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EULEX Kosovo
EU Rule of Law Mission Kosovo (EU) 
Authorization date: 02/18
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OSCE Mission in Kosovo
(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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KFOR
Kosovo Force (UN-led)
Authorization date: 06/99
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News

05.11.2020
Kosovo leader Thaci resigns over war crimes charges

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has resigned from office, announcing that a special court at The Hague was indicting him for war crimes.

Source: BBC
20.10.2020
Kosovo government adopts plan to implement White House agreement

Kosovo’s government adopted a 16-point plan on Monday to implement the agreement that the country signed with the US at the White House in September, Kosovo media outlet Koha reported.

Source: Balkan Insight
26.09.2020
Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels postponed

EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak said the reason for the delay was the coronavirus pandemic. The potential date of the postponed meeting was not determined.

Source: B92
25.09.2020
EU police raid Kosovo war veterans’ HQ, arrest leader

Armed EU rule-of-law mission police raided the Kosovo Liberation Army War Veterans’ Organisation and arrested its leader after it urged media to publish leaked files it received from the Hague war crimes court.

Source: Balkan Insight
23.09.2020
Second round of dialogue in Brussels “still in question”

Next round of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, scheduled for September 28, called into question by Pristina's refusal to discuss the Community of Serb Municipalities.

Source: B92
18.09.2020
US signs pledges on building Serbia-Kosovo ‘peace highway’

US investment institutions have signed non-binding contracts with Serbia and Kosovo on building a so-called ‘Peace Highway’ – the first fruit of the US-brokered economic normalization deal signed in Washington on September 4.

Source: Balkan Insight
04.09.2020
Kosovo, Serbia agree to normalize economic ties following talks in Washington

Rivals Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to normalize economic ties following two days of U.S.-brokered talks in Washington. … Trump said Serbia had also committed to moving its embassy to Jerusalem, and Kosovo and Israel had agreed to normalize ties and establish diplomatic relations.

Source: RFE/RL
22.08.2020
Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo to meet at White House on September 4

The leaders of Kosovo and Serbia will meet at the White House on September 4, after a similar meeting was canceled in June following the indictment of Kosovar President Hashim Thaci for war crimes.

Source: RFE/RL
14.08.2020
U.S. envoy announces Kosovo-Serbia meeting at White House next month

The U.S. special envoy for Serbia and Kosovo negotiations has announced that the two countries' leaders have agreed to meet at the White House next month, after a similar meeting was canceled in June following the indictment of Kosovar President Hashim Thaci for crimes against humanity.

Source: RFE/RL