North Kosovo
Kosovo Must Deliver on Municipal Association if it wants Normalisation
In September 2021, barricades were erected in northern Kosovo after the government in Pristina announced various measures related to the seemingly banal topic of vehicle license plates issued by Serbia.
Borrell: Kosovo to establish the CSMs as soon as possible
However, it does not have the possibility to "force" Kosovo to do it, it follows from the answer of the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, to the parliamentary question "what will be done regarding Kosovo's refusal to form the CSMs".
BIRN Fact-Check: Have Serbian President’s Kosovo Warnings Ever Come True?
The deadline "means they [Kosovo authorities] are planning a general attack on northern Kosovo by October 1 at the latest," he told reporters a day later.
Kosovo Move in Car Plates Row Aims to ‘Expel Serbs’ – Vucic
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic condemned the Kosovo government's latest decision about licence plates for Serbs living in northern Kosovo, claiming its goal is "to expel Serbs, especially from the north of Kosovo and Metohija". He said Kosovo's goal was "to make a new Storm", referencing the Croatian army operation in 1995, codenamed Storm, that forced most Serbs to flee Croatia.
BIRN Fact-Check: What Will the Serbia-Kosovo Energy Deal Achieve?
Secondly, the Kosovo authorities will have access to the Valac/Vallaq substation, an important part of the country's power grid that is located in a Serb-majority municipality, and other energy infrastructure that Pristina was not able to access previously.
Serbs to pay bills to Serbian company
German "stick-and-carrot": What did Scholz say to Kurti but not so directly to Vučić?
The first great Balkan assignment of the new German Chancellor was successfully performed: both Vui and Kurti came to Berlin.
These are politicians, as Deutsche Welle writes, in whose hands is the solution of the currently biggest political problem in the Balkans - the relations between Serbia and Kosovo.
Kosovo to Replace Blocked ‘Smuggling Roads’ in Serb-Majority North
Kosovo Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla told MPs on Friday that alternative routes will be constructed in the Serb-majority north to enable citizens to move freely, without needing to pass through Serbian territory, while illegal roads used for smuggling remain closed.
Armed ROSU special forces in North Mitrovica VIDEO
The vehicles are stationed near the eastern bridge that divides South and North Mitrovica, and members of the ROSU are armed with long barrels. The situation is calm at the moment.
Namely, this morning, the Kosovo Police announced that the vehicles of the border police in the village of Zupe in Zubin Potok were shot at.
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Kosovo-Serbia Licence Plate Dispute Proves Hard to Resolve
"The EU assisted both delegations in identifying solutions, but it is the responsibility of both parties to agree on a solution. We expect them to make progress by 21 April," Stano told BIRN in written answers.
Concern over ‘Uncontrolled’ Security Cameras in Serb- Dominated North Kosovo
There are two close to the bus station in North Mitrovica, several in Zvecan and others in a village of Zubin Potok.
But while, by law, security cameras directed at public streets should be the sole responsibility of Kosovo's police force, dozens observed by BIRN in three Serb-majority municipalities in the country's north are not apparently under anyone's control.