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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.

Al Jazeera

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.

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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.

Al Jazeera

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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.

Reuters

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.

Reuters

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

The Independent UK

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.

Reuters

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

Al Jazeera

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

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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.

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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.

ABC News

Vladimir Putin could benefit if a row between Serbia and Kosovo over licence plates spills into another European conflict

A nearly 4,000-strong NATO force is on alert amid a row between Serbia and Kosovo over licence plates which threatens to re-open old wounds. Could this be Europe's next flashpoint?

The Independent UK

US, EU envoys meet with Serbian president on Kosovo

U.S. and European Union envoys have met with Serbia’s president as they seek to defuse tensions with Kosovo after a meeting last week in Brussels ended with no agreement on a dispute between the former Balkan war foes

Reuters

Envoys from EU, U.S., meet Kosovo Serbs as differences resurface

European Union and U.S. envoys met officials in Kosovo's ethnically divided city of Kosovska Mitrovica on Thursday as longstanding differences between Belgrade and Pristina flared again, triggered by a dispute over car number plates.

The Independent UK

Serbia warns it will protect Kosovo Serbs if NATO doesn't

Serbia’s president has called on NATO to “do their job” in Kosovo or he says Serbia will have to protect its minority in the breakaway province

The National (Scotland)

EU to host Kosovo and Serbia for crunch talks as tensions grow in Balkans

WARTIME rivals Serbia and Kosovo are to hold high-level crisis talks today, which the EU mediators hope will de-escalate growing tension in the…

The Independent UK

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

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