Mateja Agatonović, 17.12.2018 https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2018/12/17/kfor-still-guaranteeing-stability-security-kosovo/ BELGRADE – Reactions of Belgrade’s officials to the announced formation of Kosovo Armed Forces have been fierce and, according to commentators, overblown. The current crisis in the relations between Belgrade and

EURACTIV.com with AFP 14.12.2018 https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/kosovo-asserts-independence-with-vote-to-build-an-army/ Kosovo lawmakers vote Friday (14 December) on whether to give the small Balkan country its own army, a US-backed symbolic show of independence that has inflamed tensions with former wartime foe Serbia.

By Guy Delauney BBC News, Balkans correspondent, 14.12.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46551471LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46551471 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel

RFE/RL  December 14, 2018 https://www.rferl.org/a/kosovo-parliament-army-ksf-serbia-vote/29655480.html Lawmakers in Kosovo have passed legislation to build a full-fledged army, a move that has inflamed tensions with its former wartime foe Serbia. The United States said the move was

EWB13.12.2018 http://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2018/12/13/belgrade-pristina-dialogue-agenda-todays-european-council-meeting/ BRUSSELS – EU heads of state and governemnt will gather today in Brussels for a two-day meeting of the European Council. One of the topics on their agenda will be the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Tanjug

The resignations of several Serbian mayors in the north of Kosovo have created a fresh spike in Serbia-Kosovo tensions – but some Serbian experts expect the crisis to de-escalate shortly. Filip Rudic BIRN Belgrade, 29.11.2018.

EWB29.11.2018 http://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2018/11/29/analysis-normalization-relations-serbia-kosovo-now-available-online/ BELGRADE – Centre for Contemporary Politics, with the support of Konrad Adenauer Foundation, has released a publication titled “Agreement on Comprehensive Normalization of Relations between Serbia and Kosovo: Political and Legal Analysis”, authored by Đorđe Bojović and Nikola Burazer.

Prishtina Insight, 29.11.2018. https://prishtinainsight.com/kosovo-fails-to-join-interpol/ With 68 votes in favor, 51 against and 16 abstentions, Kosovo failed to secure two thirds of the required vote from member states to join the International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol.

James Foggo kritizirao je potez vlasti Kosova nakon ceremonije primopredaje dužnosti šefa KFOR-a u Prištini. 28. Novembar 2018. http://balkans.aljazeera.net/vijesti/komandant-nato-kosovo-taksama-riskira-izolaciju General NATO-a je rekao da Srbija i Kosovo tokom pregovora trebaju težiti euroatlantskim integracijama za dobrobit oba narodaEPA Kosovu prijeti

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/11/28/kosovos-prime-minister-we-will-not-accept-serbias-violation-of-our-sovereignty/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ac6299befa8b By Ramush Haradinaj November 28 Ramush Haradinaj is prime minister of Kosovo. My country, Kosovo, is being asked to make an impossible choice that would cheapen the sacrifice made by U.S. soldiers, undermine the

The Serb mayor of North Mitrovica resigned in protest over Pristina’s tariff hike on Serbian imports, with the mayors of the three other Serb-majority municipalities in NorthKosovo expected to follow suit. Maja ZivanovicBIRNBelgrade http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbian-mayors-in-kosovo-to-resign-11-27-2018 The

US State Secretary Mike Pompeo has called on Kosovo authorities to abolish the tax on goods form Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina (increased by 100 percent). Source: B92, Tanjug Tuesday, November 27, 2018 https://www.b92.net/eng/news/world.php?yyyy=2018&mm=11&dd=27&nav_id=105613 The US official "encouraged

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama says he supports Kosovo's decision to hike import taxes on Serbian and Bosnian goods, calling it a justified political reaction to Serbia’s hostile acts. Die Morina, Taulant Osmani BIRN, Pristina

The media published a list of countries that on Tuesday voted against Kosovo's admission to Interpol, as well as those that abstained. Source: B92 Wednesday, November 21, 2018 https://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2018&mm=11&dd=21&nav_id=105568 Kosovo's admission to Interpol was on the

21 November 2018 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46287975 Kosovo has slapped 100% customs tariffs on Serbian imports, blaming the government in Belgrade for its latest failed bid to join international police organisation Interpol. Serbia immediately warned that the decision

Plan floated by presidents already causing concern on the ground. By Eleanor Rose, 11/20/18 https://www.politico.eu/article/kosovo-border-changes-worry-caber-village-balkans-war-aftermath/ ÇABËR, Kosovo — When the people of this village in northern Kosovo returned to homes flattened by Serbian forces in

Serbian and Bosnian exports to Kosovo have reportedly tumbled since Kosovo imposed taxes on imports on November 6 – with no resolution of the trade war in sight. Filip Rudic, Die Morina, BIRN 19 Nov

Brussels has sent Vucic via diplomatic channels "an indecent proposal," i.e., blackmail: continue the dialogue with Pristina in exchange for new chapters. Belgrade will not agree. https://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2018&mm=11&dd=19&nav_id=105544 Source: Tanjug Monday, November 19, 2018 As the Belgrade

Russia is stepping in as the EU and the US are failing in their efforts to resolve the Kosovo-Serbia dispute. by Dimitar Bechev 18.11.2018. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/kosovo-quandary-win-russia-181118131429535.html For nearly two decades, President Vladimir Putin has been on

David Chazan, Paris  14 November 2018 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/14/kosovo-president-says-no-ethnic-land-swap-serbia-peace-deal/ Kosovo’s president has denied that a potential peace agreement with Serbia would involve redrawing the border along ethnic lines amid fears that such a deal could re-ignite conflict between

EURACTIV.com with AFP 12-11-2018 https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/serbia-warns-kosovo-against-undermining-regional-stability/ Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić on Sunday (11 November) accused Kosovo of “undermining regional cooperation and stability” by raising taxes on Serbian goods. A dialogue between the two former foes is

EURACTIV.com with Reuters ‎Nov‎ ‎08‎, ‎2018 https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/eu-calls-kosovo-to-revoke-import-tax-on-serbia-bosnia-goods/ The European Union called on Kosovo on Wednesday (7 November) to revoke its decision to impose an import tax on goods coming from Serbia and Bosnia, a move that

08 Nov 18 BIRN Team http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/vucic-thaci-exchange-angry-statements-after-meeting-in-brussels-11-08-2018 EU's Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini called on Thursday night for Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and his Serbia counterpart Aleksandar Vucic to give up their belligerent rhetoric and stick

By Julija Simić | EURACTIV.rs https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/kurz-belgrade-pristina-talks-must-continue-and-find-solution/ Austria, the current holder of the EU’s rotating presidency, will support any agreement reached by Kosovo and Serbia in the process of normalising relations, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told Belgrade

November 07, 2018 By RFE/RL's Balkan Service https://www.rferl.org/a/kosovo-slaps-tariffs-on-serbia-bosnia-for-lack-of-recognition-savage-acts/29586193.html   PRISTINA -- Kosovo has imposed a 10 percent tax on products imported from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina in a move it said was in retaliation for the