Violent protests erupted in Northern Kosovo Monday between local police and NATO-led forces and ethnic Serbs, leading to injuries on both sides.
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Daniel Davis discusses how Russian forces are hitting Kyiv and reflects on Memorial Day on ‘Fox News Live.’Monday amid an ongoing standoff between ethnic Albanian authorities and local ethnic Serbs who ignored warnings not to seize municipality buildings. over the weekend. The demonstrations have led to injuries on both sides, which more than two dozen NATO troops injured.
The increasingly chaotic situation has fueled fears of a renewal of the 1998-99 conflict in Kosovo that claimed more than 10,000 lives and left more than 1 million homeless.The latest tensions are multiple-faceted, stemming from centuries of conflict. Kosovo is a mainly ethnic Albanian-populated territory that was formerly a province of Serbia. It declared independence in 2008. Serbia has refused to recognize Kosovo's statehood and still considers it part of Serbia.
Attempts by the central government to impose more control in the Serb-dominated north are usually met with resistance from Serbs. There have been constant international efforts to find common ground between the two former wartime foes, but there has been no final comprehensive agreement so far. Polish soldiers, part of the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo KFOR guard a municipal building in the town of Zvecan, northern Kosovo, Monday, May 29, 2023.
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NATO soldiers deploy around Kosovo town halls in standoff with Serb protestersNATO peacekeeping soldiers formed security cordons around three town halls in Kosovo on Monday to keep back Serbs protesting at ethnic Albanian mayors taking office in a Serb majority area after elections they boycotted.
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NATO soldiers guard Kosovo towns in stand-off with Serb protestersSerbs in northern Kosovo try to take over the local government buildings as Albanian mayors were elected in recent local elections which Serbs refused to take part in.
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NATO peacekeepers secure Kosovo town halls in standoff with Serb protestersNATO peacekeeping soldiers formed security cordons around four town halls in Kosovo on Monday to keep back Serbs protesting at ethnic Albanian mayors taking office in a Serb majority area after elections they boycotted.
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NATO soldiers deploy in Kosovo clashes with Serb protestersNATO peacekeeping soldiers formed security cordons around three town halls in Kosovo on Monday as police clashed with Serb protesters, while Serbia's president put the army on the highest level of combat alert.
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Why do Kosovo-Serbia tensions persist?Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo have flared anew this weekend after Kosovo’s police raided Serb-dominated areas in the region’s north and seized local municipality buildings. There have been violent clashes between Kosovo’s police and local Serbs that have left several people injured on both sides. Serbia raised the combat readiness of its troops stationed near the border and warned that it won’t stand by if Serbs in Kosovo are attacked again. The situation has again fueled fears of a renewal of the 1998-99 conflict in Kosovo that claimed more than 10,000 lives.
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NATO head urges Kosovo to ease tensions with SerbiaNATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday called on Kosovo to tone down tensions with Serbia, two days after violent clashes between Kosovan police and protesters opposed to Albanian mayors taking office in ethnic Serbian areas.
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