The Latest Breaking News from Albin Kurti

Kosovo backs off from Serb car plate rule after West warnings

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.

Reuters · Oct 28, 2022

Kosovo will not delay Serb car plate rule despite calls by West

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.

Reuters · Oct 25, 2022

Kosovo says it foiled plot to assassinate prime minister in 2021

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.

Reuters · Sep 19, 2022

Envoys from EU, U.S., meet Kosovo Serbs as differences resurface

European Union and U.S. envoys met officials in Kosovo's ethnically divided city of Kosovska Mitrovica on Thursday as longstanding differences between Belgrade and Pristina flared again, triggered by a dispute over car number plates.

Reuters · Aug 25, 2022

Serbia warns it will protect Kosovo Serbs if NATO doesn't

Serbia’s president has called on NATO to “do their job” in Kosovo or he says Serbia will have to protect its minority in the breakaway province

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2022

EU to host Kosovo and Serbia for crunch talks as tensions grow in Balkans

WARTIME rivals Serbia and Kosovo are to hold high-level crisis talks today, which the EU mediators hope will de-escalate growing tension in the…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 18, 2022

EU to host Serbia-Kosovo talks in Brussels amid tensions

Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo will hold high-level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022

Kosovo PM says tensions with Serbs in north could escalate, warns of possible new conflict

Kosovo is prepared to stand against a possible attack by Serbia as worsening strife with minority Serbs could result in a new armed conflict, Prime Minister Albin Kurti told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday.

Reuters · Aug 10, 2022

What’s behind the renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo?

Ethnic Serbs in Kosovo have protested against new identity document and car registration plate requirements.

Al Jazeera · Aug 4, 2022

Kosovo delays measure stirring tensions with minority Serbs

Kosovo’s authorities have postponed a decision to implement a law on vehicle license plates and identity documents after minority Serbs rioted by blocking roads,  turning on air raid sirens and firing their guns into the air

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022