World
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International
3/18/2023 10:51:52 AM
Western officials are hoping for progress this weekend in EU-mediated talks between Serbia and Kosovo's leaders, in a new attempt to ease decades of tensions between the Balkan wartime foes and solve one of Europe's longest-standing disputes.
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World
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International
2/27/2023 6:35:55 PM
Brussels hosts the rival leaders of Kosovo and Serbia on Monday as the European Union turns up the pressure to reach a deal it hopes will lead to a de facto normalisation of ties between the bitter foes.
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World
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International
12/29/2022 5:30:01 PM
Kosovo's primary border crossing with Serbia was back open Thursday, dialling down growing tensions that had drawn international calls for de-escalation.
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World
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International
12/28/2022 9:10:00 PM
The European Union and the United States urged Kosovo and Serbia Wednesday to take "immediate" steps to deescalate tensions amid mounting unrest in their border region.
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World
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International
12/26/2022 8:58:07 PM
NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo said Monday they were investigating a shooting incident in a tense northern region, urging calm as Serbia's top military officials inspected their troops on the border with Kosovo in a show of combat readiness.
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World
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International
12/15/2022 6:25:59 PM
Kosovo's prime minister on Thursday formally tabled his country's application to be granted candidacy status for membership in the European Union, a first step in what looks set to be a very long path to eventual membership.
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World
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International
12/11/2022 1:00:58 PM
Kosovo police and the local media on Sunday reported explosions, shooting and road blocks overnight in the north of the country, where the popoulation is mostly ethnic Serb, despite the postponement of the Dec. 18 municipal election the Serbs were opposed to.
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World
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International
12/10/2022 8:03:55 PM
Kosovo on Saturday postponed a local election due Dec. 18 in four municipalities with a predominantly ethnic Serb population, in an effort to defuse recent tensions there that have also caused relations with neighboring Serbia to deteriorate further.
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World
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International
11/5/2022 8:37:52 PM
Representatives of the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo on Saturday resigned from their posts in protest over the dismissal of a police officer who did not follow the government's decision on vehicle license plates.
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World
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International
9/5/2022 8:21:10 PM
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic travelled to northern Kosovo Monday, marking the first trip by a senior official from Belgrade to the former breakaway province in years following a recent bout of unrest.
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World
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International
8/27/2022 8:04:25 PM
Serbia and Kosovo have agreed on an arrangement for free movement between their countries, the European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced Saturday.
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World
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International
8/24/2022 6:49:19 PM
US and European Union envoys met with Kosovo's prime minister on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to avert further tensions with Serbia after a meeting last week in Brussels ended with no agreement on a dispute between the former Balkan war foes.
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World
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International
8/21/2022 5:52:16 PM
Serbia's president called on NATO on Sunday to ``do their job'' in Kosovo or he says Serbia itself will move to protect its minority in the breakaway province.
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World
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International
8/18/2022 7:12:30 PM
EU-mediated "crisis management" talks Thursday between Serbia and Kosovo failed to quell rising tensions between the Balkan neighbours, but further dialogue will take place, the bloc's diplomatic chief said.
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World
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International
3/25/2022 4:32:35 PM
Female foreign ministers from 16 countries around the world said Friday they are "deeply disappointed'' that Afghan girls are being denied access to secondary schools and called on the Taliban to reverse their decision.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/17/2022 8:32:26 PM
Kosovo's president on Thursday asked U.S. President Joe Biden to help Kosovo become a NATO member at a time that Russia is making efforts to destabilize the Balkans.
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World
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International
1/8/2022 10:42:25 PM
Kosovo police on Saturday seized hundreds of cryptocurrency mining machines and arrested one person in the tense ethnic-Serb majority north as the country suffered an energy crisis.
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World
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International
12/14/2021 2:02:36 PM
Serbia on Tuesday took a significant step forward in its quest to join the European Union by opening talks on a series of policies linked to the environment, but Belgrade was warned that progress on its European path still depends on normalizing relations with its former territory, Kosovo.
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World
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International
11/25/2021 7:13:02 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow would continue providing natural gas to Serbia on terms favorable to its ally.
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World
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Region
10/23/2021 9:44:41 PM
The U.S. is welcoming tens of thousands of Afghans airlifted out of Kabul but has disclosed little publicly about a small group who remain overseas: dozens who triggered potential security issues during security vetting and have been sent to an American base in the Balkan nation of Kosovo.
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