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Kosovo's prime minister offers to hold new elections in tense Serb-majority municipalities

Kosovo’s prime minister is offering to hold new mayoral elections in four Serb-majority municipalities in an effort to defuse tensions with neighboring Serbia that flared anew last month

The Independent UK

Serbia releases 3 Kosovo police officers whose arrest fueled tensions between the Balkan foes

A Serbian court has ordered the release of three police officers from Kosovo who were detained earlier this month

The Independent UK

Serbia frees 3 captured police officers: Kosovo PM

PRISTINA: Serbia freed three Kosovo police officers taken into custody by its security forces earlier this month, Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti said Monday, after a court ordered the trio's release.

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Refugee who arrived on dinghy aged 4 is crowned beauty queen with powerful message for women

Franceska Murati fled Kosovo with her family and settled in London, where she has overcome years of bullying at school and found the confidence to become a beauty queen

Daily Mirror

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

No breakthrough at EU talks to ease Serbia, Kosovo tensions

EU’s Josep Borrell had summoned Kosovo’s Kurti and Serbia’s Vucic for urgent talks in Brussels amid soaring tensions.

Al Jazeera

EU summons Kosovo and Serbia leaders for emergency talks amid fears of a return to open conflict

The European Union has summoned the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo for emergency talks to try to bring an end to a series of violent clashes near their border

The Independent UK

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Understanding 'self-determination'

At the seminar entitled "Self-determination and Patani Peace" at Prince of Songkla University in Pattani on June 7, mock referendum ballots were distributed to the attendants to explore the possibility for a referendum for a "Patani State", or the secession of Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and four districts of Songkhla --…

Bangkok Post

NATO commander in Kosovo says forces are ready to act

Commanders of NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo on Tuesday declared their forces were ready to quell any further bouts of unrest following violent protests last month in the north of the country.

Radio France Internationale

EU calls Serbia and Kosovo to Brussels for crisis talks after recent tensions

Serbia’s arrest of Kosovan police officers has added to concerns about relations between the two countries

The Guardian - UK

Serbia opens proceedings against arrested Kosovo policemen, ignores US call for their release.

Serbian prosecutors have opened legal proceedings against three Kosovo police officers arrested earlier this week, defying U.S. and other demands for their immediate and unconditional release

The Independent UK

Kosovo tightens border security after saying 3 police officers 'kidnapped' by Serbian forces

Kosovo’s prime minister says border security will be tightened following what he described as Serbia’s role in the “kidnapping of three police officers.”

The Independent UK

Kosovo says 3 border police officers 'kidnapped' by Serbia; Belgrade says they crossed illegally

Kosovo police have reported that three officers patrolling a northern area bordering Serbia are missing and may likely be kidnapped by Serbs

The Independent UK

Kosovo complains of biased western envoys in talks with its former foe Serbia

Kosovo’s prime minister has complained of bias against his country from the United States and the European Union and tolerance of what he calls Serbia’s authoritarian regime

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Al Jazeera

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.

Reuters

Kosovo open to new elections in municipalities hit by unrest, minister says

Kosovo is open to the possibility of new elections in four northern Serb-majority municipalities following unrest, but other steps need to be taken before then, Kosovan Foreign Minister Donika Gervalla-Schwarz said on Tuesday.

Reuters

NATO says reinforcements arriving in Kosovo after clashes last week

Reinforcements for NATO's peacekeeping force have begun to arrive in Kosovo following last week's unrest in the north of the country, the alliance said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Turkish forces arrive in Kosovo to bolster NATO-led peacekeepers after recent violence

A Turkish commando battalion has arrived in Kosovo to assist in quelling recent violent unrest in the Balkan country

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At French Open, Ukraine war shatters myth of sport as an apolitical bubble

From the war raging in Ukraine to the unrest in Kosovo, geopolitical crises have cast a pall over the Grand Slam tournament in Paris, challenging conventions and shattering the notion that sport and politics can be kept apart.

The Guardian - UK

‘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

Turkey to send commandos to Kosovo in response to Nato peacekeeping call

EU has called on leaders in Kosovo and Serbia to immediately reduce tensions and halt ‘divisive rhetoric’

Reuters

NATO member Turkey to send troops to Kosovo amid unrest in the north

Turkey plans to send commandos to Kosovo on Sunday and Monday in response to a NATO request to join the alliance's KFOR peacekeeping force following unrest in the north of the country, the Turkish defence ministry said.

Reuters

Biden aide expressed concern in calls with Kosovo, Serbia leaders

A senior aide to U.S. President Joe Biden expressed concern about events in northern Kosovo in calls with Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, the White House said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Kosovo violence gives Nato, Europe another crisis

When Nato troops first entered Kosovo in June 1999 after 78 days of bombing, no one thought its Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeepers would still be trying to separate ethnic Albanians and ethnic Serbs 24 years later.

Reuters

Kosovo opposition blames PM Kurti for worsening relations with West over unrest in north

Kosovo opposition parties on Friday blamed Prime Minister Albin Kurti for worsening relations with Western allies over violence in the north in which NATO peacekeepers were injured, and they called for a no-confidence motion against the government.

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