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Kosovo accuses Serbia of police "abduction" [Mar 31, 2012] PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo accused former master Serbia on Saturday of abducting two Kosovo Albanian police officers patrolling their joint border and demanded the European Union intervene, in the latest sign of tension ahead of Serbian elections in May. Serbia's interior ministry said it had arrested the two men on Serbian-controlled territory and released photographs of them handcuffed and ... [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 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 >>

Serbian president's convoy stoned in Kosovo [Jan 06, 2012] DECANI, Kosovo (Reuters) - Kosovo Albanian protesters hurled stones at an armored motorcade carrying Serbian President Boris Tadic Friday as he marked Orthodox Christmas in the former Serbian province, where Serb-Albanian tensions have resurfaced. Kosovo's population is 90 percent ethnic Albanian, and it became the last state to emerge from the remains of federal Yugoslavia when it declared ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Kosovo Serbs call referendum on recognizing Pristina [Dec 29, 2011] KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) - Three out of four Serb-run municipalities in Kosovo's tense north decided to hold a referendum in early 2012 to decide whether to recognize Pristina's Kosovo Albanian-dominated government, a local official said on Thursday. Kosovo, 90 percent ethnic Albanian, declared independence from Serbia in 2008. Serbs dominate in a small swathe of the north bordering ... [via YahooNews] More >>

"Belgrade won't accept customs officials at checkpoints" [Sep 06, 2011] BELGRADE -- The Kosovo Albanian authorities in Pri?tina are planning to deploy their customs officers at administrative checkpoints, says Borislav Stefanovi?. [via YahooNews] More >>

PM calls on KFOR, UNMIK to "remain neutral" [Aug 02, 2011] BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovi? has stated that Serbia did not bear responsibility for the current situation in northern Kosovo. He blamed the Kosovo Albanian authorities in Pri?tina and international institutions active in the province for the flare-up. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia protests Kosovo police takeovers [Jul 26, 2011] MITROVICA, Kosovo, July 26 (UPI) -- Serbia Tuesday appealed for international intervention Tuesday as Kosovo Albanian police took over checkpoints in Serbian-populated areas. [via YahooNews] More >>