The Latest Breaking News from Belgrade

Kosovo's prime minister offers to hold new elections in tense Serb-majority municipalities

Kosovo’s prime minister is offering to hold new mayoral elections in four Serb-majority municipalities in an effort to defuse tensions with neighboring Serbia that flared anew last month

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2023

Serbia releases 3 Kosovo police officers whose arrest fueled tensions between the Balkan foes

A Serbian court has ordered the release of three police officers from Kosovo who were detained earlier this month

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2023

Serbia again threatens armed intervention in Kosovo as tension escalates

Serbia on Friday reiterated a threat to intervene militarily in its former province of Kosovo if NATO-led peacekeepers there fail to protect minority Serbs from what Belgrade called the terrorist threat of Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian authorities

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023

Tens of thousands rally against Serbia's populist leader, warn of protest 'radicalization'

Tens of thousands of protesters formed a ring around Serbia’s government headquarters in downtown Belgrade on Friday, demanding the resignation of the country’s populist president, top security officials and the “liberation” of pro-state TV stations that they say promote violence, all in the wake of two mass shootings that stunned…

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2023

Kosovo complains of biased western envoys in talks with its former foe Serbia

Kosovo’s prime minister has complained of bias against his country from the United States and the European Union and tolerance of what he calls Serbia’s authoritarian regime

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

Fears simmer as an interethnic conflict brews in Kosovo

Residents say they are worried political tensions could impact community relations and imperil security in Kosovo.

Al Jazeera · Jun 8, 2023

‘We’ve never felt free of Serbia’: Kosovan Albanians blame Belgrade for violence

As a new wave of violence hits northern Kosovo, one of the mayors whose election sparked Serb anger says criminal gangs are leading the ‘revolt’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023

Tens of thousands gather in Serbia's anti-government protest

Tens of thousands of Serbs joined an anti-government protest in Belgrade on Saturday, blaming a culture of violence for the deaths of 18 people in two mass shootings and calling on the interior minister to resign.

Reuters · Jun 3, 2023

Protesters back on the streets of Belgrade as president ignores calls to stand down

Thousands of people have rallied for a fifth time in a month after two mass shootings in Serbia that shook the nation, even as the country’s populist president rejected any responsibility and ignored their demands to step down

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2023

Macron and Scholz urge Kosovo to hold fresh elections to ease Serbia tensions

Serbian and Kosovan leaders invited to impromptu talks in Moldova after unrest over polls boycotted by Serbs

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2023