The prime ministers of the Netherlands and Luxembourg on Monday urged Serbia and Kosovo to act to defuse recent tensions that have threatened to push the Balkan region into instability as Europe faces Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. Dutch PM Mark Rutte and
Serbian prosecutors on Friday opened legal proceedings against three Kosovo police officers arrested earlier this week, defying U.S. and other demands for their immediate and unconditional release. Serbian officials have said the three Kosovo Albanians were arrested by Serbian security on Wednesday
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced criticism from a close ally as ethnic tensions have once again flared in the Balkans. Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti took a shot at Blinken, who had criticized Kosovo’s government for “actions it took against
Dozens of Serbian schools on Wednesday received bomb threats, the education ministry said, amid security concerns following two mass shootings early this month, including one in an elementary school. The education ministry said 78 elementary schools and 37 high schools in Belgrade
Police are hunting a 21-year-old man after at least eight people were killed and a further 10 injured in a drive-by shooting. Serbian state TV reported that the shooting occurred south of Belgrade on Thursday night (May 4), with the gunman using
A 14-year-old boy killed at least nine people and wounded seven others in a school shooting in Serbia on Wednesday. The boy, who has not been identified, targeted the Vladislav Ribnikar School in Serbia’s capital of Belgrade. Police arrested the boy later
Leaders of Kosovo and Serbia are planning to meet in Brussels to continue discussions about a European Union-backed plan that would normalize ties between the former war rivals. The leaders are expected to discuss establishing an association of Serb majority municipalities in
“We have a deal,” European Union foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell said on Saturday. Or so it seemed. Serbia and Kosovo reached a verbal agreement on the normalization of relations during ongoing talks in the E.U. facilitated Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue. Serbian President Aleksander
A car carrying “high levels” of radiation has been stopped on the border between Croatia and Serbia. Three Croatians were arrested at the border crossing in the town of Bezdan on Saturday. SOinfo reports that it received information on the incident. They
A fire in a southwestern Serbian town has killed four children and injured their parents, police said on Sunday. The fire broke out around 7 a.m. in one of the apartments in a residential building in Novi Pazar, about 120 miles southwest