Tensions are rising at the border between Serbia and Kosovo. It comes as Kosovo deployed additional police at the frontier on Monday to implement a rule to remove Serbian licence plates from cars entering the country. Hundreds of Kosovo Serbs reportedly drove to the border to protest the move, blocking one of the crossing points. […]
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Prisoner in Kosovo puts the ‘bile’ in mobile as Nokia phone is removed from stomach
Doctors in Kosovo say they have successfully removed a mobile phone from the stomach of a prisoner. The procedure was carried out by surgeons at the university clinical centre in the capital Pristina last week. The 33-year-old prisoner, who has not been named, had been complaining of stomach pains for several days, doctors added. The […]
How EU enlargement apathy could push Kosovo and Albania to join forces
On a visit to Albania in March, Kosovo’s new prime minister, Albin Kurti, called on Albanians to vote for change as Kosovars did on February 14: “Albanians deserve better,” he said. Kurti, an ethnic-Albanian along with around 90% of Kosovo’s 1.8 million population, urged voters to elect the members of his leftist-nationalist Vetevendosje movement who […]
Kosovo: Mannequins used in protest against virus restrictions
A Kosovar restaurant owner is holding an unusual protest – setting mannequins instead of clients on the empty chairs of his closed restaurant. Petrit Kllokoqi, the owner of Bagolina restaurant in the capital Pristina has filled his chairs with mannequins dressed as if to eat breakfast and lunch, complete with menus and bottles of wine. […]
Kosovo’s parliament votes in Vjosa Osmani as president
Kosovo’s parliament on Sunday night swore in Vjosa Osmani, the former speaker of parliament and ally of Albin Kurti’s Vetevendosje! movement, as president. A total of 71 lawmakers in the 120-seat parliament voted in favour of Osmani, with two opposition parties boycotting the vote along with the Serb minority party. Osmani becomes the second female […]
‘I want to live not just survive’: Kosovo and its chronic brain drain problem
In the summer of 2017, Gzim Olluri graduated with a journalism diploma from the University of Pristina. A few weeks later, Olluri was in Zagreb, applying to the Croatian authorities for a work permit so he could take a job on a construction site. “When I submitted the documents they said: ‘How can you work […]
With diplomatic ties established, Kosovo opens embassy in Jerusalem
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday it has formally opened its embassy to Israel in the disputed city of Jerusalem. A statement said the move was made after the establishment of diplomatic ties with Israel on February 1 and a Kosovo-Serbia summit held at the White House in September. “The Ministry […]
In Mitrovica, a bridge that separates Kosovo’s Albanians and Serbs | Extract
It has been two decades since Serbs and Albanians stopped fighting in northern Kosovo, but relations between the two communities remain strained to this day. In Mitrovica, the bridge over the river Ibar is a testament to that divide, separating the two communities – often literally – from each other. Ian Bancroft has spent more […]
Serbia, Palestinians and ‘secessionists’: Why Israel took so long to commit to Kosovo
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Kosovo artist creates Joe Biden portrait using grains and seeds
An artist in Kosovo created a portrait of US President-elect Joe Biden with grain and seeds ahead of this week’s inauguration. Alkent Pozhegu used 120 kilograms of grains, corn, beans, sunflower seeds and rice for the piece. “I hope, with time, that I will make something much bigger because [Biden] really deserves it. He has […]
EU warns Serbia, Kosovo over unexpected Israel embassy move
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EU warns Serbia, Kosovo over Jerusalem embassy move
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union warned Serbia and Kosovo on Monday that they could undermine their EU membership hopes by moving their Israeli embassies to Jerusalem, as US President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement about the change left officials in Belgrade and Pristina scrambling to limit the political fallout. In an unexpected move last week, […]
Turkey ‘disappointed’ by Kosovo’s move to recognize Israel
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Ankara on Sunday voiced disappointment over majority-Muslim Kosovo’s decision to recognize Israel and set up its mission in Jerusalem. A vocal advocate of the Palestinian cause, Turkey became one of the first countries to recognize Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. “Even the thought by Kosovo officials of taking […]
Trump secures long overdue Israeli recognition of Kosovo. But what’s that have to do with ‘Middle East peace’?
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Serbia to move its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem and Kosovo to normalize ties with Israel, Trump says
Serbia to move its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem and Kosovo to normalize ties with Israel, Trump says – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement Views: 0
Serbia SITREP: Kosovo – the endless game
August 15, 2020 by Mavro Orbini for The Saker Blog Although expected, call for Belgrade-Pristina dialogue at White House on 2nd of September[1] is suddenly getting on importance after Trump administration masterpieced (unexpected) Israeli-UAE Peace Deal.[2] It seems that US diplomatic coupe is on the way just before US presidential elections. Trump sent letters in 2018 and […]
US Ambassador tells Serbia to reward Kosovo Islamists by giving them their own state
On May 29th, a group of Serbs displaced from the Kosovo village of Petrich by Albanian violence attempted to visit the remains of the demolished village church and the village cemetery to mark Holy Trinity holiday (according to the Julian calendar). However, as is usual in most of NATO-occupied Kosovo, they were met by […]
Going Underground – Tony Blair’s Attorney General Lord Morris on Kosovo, Syria & Legal Justification of War
Going Underground – Tony Blair’s Attorney General Lord Morris on Kosovo, Syria & Legal Justification of War Going Underground with Afshin Rattansiyoutube.com Tony Blair’s Attorney General, Lord Morris, explains what makes a war legal or illegal. LIKE Going Underground http://fb.me/GoingUndergroundRTFOLLOW Going Underground http://twitter.com/Underground_RTFOLLOW Afshin Rattansi http://twitter.com/AfshinRattansiFOLLOW on Instagram http://instagram.com/officialgoingund… View the original video for Going […]