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What is behind renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo?
1 year, 3 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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Why Kosovo’s standoff with Serbs continues 15 years after statehood
1 year, 3 months ago

Why Kosovo’s standoff with Serbs continues 15 years after statehood

Al Jazeera  

Kosovo declared independence in 2008, but Serbia still formally deems Kosovo to be part of its territory. Unrest in the region intensified when ethnic Albanian mayors took office in northern Kosovo’s Serb-majority area after April elections the Serbs boycotted, a move that led the United States and its allies to rebuke Pristina. Last December, Serbs in north Kosovo erected multiple …

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Brawl erupts in Kosovo’s parliament during PM’s speech on defusing tensions with Serbs | WATCH
1 year, 5 months ago

Brawl erupts in Kosovo’s parliament during PM’s speech on defusing tensions with Serbs | WATCH

India TV News  

A brawl erupted in the Kosovo parliament on Thursday after an opposition lawmaker threw water on Prime Minister Albin Kurti while he was speaking about government measures to defuse tensions with ethnic Serbs in the country’s north. On Wednesday, Kurti announced he would reduce the number of special police officers stationed outside four municipal buildings in ethnic Serb-majority areas in …

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Brawl erupts in Kosovo’s parliament during prime minister’s speech on defusing tensions with Serbs
1 year, 5 months ago

Brawl erupts in Kosovo’s parliament during prime minister’s speech on defusing tensions with Serbs

Associated Press  

PRISTINA, Kosovo — A brawl erupted in the Kosovo parliament on Thursday after an opposition lawmaker threw water on Prime Minister Albin Kurti while he was speaking about government measures to defuse tensions with ethnic Serbs in the country’s north. On Wednesday, Kurti announced he would reduce the number of special police officers stationed outside four municipal buildings in ethnic …

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Why do Kosovo-Serbia tensions persist?
1 year, 6 months ago

Why do Kosovo-Serbia tensions persist?

Associated Press  

BELGRADE, Serbia — Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew this week after Kosovo’s police raided Serb-dominated areas in the region’s north and seized local municipality buildings. Serbia raised the combat readiness of its troops stationed near the border and warned it wouldn’t stand by if Serbs in Kosovo were attacked again. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday the alliance …

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Explained: Why tensions between Kosovo and Serbia are getting worse
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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