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Serbia to request permission to deploy its troops in Kosovo

The Serbian government will ask the NATO peacekeeper commander to allow the country to send up to 1,000 police and army personnel to Kosovo, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday.

Reuters

Kosovo submits formal request to join the EU, Serbia angry

Kosovo’s prime minister has formally submitted his country’s application to be granted candidacy status for membership in the European Union, a first step in a long process to eventual membership

The Independent UK

Tensions in north Kosovo – whose agenda does the flare-up serve?

Ethnic fractures in the Western Balkans, including in Kosovo’s Serb-populated area, create trouble for the EU and US.

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Kosovo formally applies to join EU

Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti submitted a bid for Kosovo to join the European Union on Thursday, launching a process that could take years, if not decades, and is dependent on it normalising relations with neighbouring Serbia.

Reuters

Kosovo leaders sign application request to join EU

Kosovo’s leaders on Wednesday signed a formal application seeking the status of candidate for membership in the European Union

The Independent UK

U.S., EU envoys urge Kosovo and Serbia not to fuel violence

Envoys from the European Union and the United States have called on Kosovo and Serbia to remain calm and not fuel an ongoing ethnic crisis in Kosovo's north where local Serbs have erected barricades to prevent police movement.

Reuters

Kosovo, facing some opposition, to apply this week to join EU

Kosovo will apply to join the European Union this week, Prime Minister Albin Kurti said on Tuesday, a process that is expected to take years if not decades and is dependent on its normalising relations with Serbia.

Reuters

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EXPLAINER: Why do Kosovo-Serbia tensions persist?

Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew during the past week after Serbs erected barricades on the main roads in the north of the former Serbian province to protest the arrest of a former Kosovo Serb police officer

The Independent UK

Rivian Opens Tech Center In Serbia Where It Plans To Employ 1,200

Serbia may not seem like the most obvious choice for a Rivian Tech center, but the company is confident, as is the country's president.

InsideEVs

EU's Borrell urges Kosovo and Serbia to de-escalate after latest clashes

Kosovo and Serbia must de-escalate a tense situation in the region, the European Union's foreign policy chief said, after Serb protesters in northern Kosovo blocked main roads for a third day on Monday.

Reuters

Serbia's president says Belgrade seeks to deescalate situation in Kosovo

Serbia demands the release of all arrested Serbs from northern Kosovo, but also seeks to defuse tensions there following tensions in the restive region, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday.

Reuters

Serbia’s Vucic says will ask NATO permission to deploy troops in Kosovo as tensions flare

Kosovo Serbs and local police exchanged gunfire on Saturday after a flareup of tensions in the volatile northern part of Kosovo. Elections that were due to take place next Sunday have been moved to April, and Serbia's president said he would ask NATO's peacekeeping mission to allow him to deploy…

France 24

Serbs in Kosovo clash with police as ethnic tensions flare

Serb protesters in northern Kosovo blocked main roads for a second day on Sunday following a nighttime exchange of fire with police after the arrest of a former Serb policeman, amid rising tensions between authorities and Kosovo's Serb minority.

Reuters

Kosovo postpones local election in ethnic-Serb-dominated north

The election was due as ethnic Serb representatives resigned to protest a ban on Serbia-issued vehicle licence plates.

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The Independent UK

Tense overnight violence in north Kosovo, Serbs block roads

Kosovo police and the local media have reported explosions, shooting and road blocks over night in the north of the country, where the majority of the population is ethnic Serb

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Kosovo police exchange gunfire with local Serbs blocking roads to protest officer's arrest

Kosovo Serbs and the country's police exchange gunfire after a flare-up of tensions in the volatile northern part of the country.

Al Jazeera

Serbia’s Vucic seeks NATO approval to send forces to north Kosovo

Serbian president said he was under ‘no illusion’ that NATO would agree to his request amid tension in northern Kosovo.

Reuters

Serbia to ask NATO to deploy Serb military, police in Kosovo - Vucic

Serbia will ask NATO peacekeepers to let it deploy Serbian military and police in Kosovo, in line with the provisions of a UN Security Council resolution which ended a war there in 1999, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday.

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The Independent UK

Kosovo postpones election in ethnic-Serb-dominated north

Kosovo has postponed a local election due to be held Dec. 18 in four municipalities with a predominantly ethnic Serb population, in an effort to defuse recent tensions there that have also caused relations with neighboring Serbia to deteriorate further

The Independent UK

Officer injured in shooting amid tension in northern Kosovo

Kosovo police say armed men fired guns from a vehicle, injuring one officer

Reuters

Kosovo police officer wounded in volatile northern region

A police patrol was attacked on Thursday in Kosovo's volatile north, injuring an officer, two hours after police troops were sent in the region in an attempt to replace hundreds of Serb cops who resigned last month over a car plate dispute.

Al Jazeera

FIFA fines Croatia over fans’ abuse of Canadian goalkeeper

Penalty from world football’s governing body comes 48 hours before Croatia face Brazil in the World Cup quarter-finals.

Daily Mirror

Granit Xhaka's dad hits out at journalist after criticism over "disgraceful" gesture

Arsenal star Granit Xhaka was at the centre of a number of fiery bust-ups during Switzerland's win over Serbia in their final group game of the World Cup last week

Irish Mirror

Ireland physio shares tale of Evan Ferguson recovery from Neymar-style injury

Neymar feared his World Cup was over when he suffered an ankle sprain in Brazil's opener against Serbia - but the Samba star's compatriot sped up Evan Ferguson's recovery from a similar injury in September.

Reuters

EU drafts new proposal for Kosovo-Serbia ties - senior EU diplomat

The European Union has drafted a new proposal for normalisation of ties between Kosovo and Serbia with a clear timeline of actions, according to a senior EU diplomat, speaking on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans summit on Tuesday.

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