Serbia, Kosovo leaders set for EU backed talks on Aug 18

1. Serbia and Kosovo agreed to meet in Brussels on Aug. 18 in order to discuss a flare-up of tensions between the neighbouring western Balkan nations, the European Union's executive said on Friday.

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to meet in Brussels this month to discuss ways to end the stalemate in European Union-brokered talks aimed at improving relations between them as ethnic tensions simmer, a European Commission spokesman said Friday.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell hopes to hold talks with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in the same room, rather than shuttling between them as has been the case in the past, on August 18, Borrell’s spokesman Peter Stano told reporters.

The EU-backed Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue, which is aimed at normalizing relations between the neighbors and former foes, has been at a virtual standstill for years and the leaders appear to agree on very little.

But Stano said: “Hey. We have an agreement. They agreed on the date and they agreed on the time.” [ @EU Debates | eudebates.tv]
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2. Serbia’s president claimed last month that the registration policy was part of an effort to force the remaining Serbs out of Kosovo. He referred to this initiative. “A New Storm” Regarding the Croatian military operation in 1995 that forced most Serbs to flee Croatia.
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3. Serbs in North Kosovo removed barricades on Monday that blocked two crossings along the border with Serbia after authorities in Pristina postponed the implementation of new travel measures that sparked tensions.

Trucks and barriers were cleared from the roads, according to an AFP reporter, hours after a string of shootings and air raid sirens in northern Kosovo sent tensions soaring in the disputed territory home to both Serbs and ethnic Albanians.

By Monday afternoon, the roads leading to both border crossings had been reopened.
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Aleksandar Vucic, Kosovo: Ethnic Albanians were gathering for another pogrom of the remaining Serbs:
[https://youtu.be/2S44XQ78oMg]
[https://rumble.com/v1ebmn2-aleksandar-vucic-kosovo-ethnic-albanians-were-gathering-for-another-pogrom-.html?mref=10gobl&mc=d3odw]
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Reportan que las fuerzas de Kosovo bloquean carreteras con Serbia, suenan sirenas y se oyen disparos:
[https://www.elethos.gr/2022/07/reportan-que-las-fuerzas-de-kosovo.html]
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El Ejército kosovar planea realizar un ataque al norte de Serbia a la medianoche, declara el presidente serbio:
[https://www.kaos.gr/2022/07/el-ejercito-kosovar-planea-realizar-un.html]
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Joe Biden affirms that it was he who suggested bombing Belgrade in 1999:
[https://youtu.be/BNUJnYyIvcU]
[https://rumble.com/v1bmxdi-joe-biden-affirms-that-it-was-he-who-suggested-bombing-belgrade-in-1999.html?mref=10gobl&mc=d3odw]
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