Serbian president says Belgrade could face international isolation if it rejects a plan to normalise ties with Pristina.
Peacekeepers reject Belgrade’s request to send up to 1,000 police and army personnel to Kosovo following clashes.
Kosovo’s prime minister discusses the latest ethnic tensions.
Ethnic tensions along Kosovo’s eastern border appear to be easing amid fears of an armed conflict.
After weeks of protests, ethnic Serbs in Kosovo have agreed to take down the barricades amid hopes of tensions easing.
Analysts say heightened friction in the Balkans may serve the Kremlin’s interests but cast doubt over a show of force.
The removal of the roadblock paves the way for easing soaring tensions in the volatile region.
Pristina closure of the Merdare crossing on Kosovo’s eastern border comes as tensions with its Balkans neighbour spiral.
Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla accused Belgrade of supporting Serbian protesters as a means to destabilise Kosovo.
Kosovo has demanded barriers erected by Serb protesters be removed while Serbia has put its army on high alert.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has ordered that ‘all measures be taken to protect the Serbian people in Kosovo’.
A Kosovo court seated in the Netherlands sentences Salih Mustafa to 26 years in prison in its first war crimes verdict.
Ethnic fractures in the Western Balkans, including in Kosovo’s Serb-populated area, create trouble for the EU and US.
EU membership is currently out of reach for the country, which has been independent since 2008.
