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EULEX Kosovo
EU Rule of Law Mission Kosovo (EU) 
Authorization date: 02/18
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(OSCE Long-Term Missions)
Authorization date: 07/99
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UNMIK
UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UN-led)
Authorization date: 06/99
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Kosovo Force (UN-led)
Authorization date: 06/99
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News

14.09.2021
Kosovo to go ahead with elections despite COVID-19 spike

Amid rising infections, Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani and leaders of political parties could not agree to accept a recommendation by the country’s Public Health Institute to postpone local elections scheduled for October 17.

Source: Balkan Insight
08.09.2021
Resumption of Belgrade - Pristina dialogue in Brussels

EU spokesman Peter Stano confirmed for the Tanjug agency that two days of technical talks will be dedicated to "the current open issues and the next steps in the dialogue".

Source: B92
07.09.2021
Kosovo urged to start countering Russian media disinformation

A report published on Tuesday by the Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development, KIPRED, about the potential for Russian media disinformation to undermine Kosovo’s statehood urges the authorities to address UN member states with an appropriate strategy to counter it.

Source: Balkan Insight
02.09.2021
Hague Court rejects Thaci’s challenge to Kosovo war crime charges

A pre-trial judge at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague rejected a legal challenge by Kosovo’s former President Hashim Thaci to the indictment charging him with war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Source: Balkan Insight
19.07.2021
Serbia-Kosovo talks make no progress, each side blames the other

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have traded barbs in a round of talks that highlighted the differences between the two former Yugoslav entities and failed to bring them closer to resolving one of Europe's thorniest territorial disputes.

Source: RFE/RL
19.07.2021
Tensions escalate again in Armenian-Azerbaijani relations

On July 15, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported that Armenia’s Armed Forces had attacked positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the direction of the recently liberated Kalbajar region … . The incident came on the heels of a wave of armed escalations between the two militaries, … .

Source: Jamestown
08.07.2021
Kosovo, Serbia trade blame for logjam in dialogue

After a meeting of the delegations of Kosovo and Serbia in Brussels on Wednesday produced little except mutual accusations, the EU envoy, Miroslav Lajcak, said there was 'a lot of work still to be done'.

Source: Balkan Insight
07.07.2021
Pristina adopts resolution on Srebrenica

Kosovo Assembly passed a resolution condemning the alleged genocide in Srebrenica. Serbian MPs left the session.

Source: B92
15.06.2021
Serbia, Kosovo remain at loggerheads as talks resume

President Vucic criticized Kosovo's new premier as fresh talks in Brussels aimed at resolving one of Europe's most intractable territorial disputes hit a familiar snag. The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo were back around the negotiating table on Tuesday almost a year after talks broke down between the two sides.

Source: DW