The Latest Breaking News from Kosovo

Anti-western sentiment in Serbia is not rooted in support for Putin

Letter: Serbians remember their suffering under international sanctions and resent western support for Kosovo’s independence, writes Aleks Eror

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022

Serb policemen quit jobs in anti-Kosovo protest

Kosovo Serb policemen who work in the Jarinje and Brnjak border posts in the north of the country resigned on Sunday in protest over Pristina's order to use Kosovo vehicle licence plates instead of those issued by Serbia.

Reuters · Nov 6, 2022

Ethnic Serbs rally in Kosovo after leaving jobs in protest

Several thousand ethnic Serbs have rallied in Kosovo as a dispute over vehicle license plates heightened ongoing tensions between Serbia and its former province

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2022

Kosovo suspends Serb police commander as ethnic tensions mount

Kosovo's interior minister said a regional Serb police commander was suspended on Thursday for refusing to support Pristina's legal drive to make minority Serbs replace old pre-independence car number plates with Kosovo state plates.

Reuters · Nov 3, 2022

Germany’s Scholz urges Western Balkans to resolve conflicts

Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes appeal for unity at summit with regional leaders in Berlin.

Al Jazeera · Nov 3, 2022

Serbia says drones enter its airspace from Kosovo amid rise in tensions

Several drones have entered Serbian airspace from Kosovo over the past three days, Serbia's defence minister said on Wednesday amid heightened tensions between Belgrade and its ex-province, which won independence after a guerrilla uprising.

Reuters · Nov 2, 2022

Serbia must choose between EU and Russia, says Germany

Country’s military placed on high alert because of mounting tensions in Kosovo

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022

Kosovo should give Serbs more time to change car plates, EU says

The European Union urged Kosovo on Saturday to allow for a longer transition period phasing out old Serbian license plates still in use by the ethnic Serb minority in the country.

Reuters · Oct 29, 2022

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

EU leader tours Western Balkans and Serbia to seek more influence

The European Union is in the midst of yet another goodwill trip through the Western Balkans to drum up support for the bloc and to make sure that Europe's historical tinderbox is not about to pick the side of hostile Russia or strategic rival China in the world of geopolitics.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 28, 2022