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British Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrives to speak during a G5+ Foreign Ministers meeting in Madrid, Spain, Monday March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul White)
UK foreign secretary urges Kosovo and Serbia to make progress in normalization talks
The United Kingdom’s foreign secretary gave assurances of Britain’s interest in the Western Balkan region while visiting Kosovo, urging both Kosovo and Serbia to make progress in normalization talks.
April 2
El secretario general de la OTAN, Mark Rutte, durante una conferencia de prensa conjunta con los miembros de la presidencia bosnia en Sarajevo, Bosnia, el lunes 10 de marzo de 2025. (AP Foto/Armin Durgut)
NATO chief assures Western Balkans of alliance support and urges flexibility in Kosovo, Serbia talks
NATO’s secretary general, in his first trip to the once-volatile Western Balkans, has underscored the alliance’s “steadfast commitment” to its security.
March 11
The Serbian flag, left, flies on a lamppost in front of a Kosovo flag on the city hall in the town of Zubin Potok, northern Kosovo, May 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Marjan Vucetic, File)
Kosovo’s authorities close parallel institutions run by the country’s ethnic Serb minority
Kosovo’s authorities say they have closed all so-called parallel institutions used by the country’s ethnic Serb minority and financially supported by neighboring Serbia.
January 15
Kosovo’s war crime-charged ex-president briefly released to visit his ill father
Kosovo’s ex-President Hashim Thaci, who is facing war crime charges, has been briefly released from a European Union-backed court to visit his ill father.
March 13
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a news conference with Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico in the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Serbia rejects responsibility for a water supply explosion in Kosovo as tensions rise
Serbia’s president has rejected any responsibility for a powerful explosion that temporarily cut water and power supplies to large swathes of neighboring Kosovo.
December 1, 2024
Kosovo says its prime minister fell prey to a prank call by Russian comedians
The office of Kosovo’s prime minister has acknowledged that Albin Kurti fell prey to a prank call from Russian comedians last month.
March 26
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a public address in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. Serbia on Friday demanded that an election be held and ethnic Serbs return to police and judiciary in a Serb-populated northern region of Kosovo where tensions have fueled fears of instability and new armed clashes. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Serbia demands new elections in tense north Kosovo as well as return of Serb police and judiciary
Serbia has demanded that an election be held and ethnic Serbs return to police and judiciary in a Serb-populated northern region of Kosovo where tensions have fueled fears of instability and new armed clashes.
September 13, 2024
Fans for Serbia have painted faces and hold a flag in the stands prior to a Group C match between Denmark and Serbia at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Albania and Serbia to co-host European U21 Championship after historical tensions
Albania and Serbia will co-host the European Under-21 Championship in a move that could help ease political tensions between the nations.
February 4
People use red spray paint in front of a local police station during an anti-corruption protest led by university students in the southwestern town of Novi Pazar, Serbia, Saturday, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Serbia’s populist president demands order after months of anti-corruption protests shaking his rule
Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic has demanded that authorities restore “order and peace” in the Balkan country following months of anti-corruption protests that have shaken his firm grip on power.
April 12
FILE - European Union envoy for the Western Balkans Miroslav Lajcak, speaks during a joint press conference with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Gabriel Escobar in Belgrade, Serbia, on Feb. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovicm, File)
EU envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to resume efforts to normalize ties through talks
The European Union envoy for the Western Balkans has urged Kosovo and Serbia to step up their efforts at normalization talks.
September 6, 2024
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti speaks to The Associated Press, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Kosovo lifts ban on entry of products from Serbia at the border
Kosovo’s government says it is lifting restrictions on trade from Serbia at one border crossing, , 16 months after it halted imports to prevent what it said could be hidden shipments of weapons for Serb separatists.
October 7, 2024
Albin Kurti, President of the left-wing Vetevendosje! party, casts his ballot as Kosovo holds a parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
Kosovo’s governing party wins parliamentary election but without majority, preliminary results show
Preliminary results show that Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s party won Kosovo’s parliamentary election but without the majority needed to govern alone, as talks on normalizing ties with rival Serbia remain stalled and foreign funding for one of Europe’s poorest countries is in question.
February 9
Romanian fans wave a banner in the colors of Serbia and Romania national flags during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Romania and Kosovo was suspended at the National Arena stadium in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre, File)
Romania loses case about chaotic Kosovo game and must host World Cup qualifier in empty stadium
Romania’s soccer federation has lost its appeal against UEFA punishment for racist fan chants. Romania must play its first home qualifier for the 2026 World Cup in an empty stadium.
February 13
Senior US official travels to Kosovo to revive Kosovo-Serbia talks after tensions over currency
A senior U.S. official will visit Kosovo in the next days to put “back on track” talks on normalizing ties between Kosovo and Serbia, after tensions escalated over Kosovo’s decision to ban the use of the Serbian dinar.
