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EU says Serbia, Kosovo settle dispute over identity documents

Serbia and Kosovo have settled an ethnic dispute over the movement of citizens across their border, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Saturday.

Reuters

Serbia's leader says EuroPride won't happen due to threats

Serbia's president says the country won’t allow a pan-European LGBTQ Pride event to take place in its capital next month

The Independent UK

Serbian president nominates Ana Brnabic to serve as PM once again

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Saturday nominated Ana Brnabic to serve another term as prime minister and to lead a new government through a time of war in Europe, global energy and inflation crises and tensions with Kosovo.

Reuters

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Number plate row fuels Kosovo's ethnic tensions as Serbia seeks more talks

Mediated talks over the status of ethnic Serbs in Kosovo have failed to ease tensions - fuelled by a dispute over car number plates - between Belgrade and authorities in Pristina, Serbia's president said on Friday.

Reuters

US, EU envoys meet with Serbian president on Kosovo

U.S. and European Union envoys have met with Serbia’s president as they seek to defuse tensions with Kosovo after a meeting last week in Brussels ended with no agreement on a dispute between the former Balkan war foes

The Independent UK

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

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

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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)

Serbia's Vucic expects difficult talks with Kosovo, but emphasises need for stability

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he expected difficult talks with Kosovo's Prime minister on Thursday because the western Balkan neighbours disagree on almost everything but said peace and stability were crucially important.

Reuters

NATO says it is ready to step up forces if Serbia-Kosovo tensions escalate

NATO will increase its peacekeeping force in Kosovo if there is an escalation of tensions with neighbouring Serbia, the alliance's chief said on Wednesday on the eve of EU-facilitated talks between the estranged western Balkan neighbours.

Reuters

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

Kosovo stops import of electricity and begins energy rationing

Power blackouts after wholesale prices soar as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Kosovo starts power cuts as a result of energy crisis

Kosovo’s energy distribution company, KEDS, said it would start power cuts at 8 a.m. on Monday because of a lack of domestic production and high import prices.“Consumers will have six hours on and two hours off,” KEDS spokesperson Viktor Buzhala told Reuters. The company did not say when the cuts…

Reuters

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.

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Dua Lipa receives title of honorary ambassador of Kosovo as she visits country for Sunny Hill Festival

‘The youth of Kosovo deserves the right to visa liberalisation, freedom to travel and to dream big,’ singer wrote

Reuters

Kosovo detains Russian journalist at the border

Kosovo's interior minister said on Saturday it has arrested a Russian journalist at the border on suspicion that she could be a spy, and security authorities were searching "for her intentions."The country's interior minister Xhelal Svecla named the journalist as Daria Aslamova."Many countries have proven that she was engaged in…

Reuters

Kosovo police patrol attacked in volatile north

Kosovo police said one of their patrols close to the Serbian border came under fire on Saturday, in an area of the country marred by ethnic disputes and smuggling activities.

Reuters

Serbia, Kosovo leaders to discuss tensions at Brussels Aug. 18 meeting

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo will meet in Brussels on Aug. 18 to discuss a flare-up of tensions between the neighbouring western Balkan nations, the European Union's executive said on Friday.

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Al Jazeera

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.

Reuters

Ukraine starts pullout of peacekeepers from Kosovo - report

Ukraine will start the pullout of its peacekeepers from the NATO-led mission in Kosovo, the RBK-Ukraine news portal reported on Wednesday citing sources from Ukraine's military command.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: Nato and the EU can turn Kosovo border crisis into an opportunity to put more pressure on Russia

An old dispute over a decision by the government of Kosovo in September 2021 to enforce the use of Kosovo-issued licence plates for Serbs in the northern municipalities – rather than allowing them to continue to use plates issued by the Serbian government in Belgrade – has flared up again…

The Independent UK

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

Reuters

NATO peacekeepers oversee removal of roadblocks in Kosovo

NATO-led peacekeepers backed by helicopters on Monday oversaw the removal of roadblocks protesters had set up in Kosovo, where political tensions have flared more than two decades since a NATO campaign of airstrikes drove out Serbian forces.

Al Jazeera

Kosovo delays planned Serbian border rules after tensions rise

Tensions arise after Pristina asks people entering Kosovo with Serbian IDs to replace them with a temporary document.

Reuters

EU's Borrell welcome Kosovo's decision to delay measures

The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday welcomed the Kosovo government's move to delay its plan to require Serbs to register for new license plates issued by Pristina to Sept 1.

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