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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.

My Europe Series

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?

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.

My Europe Series

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.

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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.

Kosovo

Kosovo war veterans clash with police in protest for higher pensions

Police used tear gas to prevent around 2,000 demonstrators from entering parliament during a debate.

Europe News

Afghan evacuees stuck in US base face uncertain fate

The fate of some Afghans who were evacuated from their country to a United States base in the Balkans remains up in the air.

Kosovo

Two Kosovo war veterans imprisoned for witness intimidation

It is the first verdict handed down by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers after it was established in 2015.

Kosovo

Kosovo's government says it will apply to join the Council of Europe

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said that his government will strongly object to Kosovo joining the organisation.

Germany

Germany calls for Serbia and Kosovo to return to negotiating table

"I want to contribute to the countries of the Western Balkans becoming members of the EU, and the precondition for peace and stability in the region is the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina."

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Ukrainian women train demining in Kosovo

In Kosovo, far from their homeland, Ukrainian women undergo intensive demining courses to help their country remove numerous planted or abandoned explosives, a process that will most likely last for decades after Russia's invasion ends.

Denmark

Denmark agrees €15m deal to send 300 foreign prisoners to Kosovo

Danish authorities had initially announced plans to rent prison cells in the small Western Balkan country in December.

Europe News

Serbia and Kosovo in talks to resolve number plate dispute

It comes after a temporary deal -- which allowed vehicles to cross the border if state symbols on the number plates were covered up -- expired.

Kosovo

Kosovo border police targeted with 'grenade and AK47', authorities say

No one is reported to be injured in the incident early on Friday morning.

Switzerland

Serbian intelligence denies alleged murder plot on Swiss prosecutor

Dick Marty had investigated war crimes during the Kosovo War for the Council of Europe.

Serbia

Kosovo's PM says polling stations will be closed in Serbia elections

Ethnic Serbs in Kosovo were previously able to vote in Serbian elections but the Prime Minister says voting can only take place at a liaison office and maintains that the elections breach Kosovo's sovereignty.

Serbia

Ethnic Serbs caught in the crossfire amid Kosovo-Serbia voting row

Kosovo PM Albin Kurti says Serbia is trying to organise elections on its territory "as if our government did not exist”.

Kosovo

Kosovo Serb protest calls for voting rights in Serbia’s election

Demonstrators gathered in Mitrovica with banners reading “We want our human rights”.

Kosovo

Euroviews. Kosovo remembers Madeleine Albright, the autocrat's worst enemy | View

Albright stayed true to her conviction that people were entitled to decide their own fate no matter who their neighbors happened to be.

Kosovo

Kosovo's parliament rejects new law recognising same-sex civil unions

It would have been the first time a Muslim-majority country allowed same-sex civil unions.