March 12, 2024
8 arrested after blast disrupts Kosovo water and power supplies
A powerful explosion has damaged a water canal and temporarily cut water and power supply to Kosovo’s cities.
November 30, 2024
FILE -Kosovo police officers guard road near the village of Banjska, northern Kosovo, Sept. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic, File)
Kosovo’s leader demands Serbia hand over gunmen who attacked police
Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti has held Serbia accountable for trying to annex part of Kosovo following an incursion of Serb gunmen who killed a police officer last year.
September 24, 2024
Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti arrives for a bilateral meeting as part of a series of meetings with EU-Western Balkans leaders at the European Council in Brussels, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Simon Wohlfahrt, Pool Photo via AP)
Kosovo’s ethnic Serb party says its ban from a parliamentary election is ‘political violence’
Kosovo’s main ethnic Serb party says its ban from taking part in the upcoming parliamentary election is political and institutional violence against the ethnic minority.
December 24, 2024
Lumir Abdixhiku addresses supporters during a campaign rally ahead of the parliamentary election in Istog, Kosovo, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Ermal Meta/LDK via AP)
Kosovo elections will decide who will lead stalled talks with Serbia and manage a battered economy
Kosovo goes to the polls Sunday in a parliamentary election expected to be a key test for Prime Minister Albin Kurti after his party won in a landslide four years ago.
February 7
Supporters of left-wing Vetevendosje! party celebrate following results of a parliamentary election, in Pristina, Kosovo, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
Kosovo’s prime minister looks for allies for new Cabinet after failing to win parliamentary majority
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s leftist party has won the most seats in the parliamentary election. But it was left without a majority in the house.
February 10
Kosovo election authority bans main ethnic Serb party from parliamentary vote
Kosovo’s election authority has barred the main ethnic Serb party from competing in the upcoming parliamentary election.
December 23, 2024
Kosovo’s parliament speaker ejects ethnic Serb lawmakers because of their truancy
Kosovo’s parliament speaker has ejected several lawmakers of the ethnic Serb minority from the chamber because of their several recent absences.
December 5, 2024
EU sends election observers to monitor Kosovo’s parliamentary polls on Feb. 9
European Union observers will monitor Kosovo’s parliamentary election on Feb. 9, which is expected to be a key test for Prime Minister Albin Kurti.
January 18
EU’s enlargement commissioner urges Albania to focus on reforms in membership talks update
European Union enlargement commissioner Marta Kos has hailed Albania’s progress in the membership negotiations and as a “champion” of the regional cooperation.
March 13
Special Kosovo court orders arrest of 3 war veterans
Judges of a European Union-backed court have ordered the arrest of Kosovo’s three other war veterans on alleged offenses against the administration of justice.
December 5, 2024
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center, accompanied by North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski, left, review the honor guard squad at the Government building in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. NATO Secretary General arrived Tuesday on a two-day visit to North Macedonia as a part of his Western Balkans tour. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
NATO head says violence in Kosovo unacceptable while calling for constructive dialogue with Serbia
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the recent violent outbreaks in Kosovo were unacceptable and perpetrators must be brought to justice.
November 21, 2023
Kosovo appeals body overturns ban on ethnic Serb party, allowing it to run in parliamentary election
Kosovo’s election appeals authority has cancelled a ban on the main party of the ethnic Serb minority, allowing it to field candidates in the upcoming parliamentary election.
December 25, 2024
Switzerland's Eray Comert, left, and Serbia's Dusan Vlahovic in action during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Switzerland and Serbia at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Switzerland on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)
UEFA punishes Serbia for fan misconduct including trying to burn Albania flag
UEFA has punished Serbia’s soccer federation for racist acts by fans at two Nations League games including trying to burn an Albania flag in Switzerland.
December 13, 2024
Kosovo prosecutors charge 45 people over a deadly incursion by Serb gunmen
Kosovo prosecutors have filed charges against 45 people over a gunfight following an incursion by heavily armed Serb gunmen last year.
September 11, 2024
Kosovo players leave the pitch during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Romania and Kosovo at the National Arena stadium in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre)
Romania’s soccer federation says Kosovo’s walk-off actions were premeditated
Romania’s soccer federation has expressed its disappointment at what it calls “premeditated” behavior by Kosovo’s team in Friday night’s abandoned match in the Nations League.
November 16, 2024
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti speaks to The Associated Press, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Kosovo’s leader says Russia prevailing in Ukraine would threaten 25 years of peace in the Balkans
Kosovo’s prime minister says that the Balkan region has enjoyed the greatest degree of peace, freedom and democracy in its history in the past 25 years.
October 3, 2024