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Kosovo: Why is tension flaring up again?

June 13, 2023

Fifteen years after Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia, tension recently flared up again in the north of the country between ethnic Serbs on the one side and the Kosovo police on the other. The NATO-led KFOR peacekeeping force, which is in the country to keep the peace between Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians, has been caught up in the clashes. But what is behind the recent escalation?

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A young woman (Vjosa Cerkini) with long black hair
Vjosa Cerkini Reporter focusing on Kosovo and other Western Balkan countries
A woman with long brown hair (Lavinia Pitu) smiles at the camera; in the background is a cityscape with buildings, church towers and a river.
Lavinia Pitu Video editor, investigative journalist, TV presenter