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NATO has said in a statement that it has authorised additional forces to address the current situation in Kosovo. NATO did not immediately specify how many additional forces or from which countries in Friday's statement. A battle between Kosovar police and armed ethnic Serbs holed up in a monastery turned a quiet village in northern Kosovo into a war zone earlier this week. Read More…
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President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday that NATO’s mission in Kosovo declined a Serbian government's request to send up to 1,000 police and army personnel. The request was made following clashes between Serbs and Kosovo authorities. "They (KFOR) replied they consider that there is no need for the return of the Serbian army to Kosovo ... citing the United Nations resolution approving their mandate in Kosovo," Vucic said in an interview. Read More…
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On Wednesday, Kosovo closed its biggest border crossing. The move came after protesters blocked it on the Serbian side to support their ethnic kin in Kosovo. Today’s action left only three entry points between the two countries open. While two other crossings on the Serbian border are also closed by similar protests on their Kosovar sides since December 10. Read More…
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Zupce: On Aug 1, NATO-led peacekeepers oversaw the removal of roadblocks protesters had set up in north Kosovo. Political tensions flared more than two decades since a crisis that ended with NATO airstrikes. The situation has revived faultiness with Serbia and Russia, neither of which recognize Western-aligned Kosovo as an independent state. Read More…
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