The Latest Breaking News from Serbia

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 · Dec 12, 2022

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 · Dec 12, 2022

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 · Dec 12, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2022

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.

ABC News · Dec 11, 2022

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.

Al Jazeera · Dec 11, 2022

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.

Reuters · Dec 10, 2022

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 · Dec 10, 2022

Officer injured in shooting amid tension in northern Kosovo

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

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022

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.

Reuters · Dec 9, 2022