NATO to deploy more troops to Kosovo to curb violence
Zvecan, Kosovo Reuters NATO is to send 700 extra troops to Kosovo and put another battalion on high alert to go in as unrest in the region has intensified since ethnic Albanian mayors took office in the country’s northern Serb-majority area after votes last month. In the town of Zvecan on Tuesday, dozens of NATO […]
NATO soldiers injured in Kosovo clashes with Serb protesters
Leposavic, Kosovo Reuters Around 25 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters on Monday, while Serbia’s President put the army on the highest level of combat alert. KFOR, the NATO-led peacekeeping mission to Kosovo, condemned the violence. “While countering the most active fringes of the […]
Serbs in Kosovo clash with police as ethnic tensions flare
Mitrovica, Kosovo Reuters Serb protesters in northern Kosovo blocked main roads for a second day on Sunday following a nighttime exchange of fire with police after the arrest of a former Serb policeman, amid rising tensions between authorities and Kosovo’s Serb minority. In recent weeks Serbs in northern Kosovo – which they believe to be […]
Kosovo police exchange fire with local Serbs blocking roads
Mitrovica, Kosovo Reuters Kosovo Serbs exchanged fire with the country’s police on Saturday after a flareup of tensions in the volatile northern part of the country. Earlier in the day Serbs from Kosovo’s north blocked main roads in the region to protest against the arrest of a former member of the Kosovo police who quit […]