Friday, July 29, 2011

NATO Tries To Defuse Tensions On Kosovo Border Posts



Nato Takes Over Kosovo Border Posts After Clashes -- BBC

Nato has deployed peacekeepers in the north of Kosovo after a border post with Serbia was burnt down and a Kosovo policeman killed.


Serbian nationalists in Kosovo attacked the post on Wednesday after Kosovo's government sent police to enforce a ban on imports from Serbia.

Border posts in the area, which rejects Kosovan independence from Serbia, had been staffed by ethnic Serb police.

Kosovo's government suspected them of turning a blind eye to banned imports.

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More News On Tensions In Kosovo On The Borders With Serbia

NATO Takes Control at Kosovo Borders -- New York Times
Serb Police, NATO Boost Forces After Kosovo Violence -- New York Times/Reuters
NATO peacekeepers can fire if attacked in Kosovo -- Stars and Stripes/AP
NATO Takes Control of Troubled Kosovo Border Posts -- Voice of America
Kosovo Firebombing Underscores New Ethnic Tensions -- New York Times
EU urges Serbia, Kosovo to defuse tensions -- CTV
Kosovo: UN mission voices deep concern at recent clashes in north -- UN News Centre
UN Council rejects Serbia calls for Kosovo meet -- AFP
New Violence in Kosovo Could Pose a Quandary for an Overstretched NATO -- Tony Karon, Time
Historical EU Error To Blame for Kosovo Strife -- Olaf Ihlau, Spiegel Online

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