Kosovo’s leaders must continue European Union-facilitated talks aimed at normalizing ties with Serbia, a European security official said Friday amid rising tensions between the two countries. The head of the 57-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe met with senior officials and political leaders in Pristina to express concern about the situation.
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US Congress delegation in Kosovo to show bipartisan support
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Serb wall in Kosovo city pulled down with no incidents
Kosovo Serbs look as bulldozers tear down a concrete wall erected in the northern city of Mitrovica on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2017, that has provoked tensions between Kosovo and neighboring Serbia.
NATO Chief Urges Serbia, Kosovo To Ease Tensions After Failed Talks
The head of NATO urged Serbia and Kosovo to ease tensions and revive their efforts to normalize relations after talks aimed at mending ties collapsed amid mutual recriminations this week. “Not more rhetoric but we need dialogue, we need to reduce tensions to avoid incidents…and move forward normalizing the process between Pristina and Belgrade,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters after meeting with Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa in Pristina on February 3. Kosovo and Serbia, after an attempt at negotiations abruptly broke up without result late on February 1, have engaged in an escalating war of words, accusing each other of stoking ethnic tensions.
Tensions flare as Serb nationalist train halts at border
A railroad worker stands by the first train decorated with letters that read “Kosovo is Serbian” written in twenty languages departing from the Belgrade to Mitrovica, Kosovo at Belgrade’s railway station, Serbia, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. Serbia has launched a railway link to Serb-dominated northern Kosovo despite protests from authorities in Pristina who described the move as a provocation and an aggressive violation of Kosovo’s sovereignty.
Tensions flare as Serb nationalist train halts at border
A man dressed in Serbian national costume passes by a train decorated with “Kosovo is Serbian” inscribed in twenty world languages before it departs from Belgrade to Mitrovica, Kosovo at Belgrade’s railway station, Serbia, S… . A railroad worker walks by the first train decorated with letters that read “Kosovo is Serbian” written in twenty languages departing from the Belgrade to Mitrovica, Kosovo at Belgrade’s railway station, Serbia, Saturday, Ja… .
Kosovo decides to pull down wall raised by ethnic Serbs
Kosovo’s Parliament has voted to demolish a concrete wall erected by the Serb ethnic minority in the northern city of Mitrovica. Serbs earlier this month started to raise the wall in the northern part of the bridge on Ibar River, calling it a technical support barrier against a landslide.
From troubled past to bright future: A new start for vulnerable adolescents in Kosovo
A 17-year-old boy holds onto a barbed wire fence at Lipjan Correctional Facility in Pristina. The centre was previously the only option for children in conflict with the law.