Belgrade officials are continuing to ban the use of Kosovo Albanian schoolbooks in southern Serbia, claiming they are politically unacceptable, but locals say children’s education is suffering.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/no-end-in-sight-for-serbia-kosovo-textbooks-war--12-09-2015
As the political crisis in Kosovo spirals into further violence in the assembly, with tear gas being regularly set off in the chamber and several opposition MPs arrested, many wonder whether a peaceful solution to the crisis can now be found.
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Police in Kosovo arrested two more opposition MPs on Tuesday in connection to tear gas incidents in the assembly - bringing the total of arrested opposition MPs to seven.
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Gunshots aimed at houses and a monument in the village of Gorazdevac in western Kosovo have alarmed locals - and been condemned by the head of the OSCE mission.
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After street clashes in Pristina and the repeated tear-gassing of parliament, an opposition party said it would hold peaceful demonstrations against Kosovo’s agreements with Serbia and Montenegro.
Read more at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-opposition-sets-for-peaceful-protests--12-03-2015
The Kosovo government and international institutions including the UN, alongside NGOs and civic groups, are holding a series of events to highlight assaults on women as part of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence which runs until December 10.
US Secretary of State John Kerry will be visiting both Serbia and Kosovo this week – another high-profile Western visit to the region lately.
Read more at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/usa-s-kerry-visits-serbia-kosovo-11-27-2015
Former Yugoslav Army official Vladimir Lazarevic, who was convicted of war crimes in Kosovo, will be given early release next month by the UN court in The Hague.
Read more at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/icty-to-release-yugoslav-army-war-criminal-11-29-2015
While the opposition prepares a 'peaceful march' on Albania’s Independence Day in Pristina, the police have arrested a number of those involved in recent violent demonstrations.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-authorities-crack-down-on-opposition-protesters-11-24-2015
Kosovo police arrested Donika Kadaj-Bujupi, an MP from the opposition Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK, for letting off tear gas in parliament.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-police-arrests-opposition-mp-11-18-2015