CNN: Kosovo calls for NATO intervention after weekend of violence amid rising ethnic tensions
Kosovo’s Prime Minister urged NATO peacekeeping troops to intervene after minority Serb protesters blocked roads and unknown gunmen exchanged fire with police over the weekend amid rising ethnic tensions in the country’s restive north.
At a news conference in Kosovo’s capital Pristina on Sunday, Prime Minister Albin Kurti asked the Kosovo Force (KFOR), a NATO-led international peacekeeping force, to guarantee “freedom of movement,” as he accused “criminal gangs” of blocking roads.
A fragile peace has been preserved in Kosovo since it declared independence from Serbia in 2008 following the 1998-99 war in which NATO intervened to protect Kosovo’s Albanian majority. Serbia does not recognize Kosovo’s independence.
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More News On Growing Tensions Between Serbia And Kosovo
Serbs in Kosovo clash with police as ethnic tensions flare -- Reuters
Ethnic violence flares up as Serbs barricade roads in Kosovo -- Euronews/AFP
Tensions Rise, Violence Reported In Kosovo As Ethnic Serbs Block Roads -- RFE
Kosovo sees overnight violence amid political uncertainty -- DW
Serbian leader holds security talks over Kosovo unrest -- BBC
Escalating tensions after gunmen attack police in northern Kosovo -- Al Jazeera
EU calls for calm as tensions continue to run high in north Kosovo, Serbs continue roadblocks -- ABC News Australia
Serbian President Vucic pledges to ensure peace amid simmering ethnic tensions in Kosovo -- Euronews/AP
2 comments:
Funny how one breakaway ethnic enclave can be recognized and supported, but just next door another cannot.
Maybe it is time to get rid of Kosovo.
In Europe after a world war they adjusted the border by voting at the village level (mostly). A small part of Kosovo would go to Serbia, these would be the ethnically Serbian a majority villages. The either would go to Albania.
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