US peacekeepers ready to prevent violence in north Kosovo, commander says
By Fatos Bytyci LEPOSAVIC, Kosovo (Reuters) – U.S. peacekeeping troops in Kosovo are well equipped and stand ready to prevent violence in the country’s ethnically divided north, often the scene of armed…
NATO examining permanent increase of troops in Kosovo -Stoltenberg
PRISTINA (Reuters) -NATO is looking into a more permanent increase in the number of troops in the Western Balkans to keep tensions under control, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. The…
Kosovo leader calls on Spain to back EU measures against Serbia
GRANADA, Spain (Reuters) – Kosovo’s president called on Thursday for Spain – the biggest EU state to withhold recognition of Kosovo’s independence – to join other countries backing measures to punish Serbia…
Kosovo demands Serbia withdraw troops from border
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo on Saturday demanded that Serbia withdraw its troops from their common border, saying it was ready to protect its territorial integrity. Tensions between the two countries have been…
US monitoring large Serbian force along Kosovo border -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is monitoring a troubling Serbian military deployment along the border of Kosovo that is destabilizing the area, the White House said on Friday and called for…
Kosovo Serb politician admits role in gun battle that killed four
BELGRADE (Reuters) – A top Kosovo Serb politician, Milan Radoicic, on Friday admitted to taking part in a gun battle with police in Serb-dominated northern Kosovo that killed four people. Kosovo police…
Exclusive-Serbia to investigate killing of policeman in northern Kosovo – Vucic
By Ivana Sekularac and Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia will investigate the events that led to a gunbattle at a monastery in northern Kosovo that Pristina has blamed on Belgrade, President…
Brawl erupts at Kosovo parliament after lawmaker throws water on PM
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Fistfights broke out at the Kosovo parliament and water was thrown on the prime minister after a heated three-day public debate over an audio recording between a ruling party…
Kosovo and Serbia show no progress in defusing tensions -NATO
By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA (Reuters) – A senior NATO official said on Wednesday Kosovo and Serbia had not heeded international calls to take steps to de-escalating tensions involving ethnic Serbs in Kosovo’s…
Bill Clinton tells Kosovo: stop ‘foolishness’ in Serb-majority north
TIRANA (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, largely credited for ending the Kosovo war more than two decades ago, on Monday told Kosovo’s government to stop its actions in the Serb…
On Albania visit, Bill Clinton meets Clintons and Hillarys of Kosovo
By Fatos Bytyci and Florion Goga TIRANA (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Monday met 12 children and men from Kosovo who were named after him in gratitude for his…
No breakthrough as EU’s Borrell holds crisis talks with Kosovo, Serbia leaders
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell proposed steps to end weeks of violence in predominantly Serb areas of northern Kosovo to the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia on Thursday,…
US says Kosovo and Serbia must both take immediate steps to de-escalate tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Thursday said Kosovo and Serbia must both take immediate steps to de-escalate tensions, which includes the unconditional release of three Kosovo police officers detained…
Biden aide expressed concern in calls with Kosovo, Serbia leaders
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior aide to U.S. President Joe Biden expressed concern about events in northern Kosovo in calls with Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar…
Kosovo opposition blames PM Kurti for worsening relations with West over unrest in north
By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo opposition parties on Friday blamed Prime Minister Albin Kurti for worsening relations with Western allies over violence in the north in which NATO peacekeepers were…
NATO ready to deploy even more troops to quell unrest in Kosovo – Stoltenberg
OSLO (Reuters) – NATO is prepared to deploy more troops to Kosovo to quell violence in the ethnically polarized north, the alliance’s chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday, adding that the first…
Serbia, Kosovo reach agreement to implement EU-backed deal normalising ties
By Fatos Bytyci OHRID, North Macedonia (Reuters) -Kosovo and Serbia have reached an agreement on implementing a European Union-backed deal to normalise ties, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said late on…
U.S. urges Kosovo to back peace deal and form group of Serb municipalities
PRISTINA (Reuters) – The United States ambassador to Kosovo on Tuesday urged Pristina to press ahead with forming an association of Serb municipalities and help complete an EU-brokered peace deal with its…
Kosovo re-opens border crossings after Serbs remove roadblocks
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo opened two border crossings with Serbia in the volatile north on Friday, following three weeks of closure after Serbs set up roadblocks to protest against the government in…
Serbia to request permission to deploy its troops in Kosovo
BELGRADE (Reuters) – The Serbian government will ask the NATO peacekeeper commander to allow the country to send up to 1,000 police and army personnel to Kosovo, President Aleksandar Vucic said on…
Kosovo Calls For NATO Intervention As Violent Protests Stoke Decades Of Hostilities
Kosovo Calls For NATO Intervention As Violent Protests Stoke Decades Of Hostilities Micaela Burrow on December 12, 2022 The prime minister of Kosovo called for the activation of a multinational peacekeeping force…
Serbia’s president says Belgrade seeks to deescalate situation in Kosovo
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia demands the release of all arrested Serbs from northern Kosovo, but also seeks to defuse tensions there following tensions in the restive region, President Aleksandar Vucic said on…
Kosovo suspends Serb police commander as ethnic tensions mount
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo’s interior minister said a regional Serb police commander was suspended on Thursday for refusing to support Pristina’s legal drive to make minority Serbs replace old pre-independence car number…
Kosovo will not delay Serb car plate rule despite calls by West
PRISTINA/BELGRADE (Reuters) – Kosovo will defy calls by Western countries for a 10-month delay in the implementation a rule under which ethnic Serbs switch their car licence plates to local ones, Kosovo’s…
Prosecutors seek 35-year prison term for Kosovo ex-rebel accused of torture
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – War crimes prosecutors called on Monday for a former Kosovo Liberation Army guerrilla commander to be sentenced to 35 years in prison for allegedly running a “torture chamber”…
Explainer: Why ethnic tensions are flaring again in northern Kosovo
NPRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo will begin on Thursday a two-month implementation period for a controversial move to oblige Serbs, mainly those living in the northern part of the Balkan nation, bordering Serbia,…
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