Sep 03 Leaders of Kosovo, Serbia at White House for economic talks By Deb Reichmann, Associated Press Trump administration officials met Thursday with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo's Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti to discuss furthering relations on the economic front — something that would provide the president with a diplomatic win ahead of the November presidential… Continue reading
Jul 15 Virus resurgence forces countries to reimpose restrictions By Costas Kantouris, Vanessa Gera, Rod McGuirk, Associated Press Countries around the world are reimposing lockdowns and implementing new health checks at their borders in an effort to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus before it spins even further out of control. Continue reading
Jul 10 Hundreds try to storm Serbian parliament as protests heat up By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press The clashes happened Friday, the fourth night of protests against the Serbian president's increasingly authoritarian rule. Continue reading
Jul 09 Serbia bans mass gatherings after virus lockdown protests By Jovana Gec, Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press Serbian authorities have banned gatherings of more than 10 people in the capital, Belgrade, after two nights of violent clashes between police and thousands of demonstrators protesting coronavirus lockdown measures. Continue reading
May 21 Hungary closes border transit zones for asylum-seekers By Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press Hungary's government says it is shutting down the transit zones on its southern border with Serbia where asylum-seekers are being held while their asylum requests are decided… Continue reading
Apr 08 Kosovo says it’s ready to resume dialogue with Serbia By Llazar Semini, Associated Press Albin Kurti, who heads a caretaker cabinet, said a deal should be accompanied by a "political, economic and financial package" to "accelerate the convergence of the two countries' standards of living and their integration into the European Union."… Continue reading
Apr 20 Anti-government protests resume against Serbia’s populist leader By Associated Press Several thousand people turned out for an anti-government protest in Belgrade on Saturday, a day after Serbia's populist President Aleksandar Vucic held a mass rally in an apparent bid to counter months of street demonstrations against him. Continue reading
Mar 17 Serbia president vows to defend law and order amid protests By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press Serbia’s president pledged on Sunday to defend the country’s law and order a day after opposition supporters stormed the national TV station protesting what they said is his autocratic rule and firm control of the media. Continue reading
May 07 Watch 9:31 Controversial arrest adds upset to fragile Kosovo reconciliation efforts By Malcolm Brabant Nearly 20 years after the war in Kosovo, efforts to achieve reconciliation between Serbs and ethnic Albanians have suffered one of their worst setbacks in recent years. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports in part two of our series, with the… Continue watching
Mar 24 Former Bosnian Serb leader found guilty of genocide By Erik Andersen A United Nations tribunal sentenced on Thursday former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to 40 years in prison for genocide and war crimes. Continue reading