A bus driver and two passengers were killed on Friday when unknown assailants attacked the bus they were traveling on in the ethnic Albanian-majority village of Glodjane in the municipality of Decani, localnews site Koha reported. Besnik Ibraj, Chief of Emergency in the nearby city of Pec, confirmed three deaths, while …
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Grenell, who was Trump’s acting director of national intelligence and special envoy for Serbia-Kosovo talks, held a press conference on Thursday at Merdare, a “border crossing” between the Balkans state and its renegade province. Kosovo, which was occupied by NATO after the 1999 air war, declared independence in 2008 with …
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“We do not recognize the ‘independence’ of Kosovo, and, accordingly, the regional ‘government’ and other ‘structures’. For us, no ‘decisions’ of Pristina have legal force,” the embassy said on Friday, adding that its mandate in Kosovo is to cooperate with the UN Interim Administration Mission (UNMIK), based on the Security …
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On Sunday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova hit out at comments from Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama over the country’s potential union with the Kosovo, which broke off from neighboring Serbia in 2008. According to Zakharova, this goes against a long-standing treaty and could heighten tensions in the region. …
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As the last US military helicopters were leaving Kabul, Afghanistan, many, including myself, emphasized the similarities with America’s embarrassment in Saigon, South Vietnam – but one parallel that few dared to draw was with Kosovo. When I merely asked “Is Kosovo next?” on Twitter, it sent Albanian media outlets into …
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The recent disagreement had seen Kosovo order its police to force any cars attempting to cross the border to remove Serbian license plates, arguing that a 10-year-old deal between the nations had expired. Serbia had responded by sending military planes to fly near the border, while footage from the area …
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In an official statement issued on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that growing tensions between the two sides are going “from bad to worse.” The top official also emphasized that NATO has taken it on itself to keep peace in the disputed region and cautioned that failure to …
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The 10 Albanians were detained on Monday in the city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo, after they attacked a group of Serbs visiting a government building on official business, the police reported. The city itself is predominantly Serb, but the incident happened in the southern part, which is overwhelmingly populated …
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A large number of Serbian main battle tanks were spotted heading towards the Kosovo border on Saturday. Videos circulating online show multiple pieces of armor carried on flatbed platforms, escorted by Serbian military police vehicles. Serbia has also apparently deployed at least two fighter jets to patrol the administrative border, …
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Hundreds of local Serbs have gathered at Jarinje and Brnjak, two ‘border’ crossings between the renegade province – which the ethnic Albanians declared independent in 2008 – and inner Serbia. Heavily armed special units of Kosovo police blocked both checkpoints on Monday morning, insisting that all vehicles with Serbian license …
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