Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in capital Pristina, Kosovo, Feb 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) PRISTINA – Kosovo's prime minister Albin Kurti said on Monday he accepted a proposed European Union plan aimed at normalizing relations with Serbia despite concerns over Western demands to give more rights […]
Italian soldiers serving in a NATO-led international peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR) patrol near a road barricade set up in the divided town of Mitrovica on Dec 29, 2022. (STRINGER / AFP) MITROVICA, Kosovo – Kosovo re-opened its biggest border crossing with Serbia on Thursday, hours after protesting Serbs in its north promised to remove […]
A pedestrian walks past a new road barricade set up in the divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo on Dec 28, 2022. (ARMEND NIMANI / AFP) MITROVICA, Kosovo – Kosovo Serbs who have been blocking roads in northern Kosovo for 19 days have agreed to start removing barricades from Thursday morning, bowing to calls by the United […]
Members of the Italian Armed Forces, part of the NATO peacekeepers mission in Kosovo, stand guard near a roadblock in Rudare, near the northern part of the ethnically-divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Dec 28, 2022.( FLORION GOGA / REUTERS) PRISTINA — Kosovo closed its biggest border crossing on Wednesday after protesters blocked it on the […]
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic talks to the press as he arrives for the EU-Western Balkans summit in Tirana, on Dec 6, 2022. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) BELGRADE – 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 […]
A driver removes a sticker covering the national markings on his car plates at the Jarinje border crossing, Kosovo, Sept 1, 2022. (OGNEN TEOFILOVSKI / REUTERS) PRISTINA – Kosovo and Serbia reached a deal on Wednesday to end a nearly two-year dispute over car license plates in northern Kosovo, which the West had warned could […]
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell answers journalists during a Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Nov 14, 2022. (JOHN THYS / AFP) BRUSSELS – Serbia and Kosovo have failed to reach an agreement on a long-standing dispute over car license plates, […]
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters in Belgrade, Serbia, Jan 11, 2022. (ZORANA JEVTIC / REUTERS) BELGRADE – The Serbian parliament elected the new government led by Prime Minister Ana Brnabic here on Wednesday. Brnabic vowed that Serbia will continue with its European integration process, while also […]
CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo – NATO has brought in reserve troops assigned to its KFOR peacekeeping mission to Kosovo for training, one of the mission commanders said, as a deadline approaches in a spat between the Serbian minority and the government that may spark fresh unrest. KFOR's regional commander east, Colonel Christopher Samulski, told reporters the […]
Kosovo Albanians ride their bikes along the Ibar River bridge in the town of Mitrovica, on Aug 26, 2022. Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo soared late last month when Kosovo's government declared that Serb-issued identity documents and vehicle license plates would no longer be valid in Kosovo's territory, just as Kosovo-issued ones are not valid […]
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell gives a statement after Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue at the EU headquarters EEAS building in Brussels on Aug 18, 2022. (JOHN THYS / AFP) BRUSSELS – A high-level meeting between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo's head of government Albin Kurti in Brussels on Thursday […]