For Prelims: Kosovo-Serbia Conflict, NATO, Albanians, World War 2, Soviet Union. For Mains: Kosovo-Serbia Conflict.Why in News?Serbian protesters and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) peacekeepers recently clashed in Kosovo, leading to more than 60 injuries. It is the most serious ...
The article discusses the history of Serbian-Kosovo conflict, culminating to the separation of the former province to become an autonomous state. Former dictator Slobodan Milosevic deprived Kosovo of its autonomous status and discriminated against Kosovo Albanians, leading to separatist movements. While ...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a statement said Kosovo's actions "have sharply and unnecessarily escalated tensions," and called on all sides to "refrain from any further actions that will inflame tensions and promote conflict." Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described the situ...
The Kosovo conflict has flared up again The recent turmoil in the contested region began after plans were announced to ban Serbian license plates and introduce permits for Serbs entering the Kosovo region
Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo have flared anew this week after Kosovo’s police raided Serb-dominated areas in the region’s north and seized local municipality buildings. There have been violent clashes between Kosovo’s police and local Serbs that
But Belgrade still regards Kosovo as a breakaway province and flare-ups between Belgrade-backed minority Kosovo Serbs and central government have stoked fears of a return to conflict. The EU plan does not commit Serbia to acknowledging an independent Kosovo but it would recognise document...
Kosovo and Serbia Abstract As previous chapters mentioned, the Balkans case severely dented the EU and UN’s reputations, following genocide and ethnic cleansing on a scale not seen since the Second World War. While the 1999 NATO airstrike officially ended the conflict and the Dayton Accord was ...
The dispute between Serbia and Kosovo dates back to 1998-99, when the former Serbian president, Slobodan Milosevic, ordered a bloody crackdown on Kosovo Albanian separatists. More than 10,000 people died in the conflict before NATO forced Serbia to pull out of the territory. ...
He is out of the game after being accused by special prosecutors in The Hague of war crimes dating back to the conflict with Serbia. The fighting between ethnic Albanian rebels and Serb forces claimed some 13,000 lives, mainly Kosovo Albanians. But the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)...
A land swap between Kosovo and Serbia could trigger a chain reaction in the Balkans, spelling the end for a number of former Yugoslav countries – and give a new reason for the US to keep troops in Europe, analysts have told RT.