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The Latest Breaking News from Kosovo

NATO says it is ready to step up forces if Serbia-Kosovo tensions escalate

NATO will increase its peacekeeping force in Kosovo if there is an escalation of tensions with neighbouring Serbia, the alliance's chief said on Wednesday on the eve of EU-facilitated talks between the estranged western Balkan neighbours.

Reuters

EU to host Serbia-Kosovo talks in Brussels amid tensions

Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo will hold high-level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans

The Independent UK

Kosovo stops import of electricity and begins energy rationing

Power blackouts after wholesale prices soar as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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Kosovo starts power cuts as a result of energy crisis

Kosovo’s energy distribution company, KEDS, said it would start power cuts at 8 a.m. on Monday because of a lack of domestic production and high import prices.“Consumers will have six hours on and two hours off,” KEDS spokesperson Viktor Buzhala told Reuters. The company did not say when the cuts…

Reuters

Kosovo PM says tensions with Serbs in north could escalate, warns of possible new conflict

Kosovo is prepared to stand against a possible attack by Serbia as worsening strife with minority Serbs could result in a new armed conflict, Prime Minister Albin Kurti told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday.

Reuters

Dua Lipa receives title of honorary ambassador of Kosovo as she visits country for Sunny Hill Festival

‘The youth of Kosovo deserves the right to visa liberalisation, freedom to travel and to dream big,’ singer wrote

The Independent UK

Kosovo detains Russian journalist at the border

Kosovo's interior minister said on Saturday it has arrested a Russian journalist at the border on suspicion that she could be a spy, and security authorities were searching "for her intentions."The country's interior minister Xhelal Svecla named the journalist as Daria Aslamova."Many countries have proven that she was engaged in…

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Kosovo police patrol attacked in volatile north

Kosovo police said one of their patrols close to the Serbian border came under fire on Saturday, in an area of the country marred by ethnic disputes and smuggling activities.

Reuters

Serbia, Kosovo leaders to discuss tensions at Brussels Aug. 18 meeting

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo will meet in Brussels on Aug. 18 to discuss a flare-up of tensions between the neighbouring western Balkan nations, the European Union's executive said on Friday.

Reuters

What’s behind the renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo?

Ethnic Serbs in Kosovo have protested against new identity document and car registration plate requirements.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine starts pullout of peacekeepers from Kosovo - report

Ukraine will start the pullout of its peacekeepers from the NATO-led mission in Kosovo, the RBK-Ukraine news portal reported on Wednesday citing sources from Ukraine's military command.

Reuters

Ukraine war: Nato and the EU can turn Kosovo border crisis into an opportunity to put more pressure on Russia

An old dispute over a decision by the government of Kosovo in September 2021 to enforce the use of Kosovo-issued licence plates for Serbs in the northern municipalities – rather than allowing them to continue to use plates issued by the Serbian government in Belgrade – has flared up again…

The Conversation

Kosovo delays measure stirring tensions with minority Serbs

Kosovo’s authorities have postponed a decision to implement a law on vehicle license plates and identity documents after minority Serbs rioted by blocking roads, turning on air raid sirens and firing their guns into the air

The Independent UK

NATO peacekeepers oversee removal of roadblocks in Kosovo

NATO-led peacekeepers backed by helicopters on Monday oversaw the removal of roadblocks protesters had set up in Kosovo, where political tensions have flared more than two decades since a NATO campaign of airstrikes drove out Serbian forces.

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Kosovo delays planned Serbian border rules after tensions rise

Tensions arise after Pristina asks people entering Kosovo with Serbian IDs to replace them with a temporary document.

Reuters

EU's Borrell welcome Kosovo's decision to delay measures

The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday welcomed the Kosovo government's move to delay its plan to require Serbs to register for new license plates issued by Pristina to Sept 1.

The Independent UK

Nato ‘prepared to intervene’ amid rising tensions between Serbia and Kosovo

Alliance says it will take ‘whatever measures are necessary’ to secure peace in region

Reuters

Kosovo government postpones its plan for volatile north after tensions heightened

The Kosovo government postponed implementation of a decision that would oblige Serbs in the north of the country to apply for car license plates issued by Pristina institutions over tensions between police and local communities that set roadblocks.

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The Conversation

Russia's influence in the Balkans is growing just as the region's fragile peace is threatened

The EU continues to keep Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia on the waiting list to join, despite the possibility that the region could shift closer to Russia.

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Dignity at the Margins: Exploring Kosovo Through a Taiwanese Lens

Like Taiwan, Kosovo is a partially recognized country—but what does that mean for everyday life? When statehood falls into question, the mundane becomes less so.

The Guardian - UK

Foreign Office to pay £423,000 to whistleblowing lawyer who lost job

FCDO continues to rebut claims by Maria Bamieh, who says she was told to ignore evidence of EU corruption

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Western Balkans' promised EU future still hazy

European Union leaders will seek to offer support this week to six Western Balkan nations that have long been knocking at the bloc’s doors

Reuters

Balkans losing hope of progress on EU membership

In Kosovo, which has been waiting for visa-free travel to the European Union since 2010, a restaurant owner has erected a large replica of France's famed Eiffel Tower for its diners.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Child-Refugee-Turned Artist Showcases War Traumas in Exhibition

Petrit Halilaj, 36, knows war very well because he lived it as a child refugee in Kosovo. The visual artist showcases his experience with drawings that art lovers can currently explore at an exhibition in Paris. Halilaj was thirteen when he became a refugee due to the armed conflict between…

The Independent UK

Festival founded by Dua Lipa's father returns to Kosovo

Kosovo’s central and local authorities have joined forces to bring back home an international music festival founded by the father of singer-songwriter Dua Lipa which organizers had moved following a dispute

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