Kosovo Prime Minister Pushes For Reopening Mitrovica Bridge Kosovo's Prime Minister's support for reopening Mitrovica bridge faces international concerns over potential tensions and implications. Top News · Aug 14, 2024
Kosovo's prime minister calls for fully reopening a bridge in Mitrovica. But the West is wary Kosovo’s prime minister says that fully reopening a bridge in Mitrovica would be another step toward free movement and wasn’t a threat to anyone The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2024
Pressure mounts on Pristina as Serbs rally again in north Kosovo Ethnic Serbs gathered again in a flashpoint town in Kosovo on Thursday at the site of clashes earlier this week with NATO-led soldiers in Kosovo, as international pressure mounts on Pristina to diffuse tensions. Radio France Internationale · Jun 1, 2023
Mayor from ruling Kosovo Albanian party takes office in tense Serb-majority area A mayor from Kosovo's ethnic Albanian ruling party was sworn into office in the majority Serb half of the divided town of Mitrovica on Friday a month after local elections that were boycotted by local Serbs. Reuters · May 19, 2023
Serbs Put Up New Roadblocks as Tensions Soar in Kosovo Serbs on Tuesday erected more roadblocks in northern Kosovo and defied international demands to remove those placed earlier, a day after Serbia put its troops near the border on a high level of combat readiness. The new barriers, made of heavily loaded trucks, were put up overnight in Mitrovica, a… Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 28, 2022
Kosovo minister sees Russian influence in growing Serbian tension Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla accused Belgrade of supporting Serbian protesters as a means to destabilise Kosovo. Al Jazeera · Dec 28, 2022
Why ethnic tensions are flaring again in northern Kosovo Protesting Serbs in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo erected new barricades on Tuesday, hours after Serbia said it had put its army on the highest combat alert following weeks of escalating tensions between Belgrade and Pristina. Reuters · Dec 27, 2022
Kosovan minister says Serbia aims to destabilise the country Kosovan Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla on Tuesday said Serbia, under the influence of Russia, was aiming to destabilise Kosovo by supporting the Serb minority in the north who have been blocking roads and protesting for almost three weeks. Reuters · Dec 27, 2022
Protesting Kosovo Serbs want ethnic Albanian police out of country's north Thousands of Kosovo Serbs protested on Thursday to back demands for the country's Albanian-majority government to pull its police out of the country's north where its Serb minority is concentrated. Reuters · Dec 22, 2022
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 · Nov 19, 2022
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? ABC News · Aug 29, 2022
Dignity at the Margins: Exploring Kosovo Through a Taiwanese Lens Like Taiwan, Kosovo is a partially recognized country—but what does that mean for everyday life? When statehood falls into question, the mundane becomes less so. The News Lens · Jul 15, 2022