Tag: Kosovo

The former Serbian province of Kosovo has long been a source of tension in European diplomacy. When it unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, it did so in violation of Serbian constitutional law, but several other nations, including the United States, have acknowledged the decision. In response to the...

Serbia has formally made a request to NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) that its security forces be deployed to Kosovo amid a drastic increase of political and ethnic tensions. Speaking with Serbian state media, President Aleksandar Vucic said that a request to deploy up to 1,000 troops has been made, in...

Tensions continue to mount between Kosovo and Serbia, pushing the two countries closer to a potential conflict. On Thursday, Albanian-Kosovar officials deployed special police forces to Serb-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo “to provide security for all citizens” as snap elections are set to begin following the mass resignation of ethnic-Serb...

At approximately 0822 EST, members of the Kosovo Central Electoral Commission were denied access to government buildings in Mitrovica and Zubin Potok. The personnel were there to begin arrangements for local elections to fill the seats left by dozens of Serbian representatives who resigned from government in early November,...

A European Union brokered emergency meeting on Monday between Kosovo and Serbia failed to resolve their ongoing license plate dispute, raising fears of “escalation and violence,” according to EU head of foreign policy Josep Borrell.  To understand the dispute, we need to look at a very brief history of Kosovo...