EU Leaders Fail To Revive Serbia-Kosovo Talks
The issue of ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo blunted any hopes for progress.
The issue of ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo blunted any hopes for progress.
Radoičić was an associate of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić’s, who once named him one of the “guardians of Serbia in Kosovo and Metohija.”
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken pleads with Serbian president for de-escalation
Milan Radoičić, the controversial leader of an ethnic Serb political party, has been under U.S. sanctions since December 2021.
Serbian leader accused Kosovo of sparking incident that could derail Belgrade’s EU membership bid
The altercation will likely strain already poor relations between Serbia and the breakaway region after weeks of violence over the installation of Albanian mayors in Serbian regions in Kosovo.
In northern Kosovo, ethnic tensions flared when Kosovo Serbs clashed with police and NATO peacekeepers as the former demanded the removal of recently elected Albanian mayors.
“Someone needs to understand that what [Kosovo’s prime minister] Albin Kurti is doing is leading us to red lines and to a complete collapse of dialogue and an escalation on the ground,” Serbia’s defense minister warned.
President Vučić called the amnesty a success, with over 13 thousand illegally held firearms surrendered in less than two weeks.
The news is likely to precipitate political controversy in Serbia given that broad swaths of the population strongly support Russia.
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