#Kosovo’s foreign minister said Wednesday that her country is convinced that #Russia must lose the war in #Ukraine for conflict not to spread further in Europe. She said her young nation’s support for Ukraine is unconditional even though Kyiv has not recognized Kosovo’s independence.
“Kosovo boasts an impressive record when it comes to gender and digital inclusion but there is more work to be done—especially in ensuring girls from rural areas and families who receive social benefits have opportunities.
We've launched the EmpowerHer! Scholarship program so these girls can realize their dreams. Our scholarships will support 150 girls between 11-18 with technology training courses…”
The leaders of Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Ukraine signed a joint declaration in support of Ukraine while denouncing Russian aggression during a summit in Tirana on Feb. 28.
Kosovo: What has changed with visa-free travel to the EU?
Kosovo was the last Western Balkan state to be granted visa-free travel to the EU. While the long anticipated — and feared — mass exodus from one of Europe's poorest countries has not materialized, things have changed.
A long-awaited European Union's visa liberalisation scheme allowing Kosovo nationals to travel to Europe's borderless zone without a visa came into force on Monday.
Appeals judges at the Kosovo tribunal in The Hague on Thursday confirmed the conviction of a former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) guerrilla commander who ran a torture prison during Kosovo's 1998-99 conflict with Serbia, but reduced his sentence....
Die Bundeswehr will 2024 mehr Soldaten im Kosovo stellen. Laut Bundesregierung war die Aufstockung aber vor den jüngsten Spannungen auf dem Balkan geplant worden. Die Angst vor einer Eskalation überschattet die Westbalkankonferenz in Tirana.
Serbisches Gericht lässt mutmaßlichen Rädelsführer Radojcic wieder frei
Kurz nach seiner Festnahme ist Milan Radojcic unter Auflagen wieder auf freiem Fuß. Ein serbisches Gericht weigerte sich, die Untersuchungshaft für den geständigen Initiator eines Überfalls auf kosovarische Polizisten zu verlängern.
Im Kosovo gab es in der vergangenen Woche erneut Schusswechsel. Die kosovarische Regierung wirft dem serbischen Militär vor, eine Aggression vorzubereiten. Serbiens Präsident dementiert das. Worum geht es in dem Konflikt? Ein Überblick.
Kosovo-Konflikt: Auswärtiges Amt fordert Serbien zu Mäßigung auf
Wirklich beigelegt war der Konflikt zwischen Serbien und Kosovo nie. Dass er sich nun offenbar zuspitzt, sorgt weltweit für Besorgnis. Nach den USA ruft nun auch das Auswärtige Amt Serbien auf, Truppen zurückzuziehen.
Zwischen #Serbien & #Kosovo darf es keine weitere Eskalation geben. Wichtig, dass Serbien unverzüglich Truppen an der Grenze reduziert. Gemeinsam mit unseren Partnern stehen wir in intensivem Kontakt mit allen Seiten. Der politische Prozess muss dringend fortgesetzt werden.
If we want to understand the approximate location of the US Carrier Strike Group in the Adriatic Sea, we can derive it from the fact that they "love" AWACS, but avoid launching their own when not in blue water oceans.
NATO22 E-3 Sentry gives the answer "CVBG near #Kosovo"
Worrying. NSC Spokesman John Kirby:
"We are monitoring a large Serbian deployment along the border of Kosovo," including "unprecedented forward deployment of artillery, tanks, and service members.” “We are calling on Serbia to withdraw those forces.”....
"just by their scope, size, and presence, it’s destabilizing enough as it is. And it’s appropriately making people concerned, including us.”
US NSC Spokesman Kirby:
„We are monitoring a large Serbian deployment along the border of Kosovo," including "unprecedented forward deployment of artillery, tanks, and service members.” “We are calling on Serbia to withdraw those forces.”
Southeast European leaders: Russia's war 'greatest threat to European security' (kyivindependent.com)
The leaders of Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Ukraine signed a joint declaration in support of Ukraine while denouncing Russian aggression during a summit in Tirana on Feb. 28.
Kosovo tribunal confirms war crimes conviction of ex-KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) commander (www.reuters.com)
Appeals judges at the Kosovo tribunal in The Hague on Thursday confirmed the conviction of a former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) guerrilla commander who ran a torture prison during Kosovo's 1998-99 conflict with Serbia, but reduced his sentence....
Serbian president turns to Russia amid rising tensions with Kosovo after monastery gun battle (www.politico.eu)
Russia says it is watching ‘closely’ the situation in Kosovo, which is ‘very tense’ and ‘potentially dangerous.’