‘Liberland’: Breakaway Balkans micronation dreams of crypto future
Libertarian supporters of self-declared independent island in the heart of Europe pin their hopes on a crypto-based future, but unstable technology paints an uneasy future for the micronation. ADAM SMITH, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Kosovo says Serbia should hand over escaped Serb gunmen after deadly shootout
Mitrovica, Kosovo Reuters Kosovo called on Serbia on Monday to hand over ethnic Serb gunmen it said had escaped after a shootout with Kosovar police that killed four people in the restive north of the country, aggravating tensions between Pristina and Belgrade. The gunmen stormed the village of Banjska on Sunday, battling police and barricading […]
Serbian coal miners uncover Roman ship
Kostolac, Serbia Reuters Archaeologists in Serbia are painstakingly brushing sand and soil off the ancient woodwork of a Roman ship discovered by miners in a vast opencast coal quarry. After an excavator at the Drmno mine uncovered some timber, experts from the site of a nearby former Roman settlement known as Viminacium rushed to try […]
Bill Clinton tells Kosovo: stop “foolishness” in Serb-majority north
Tirana, AlbaniaReuters Former US President Bill Clinton, largely credited for ending the Kosovo war more than two decades ago, on Monday told Kosovo’s government to stop its actions in the Serb majority north, where tension has flared over the past few months. Kosovo’s northern region, home to 50,000 ethnic Serbs, has recently seen its worst […]
NATO ready to act to save Kosovo’s peace, calls for de-escalation
Pristina, Kosovo Reuters NATO forces in Kosovo are ready to face any situation if acts of violence similar to recent encounters threaten the peace, the NATO commander in Pristina said late on Monday. Some 30 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters late on May. […]
NATO to deploy more troops to Kosovo to curb violence
Zvecan, Kosovo Reuters NATO is to send 700 extra troops to Kosovo and put another battalion on high alert to go in as unrest in the region has intensified since ethnic Albanian mayors took office in the country’s northern Serb-majority area after votes last month. In the town of Zvecan on Tuesday, dozens of NATO […]
NATO soldiers injured in Kosovo clashes with Serb protesters
Leposavic, Kosovo Reuters Around 25 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters on Monday, while Serbia’s President put the army on the highest level of combat alert. KFOR, the NATO-led peacekeeping mission to Kosovo, condemned the violence. “While countering the most active fringes of the […]
NATO urges Kosovo to de-escalate tension with Serbia
Brussels, Belgium Reuters NATO on Saturday urged Kosovo to dial down tensions with Serbia, a day after its government forcibly accessed municipal buildings to install mayors in ethnic Serb areas in the north of the country. The resulting clashes on Friday between Kosovan police and protesters opposed to the ethnic Albanian mayors prompted Serbia to […]
Tens of thousands in Serbia protest mass shootings, government policies
Belgrade, SerbiaReuters Tens of thousands braved rain and wind in Belgrade on Saturday in an anti-government protest over two mass shootings that killed 18 people, blaming the deaths on a culture of violence that critics say authorities have allowed to permeate society. On 3rd May a teenage boy killed nine pupils and a security guard […]
After two mass shootings, can Serbia rid itself of guns?
Belgrade, SerbiaReuters After Serbia was rocked by two mass shootings in two days earlier in May, Branko, 54, surrendered his unlicensed arms under a government amnesty: four assault rifles, nine handguns, eight grenades and many boxes of ammunition. The huge cache of weapons handed over by just one veteran of the wars that tore apart […]