Serbia ordered its troops to full alert on Tuesday as tensions soared in the Balkans amid reports that heavily armed Kosovo police entered Serb-populated regions of the former Serbian province and made several arrests.
Read moreThe foreign ministry of the European Union appointed a former U.S. prosecutor on Monday to take over its unit that investigates war crimes out of Kosovo.
Read moreA court established to prosecute crimes committed during and immediately after Kosovo’s war for independence has issued the list of lawyers who will represent suspects, victims and others appearing before the tribunal.
Read moreKosovo’s president has called an international war crimes court with jurisdiction over potential Kosovar suspects a “historical injustice,” adding his government only reluctantly accepted it as the “price for its liberty.”
Read moreA leading Serb politician in northern Kosovo was gunned down Tuesday morning, an attack that raised ethnic tensions in the Balkans and prompted the suspension of EU-mediated talks between Kosovo and Serbia.
Read moreFive western nations have warned Kosovo against repealing or amending a law on a war crimes court, saying it would suffer negative consequences “in international and Euro-Atlantic integration.”
Read moreFormer fighters of Kosovo’s independence movement are collecting signatures for a petition seeking to extend the jurisdiction of a war crimes court to include Serbs, their adversaries in their war for independence.
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The European Union on Monday warned member candidate Serbia that appointing a general who was convicted for war crimes as a lecturer at the Balkan country’s military academy goes against the EU’s principles.
Read moreKosovo’s government collapsed Wednesday after losing a no-confidence vote, setting the scene for an early election following months of political deadlock over a border demarcation deal that critics say would mean a loss of territory for the tiny Balkan country.
Read moreGermany’s foreign minister urged Kosovo’s political parties on Thursday to approve the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro to end their status as the only Western Balkan country without free travel rights in Schengen zone countries.
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A French court on Thursday delayed its decision on whether to extradite former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj to Serbia, where he’s wanted on war crimes charges.
Read moreA French court has ordered the release of a jailed former prime minister of Kosovo pending a decision on whether to extradite him to Serbia, where he’s wanted on war crimes charges.
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