A court in Kosovo said it sentenced seven ethnic Albanians to jail for fighting for the Islamic State and recruiting on behalf of the militant group.
The United States on January 17 urged Serbia and Kosovo to avoid "dangerous rhetoric" as tensions between the two increase.
Relations between Serbia and Pristina have become tense after Belgrade sent a train painted with the slogan "Kosovo is Serbia" toward Kosovo, halting it only at the last moment before it entered the country. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci has accused Belgrade of seeking to provoke a crisis by sending a Serbian train painted with the slogan "Kosovo is Serbia" toward Kosovo, halting it only at the last moment before it entered the country.
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has accused Kosovo of seeking to provoke "war" after a Serbian train, painted with the slogan "Kosovo Is Serbia," was halted before it entered Kosovo.
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic says he has decided to stop a train from traveling from Belgrade to Serb-dominated northern Kosovo.
Serbia on January 13 said it would refuse to extradite people sought by France if French authorities failed to hand over a former Kosovo prime minister and guerrilla commander who Belgrade is charging with war crimes.
Relations between the former Yugoslav Balkan states are at their worst in some time.
A court in France has ordered former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj released from custody pending a decision on his possible extradition to Serbia.
The lowest temperatures in decades and a blanket of heavy snow in parts of the Balkans, Greece, and Eastern Europe are causing dozens of deaths, power outages, and travel delays.
Supporters of Kosovo's former prime minister Ramush Haradinaj called on France to release him from custody after he was arrested on a Serbian war-crimes warrant. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
Serbia on January 10 formally requested the extradition of a former Kosovar prime minister from France to face war-crimes charges after his arrest there last week.
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