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Kosovo-Serbia: Can the EU really broker a peace deal?

Serbia refuses to recognise its former province, Kosovo, as a sovereign nation which hinders both their access to the European Union.

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Serbia and Kosovo reach agreement on de-escalation at border, EU envoy

Tensions between Kosovo and Serbia ratcheted up earlier this month when Kosovo demanded, in a reciprocal move, that Serbian cars crossing the border buy temporary licence plates.

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Kosovar artist makes Merkel mosaic from seeds

Kosovar artist Alkent Pozhegu is making a mosaic from seeds representing the outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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Kosovo government offices attacked over license plates row with Serbia

A row over vehicle license plates is escalating tensions between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo in the Balkans

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Tensions as Kosovo begins removing Serbian licence plates at border

Serbia's police have for years been taking off registration plates from Kosovo-registered cars entering Serbia, and the latest move by Kosovo authorities appears to be a tit-for-tat move.

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Former Kosovo rebel commander on trial in the Hague for war crimes

Salih Mustafa has been accused of murder and torture during Kosovo’s 1998-99 war for independence from Serbia.

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Prisoner in Kosovo puts bile in mobile as Nokia is found in stomach

Pin-digestion? The prisoner had been complaining of stomach pain for days before doctors discovered the Nokia phone.

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Kosovar activists disrupt session at war crimes court

Two activists spoke out against the court, accusing it of trying to “change the history of Kosovo’s war" by portraying the war as a conflict “between two aggressors" and not a war of liberation and independence.

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Anti-femicide protests test Kosovo's government after brutal murder

The murder has sparked unprecedented levels of anger, especially among women.

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Western Balkans cautious amid surge of COVID-19 infections

In southwestern Serbia, some school classes will be held online due to the high numbers of new coronavirus cases.

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Kosovo upholds Serb MP conviction for denying 1999 massacre

Ivan Todosijevic was jailed in 2019 for claiming that a massacre of Kosovo Albanians by Serbian forces was fabricated.

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Euroviews. Afghan crisis shows the Balkans is a geopolitical backwater | View

"Sadly, the Afghan episode does not offer any geopolitical wisdom or policy prescriptions for the Balkans and the people living there. It is just a painful acknowledgement that the region remains a geopolitical backwater on the Western periphery."

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Defendant bids to oust Kosovo war crimes judges in new blow for court

The move deals another blow to the controversial court, seen by many Albanian Kosovars as an insult to the Kosovo Liberation Army's war against Serb rule.

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In the Western Balkans, ethnic nationalism threatens path to Europe

In a wide-ranging interview with Euronews, EU envoy Miroslav Lajcak also said that it is up to the states of the Western Balkans to prove that they will be functioning and effective members of the European family.

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Liberation hero to war crimes suspect, Hashim Thaci's rise and fall

As he begins what could be a five-year trial at the Hague on war crimes charges, Thaci's political career in Kosovo looks like it is finally over.

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Serbia and Kosovo leaders 'to meet for reconciliation talks'

A date had been set for a meeting between Kosovo’s new prime minister, Albin Kurti, and Serbian President Aleksander Vucic.

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Czech President Milos Zeman apologises to Serbia for 1999 NATO bombing

Czech President Milos Zeman has apologised for the 1999 NATO bombing during a visit to Prague by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

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Italian, Albanian and Kosovan police seize more than 400kg of cocaine

Italian police estimated that the seized drugs had a European market value of more than €100 million, a record for Kosovo.

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Kosovo's PM Kurti fails to commit to negotiation date with Serbia

The new prime minister of Kosovo wrapped up two days of meeting in Brussels without committing to a firm date to return for negotiations with Serbia.

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EU, France and Germany play down Serbia-Kosovo deal reports

On Monday evening, the Kosovan daily newspaper Koha Ditore published claims that Kosovo and Serbia would recognise each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty under an EU deal led by Germany and France.