European diplomats are warning that a dispute pitting Serbia and Russia against Kosovo over a series of raids by Kosovar police in the country’s Serb-dominated north threatens to ignite the Balkan tinderbox.
Serbia put its army on high alert and moved some troops near the border with Kosovo as the two sides traded allegations on May 29, after the Kosovar police operation the previous day saw 19 local police officers arrested for allegedly being involved in “criminal activities.”
