LEPOSAVIC, Kosovo — Nato peacekeepers guarded town halls in ethnically polarised north Kosovo for a third day on Wednesday (May 31) as Serbia's defence minister inspected troops deployed near the border with its former province after violent unrest this week. The disturbances prompted Nato to send additional troops to the area and the alliance and the West slammed Kosovo for...
LEPOSAVIC, Kosovo — Nato peacekeepers guarded town halls in ethnically polarised north Kosovo for a third day on Wednesday as Serbia's defence minister inspected troops deployed near the border with its former province after violent unrest this week.
Regional unrest has intensified since April elections that Serbs in north Kosovo boycotted, leaving victory in four Serb-majority mayoralties to candidates from Kosovo's 90 per cent ethnic Albanian majority. "We want more progress in Kosovo, we want the establishment of the association of Serb municipalities, we want the normalisation of undertakings by both countries including by Serbia," Hill told reporters in Belgrade.
Vucevic said he wanted peace and stability "but without compromising our ability to defend the sovereignty of the Republic of Serbia and all of its citizens" — alluding also to Kosovo Serbs who do not recognise Kosovo statehood.
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