Turkey forces arrive in Kosovo to bolster NATO-led peacekeepers amid latest violence

A Turkish commando battalion requested by NATO has arrived in Kosovo to assist KFOR.

Pristina tries to occupy northern Kosovo, Metohija, says Serbian top brass

The authorities of the unrecognized Kosovo are trying to occupy the north of Kosovo and Metohija, Serbian Defense Minister Milos Vucevic said on Wednesday.

Vucic fumes about response of international community to Pristina’s actions

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday expressed displeasure about how parts of the international community responded to Pristina’s moves which, as he said, brought on violence against Serbs.

NATO International Forces (KFOR) attacked Serbs in Kosovo, many wounded

Members of the NATO-led International Security Forces (KFOR) attacked Serbs protesting outside an administrative building in the municipality of Zvecan in the autonomous region of Kosovo and Metohija. The newspaper "Вечерние новости (Evening News) writes about it.

NATO Rejects Serbian Request for Sending Military Contingent to Kosovo

NATO-led peacekeeping mission Kosovo Force (KFOR) has rejected Belgrade's request to deploy police and troops to Kosovo and Metohija, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday.

Kosovo bans entry of Serbian Patriarch ahead of Orthodox Christmas

Authorities in Kosovo decided Sunday to ban Serbian Patriarch Porfirije from entering the country ahead of Orthodox Christmas.

Serbias Prime Minister Slams US Obstruction To Deployment Of Serbian Forces In Kosovo

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic has given a brusque response to the refusal of US envoy for the Balkans Gabriel Escobar to endorse the deployment of a Serbian security contingent in Kosovo under UN Security Council resolution 1244 amid regional tensions.

Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic seeks NATO approval to send forces to north Kosovo

Serbia will ask NATO peacekeepers to let it deploy Serbian military and police to volatile northern Kosovo, although it believes there is no chance of the request being approved, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said.

Shots fired at Kosovo police units in 3 separate incidents

Kosovo authorities said late Saturday that in three incidents, shots were fired from different locations at police units that were on "official duty" near northern towns.

NATO's force in Kosovo says it is prepared to intervene if stability is jeopardized

 

 NATO's Kosovo Force (KFOR) said Sunday that it is prepared to intervene if stability is jeopardized in the northern municipalities of Kosovo after alleged conflicts at the Serbian border.

NATO-led mission at Kosovo-Serbia border after deal to ease tensions

 

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NATO building KSF capacity "within present mandate"

PRISTINA -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that he "saw progress in the security and political situation in Kosovo but much remained to be done."

Συγκρούσεις αστυνομικών και διαδηλωτών στο Κόσοβο. - Κατά του «Πάρκου Ειρήνης» που δημιουργήθηκε από Σέρβους

Tραυματίστηκαν 13 αστυνομικοί και έξι διαδηλωτές...
 
Αλβανοί, από το νότιο τμήμα της Κόσοβσκα Μιτρόβιτσα πραγματοποίησαν συγκέντρωση διαμαρτυρίας κατά του «Πάρκου Ειρήνης» που δημιουργήθηκε από Σέρβους του βορείου Κοσόβου πριν από μερικές μέρες στην κεντρική γέφυρα του ποταμού Ίμπαρ, αφού προηγήθηκε η απομάκρυνση οδοφράγματος από μπετόν που είχαν στήσει.

Serbs denied visit to Djakovica on Good Friday. -The Serbs who were forced out of Djakovica were also denied a visit on Christmas Eve

BELGRADE - Serbs who were driven out of the region of Djakovica, southwestern Kosovo, issued on Thursday a protest to the authorities in Pristina not being allowed to visit their town and properties on Good Friday.

"The Serbs from the Djakovica region are resentful of the institution in Pristina, EULEX and KFOR for being unable to ensure safety for 120 Serbs who properly filed a request to visit their town on Good Friday," President of the Association of Djakovica Citizens Djokica Stanojevic said on Thursday.

Δημοτικές εκλογές με αποχή και επεισόδια στο Κόσοβο. -Το ποσοστό συμμετοχής στις σερβικές ζώνες δεν ξεπερνούσε το 13%.

Βιαιότητες χαρακτήρισαν τις δημοτικές εκλογές που διεξήχθησαν την Κυριακή στο Κόσοβο, ιδιαίτερα στην Κόσοβσκα Μιτρόβιτσα, την κύρια πόλη του βορείου Κοσόβου, όπου η ψηφοφορία διακόπηκε. Επιπλέον το πολύ χαμηλό ποσοστό συμμετοχής που καταγράφηκε στις σερβικές ζώνες θέτει υπό αμφισβήτηση την εγκυρότητα της ψηφοφορίας. Οι εκλογές θεωρούνταν τεστ για την εφαρμογή της συμφωνίας εξομάλυνσης των σχέσεων μεταξύ Βελιγραδίου και Πρίστινας που συνήφθη τον περασμένο Απρίλιο στις Βρυξέλλες υπό την αιγίδα της ΕΕ. 

Στις κάλπες κλήθηκαν 1.779.357 ψηφοφόροι για να εκλέξουν τους εκπροσώπους τους στην τοπική αυτοδιοίκηση μεταξύ 102 κομμάτων και ενώσεων που διεκδικούσαν τον έλεγχο 36 δήμων του Κοσόβου. Για πρώτη φορά από το 2000 διεξήχθησαν εκλογές σε ολόκληρη την επικράτεια την ίδια ημέρα, δηλαδή και στις περιοχές όπου ο σερβικός πληθυσμός αποτελεί πλειοψηφία.

FYROM news: FYROM Elects New Top Judges ...

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The FYROM's Parliament on Monday is expected to confirm the election of three new judges to the Constitutional Court, whose candidacy has been harshly contested by the opposition. ....

After a heated debate last week the ruling parties should give green light for Elena Goseva, Nikola Ivanovski and Sali Murati. The stable majority should make the voting a mere formality.

The three new judges, championed by the centre-right VMRO DPMNE party of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, will take office on June 1, when the nine-year mandate of the current judges, Liljana Inglizova- Ristova, Igor Spirovski and Zoran Sulejmanov, expires.



FYROM news: NATO Pays to Renovate More FYROM's Bridges ...

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An 8.6 million euro donation by NATO will be used to upgrade 13 bridges as part of the Macedonian stretch of the European north-south Corridor 10. ...

NATO is donating the money as part of an agreement to repair all the bridges on this stretch that it used during the 1999 Kosovo crisis and afterwards.

A memorandum of understanding for the implementation of the third stage of the bridge upgrade project has been signed by Transport Minister Mile Janakieski and the chief of staff of KFOR [NATO's force in Kosovo], Brigadier General Rex Spitler.