World Feb 09 Kosovo’s governing party wins parliamentary election without a majority, early results show By Llazar Semini, Associated Press
World Feb 02 Serbia will seek a UN Security Council meeting over latest escalating tensions with Kosovo Kosovo’s government has banned banks and other financial institutions in the Serb-populated areas from using the dinar in local transactions. Kosovo’s Central Bank issued the new rules last summer. By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press
World Oct 26 Serbia and Kosovo leaders break off talks without result despite EU push for improved relations Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Albin Kurti met with the leaders of France, Germany and Italy, plus the two EU officials supervising a stuttering "dialogue" between them. By Lorne Cook, Associated Press
Nation Sep 30 Watch 1:11 News Wrap: New Yorkers begin drying out after day of intense flooding In our news wrap Saturday, New York City remains under a state of emergency after Friday’s record rainfall overwhelmed the city’s drainage system and turned roadways into rivers, and the White House is sounding the alarm about a build-up of…
World Sep 26 Serbia calls on NATO to take over policing of northern Kosovo after a deadly shootout Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with ambassadors from five Western countries and the European Union two days after violent clashes between armed Serbs and Kosovo police left one officer and three gunmen dead. By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press
Sep 25 What is behind renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo? By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press There are fears in the West of a revival of the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo that claimed more than 10,000 lives and left over 1 million homeless. Continue reading
Jun 23 Serbia threatens armed intervention again in Kosovo as tension escalates By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press Serbia has reiterated a threat to intervene militarily in its former province of Kosovo if NATO-led peacekeepers there fail to protect minority Serbs from what Belgrade calls the terrorist threat of Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian authorities. Continue reading
May 31 WATCH: White House holds briefing as Biden approves a $300 million military aid package for Ukraine By Aamer Madhani, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press President Joe Biden has approved a new package of military aid for Ukraine that totals up to $300 million and includes additional munitions for drones and an array of other weapons. Continue reading
May 30 NATO to send 700 more troops to Kosovo to help quell violent protests By Zenel Zhinipotoku, Llazar Semini, Associated Press NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military organization has sent 700 more troops to Kosovo to help quell violent protests and has put another battalion on standby in case the riots spread. Continue reading
May 29 25 NAT0-led peacekeepers injured in Kosovo amid ethnic tensions By Radul Radovanovic, Llazar Semini, Associated Press Serbia has put its military on high alert and is sending more troops to the border with Kosovo, whose declaration of independence in 2008 is not recognized by Belgrade. Continue reading