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Women attach Serbian flags to a fence in front of the city hall during a protest in the town of Zvecan, northern Kosovo earlier this year.

Nato confirms 600 British soldiers will be deployed in Kosovo

Serbia refuses to recognise the independence of its former southern province, and denied it trained the group of 30 men who shot at police and killed an officer.

  • Andrea Hamblin

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In this grab taken from video, a view of a car set on fire in the town of Zvecan, northern Kosovo.

French minister tells Djokovic to stay out of politics as Kosovo tensions rise

Tennis star Novak Djokovic has been chastised by a senior French politician following his intervention over the escalation of violence in the Balkans.

  • Rob Harris
Heavy vehicles parked by local Serbs block the road in the village of Rudare, northern Kosovo.

Kosovo’s Serbian minority clash with police as roads blocked in protest

The latest protests were triggered by the arrest of a former Serbian police officer who resigned in protest of a plan to scrap Serbian license plates used in Kosovo.

  • Fatos Bytyci
Yllka Gashi gives a towering performance as a woman whose husband has been missing since a massacre in Hive.

This inspiring true story swept Sundance. It deserves the hype

Hive features a towering performance by Kosovan actress Yllka Gashi as a beekeeper rebuilding her life after a massacre.

  • Paul Byrnes
Albin Kurti, Prime Minister of Kosovo, has blamed the growing tensions in the region on Serbia.

Kosovan PM accuses Serbia of threatening new Balkan war

Fragile peace risks being shattered as Prime Minister Albin Kurti claims Russia is encouraging Belgrade to be aggressive.

  • Roland Oliphant
Hashim Thaci announces his resignation as president of Kosovo to face war crimes charges.

Former Kosovo president to face war crimes judges next week

Prosecutors allege Hashim Thaci was responsible for some 100 murders of civilians during the 1998-99 war while a commander with the Kosovo Liberation Army.

  • Stephanie van den Berg
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Kosovo President Hashim Thaci addresses the nation to announce his resignation to face war crimes in The Hague.

Kosovo president resigns, checks into custody cell at The Hague

Hashim Thaci is accused of being part of a "joint criminal enterprise" that conducted abductions and killings against opponents of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

  • Michael Birnbaum
U.S. President Donald Trump, center, Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia's president, left, and Avdullah Hoti, Kosovo's prime minister, applaud following a signing ceremony in the Oval Office

Serbia and Kosovo sign US-brokered deal but independence issue remains

Trump said Serbia would also move its embassy to Jerusalem, and Muslim-majority Kosovo and Israel had agreed to establish diplomatic relations.

  • Anne Gearan
Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci has been indicted on war crimes.

Kosovo's President indicted for war crimes, withdraws from White House talks

Hashim Thaci and nine other former separatist fighters have been indicted on a range of crimes against humanity and war crimes charges, including murder, by an international court.

Flames from an explosion light up the Belgrade skyline near a power station after NATO cruise missiles and warplanes attacked Yugoslavia.

From the Archives, 1999: NATO launches air strikes against Yugoslavia

In 1999, NATO ordered air strikes against Serb military targets after talks with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic failed to reach a peace agreement over Kosovo.

  • Geoff Kitney and Liane Martindale

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