Kosovo
1 Jun
Ethnic Serbs gathered again in a flashpoint town in north Kosovo on Thursday at the site of clashes earlier this week with NATO-led forces, as Washington urged both Belgrade and Pristina to diffuse tensions. In the northern town of Zvecan, some 70 protesters -- significantly fewer than crowds seen on previous days -- rallied outside…
31 May
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said Kosovo officials bore "responsibility" following clashes this week over local election results that left more than 80 people injured. "It is very clear that Kosovar authorities bear responsibility for the current situation and there is non-compliance with an agreement that was nevertheless important, and which was secured just…
30 May
NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday condemned attacks against the alliance's forces in Kosovo, after 30 of its peacekeepers were injured in clashes with ethnic Serb protesters.
18 Mar
Kosovo and Serbia leaders gathered Saturday for the latest round of EU-led talks, as the long-time rivals come under increasing pressure to strike a deal to normalise ties.
28 Dec
Kosovo closed its biggest border crossing with Serbia, police said Wednesday, after Serbs set up more barricades on their side in one of the region's worst crises in years. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, but Belgrade has refused to recognise it and encouraged Kosovo's 120,000 ethnic Serbs to defy Pristina's authority -- especially…
28 Dec
The European Union and the United States urged Kosovo and Serbia Wednesday to take "immediate" steps to deescalate tensions amid mounting unrest in their border region. "The European Union and the United States of America are concerned about the continued tense situation in the north of Kosovo," they said in a joint statement. "We call…
1 Nov 2022
While one aspect of the parameter believed in multilateralism, Trump believed in unilateralism. While one aspect of the parameter believed in pacta sunt servanda— the sanctity of agreements
1 Aug 2022
Kosovo's government late Sunday 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.
25 Mar 2022
Thousands of Serbs on Friday protested against Kosovo's refusal to let them vote in next month's elections in neighbouring Serbia.
5 Apr 2021
Before parliament had even finished voting her into office, Kosovo's new President Vjosa Osmani was already the apparent target of sexist remarks from an MP and professor
22 Dec 2020
Kosovo was preparing for a snap poll Tuesday after its top court annulled a vote that installed Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti, fuelling further turmoil in the crisis-hit democracy.
9 Nov 2020
Kosovo's former president Hashim Thaci pleaded not guilty to war crimes charges in the 1990s war against Serbia as he appeared for the first time at a special international court in The Hague on Monday.