INSANE: 13 - The Real Truth

Serbia again threatens armed intervention in Kosovo as tension escalates

Serbia on Friday reiterated a threat to intervene militarily in its former province of Kosovo if NATO-led peacekeepers there fail to protect minority Serbs from what Belgrade called the terrorist threat of Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian authorities

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023

Phuket loses Expo bid

Phuket has lost its bid to host the Specialised Expo 2027-28, which has been awarded to Belgrade, Serbia.

Bangkok Post · Jun 21, 2023

Thousands have protested against Serbia's president and pledged to 'radicalize' gatherings

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters have staged marches in Belgrade and other Serbian towns against Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2023

Fears simmer as an interethnic conflict brews in Kosovo

Residents say they are worried political tensions could impact community relations and imperil security in Kosovo.

Al Jazeera · Jun 8, 2023

‘We’ve never felt free of Serbia’: Kosovan Albanians blame Belgrade for violence

As a new wave of violence hits northern Kosovo, one of the mayors whose election sparked Serb anger says criminal gangs are leading the ‘revolt’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023

Tens of thousands gather in Serbia's anti-government protest

Tens of thousands of Serbs joined an anti-government protest in Belgrade on Saturday, blaming a culture of violence for the deaths of 18 people in two mass shootings and calling on the interior minister to resign.

Reuters · Jun 3, 2023

Protesters back on the streets of Belgrade as president ignores calls to stand down

Thousands of people have rallied for a fifth time in a month after two mass shootings in Serbia that shook the nation, even as the country’s populist president rejected any responsibility and ignored their demands to step down

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2023

Macron and Scholz urge Kosovo to hold fresh elections to ease Serbia tensions

Serbian and Kosovan leaders invited to impromptu talks in Moldova after unrest over polls boycotted by Serbs

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2023

Kosovo, Serbia presidents meet under EU pressure to defuse crisis

The presidents of Kosovo and Serbia held talks on Thursday on resolving a political crisis that has spiralled into violence, with the leaders of France and Germany pressing them to take swift steps to reduce tensions.

Reuters · Jun 1, 2023

Kosovo government must take most of the blame for the latest violence, but any long-term solution will require a constructive response from Serbia as well

Renewed violence in northern Kosovo reminds us that parts of the western Balkan region have a long way to go on the route to recovery from the wars of the 1990s that broke up the former Yugoslavia. Despite decades of western stabilisation efforts, the region remains mired in multiple inter-linked…

The Conversation · May 31, 2023