Now playing Next world news Serbia and Kosovo fail to reach deal on licence plates dispute The EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell, accused Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti of showing "unconstructive behaviour,” in particular, Kosovo, during emergency talks in Brussels over the car registration crisis. 22/11/2022
Now playing Next Europe News Serbia and Kosovo fail to reach license plate deal at Brussels meeting The proposal the EU put forward was accepted by Serbia but rejected by Kosovo, High Representative Josep Borrell said. 21/11/2022
Now playing Next Kosovo Kosovo Serbs gather in latest protest after quitting institutions Hundreds went to the streets on Sunday in the ethnic Serb-majority municipality of North Mitrovica after the latest spat between Belgrade and Pristina endangered the EU and US-led dialogue between the two sides. 06/11/2022
Now playing Next Kosovo Kosovo's ethnic Serb lawmakers and police resign over car plate row Representatives of the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo have resigned from their jobs in protest over the dismissal of a police officer who did not follow the new license plate rule. 05/11/2022
Now playing Next Kosovo Serb MPs and police resign en masse in Kosovo amid licence plate spat Ethnic Serbs resigned from their posts to protest a rule change on vehicle registration plates, which has sparked volatile questions around sovereignty. 05/11/2022
Now playing Next Serbia Fighter jets scrambled over alleged drones at Serbia-Kosovo border President Vučić, who acts as the Serbian army commander-in-chief, also ordered the military to heighten its state of readiness amid a licence plates row with neighbouring Kosovo. 02/11/2022
Now playing Next Kosovo Deadline looms for ethnic Serbs to switch to Kosovo-issued car plates Kosovo's PM Albin Kurti first announced the implementation period to be over at the start of September but has later extended the deadline to 31 October. 26/10/2022
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Now playing Next world news 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 licence plates to local ones within two months. 02/09/2022
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Now playing Next Kosovo Kosovo citizens to travel freely to Serbia, says EU's Borrell The Brussels-facilitated agreement between Belgrade and Prishtina came after weeks of heightened tensions over new ID documents and licence plate rules in Kosovo. 27/08/2022
Now playing Next Kosovo Kosovo PM asks for more NATO peacekeepers amid heightened tensions Prime Minister Albin Kurti claimed that the reinforcements are needed due to "threats from Serbia and Russia" -- a notion the government in Belgrade firmly rejects. 26/08/2022
Now playing Next Serbia 'Protect Serbs in Kosovo or we'll do it ourselves,' Vucic warns NATO Vucic's fiery address to the nation followed talks between Serbia and Kosovo last week. 22/08/2022
Now playing Next Serbia Recent Serbia-Kosovo flare-up not a real conflict, says expert Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo met in Brussels for another EU-mediated attempt to resolve lingering issues between the two wartime rivalling states that have spiked tensions in the Balkans. 18/08/2022
Now playing Next Serbia Serbia and Kosovo agree to further talks to deescalate Balkan tensions Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti met in Brussels on Thursday, in talks facilitated by the EU. 18/08/2022
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Europe’s worst passport: Why does Kosovo remain isolated from the EU? The citizens of the small Balkan country of about two million still need visas to travel to the EU, unlike those in the rest of the region. But why is that the case? 03/08/2022
Now playing Next Kosovo Kosovo postpones number plate plan following Serb protests NATO's KFOR peacekeeping force says the situation in northern Kosovo is tense but they are "prepared to intervene" if it become unstable. 01/08/2022
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Restaurant's unorthodox protest over EU's visa snub to Kosovo Brussels told Pristina four years ago that it had met all the criteria for Kosovans to have visa-free access to the bloc. But it's still not been granted. 30/06/2022
Now playing Next world news Scholz asks Belgrade, Pristina to resolve Kosovo independence dispute After visiting Kosovo and Serbia on Friday, the German chancellor will continue his tour of the Balkans with trips to Greece, North Macedonia and Bulgaria. 10/06/2022