Turkey responds to NATO's request for maintaining peace by deploying a commando unit to Kosovo. The unit has set off from Thrace
Under pressure from Western leaders, Kosovo's PM and President said they are open to new local elections in the four northern Serb-dominated municipalities
1 Jahr zuvorPräsident Selenskyj traf während seines Besuchs in Moldawien mit Präsidentin Maia Sandu zusammen
1 Jahr zuvorLocals gather for a fourth day of protests against newly elected mayors in Serb dominant Kosovo north. nnIn the early morning hours on Wednesday, they carried a giant Serbian flag in front of the municipality building in Zvecan
1 Jahr zuvorKosovo police announced on Wednesday morning that it had stopped a car with Slovenian license plates at the Jarinje border crossing with Serbia and arrested two citizens after confiscating “camouflage masks, emblems with nationalist symbols, documentation.”
1 Jahr zuvorVučević: The security situation in Kosovo and Metohija is high risk, Serbia has defined a red line
1 Jahr zuvorIn the north of Kosovo, the night passed peacefully, Serbs have been gathering again since this morning
US Department of State: Kosovo’s actions to forcibly enter municipal buildings has escalated confrontation. Violence against Kosovo Force peacekeepers, police, and journalists is unacceptable. All parties must immediately lower tensions and return to the EU-led Dialogue
Secretary Blinken: The United States strongly condemns yesterday’s attacks against @NATO led Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeepers, and urges both sides to take immediate actions to de-escalate tensions and to recommit to EU-led normalization talks
US Ambassador: Cancellation of participation in the military exercise is the first consequence for Kosovo
NATO will send an additional 700 troops to Kosovo, and will also prepare another battalion in case of need - Stoltenberg
NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples: NATO to send additional battalion to support KFOR in Kosovo
.@avucic to Quint ambassadors, EU Delegation head: Talk some sense into @albinkurti
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Aleksandar Bocan-Kharchenko
1 Jahr zuvorKFOR statement: The number of peace-keepers wounded during yesterday's unprovoked violence in the municipality of Zvecan is 30. 11 soldiers from the Italian contingent and 19 from the Hungarian contingent sustained multiple injuries, including fractures and burns from improvised explosive incendiary devices.
.@avucic meets Quint ambassadors, EU delegation head
NATO has announced that at least 25 Soldiers from the NATO Peacekeeping Mission in Kosovo (KFOR) have been Injured during “Violent Clashes” with Ethnic-Serbians in the City of Zvečan in Northern Kosovo today
Serbian President Vucic says three ethnic Serbs and three NATO peacekeepers are in critical condition following violence at pro-Serb protests in northern Kosovo; added that four Serbs were arrested
Two Serbs were wounded in clashes between protesters and KFOR and the Kosovo police, one seriously
US Air Force bomber aircrafts to perform a flight over Bosnia, "as a sign of the strong partnership between the United States and the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina"
1 Jahr zuvorZvecan tensions
1 Jahr zuvorClashes in Zvecan
1 Jahr zuvorPicture from Zvečan, northern Kosovo. Clashes continue and there are reports of many injuries
1 Jahr zuvorA few moments ago, RTV Dukagjini and Kallxo.com vehicles were sprayed with 4 C's, in Leposavic. One of the team's cars tires were also damaged
1 Jahr zuvorKFOR statement:This morning, the NATO-led FOR mission has increased its presence in the four Municipalities of northern Kosovo, following the latest developments in the area. The aim of KFOR's presence is to ensure a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for all communities in Kosovo, in accordance with its mandate from the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 1999.
Secretary Blinken: We strongly condemn the actions by the Government of Kosovo that are escalating tensions in the north and increasing instability. We call on Prime Minister @albinkurti to immediately halt these violent measures and refocus on the EU-facilitated Dialogue.
In Zvecan, one of the Serb-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo, a @Kosovo_Police car has been set on fire as Kosovo Serbs rebel against Albanian mayors entering the municipality buildings following the election boycott by Belgrade-aligned structures.
#Serbia President Vucic placed the army on full combat alert and ordered its units to move closer to the border with #Kosovo after protesters and police clashed in a majority Serb town in Kosovo. Clashes in the town of Zvecan erupted after a crowd gathered in front of the municipality building, trying to prevent a newly-elected ethnic Albanian mayor from entering his office. Police fired teargas to disperse protestors.
The meeting between President of the Republic of Srpska Milorad Dodik and Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev took place in Moscow
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 11 km S of Moíres, Greece
