2 years agoUS 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
2 years agoSecretary 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
2 years agoUS Ambassador: Cancellation of participation in the military exercise is the first consequence for Kosovo
2 years agoNATO will send an additional 700 troops to Kosovo, and will also prepare another battalion in case of need - Stoltenberg
2 years agoNATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples: NATO to send additional battalion to support KFOR in Kosovo
2 years ago.@avucic to Quint ambassadors, EU Delegation head: Talk some sense into @albinkurti
2 years agoSerbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Aleksandar Bocan-Kharchenko
2 years agoKFOR 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.
2 years ago.@avucic meets Quint ambassadors, EU delegation head
2 years agoNATO 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
2 years agoSerbian 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
2 years agoTwo Serbs were wounded in clashes between protesters and KFOR and the Kosovo police, one seriously
2 years agoUS 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"
2 years agoZvecan tensions
2 years agoClashes in Zvecan
2 years agoPicture from Zvečan, northern Kosovo. Clashes continue and there are reports of many injuries
2 years agoA 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
2 years agoKFOR 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.
2 years agoSecretary 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.
2 years agoIn 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.
2 years ago#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.
2 years agoThe 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
2 years agoEarthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 11 km S of Moíres, Greece
2 years agoErdogan to meet presidential candidate Sinan Ogan in Istanbul today
2 years agoEarthquake of magnitude 5.2 - 3 km S of Moíres, Greece
2 years agoProtest in Comrat, Gagauziya after police searched local elections commission
2 years agoCandidate from the opposition party "Shor" Eugenia Hutsul won the election of the head of the Gagauz autonomy of Moldova
2 years agoTurkey Elections; Polls just closed; VERY high turnout; Results as soon as tonight; Erdogan & Kilicdaroglu voted, head to HQ
2 years agoTurkish Presidential candidate @kilicdarogluk directly accuses Russia of intervening in and manipulating Turkish politics and elections thru deep fake content and kompromat
2 years agoThe UN says there have been no inspections of ships as part of the of the Black Sea Grain Initiative for two days, adding that since the start of the month, the inspection rate dropped. The deal was last extended on March 18 for 60 day and expires May 18th if not extended