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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, April 24, 2023. The Serbian president on Monday sharply criticized Western officials who are mediating talks on normalizing ties with Kosovo, calling them "liars" and "fraudsters" and said the Serb minority in the former Serbian province won't tolerate foreign "occupation." (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbian leader lashes out at the West over Kosovo vote

Associated Press

Trucks used as barricade are seen on the road near the village of Rudare, northern Kosovo, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. Kosovo has postponed the local election due to be held Dec. 18 in four municipalities with a predominantly ethnic Serb population, in an effort to defuse recent tensions there that have also further damaged relations with neighboring Serbia. President Vjosa Osmani on Saturday decided to postpone the voting until April 23 next year. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

Tensions run high in north Kosovo as Serbs block roads

By Sylejman Kllokoqi and Llazar Semini - Associated Press

Serb national flags decorate the main square in ethnically divided town Serb dominated northern Mitrovica on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. Kosovo law enforcement on Friday said one officer was injured by gunmen after increasing police presence fearing tension in northern areas dominated by the ethnic Serb minority. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo postpones election in ethnic-Serb-dominated north

By Zenel Zhinipotoku and Llazar Semini - Associated Press

Serbian police guards the area prior the start of the European LGBTQ pride march in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Serbian police had banned Saturday's parade, citing a risk of clashes with far-right activists. (AP Photo/Vladimir Milovanovic)

Belgrade police clash with hooligans during Pride march

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Serbian Presidential Press Service, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, right, speaks with European Union envoy Miroslav Lajcak in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo soared anew late last month when Kosovo's government declared that Serb-issued identity documents and vehicle license plates would no longer be valid in Kosovo's territory, as Kosovo-issued ones are not valid in Serbia. (Serbian Presidential Press Service via AP)

EU official says Serbia, Kosovo agree on IDs in step forward

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Kosovo's Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kosovo's capital Pristina, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are to hold high level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans, where Russia has been trying to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Florent Bajrami)

EU to host Serbia-Kosovo talks in Brussels amid tensions

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) listens to a question during a press conference in the U.S. embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. A U.S. Senate delegation on Tuesday urged Serbia to join the rest of Europe and impose sanctions against Russia for its bloody carnage in Ukraine. Although Serbia voted in favor of three UN resolutions condemning the Russian aggression against Ukraine, it has not joined international sanctions against Moscow. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

U.S. urges Serbia to join sanctions against its ally Russia

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A worker fixes an Air Serbia passenger plane at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport, Serbia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Ukraine on Monday, April 18, 2022 rejected as baseless and false accusations made by Serbia's president that Ukraine's secret service is behind a series of hoax bomb threats against Air Serbia flights to Russia. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said foreign intelligence services of Ukraine and an unidentified European Union state &quot;are doing that.&quot; (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Ukraine rejects Serbian bomb threat claims on Russia flights

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A woman lays a bouquet of flowers at the foot of a statue of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, in Pristina, Kosovo, Thursday, March 24, 2022. A monument in Kosovo, a snake named after her in Serbia. Madeleine Albright was either loved or hated in the Balkans for her pivotal role during the southern European region's wars of the 1990s. Following the former U.S. secretary of state's death on Wednesday at age 84, how her legacy is viewed from the Balkans mostly depends on whether one was on the receiving or triggering end of the bloody breakup of the former Yugoslavia. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Balkans split over Madeleine Albright’s wartime legacy

By Dustan Stojanovic - Associated Press

A woman measures a window before covering it with plastic sheets in a building damaged by a bombing the previous day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. As Russia intensified its effort to pound Mariupol into submission, its ground offensive in other parts of Ukraine has become bogged down. Western officials and analysts say the conflict is turning into a grinding war of attrition, with Russia bombarding cities.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) **FILE**

Live updates: France’s Macron speaks with Putin, Zelenskyy

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

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Troubled by the war, struggling at the chessboard

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Novak Djokovic looks as his documents after landing in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Djokovic arrived in the Serbian capital following his deportation from Australia on Sunday after losing a bid to stay in the country to defend his Australian Open title despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19.(AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Djokovic returns home from Australia facing possible French Open ban

By Darko Bandic and Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

Supporters of Serbia's Novak Djokovic protest in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Several hundred people gathered outside Serbian parliament in a show of support for Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic as he battles the Australian legal system in an attempt to be allowed to stay in the country and compete in the Australian Open later this month. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Djokovic attorneys tell court tennis star’s recent COVID recovery qualifies him for exemption

By John Pye - Associated Press

People wait in line to receive a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at Belgrade Fair makeshift vaccination center in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Russians are flocking to Serbia to receive Western-approved COVID-19 shots. Although Russia has its own vaccine known as Sputnik V, the shot has not been approved by international health authorities. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Russians flock to Serbia for Western-made COVID-19 vaccines

By Jovana Gec and Daria Litvinova - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., with impeachment manager Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., speaks to members of the media during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, after the U.S. Senate voted not guilty, to acquit former President Donald Trump of inciting riot at U.S. Capitol, ending impeachment trial, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

CROSSTALK: Biden presidency makes Balkanites of us all

By Julia Gorin

Pedestrians walk past a man selling balloons in front of electoral poster with portrait of the candidate for the prime minister of &quot;Self-Determination&quot; party Albin Kurti, right, and candidate for president of Alliance for Future of Kosovo &quot;AAK&quot; Ramush Haradinaj in capital Pristina, Kosovo, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Kosovo holds an early general election on upcoming Sunday Feb. 14, amid the coronavirus pandemic, economic downturn and stalled negotiations with wartime foe Serbia.(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Economy, not Serbia, dominates Kosovo election campaign

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, a woman walks past a &quot;Nisi sama&quot;, which means &quot;You are not alone&quot; slogan, in Belgrade, Serbia. A #MeToo-like movement is sweeping the strongly patriarchal Western Balkans and activists hope there will be no turning back. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbian rape charges spur cross-region #MeToo-like response

By JOVANA GEC - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, June 26, 2020 file photo, European Council President Charles Michel, right, greets Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic prior to a meeting at the European Council building in Brussels. The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo committed Monday, Sept. 7, 2020 to European Union-brokered talks on normalizing their strained ties and appeared to play down the importance of a surprise announcement last week by U.S. President Donald Trump that they are beefing up economic cooperation. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool, File)

EU warns Serbia, Kosovo over Israel embassy move

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Rare spat between Serbia and Russia after US-brokered deal

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Protesters clash with riot police on the steps of the Serbian parliament during a protest in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, July 10 2020. Hundreds of demonstrators tried to storm Serbia's parliament on Friday, clashing with police who fired tear gas during the fourth night of protests against the president's increasingly authoritarian rule. The protests started on Tuesday when President Aleksandar Vucic announced that Belgrade would be placed under a new three-day lockdown following a second wave of confirmed coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

AP Explains: Why Serbs are protesting against virus lockdown

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press