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The Latest Breaking News from Kosovo

Serbia to hold snap elections as president calls for country to be ‘united’

President Aleksandar Vucic announced December polls amid mounting political pressure from domestic critics and EU.

Al Jazeera

Serbia’s president dissolves parliament and calls early election

Aleksandar Vučić’s party won last vote less than two years ago but has been under pressure over ties with Kosovo and shootings in May

The Guardian - UK

Serbia’s president dissolves parliament and sets date for early legislative vote – as it happened

Aleksandar Vučić sets election for 17 December as Europe and US keep close eye on region amid concerns between Serbia and Kosovo

The Guardian - UK

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'Border checks won't prevent terrorism or extremism': Croatian PM Plenkovic

Talking Europe hosts Andrej Plenkovic, the prime minister of Croatia. We unpack the dense agenda of the October 26-27 EU Council and debrief the summit's conclusions on the Israel-Hamas war, particularly the call for "humanitarian corridors and pauses" to ensure aid to the Palestinians in Gaza. We also discuss developments…

France 24

Vain generals, mix-ups and Elvis: Kosovan play turns peace talks into farce

Jeton Neziraj’s Negotiating Peace is a frenzied comedy drawing on Bosnian and Kosovan wars

The Guardian - UK

European Union to press the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo to set decades of enmity behind them

The European Union is ramping up political pressure on Serbia and Kosovo to normalize their relations

The Independent UK

Kosovo's premier claims a Serbian criminal gang with government links was behind a September flareup

Kosovo’s prime minister is claiming that a criminal gang from northern Serbia with alleged links to the Belgrade government was behind a September attack in Kosovo that killed a police officer and involved a daylong gunbattle with Kosovo police that left three gunmen dead

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London's best Balkan restaurants, from Mystic Burek to the Lacy Nook

Giulia Crouch heads out in search of the capital's best Balkan treats, from baklava to burek and beyond

Evening Standard

EU and US envoys urge Kosovo and Serbia to resume dialogue in order to defuse tensions

The envoys of the European Union and the United States are urging Kosovo and Serbia to resume their dialogue on normalizing relations before the bitter tensions between the two nations result in more violence

The Independent UK

Kosovo and Serbia in crisis talks as regional tension escalates thanks to Russian meddling

Kosovo’s prime minister, Albin Kurti, and Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vučić, are scheduled to meet this weekend for the first time since Nato decided to send about 600 more peacekeeping troops into the Balkans early in October to mitigate some of the region’s growing tensions.

The Conversation

EU enlargement: Are candidate countries and the EU on track?

In this debate we delve into the latest tensions between Serbia and Kosovo, and discuss how they could affect the efforts of the Western Balkan countries to come closer to the European Union. We also look at what is happening around Ukraine's efforts to join the EU, and what signals…

France 24

The EU Has Failed in Serbia and Kosovo

As violence flares, Washington has shown it has influence, while Brussels’s policies have shown weakness.

Foreign Policy

Kosovo asks for more NATO-led peacekeepers along the border with Serbia

Kosovo’s prime minister has asked NATO-led peacekeepers to increase their presence on the northern border with Serbia, saying the area is the entry point for illegal weapons and threats to stability

The Independent UK

Martti Ahtisaari obituary

Finnish politician awarded the Nobel peace prize for his mediation work in Kosovo and Indonesia

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Kosovo and Serbia leaders to meet for talks after flurry of diplomacy

Discussions scheduled after intervention from foreign officials, after Kosovo previously urged sanctions on Serbia

The Conversation

How Serbia-Kosovo tensions hang like a spectre over the European Union

An armed band of Serb militants recently ambushed police in Kosovo. In the resulting firefight and retreat, four people — including a police officer — died from their wounds.

Radio France Internationale

EU - Balkan summit opens in Albania with 'greater convergence' on the agenda

Leaders from the Western Balkans and several European countries are meeting for an annual summit in the Albanian capital Tirana, with few concrete decisions expected amid heightened tensions across the region.

Al Jazeera

Finnish Nobel peace laureate Martti Ahtisaari dies at 86

Ahtisaari played a key role in negotiating peace in multiple countries, including Namibia, Kosovo and Indonesia.

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Martti Ahtisaari, ex-Finland president and Nobel peace laureate, dies aged 86

Tributes paid to former leader who oversaw his country’s vote to join EU and won Nobel peace prize in 2008

Radio France Internationale

Western Balkans' integration into EU in focus at Albania summit

French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Albania on Monday to attend the latest Berlin Process Summit, focusing on closer cooperation between the European Union and the Western Balkan countries. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Brussels is eager to strengthen its ranks, but significant barriers remain.

The Independent UK

European Union leaders to hold a summit with Western Balkans nations to discuss joining the bloc

Leaders from the European Union and the Western Balkans will hold an annual summit in Albania’s capital to discuss the path to membership in the bloc for the six countries of the region

The Independent UK

UEFA postpones Israel's game in Kosovo in European qualifying because players cannot travel abroad

UEFA has postponed Israel’s European Championship qualifying game against host Kosovo on Sunday

The Guardian - UK

Pressure mounts for Turkey and Hungary to ratify Swedish Nato bid – as it happened

At Nato meeting of foreign ministers, ongoing saga of Sweden’s bid to join organisation in spotlight again

The Guardian - UK

‘A climate of violence’: Serbian football ultras in spotlight after Kosovo monastery siege

Few places in the Balkans reveal the volatile ethnic politics of the region as much as stadiums

The Independent UK

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

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