Operation Storm for Kosovo revealed – Pravda
More terrorist criminal violence planned against the Serbian population of Kosovo Pristina authorities have prepared a military operation “Storm Kosovo” if a solution is not found to incorporate the institutions in the north, sources from the top “justice …
Lawyers: Kosovar admits shooting U.S. servicemen in Germany
A Kosovar has admitted shooting dead two American servicemen and injuring two others in an attack on a U.S. Air Force bus in Germany, his lawyers said Wednesday.
AP Interview: NATO shelves Kosovo troop reduction – Sacramento Bee
PRISTINA, Kosovo — NATO’s Kosovo commander said Tuesday the alliance has shelved plans for a troop reduction because of an upsurge in violence and lingering security threats in the country’s ethnically tense north. Maj. Gen. Erhard Buehler said …
EU police launch operation in Kosovo’s tense north
European Union special police in Kosovo have launched an operation in the Serb-run north linked to the recent outbreak of violence that left one Kosovo policeman dead, the spokesman for the 3,000-strong rule of law mission said Wednesday.
Kosovo’s actions undermine dialogue, says Serbian FM – Xinhua News Agency
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) — Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said here Tuesday that Kosovo’s activities, including a July 25 attempt to take control of two gates on the administrative boundary line between Serbia and Kosovo, are deleterious to …
Kosovar Admits Killing 2 US Airmen During Trial for German Attack
21-year-old Arid Uka confesses, claims influence by Islamist propaganda
Kosovar Albanian admits US murders in Germany
The trial has begun in Germany of a Kosovar Albanian man accused of shooting two US servicemen dead at Frankfurt airport in March. The packed courtroom heard that 21-year-old Arid Uka is charged with two counts of murder and three of attempted murder.
Kosovo Man Says He Shot U.S. Airmen After Watching ‘Redacted’
A Kosovo man accused of killing two U.S. airmen and and wounding two others in a March shooting spree at the Frankfurt airport confessed to the attack in a German court on Wednesday, but said he didn’t know why he had done it. According to an indictment, 21-year-old Arid Uka followed two U.S. from the airport terminal to their bus, where he asked one of them for a light. He then shot the man …
Kosovo man admits to killing U.S. airmen in Frankfurt airport attack
Arid Uka said he had been influenced by a jihadist propaganda video on the internet. read more
Kosovo hamlet clings to tradition with mass circumcision – YAHOO!
In a tiny Muslim hamlet deep in the mountains of south Kosovo, the cries of young boys usher in the dawn once every five years in a ritual of mass circumcision to set them on their journey to manhood. Both a solemn and festive event, a five-man band …
Serbia calls for end to EU ‘blackmail’ on Kosovo – EurActiv.com
One week after Angela Merkel’s visit to Belgrade, Serbia is calling on the European Union to remain neutral in its dealings with the breakaway province of Kosovo. Bozidar Djelic, the country’s deputy prime minister for European integration, spoke to …
Kosovo, Serbia issues unresolved
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 31 (UPI) — Skirmishes along the border between Serbia and Kosovo highlight simmering tensions in the region and the need to avoid unilateral action, a U.N. official said.
Kosovo border violence on UN Security Council agenda – BBC
Recent deadly violence in Kosovo is set to be on the agenda as the UN Security Council meets in New York, but there are also new hopes for peace. Fighting flared in July when Kosovo’s authorities sent police into the north, the territory’s biggest Serb …
