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Turkey and Serbia suggest they might jointly produce military drones
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The leaders of Turkey and Serbia suggested Friday that their countries might jointly produce military drones, months after a Turkish shipment of unmanned aircraft to Serbia’s neighbor Kosovo sparked anger in the Serbian capital. While Serbia had initially...
Trial opens of Serb gunmen accused of attacking Kosovo police
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A Kosovo court on Wednesday opened a trial of 45 people charged over a gunfight following an incursion by heavily armed Serb gunmen last year, as tensions remain tense between Serbia and its former breakaway province. The trial at the Pristina District Court...
Kosovo's leader demands Serbia hand over gunmen who attacked police
BANJSKA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Tuesday held Serbia accountable for trying to annex part of Kosovo following an incursion of Serb gunmen who killed a police officer in a shootout last year that raised tensions between the sides. Kurti called on the...
Serbia demands new elections in tense north Kosovo as well as return of Serb police and judiciary
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia on Friday demanded that an election be held and ethnic Serbs return to police and judiciary in a Serb-populated northern region of Kosovo where tensions have fueled fears of instability and new armed clashes. Populist President Aleksandar Vucic also...
Kosovo prosecutors charge 45 people over a deadly incursion by Serb gunmen
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo prosecutors on Wednesday filed charges against 45 people over a gunfight following an incursion by heavily armed Serb gunmen last year, as tensions rise between Serbia and its former breakaway province. A Kosovo policeman and three Serb gunmen were...
EU envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to resume efforts to normalize ties through talks
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union envoy for the Western Balkans on Friday urged Kosovo and Serbia to step up their efforts at normalization talks, saying these are decisive toward the two countries' membership in the bloc. Miroslav Lajcak was in Kosovo’s capital,...
Thousands rally in Serbia accusing populist government of cracking down on anti-lithium activists
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Several thousand people rallied Sunday in the Serbian capital, accusing the populist government of cracking down on environmental activists opposed to a large European Union-backed lithium excavation project planned in the Balkan country. The protest outside...
Serbia makes a $3 billion deal to buy 12 French warplanes, in a shift away from Russia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday announced a $3 billion deal to buy 12 French warplanes, in a move that shifts his country away from its dependence on Russian arms. The announcement about the Rafale multi-purpose fighter jets was made during a...
German leader to visit Serbia seeking lithium for his country's car industry
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Serbia later this week to discuss a tentative deal with the Balkan country for the controversial excavation of lithium, a critical substance in making batteries for electric vehicles, officials from both states confirmed Wednesday....
