He has been living and sleeping in his office in a small town in northern Kosovo for months. In April, Lulzim Hetemi became the ethnic Albanian mayor of the Leposavic municipality, but his election is rejected by Serbo-Kosovars who boycotted the vote. He doesn’t step outside City Hall to avoid further threats. Both NATO soldiers […]
Tag: Kosovo
Because (for now) no one wants the Balkans to join the EU
The promise of greater interaction with European economies and 6 billion euros of investment in the Western Balkans. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is heading to the region to visit candidate countries to join the European Union and persuade them to accelerate the necessary reforms. There are a number of obstacles that need […]
Kosovo, USA: “Serbia is massing troops on the border.” Winds of war in the Balkans?
Tension remains very high between Serbia and Kosovo after, on 24 September, three Serbian armed men and a Kosovar policeman were killed in Banjska, in the north of Kosovo. The alarm now comes from the United States. According to breaking news, Serbia is massing troops on the border. While Pristina and Belgrade face accusations over […]
Kosovo is the new battlefield between the USA and Russia
A serious terrorist attack following more than a year of escalating tensions in Kosovo. A thirty-man armed commando killed a police officer in northern Kosovo, where the Serb majority lives. Five members of the commando from Serbia lost their lives in clashes that lasted for hours near the Orthodox monastery where the terrorists barricaded themselves. […]
Video: Strong fight with fists and bottle blows in Kosovo’s parliament
cuffs and up bottle shots was the result of a battle that broke out in the Kosovo parliament on Thursday between opposition deputies and several ministers, including Prime Minister Albin Kurti. According to the Kossev news portal, a deputy from the opposition PDK party threw water at the head of government as he spoke to […]
If the powder keg in the Balkans risks exploding (again)
A burning waste in the southern part of the Balkans, raising fears of new wicks. “no” is coming Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti. Both were invited to Brussels this week to sit at the table for a “crisis meeting”, or they would have faced “harmful” results. So far, neither […]
Kosovo, more NATO troops arrive. Tajani: There is a risk of a new war
Tensions remain high in northern Kosovo after clashes between the ethnic Serb minority and NATO-led peacekeepers. Serbian demonstrators gathered outside Zvecan town hall, demanding the withdrawal of Kosovo’s special police forces and ethnic Albanian mayors whom they do not consider legitimate representatives. KFOR soldiers surrounded the municipal building and secured the perimeter with a metal […]
Special interests for China to inflame tensions between Kosovo and Serbia Beijing once again on Belgrade’s side
A wider diplomatic conflict could unfold from Zvecan, a small town in northern Kosovo, just a short distance from the Serbian border, inevitably involving China. The situation has escalated with the inauguration of ethnic Albanian mayors in the Serb-dominated region of northern Kosovo following the Serb-boycotted elections. On May 29, more than 30 soldiers of […]
Minister Crosetto’s plan for Kosovo: “Diplomatic solution”
“The situation in Kosovo has improved compared to yesterday.” After the clashes and the wounded Italian soldiers, the Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, said: “There seems to be less tension – he said – even if there are still demonstrations in front of the town halls of the four municipalities. We are looking for a […]
Djokovic’s message: “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia! stop the violence”
Two days after the Ukraine war landed at Roland Garros, due to Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk’s refusal to greet her Belarusian rival Aryna Sabalenka, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic brought the tense situation in Kosovo to the clay court Grand Slam. “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia! Stop the violence,” wrote the player on the camera that makes […]