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NATO equips peacekeeping force in Kosovo with heavier armament to have “combat power”

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The Independent UK

KFOR commander calls on Kosovo and Serbia to return to talks to prevent future violence

The NATO-led peacekeeping force has called on both Kosovo and Serbia to return to the negotiating table to resolve their issues to prevent violence like the recent shootout between masked Serb gunmen and Kosovo police that left four people dead and sent tensions soaring in the region

The Independent UK

Serbia says it has reduced army presence near Kosovo after US expressed concern over troop buildup

Serbia's top military officials say the army has reduced its troop presence near the border with Kosovo by nearly half, following follows reports from the U.S. and other governments of a mass military buildup

The Independent UK

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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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.

Al Jazeera

White House warns of ‘unprecedented’ Serbian troop buildup on Kosovo border

US calls for immediate withdrawal of forces as British troops sent to reinforce Nato peacekeeping force

The Guardian - US

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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

The Independent UK

Kosovar police surround a village after gunmen storm a monastery

At least 30 gunmen killed a Kosovar Albanian police officer then stormed an Orthodox monastery in Kosovo near its border with Serbia, setting off ongoing gunbattles that have left three assailants dead and raised tensions between the two former wartime foes as they seek to normalize ties.

France 24

Talks between Serbia and Kosovo break down again

EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell blames Kosovo for failing to implement a deal with Serbia on normalising relations.

Al Jazeera

Serbia and Kosovo leaders are in Brussels for talks. Getting them into the same room won't be easy

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo are holding a fresh round of meetings aimed at improving their strained relations

The Independent UK

Kosovo's president says Serb investigators are dragging their feet over attacks on NATO peacekeepers

Kosovo's president has accused Serbian investigators of dragging their feet over an inquiry into attacks on NATO peacekeepers

The Independent UK

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

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

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Al Jazeera

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.

Reuters

NATO says reinforcements arriving in Kosovo after clashes last week

Reinforcements for NATO's peacekeeping force have begun to arrive in Kosovo following last week's unrest in the north of the country, the alliance said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Turkish forces arrive in Kosovo to bolster NATO-led peacekeepers after recent violence

A Turkish commando battalion has arrived in Kosovo to assist in quelling recent violent unrest in the Balkan country

Reuters

NATO member Turkey to send troops to Kosovo amid unrest in the north

Turkey plans to send commandos to Kosovo on Sunday and Monday in response to a NATO request to join the alliance's KFOR peacekeeping force following unrest in the north of the country, the Turkish defence ministry said.

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Bangkok Post

Kosovo violence gives Nato, Europe another crisis

When Nato troops first entered Kosovo in June 1999 after 78 days of bombing, no one thought its Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeepers would still be trying to separate ethnic Albanians and ethnic Serbs 24 years later.

Radio France Internationale

Pressure mounts on Pristina as Serbs rally again in north Kosovo

Ethnic Serbs gathered again in a flashpoint town in Kosovo on Thursday at the site of clashes earlier this week with NATO-led soldiers in Kosovo, as international pressure mounts on Pristina to diffuse tensions.

Radio France Internationale

Macron says Kosovo bears 'responsibility' for tensions, NATO to up troops

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. Meanwhile NATO said it will increase its presence on the ground with 700 soldiers.

Bangkok Post

Djokovic storms into controversy, again

PARIS: After everything that Novak Djokovic had put himself through over the past few years, the French Open began with the possibility, finally, of a Grand Slam tournament free of drama.

The Guardian - UK

Kosovan PM says he could consider early elections in north if violence ends

US and EU rebuke Albin Kurti over his handling of recent clashes triggered by ethnic Albanian mayors taking office

The Conversation

Kosovo government must take most of the blame for the latest violence, but any long-term solution will require a constructive response from Serbia as well

Renewed violence in northern Kosovo reminds us that parts of the western Balkan region have a long way to go on the route to recovery from the wars of the 1990s that broke up the former Yugoslavia. Despite decades of western stabilisation efforts, the region remains mired in multiple inter-linked…

Al Jazeera

NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo set up barriers amid violent clashes

Tensions began after ethnic Albanian officials won a local election that was boycotted by ethnic Serbs.

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