceedings against arrested Kosovo policemen, ignoring US call for their release.
1 year, 6 months ago

Serbia opens proceedings against arrested Kosovo policemen, ignoring US call for their release.

Associated Press  

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian prosecutors on Friday opened legal proceedings against three Kosovo police officers arrested earlier this week, defying U.S. and other demands for their immediate and unconditional release. The United States on Thursday joined calls from the European Union and other Western countries on both Kosovo and Belgrade to “take immediate steps to deescalate tensions.” “That includes the …

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Explained | What is the Kosovo-Serbia conflict all about? Why have tensions flared again?
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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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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Western Efforts To Defuse Kosovo Crisis Mount As Ethnic Serbs Rally Anew After NATO Clashes
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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NATO to send an extra 700 troops to Kosovo amid rising tensions with ethnic Serbs
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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NATO to send 700 more troops to Kosovo to help quell violent protests
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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Why did ethnic Serbs attack NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo? Here’s what we know
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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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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Kosovo delays planned Serbian border rules after tensions rise
2 years, 4 months ago

Kosovo delays planned Serbian border rules after tensions rise

Al Jazeera  

Tensions arise after Pristina asks people entering Kosovo with Serbian IDs will have to replace them with a temporary document during their stay. Kosovo’s government has postponed for a month the implementation of new border rules that sparked tensions in the north of the country where ethnic Serbs blocked roads and unknown gunmen fired on police. The latest tensions came …

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