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Kosovo to start trial for Banjska attack by Serb group: Why it matters

The indictment charges 45 suspects with ‘terrorism’ in their alleged goal of annexing northern Kosovo to Serbia.

Al Jazeera

Kosovo lifts ban on entry of products from Serbia at the border

Kosovo’s government says it is lifting restrictions on trade from Serbia at one border crossing, , 16 months after it halted imports to prevent what it said could be hidden shipments of weapons for Serb separatists

The Independent UK

Kosovo's leader says Russia prevailing in Ukraine would threaten 25 years of peace in the Balkans

Kosovo's prime minister says that the Balkan region has enjoyed the greatest degree of peace, freedom and democracy in its history in the past 25 years

The Independent UK

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EU envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to resume efforts to normalize ties through talks

The European Union envoy for the Western Balkans has urged Kosovo and Serbia step up their efforts at normalization talks, saying these are decisive on their path toward membership into the bloc

The Independent UK

Kosovo's prime minister calls for fully reopening a bridge in Mitrovica. But the West is wary

Kosovo’s prime minister says that fully reopening a bridge in Mitrovica would be another step toward free movement and wasn’t a threat to anyone

The Independent UK

'Fed Up': Dinar Currency Ban Bites In Kosovo

In the central Kosovo town of Gracanica, posters advertising "10 euro return tickets" to Serbia flutter on the walls as ethnic Serbs wearily organise trips across the border to collect their pensions.

International Business Times

Kosovo Serbs Boycott Referendum On Ethnic Albanian Mayors

Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo boycott vote to remove Albanian mayors, impacting EU negotiations and facing tensions with Serbia.

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Kosovo's Serbs Hit By Lines, Limited Withdrawals After Currency Ban

Long lines snaked around banks in northern Kosovo on Wednesday, as ethnic Serbs waited to receive salaries and pensions in limited tranches following a government regulation targeting Serbia's dinar currency.

International Business Times

Kosovo Says Serbian Dinar 'Not Banned' But Only Euros Legal

The Serbian dinar is not officially "banned" in Kosovo, Prime Minister Albin Kurti told AFP on Wednesday, but he emphasised that only the euro is legal tender for commercial transactions.

International Business Times

Kosovo remembers 45 people killed in 1999 and denounces Serbia for not apologizing

Hundreds of people have gathered in a village in southern Kosovo to commemorate the 25th anniversary of a mass killing of 45 ethnic Albanians by Serb forces

The Independent UK

EU Visa-free Travel For Kosovo Enters Into Force

A long-awaited European Union's visa liberalisation scheme allowing Kosovo nationals to travel to Europe's borderless zone without a visa came into force on Monday with the first travellers hailing it as a great relief.

International Business Times

European Union to press the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo to set decades of enmity behind them

The European Union is ramping up political pressure on Serbia and Kosovo to normalize their relations

The Independent UK

Kosovo's premier claims a Serbian criminal gang with government links was behind a September flareup

Kosovo’s prime minister is claiming that a criminal gang from northern Serbia with alleged links to the Belgrade government was behind a September attack in Kosovo that killed a police officer and involved a daylong gunbattle with Kosovo police that left three gunmen dead

The Independent UK

EU and US envoys urge Kosovo and Serbia to resume dialogue in order to defuse tensions

The envoys of the European Union and the United States are urging Kosovo and Serbia to resume their dialogue on normalizing relations before the bitter tensions between the two nations result in more violence

The Independent UK

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The Conversation

Kosovo and Serbia in crisis talks as regional tension escalates thanks to Russian meddling

Kosovo’s prime minister, Albin Kurti, and Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vučić, are scheduled to meet this weekend for the first time since Nato decided to send about 600 more peacekeeping troops into the Balkans early in October to mitigate some of the region’s growing tensions.

Foreign Policy

The EU Has Failed in Serbia and Kosovo

As violence flares, Washington has shown it has influence, while Brussels’s policies have shown weakness.

The Independent UK

Kosovo asks for more NATO-led peacekeepers along the border with Serbia

Kosovo’s prime minister has asked NATO-led peacekeepers to increase their presence on the northern border with Serbia, saying the area is the entry point for illegal weapons and threats to stability

Al Jazeera

Analysis: Are Kosovo and Serbia on the brink of war?

An escalation into a conflict in the Western Balkans was averted but the likelihood of future flare-ups remains high.

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The Guardian - UK

Kosovo’s troubles may not have come to a head, but the crisis still festers

Swift western pressure on Serbia to step back from conflict does not resolve the chronic problems of Kosovo’s nationhood

Al Jazeera

Vucic ‘wants war’: Kosovo PM accuses Belgrade of inciting violence

Kosovo leader Albin Kurti alleges Serbian president aims to instigate a conflict with Kosovo; Vucic denies accusation.

Evening Standard

Britain to provide Nato with troops to support Kosovo amid tensions with Serbia

Britain has made a battalion of up to 650 troops available to a Nato peacekeeping force amid rising tensions between Serbia and Kosovo.

Al Jazeera

US concerned by large Serbian military mobilisation near Kosovo

United States urges Belgrade to stand down after deployment of Serbian tanks and artillery near Kosovo border.

The Guardian - UK

The flare-up of violence in Kosovo shows the folly of the west’s appeasement of Serbia

Unless the US and EU are tougher on Belgrade, Serbian nationalist attacks could destabilise the region, says political scientist and author Jasmin Mujanović

The Guardian - UK

Kosovo accuses Serbia of involvement in paramilitary ambush

Kosovo says group behind deadly clash with local police was armed by Serbia and sought to provoke partition

The Independent UK

Serbia demands that NATO takes over the policing of Kosovo's north after a deadly shootout

Serbia’s president has demanded that NATO-led troops stationed in Kosovo take over the security from Kosovo police in the north of the country

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