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Albania’s ministry of foreign affairs has called for renewed dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade after a Kosovo policeman died in clashes with ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo on Tuesday.

Administrative line crossings between nothern Kosovo and central Serbia have been placed under KFOR’s control since last night. The talks held between representatives of the Serbian government – Goran Bogdanović and Borislav Stefanović – and KFOR commander

Serbian President Boris Tadić condemned violence in Kosovo and warned that attacks against KFOR and EULEX were against interests of residents of Kosovo and the state of Serbia. “I condemn the violence in the strongest terms,” said the Serbia president, who addressed the issue twice during Wednesday evening after a …

The UN Security Council is expected to hold consultations behind closed doors on Thursday afternoon and debate the current situation in Kosovo. “The Security Council has decided to hold consultations behind closed doors on July 28, when the UN Secretariat will brief the council member countries on the current situation …

Hashim Thaci accused late on Wednesday, at an extraordinary press conference, the “parallel structures of Serbia in northern Kosovo” of organizing the riots.

The Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Ministry has issued a statement of “strong worry” about the wosened situation in Northern Kosovo Tuesday. Tensions flared after end of last week Serbia refused to lift a trade embargo agaisnt Kosovo, which led Kosovo to impose the same.

In the wake of this week’s flare-up of tension and violence in northern Kosovo, Serbia has asked for a UN Security Council session dedicated to the problem, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belgrade.

The International Civilian Office (ICO) says it is important that the situation in Kosovo be resolved in a peaceful manner, through talks and dialogue. The Kosovo government has the right to ensure the functioning of a proper administration, including that which refers to borders and custom control,” the office headed …

Parliamentary elections in Serbia will be held in the end of April, as decided at the meeting of the leaders of the parties in the ruling coalition with President Boris Tadic. The leaders have reached agreement for the parliamentary and local elections, as well as the elections in Vojvodina, to …

The European Union on Tuesday disapproved the Kosovo police seizure of two border crossings overnight amid mounting tension with Serbia over the movement of goods across the contested frontier.