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"Riots could break out in Kosovo," warns analyst
"Riots could break out in Kosovo," warns analyst
BELGRADE -- The latest spate of incidents in Kosovo and Metohija "could turn into serious rioting," analyst Dusan Janjic of the Forum for Ethnic Relations has said.
According to him, "social, political, and even inter-ethnic turbulence is ahead this year."
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Two Serbs released from custody
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The two Serbs who were taken into custody after the disappearance of an Albanian teenager in northern Kosovska Mitrovica were released on Tuesday, lawyer Kaplan Baruti said.
The court denied the prosecutor's motion to order that they be kept in custody, Baruti told Tanjug.
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EP: Edi Rama's statement inappropriate
BRUSSELS - The European Parliament's (EP) Foreign Affairs Committee has described Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's recent statement about unification of Kosovo and Albania as inappropriate, during a debate at the EP on the reports assessing the progress made by Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania, Al Jazeera has published on its website.
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Explosive device thrown onto Kosovo police parking lot
ZUBIN POTOK - An unidentified person threw an explosive device onto a Kosovo Police parking lot at around 11 pm Monday, Kosovo Police Regional Deputy Commander Besim Hoti has said.
No one was injured in the incident, but four police vehicles were damaged, Hoti said.
Mitrovica: Search for three suspects ongoing
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Three persons are suspected of having wounded two Serb men in their 20s in a shooting in northern Mitrovica and opened fire on a Kosovo police car, Besim Hoti, deputy regional commander of the Kosovo police, stated on Tuesday.
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Serbia Troubled by North Kosovo Violence
Milivoje Mihajlovic, the head of Serbian government's media office, said on Tuesday that the recent violent incidents exposed ongoing tensions in northern Kosovo which escalate every time there is a political crisis in relations between Belgrade and Pristina.
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Serb 'Protection Force' Members to Join Kosovo Police
The integration of the former members of the recently disbanded Civil Protection Forces or "Civilna Zastita," which served as a de facto security force in the Serb-majority northern Kosovo, is expected to start work next week.
Belgrade is expected to hand over the list of "premises and observation points" which are currently manned by the members of the Civilna Zastita.
Vulin urges Pristina to "secure legal order"
Vulin urges Pristina to "secure legal order"
BELGRADE -- Belgrade has fulfilled all its obligations in Kosovo and it is now up to Pristina to secure the legal order and an absence of violence, says Aleksandar Vulin.
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Serbs released from custody, more incidents in KM
Serbs released from custody, more incidents in KM
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Two Serbs held in custody after the disappearance of a 17-year-old ethnic Albanian in northern Kosovska Mitrovica have been released.
This is according to lawyer Kaplan Baruti, who told Tanjug that the prosecutor's motion to extend the court custody over the the Serbs had been rejected.
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Kosovo incidents stem from "nervousness on both sides"
Kosovo incidents stem from "nervousness on both sides"
BELGRADE -- Incidents in Kosovo on both sides of the Ibar River have in common "great nervousness," according to a Serbian government official, Milivoje Mihajlovic.