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France's President Emmanuel Macron, right, attends a visio conference with Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Friday, July 10, 2020. The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo will hold talks in Brussels on July 12, the first meeting between the two in long-stalled European Union-supervised negotiations aimed at normalizing relations, European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said Monday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)

Serbia, Kosovo to resume talks but won’t budge on key issues

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

A man attempts to self administer a COVID-19 test during a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mass testing site at HEB Park, Wednesday, July, 8, 2020 in Edinburg, Texas. Hidalgo County is one of only three sites picked by the federal government for the mass testing. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP)

Europe fears complacency; virus hits ‘full speed’ in Africa

By JOVANA GEC and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

A man hurls a tear gas canister at riot police on the steps of the Serbian parliament during a protest in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Police have fired tear gas at protesters in Serbia's capital during the second day of demonstrations against the president's handling of the country's coronavirus outbreak. President Aleksandar Vucic backtracked on his plans to reinstate a coronavirus lockdown in Belgrade this week, but it didn't stop people from firing flares and throwing stones while trying to storm the downtown parliament building. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Serbia bans mass gatherings after virus lockdown protests

By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

Sebian police officers disperse protesters in front of Serbian parliament building in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Thousands of people protested the Serbian president's announcement that a lockdown will be reintroduced after the Balkan country reported its highest single-day death toll from the coronavirus Tuesday. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbian leader backtracks on lockdown amid chaotic protests

By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

‘Rage Against the State’ rallies raise concerns of groups

By PERRIN STEIN - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, shakes hands with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic after a joint press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, June 18, 2020. Lavrov is on a two-day official visit to Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

With US summit planned, Russia prefers EU-Kosovo mediation

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, a Montenegrin army helicopter flies near Montenegro Airlines Embraer E195LR sits on the tarmac at the Golubovci airport, near Podgorica, Montenegro. Serbia's authorities Wednesday May 27, 2020, have banned Montenegro's national carrier from operating flights from Belgrade after the small Adriatic state excluded Serbian citizens from a list of countries with which it will reopen its borders after declaring an end to the coronavirus epidemic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbia bans Montenegro flights amid escalating tensions

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

In this handout photo provided by the Turkish Defense Ministry, Serbian officials unload Personal Protection Equipment donated by Turkey to help the country combat the new coronavirus outbreak, in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP)

China’s ‘mask diplomacy’ wins support in Eastern Europe

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

Albin Kurti, foreground, the newly elected prime minister of Kosovo delivers a speech, in the capital Pristina, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. Kosovo's parliament convened on Monday to vote in a new prime minister after four months of talks between the country's two main parties. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

US opposes Kosovo’s ‘new barriers’ to Serbian goods

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

In this March 26, 2020, photo, Serbian army soldiers patrol in Belgrade's main pedestrian street, in Serbia. Since declaring nationwide state of emergency Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has suspended parliament, giving him widespread powers such as closing borders and introducing a 12-hour curfew. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Dismantling democracy? Virus used as excuse to quell dissent

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

Kosovo-Serbia rail, road deals signed at security conference

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

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Playing politics — some of us would rather be playing chess

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Ambassador Richard Grenell speaks during a press conference after a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) ** FILE **

US envoy urges Serbia, Kosovo to drop obstacles to talks

By JOVANA GEC - Associated Press

A man holds a cross during a rally in central Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Thousands of Serbs have answered a call by the Serbian Orthodox Church to stage a protest against alleged suppression of religious and other rights of minority Serbs in neighboring countries. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbian church protests ‘suffering’ of Serbs in the Balkans

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

The Montenegrin flag flying from the Montenegrin Embassy, is targeted with fireworks by Serbian ultra-nationalists during a protest against a religion rights law adopted by Montenegro's parliament last month, during a mass protest in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Montenegro on Friday strongly denounced aggression against its embassy in Serbia during a protest by some thousands of ultra-nationalists, saying the action represented an attack on the country's independence. (AP Photo/Ana Paunkovic)

Montenegro denounces protest attack on its embassy in Serbia

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, rescuers from Romania operate at a collapsed building after the 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Durres, western Albania. In the initial hours after a deadly pre-dawn earthquake struck Albania, pancaking buildings and trapping dozens of sleeping people beneath the rubble, the country’s neighbors sprang into action. Offers of help flooded in from across Europe and beyond, with even traditional foes setting aside their differences in the face of the natural disaster. The 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Albania on Tuesday killed at least 49 people, injured 2,000 and left at least 4,000 homeless. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Balkan countries rush to help in Albanian earthquake

By ELENA BECATOROS and LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Matthew Palmer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S.Department of State - Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, left, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrive for a news conference after their meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. The U.S. has intensified efforts to help relaunch stalled talks on normalizing relations between Serbia and Kosovo, a former province whose 2008 declaration of independence Belgrade does not recognize. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

US envoy calls EU decision on Balkans ‘historic mistake’

By JOVANA GEC - Associated Press

In this photo taken Sept. 25, 2019, high-tech video cameras hang from an office building in downtown Belgrade, Serbia. The cameras, equipped with facial recognition technology, are being rolled out across hundreds of cities around the world, particularly in poorer countries with weak track records on human rights where Beijing has increased its influence through big business deals. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Chinese snooping tech spreads to nations vulnerable to abuse

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

U.S President Donald Trump's envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Ambassador Richard Grenell, left, speaks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic during a meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Grenell is meeting officials in Belgrade as part of a renewed effort to restart negotiations and resolve decades-long disputes between former war foes. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Trump envoy to Kosovo-Serbia dispute meets Serbian officials

By JOVANA GEC - Associated Press

Ramush Haradinaj, the candidate for Prime Minister from the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), addresses his supporters during an electoral rally in capital Pristina, Kosovo on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Kosovo holds an early general election on Sunday after outgoing prime minister resigned following a request from a Hague-based court to be questioned on crimes against ethnic Serbs during and after the country's 1998-99 war. In Kosovo's seventh post-war general elections some 1.9 million voters, including many immigrants, will cast ballots to elect 120 lawmakers. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo holds election amid calls for resuming Serbia talks

By FLORENT BAJRAMI AND LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press