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Kosovo police, protesters clash near Serbia border [Jan 14, 2012] PODUJEVO, Kosovo (Reuters) - Police in Kosovo fired tear gas and water cannon Saturday to disperse hundreds of protesters trying to stop traffic entering from Serbia in the latest flare-up in the Balkan country. The Kosovo Albanian demonstrators were protesting against what they say are Serbian efforts to obstruct economic and political development in Kosovo, which declared independence from ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Kosovo police, protesters clash near Serbia border [Jan 14, 2012] PODUJEVO, Kosovo (Reuters) - Police in Kosovo fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of demonstrators trying to stop traffic entering from neighboring Serbia on Saturday. The Kosovo Albanian protesters, followers of the opposition political party Self-Determination, were trying to block two border crossings in protest at what they say is Serbian obstruction of Kosovo's independence ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Tensions Rise in Southeast Serbia as Ethnic Albanians Rally [Sep 22, 2011] Tensions in Southeastern Serbia have grown after several thousand ethnic Albanians rallied to protest against discrimination in the town of Presevo. Residents of the three predominantly ethnic Albanian towns Presevo, Bujanovac, and Medveda took part in the rally, BGNES reported. The demonstrators carried Albanian, US, and EU flags, and vast banners with their demands for the Serbian state ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia quashing influence of nationalists [May 30, 2011] DANICA KIRKA Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia The citizen video went viral: a Serbian police officer berating an ultranationalist rioter caught trying to set fire to a building in the capital. "So, you came here to demolish my Belgrade," the officer says ominously before the man is hauled away ? a startling image for people accustomed to tacit government support for rightist demonstrators. Sasa ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Thousands rally in Serbia to protest Mladic arrest; 3,000 riot police deployed in Belgrade [May 29, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia ? Thousands of demonstrators sang nationalist songs and carried banners honoring jailed former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic on Sunday as they poured into the street outside Serbia?s parliament to demand the release of the war-crimes suspect, whom they consider a hero. More than 3,000 riot police took positions around government buildings and Western embassies ... [via YahooNews] More >>

55,000 Serbian Protesters Rally, Demand Early Elections [Feb 05, 2011] More than 55,000 supporters of the opposition Serbian Progressive Party rallied in Belgrade in front of the parliament, demanding early elections. According to the BBC, this is the biggest anti-government protest seen in Serbia in years. The demonstrators took to the streets in Belgrade to protest against economic mismanagement, incompetence, and corruption. ... [via YahooNews] More >>