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Türkiye has urged Serbia and Kosovo to diffuse tension and resolve the problems through dialogue amid recent escalation between the two countries.

"I think they [the Kosovars] have more than compensated for the debt of 1999," he added, referencing Kosovo's independence war with Serbia of spring 1999 when Albanians- especially those who live in the cities and villages near the border with Kosovo- sheltered hundreds thousands Kosovo Albanians who flew their homes.

Skender Gashi, a Kosovo Albanian, was one of 3,765 deceased Kosovars brought back from around the world for burial in Kosovo between 2017 and 2019, according to data from the country's interior ministry.

Two decades since the end of the war, many Kosovars say they still feel safer with a gun in the house.

The Kosovo parliament met on Thursday to hold a special session on the exodus of young people, which deputies warned was having a highly damaging effect on the country's economy and future. The MPs were due to vote a resolution on the subject that night.

Kosovo film-making will debut at the prestigious Berlinale International Film Festival next month with the short film In Between [Në Mes], described by its producer as a "very Kosovar" look at the relationship between brothers and the issue of migration.

Lonely Planet's list of ten "essential destinations in Europe this year" includes Kosovo and Albania's capital Tirana must-see place on the continent.

Lonely Planet's website says says that Kosovo, which is included alongside Emilia-Romagna in Italy, Cantabria in Spain and Friesland in the Netherlands, "somehow stayed below the radar of most travellers".

BELGRADE - The residents of southern Serbia are worried about history repeating itself amid reports that Kosovan Albanians are buying up large amounts of property in towns and villages there, Sputnik Serbia reported.