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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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

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

Serbia’s Vucic to boycott EU summit with Western Balkan leaders

The Serbian president has been outraged by the appointment of Kosovo’s minister to ethnic groups.

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Kosovo's PM expects final deal with Serbia early next year

Kosovo and Serbia will reach a final deal to normalise relations before spring 2023, Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti told parliament on Thursday, a day after the European Union brokered a deal to end a car licence plate dispute.

Reuters

‘Giant step forward’: Kosovo, Serbia reach deal on vehicle plates

Kosovo, Serbia agree to end a row over vehicle licence plates that the West had warned could trigger ethnic violence.

Al Jazeera

EU official: Kosovo, Serbia reach a deal on vehicle plates

The European Union’s top diplomat says Kosovo and Serbia have reached a deal on a dispute over vehicle number plates, defusing rising tension between the two Western Balkan neighbors

The Independent UK

Fears Kosovo-Serbia number plate row could spark violence

Tensions rise over plans to fine ethnic Serbs in Kosovo who refuse to surrender Belgrade-issued plates

The Guardian - UK

Kosovo delays fining Serb drivers for 2 days after U.S. request

Kosovo has postponed for another 48 hours its plan to fine drivers who continue using Serbian-issued car license plates, after a U.S. request for a delay due to the West's fears that fines may trigger ethnic violence.

Reuters

EU raises alarm over escalating Serbia, Kosovo car plates dispute

The Balkans neighbours are at odds over Pristina’s move to match Belgrade’s ban on Kosovo licence plates.

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EU warns of escalating Serbia, Kosovo car plates dispute

The European Union on Monday warned of "escalation and violence" after emergency talks between Kosovo and Serbia failed to resolve their long-running dispute over car licence plates used by the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo.

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EU police patrol Kosovo's north after Serb officers quit

European Union police officers are undertaking patrols in northern Kosovo after some 600 police officers from the Serb minority quit over a car licence plate row that the West fears may trigger fresh ethnic violence.

The Independent UK

Kosovo accuses Serbia of trying to destabilize country

Kosovo has accused neighboring Serbia of trying to destabilize the country through pressuring members of the ethnic Serb community to resign from their posts for not accepting Pristina’s decision to change illegal vehicle license plates

Reuters

Kosovo accuses Serbia of sabotage by backing Serbs who quit jobs

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti accused Belgrade of trying to destabilise Kosovo by supporting Serbs who work as police officers and in the public sector quitting over Pristina's order to use Kosovo vehicle licence plates not those issued by Serbia.

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Kosovan Serbs leave state jobs in protest over car plates issue

Serbs in northern Kosovo said they’re quitting jobs at state institutions such as police and judiciary in protest over a government order that all citizens must use car license plates issued by Kosovan authorities.

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Al Jazeera

Serbs in northern Kosovo quit state jobs in licence plate protest

The long-running licence plate row is stoking ethnic tensions between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo.

The Independent UK

Kosovo's ethnic Serb police, lawmakers resign en masse

Representatives of the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo have resigned from their posts to protest the dismissal of a senior Serb police officer who did not respect the government’s decision to change vehicle license plates

Reuters

Kosovo backs off from Serb car plate rule after West warnings

Kosovo said it will delay a rule to confiscate cars owned by ethnic Serbs who refuse to use local car plates following criticism by Western countries that such a move may aggravate ethnic tensions.

Reuters

Kosovo will not delay Serb car plate rule despite calls by West

Kosovo will defy calls by Western countries for a 10-month delay in the implementation a rule under which ethnic Serbs switch their car licence plates to local ones, Kosovo's prime minister said on Tuesday, in a move that could aggravate ethnic tensions.

Reuters

Kosovo says it foiled plot to assassinate prime minister in 2021

The government of Kosovo said on Monday it had foiled a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Albin Kurti in 2021, partially confirming a report by an Albanian television station.

Reuters

Serbian PM says willing to compromise during landmark Kosovo visit

Serbia's Ana Brnabic expressed willingness to compromise on Monday during her first visit to Kosovo since becoming prime minister almost five years ago, a day after Germany and France appealed to Serbia and Kosovo to resolve a flare-up in tension.

Reuters

Kosovo pushes ahead with car licensing rule resisted by Serbs

Dozens of U.S. NATO peacekeepers patrolled northern Kosovo on Thursday to preserve calm after Pristina announced that around 50,000 ethnic Serbs in the region would have to switch their car license plates to local ones within two months.

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