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NATO sends more troops to Kosovo

British soldiers have arrived as reinforcements for the KFOR peacekeeping mission. Some 200 British soldiers landed in Kosovo on Friday to reinforce the NATO contingent...

Djokovic declares ‘Kosovo is Serbia’

The tennis star has called for a halt to violence after NATO troops clashed with Serb demonstrators in the breakaway province. Novak Djokovic celebrates after...

Serbia ‘urgently’ moving army to Kosovo frontier – minister

Belgrade’s move was triggered by the latest clashes in the breakaway province of Kosovo. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has placed the national armed forces on...

‘George Washington of Kosovo’ goes on trial for war crimes

Hashim Thaci and three other ethnic Albanian separatist leaders face an EU tribunal in The Hague. Kosovo Liberation Army leader Hashim Thaci pleaded not guilty...

Calls of ‘treason’ as Serbian parliament debates Kosovo

President Vucic is caught between pro-NATO parties and nationalists accusing him of treason. Several members of the Serbian parliament scuffled and almost came to blows...

Kosovo Leader Condemns Shooting by Albanian Who Injured Serb Youths

The leader of Kosovo condemned on Friday the shooting of two Serbian youths by an Albanian that marred the Orthodox Christmas Eve and brought...

Two Serbs shot in Kosovo Christmas Eve attack

An ethnic Albanian is suspected of a drive-by shooting on the Orthodox holiday. Ethnic Serbs blocked a major road in the south of Kosovo on...

Another state ready to revoke recognition of Kosovo – Serbia

The total number of countries that have done so is now at ten, according to Belgrade. The number of nations that have signaled their readiness...

Kosovo ban on Orthodox patriarch ‘disgrace’ for West – Serbian president

Patriarch Porfirije compared the incident to trying to prevent the Pope ”from entering the Vatican”. The decision by Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian government to block the...

Watch: Kosovo ‘seizes’ Serb municipality – Belgrade

The breakaway province’s authorities swore in unelected ethnic Albanians to run North Mitrovica. Ethnic Albanian officials loyal to Pristina have taken over the largest Serb...

Serbia slams German ‘absurdity’

Top officials in Belgrade and Berlin have clashed over Kosovo tensions. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has dismissed Belgrade’s plan to request the deployment of...

Serbia ‘pushed to the wall’ – president

The nation is facing a “difficult night,” Aleksandar Vucic said amid a standoff in northern Kosovo. Serbia has found itself in an extremely tough situation,...

Serbia to seek troop deployment in Kosovo

As ethnic Albanian forces crack down on the province’s Serb minority, Belgrade expects NATO to ignore its concerns. Serbia will request that its forces be...

Kosovan special police ‘occupy’ majority Serb city – Belgrade

Between 300-350 officers are said to have entered Kosovska Mitrovica. Hundreds of police loyal to the ethnic Albanian authorities in Pristina were deployed on Thursday...

Serbia rejects Western proposal on Kosovo

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic revealed that Paris and Berlin had called on Belgrade to recognize the breakaway region as a UN member. Serbia has turned...

Serbs resign en masse from official posts in Kosovo

Ethnic Serb police officers, lawmakers, and other government employees walked out in solidarity with a fired officer. Dozens of ethnic Serb government employees in the...

Seven nations ready to revoke recognition of Kosovo – Belgrade

President Vucic called this an achievement of Serbian diplomacy. Belgrade has convinced seven nations to withdraw their recognition of Kosovo, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic claimed...

Serbia-Kosovo deal reached

The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell has announced an agreement on the freedom of movement between Belgrade and Pristina. Serbia and Kosovo have reached an...

Trump’s Kosovo envoy slams US over crisis

Richard Grenell blames leftist “fascist” Kosovo PM for tensions, calls out the State Department for backing him. Richard Grenell, who negotiated a Kosovo-Serbia deal under...

Why are Serbia and Kosovo on the brink of war again?

A conflict frozen for two decades could erupt again as a consequence of the new systemic Cold War in Europe. Tensions between Belgrade and Pristina...

NATO force on alert amid Kosovo tensions

Units of the NATO-led KFOR have been spotted in the north of Kosovo region amid tensions between Belgrade and Pristina. The NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR)...

Students killed in Kosovo bus shooting

Three people, including at least one teenage student, were killed in the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo when one or several gunmen opened fire...

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