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Zelensky Rallies Balkan Allies For Support, Weapons

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday appealed to Balkan leaders for greater backing to help fend off Russian forces, noting an ammo shortage was impacting frontline troops.

International Business Times

Kosovo remembers 45 people killed in 1999 and denounces Serbia for not apologizing

Hundreds of people have gathered in a village in southern Kosovo to commemorate the 25th anniversary of a mass killing of 45 ethnic Albanians by Serb forces

The Independent UK

World reacts to the death of Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf

Many Gulf countries set aside a period of mourning for the emir’s death, while others express their condolences.

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European enlargement in ‘common interest’, Von der Leyen tells EU parliament – as it happened

EU Commission president says there is ‘sense of urgency to unite European family’ as Ukraine and Moldova take first step towards joining

The Guardian - UK

Kosovo rules out talks with Serbia until it faces sanctions over deadly gun battle

Pristina claims Belgrade financed and supported last month’s ambush by Serb paramilitaries on Kosovan police

The Guardian - UK

Kosovan PM Albin Kurti says talks with Serbia have reached deadlock

Kurti claims EU special envoy to talks has lost neutrality and there is ‘no moving further with this method’

The Guardian - UK

Kosovo's president says Serb investigators are dragging their feet over attacks on NATO peacekeepers

Kosovo's president has accused Serbian investigators of dragging their feet over an inquiry into attacks on NATO peacekeepers

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Fears simmer as an interethnic conflict brews in Kosovo

Residents say they are worried political tensions could impact community relations and imperil security in Kosovo.

Al Jazeera

Macron, Scholz call for new elections in tense northern Kosovo districts

France's President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday urged Kosovo to allow new elections in four northern municipalities, amid renewed tensions with the area's Serbian population.

Radio France Internationale

Macron and Scholz urge Kosovo to hold fresh elections to ease Serbia tensions

Serbian and Kosovan leaders invited to impromptu talks in Moldova after unrest over polls boycotted by Serbs

The Guardian - UK

France, Germany urge new elections in Kosovo following flare-up in ethnic tensions

The leaders of France and Germany have urged new municipal elections in northern Kosovo in the hopes that another ballot will quell a flare-up of ethnic tensions that have led to violent protests in the region

The Independent UK

Presidents of Serbia, Kosovo keep their distance at Moldova summit after violent protests

The presidents of Serbia and Kosovo insist they want to defuse a crisis in northern Kosovo but show little sign of backing down.

The New Daily

Serbia’s Vucic calls for withdrawal of mayors in north Kosovo

Serbia’s leader suggests ‘the most powerful move’ to resolve the flare-up of the ethnic tensions in northern Kosovo.

Al Jazeera

Kosovo president calls on Serbia to stop destabilising country

Serbia needs to stop its activities aimed at destabilising Kosovo in order to end the violence in the north of the country, Kosovo's president Vjosa Osmani said on Thursday.

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Evening Standard

Serbian nationalists and pro-Russian activists protest against closer ties with Kosovo

Protesters cheered “Serbia-Russia” as far-right leader Damjan Knezevic urged people to riot if their demands were not met

The Independent UK

Europe's youngest country Kosovo now 15, but problems endure

Europe’s youngest country, Kosovo, on Friday launched festivities for the 15th anniversary of its independence from neighboring Serbia with a military parade, wreath-laying ceremonies and a special Parliament session

The Independent UK

Labour promises ‘laser-like’ focus on Kosovo and Serbia in foreign policy charm offensive

Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy has travelled to Kosovo and Serbia recently to try and help defuse tensions in the region

AFP

Serbia bids to send soldiers back into Kosovo

Belgrade (AFP) - Serbia on Friday asked NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo to allow the return of Serbian military and police to its former breakaway province, a minister said.

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Al Jazeera

Tensions in north Kosovo – whose agenda does the flare-up serve?

Ethnic fractures in the Western Balkans, including in Kosovo’s Serb-populated area, create trouble for the EU and US.

Al Jazeera

Serbia’s Vucic seeks NATO approval to send forces to north Kosovo

Serbian president said he was under ‘no illusion’ that NATO would agree to his request amid tension in northern Kosovo.

Reuters

EU drafts new proposal for Kosovo-Serbia ties - senior EU diplomat

The European Union has drafted a new proposal for normalisation of ties between Kosovo and Serbia with a clear timeline of actions, according to a senior EU diplomat, speaking on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans summit on Tuesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Aboul Gheit: East Jerusalem is an Occupied Territory by Int’l Law

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit emphasized on Saturday that by international law and the United Nations and Security Council resolutions, East Jerusalem is an “occupied land” and should not be treated otherwise. On his Twitter page, Aboul Gheit said “those who brandish respect for international laws must not have…

The Independent UK

Kosovo delays measure stirring tensions with minority Serbs

Kosovo’s authorities have postponed a decision to implement a law on vehicle license plates and identity documents after minority Serbs rioted by blocking roads, turning on air raid sirens and firing their guns into the air

Al Jazeera

Kosovo, Bosnia call for NATO membership as war rages in Ukraine

Kosovo’s president and Bosnia’s defence minister share their concerns about regional security and Moscow ally Serbia.

The Independent UK

'She became our voice': Albright hailed by world leaders

As she pressed the Clinton administration into action against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic over war crimes in the Balkans, Madeleine Albright would harken back to her own childhood as a refugee from Czechoslovakia who fled the Nazis in war-torn Europe

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