Tag: Kosovo

Serbs Unblock Roads in Kosovo as NATO Moves to End Car Plate Row

JARINJE, Kosovo—Serbs removed trucks and cars used to block the border with Kosovo on Saturday as NATO troops moved in under a European Union mediated deal to end a dispute between the neighboring countries over car licence plates. Kosovo special police are also expected to withdraw from the border crossing in the north of the…


2 Public Offices in Kosovo Targeted as Serbia Tensions Soar

PRISTINA, Kosovo—A public building in Kosovo was set on fire and another was hit by grenades that did not explode in what government officials described Saturday as criminal acts related to ethnic Serbs protesting the decision to remove Serbian license plates from cars entering the country. Serbian media quoted the head of the Zubin Potok…


Kosovo Follows US, Guatemala in Opening Embassy in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM—Kosovo opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem on Sunday, joining the United States and Guatemala as the only countries with embassies in a city whose status is at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Muslim-majority Kosovo promised to locate its embassy in Jerusalem when it established diplomatic ties with Israel last year under U.S….