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Kosovo celebrates 15 years of independence with eye to reaching deal with Serbia

Kosovo feted 15 years of independence with a parade of soldiers and police cheered by thousands in Pristina on Friday with an eye to a normalisation deal with Serbia, key to stability in a region still scarred from ethnic wars in the 1990s.

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5 held for alleged violent bid to overthrow Serbian leader

Serbia’s police say they have arrested five people on suspicion of calling for the violent overthrow of the Balkan country’s president and the possession of arms

The Independent UK

Kosovo marks 15 uneasy years of independence from Serbia

Kosovo is celebrating 15 years of independence with a month of celebrations while still facing serious challenges with Serbia, which refuses to recognize the autonomy of its former province

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Serbia arrests three after nationalist calls for riots over Kosovo plan

Serbian police arrested three people in Belgrade on Thursday after ultra-nationalist and pro-Russian activists threatened "more than" riots if Serbia accepts a Western-backed plan aimed at normalising relations with Kosovo.

Reuters

Serbian right-wingers rally against Western plan for Kosovo

Hundreds of Serbian nationalists have rallied outside the presidency building in Belgrade demanding that President Aleksandar Vucic rejects a Western plan to normalize ties with breakaway Kosovo and pulls out of negotiations

The Independent UK

Serb nationalists pledge riots if Belgrade tries to improve ties with Kosovo

Hundreds of hardline Serb nationalists and pro-Russia activists rallied in downtown Belgrade, threatening riots if Serbia accepts a Western-backed plan aimed at mending ties with Kosovo, its former mainly Albanian southern province.

Reuters

Factbox-Kosovo on 15th anniversary of independence

Kosovo will on Friday mark the 15th anniversary of its declaration of independence from Serbia.

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Stand-off with minority Serbs holds back Kosovo 15 years after independence

When in December Serbia put forces on highest combat alert in response to increasing violence in Kosovo between police and minority Serb protesters, a shareholder in Pristina's newest shopping mall began getting calls from unnerved investors.

Reuters

Explainer-Why Kosovo's stand-off with Serbs goes on 15 years after statehood

Fifteen years after Kosovo declared independence, 50,000 minority Serbs in the north bordering Serbia refuse to recognise state institutions, get pay and benefits from Serbia's budget and pay no taxes either to Pristina or Belgrade.

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Kosovo Albanian-Serb tensions simmer on independence anniversary

Kosovo's relations with Serbia remain fraught with tension 15 years after it declared independence, with Belgrade still not recognising the statehood of its former province. With the war in Ukraine casting a shadow across the historically turbulent Balkans, the West is pressing the two sides to normalise ties to lessen…

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Kosovo Albanian-Serb tensions simmer on independence anniversary

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MP quits after being caught watching porn at a debate on international relations

Zvonimir Stevic was caught red-handed watching a pornographic film as an important debate ensued over Serbia's future relations with breakaway state Kosovo

Daily Mirror

‘Ambiguous by design’: What’s in the Kosovo-Serbia deal?

Proposed settlement is focused on conflict avoidance rather than achieving lasting peace, analysts say.

Al Jazeera

Kosovo says 'yes' to EU's peace deal with Serbia, with caveats - PM

Kosovo's prime minister Albin Kurti said on Monday he accepted a proposed European Union plan aimed at normalising relations with Serbia despite concerns over Western demands to give more rights to local Serbs that have so far hindered a peace deal.

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Kosovo PM calls on West not to put pressure over Serb entity

Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti has called on Western powers not to pressure his tiny Balkan country into accepting a contentious association of five Serb-majority municipalities that is ramping up tensions between Kosovo and Serbia

The Independent UK

In pro-Putin Serbia, liberal-minded Russians seek a home

About 200,000 Russians have left their homeland for Serbia since the start of the war in Ukraine

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Serbia to maintain ‘military neutrality’, president says

Aleksandar Vucic says ‘vital interest’ for Serbia to stay on a path to the EU but reiterated it will not join NATO.

Reuters

Kosovo tribunal reduces sentences of veterans' leaders

Appeals judges at a special tribunal in The Hague on Thursday confirmed the convictions of two leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) veterans' organisation for revealing names of protected witnesses but slightly reduced their sentences.

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Serbia could become 'pariah' over Kosovo, president warns

Serbia’s populist president has warned during a chaotic parliamentary session that the Balkan nation could become a European “pariah” state if it rejects a Western plan for normalizing relations with Kosovo

Reuters

Serbia's Vucic says Kosovo talks must continue so they remain on EU path

Serbia must continue talks with Kosovo on normalising ties in order to pursue European Union membership, President Aleksandar Vucic told parliament on Thursday, before scuffles broke out in the chamber as it debated the latest international peace plan.

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U.S. urges Kosovo to back peace deal and form group of Serb municipalities

The United States ambassador to Kosovo on Tuesday urged Pristina to press ahead with forming an association of Serb municipalities and help complete an EU-brokered peace deal with its former master, Serbia.

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Crimea will never again be part of Ukraine - Croatian president

Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014, will never again be part of Ukraine, Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said on Monday in remarks detailing his objection to Zagreb providing military aid to Kyiv.

Reuters

Sign deal or face consequences, EU envoy tells Kosovo, Serbia

Kosovo and Serbia should state by March whether they accept an international plan to normalise relations or face repercussions from the European Union and United States, the EU's envoy on the matter said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Women’s healthcare in the UK on par with Kazakhstan and Kosovo, poll finds

Analysts cited a lack of access to preventative care and support with mental health issues as reasons for low score

The Independent UK

Pres says Serbia faces international isolation over Kosovo

Serbia's president says that his country would face a halt in European Union integration and economic and political isolation if it rejects a new Western plan for normalizing relations with Kosovo

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