Kosovo

Why tensions are flaring between Kosovo and Serbia

By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press

Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo have flared anew this weekend after Kosovo's police raided Serb-dominated areas in the region's north and seized local municipality buildings.

Serbia, Kosovo agree on implementation of EU plan to normalize relations

By Florent Bajrami, Associated Press

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have tentatively agreed on how to implement a European Union-sponsored plan to normalize their relations after decades of tensions between the two Balkan wartime foes, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Saturday after…

Serbia revokes troop alert, removes some roadblocks along Kosovo border

By Radul Radovanovic, Associated Press

Serbia has revoked combat readiness of its troops on the border with Kosovo as Serbs started removing more than a dozen of roadblocks in the north of the state.

Serbian troops along Kosovo border placed on combat alert

By Associated Press

Serbia has placed its security troops on the border with Kosovo on "the full state of combat readiness," ignoring NATO's calls for calming tensions between the two wartime Balkan foes.

Stuck in limbo in Kosovo camp, Afghan evacuees await entry to the U.S.

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

While more than 78,000 Afghans have arrived in the U.S. for resettlement since August, the future for those who have been flagged for additional security vetting and diverted to Camp Bondsteel, in the small nation of Kosovo, remains up in…

EU envoy in Serbia-Kosovo talks optimistic of progress

By Ivana Bzganovic, Associated Press

Both Serbia and Kosovo have been told they must find common ground in order to move forward in their bids to join the 27-nation EU.

NATO-led mission increases patrols on Kosovo-Serbia border

By Zenel Zhinipotoku, Llazar Semini, Associated Press

The NATO-led KFOR mission in Kosovo has increased its patrols on the border with Serbia in a bid to deescalate tensions between the two Balkan foes over a dispute about license plates.

Serbian troops on alert on Kosovo border as tensions mount

By Associated Press

Serbia's defense minister says the country has raised the combat readiness of its troops on the border with Kosovo amid increasing tensions with its former province.

Kosovo’s leftist opposition party gains landslide win

By Llazar Semini, Associated Press

The left-wing opposition leader who's poised to become Kosovo's next prime minister says that he would push hard for his country to join the European Union.

Kosovo president resigns to face war crimes charges

By Llazar Semini, Zenel Zhinipotoku, Associated Press

Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci, a guerrilla leader during Kosovo's war for independence from Serbia in the late 1990s, resigned on Thursday and will face charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity at a special court based in The Hague.