The Latest Breaking News from Albin Kurti

Kosovo has postponed for another 48 hours its plan to fine drivers who continue using Serbian-issued car license plates, after a U.S. request for a delay due to the West's fears that fines may trigger ethnic violence.

The Balkans neighbours are at odds over Pristina’s move to match Belgrade’s ban on Kosovo licence plates.

Serbs in northern Kosovo said they’re quitting jobs at state institutions such as police and judiciary in protest over a government order that all citizens must use car license plates issued by Kosovan authorities.

The long-running licence plate row is stoking ethnic tensions between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo.

Representatives of the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo have resigned from their posts to protest the dismissal of a senior Serb police officer who did not respect the government’s decision to change vehicle license plates

Kosovo said it will delay a rule to confiscate cars owned by ethnic Serbs who refuse to use local car plates following criticism by Western countries that such a move may aggravate ethnic tensions.

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 prime minister said on Tuesday, in a move that could aggravate ethnic tensions.

The government of Kosovo said on Monday it had foiled a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Albin Kurti in 2021, partially confirming a report by an Albanian television station.

Serbia's Ana Brnabic expressed willingness to compromise on Monday during her first visit to Kosovo since becoming prime minister almost five years ago, a day after Germany and France appealed to Serbia and Kosovo to resolve a flare-up in tension.