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Politician and wealthy businessman Milan Radoicic, center, Serb List leader Goran Rakic, left, and former mayor of the Serb part of the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica Milan Radojevic attend a special session of Serbia's parliament about the negotiating process with Kosovo, in Belgrade, Serbia on Feb. 2, 2023. Serbian police on Tuesday detained an ethnic Serb leader Milan Radoicic from Kosovo who was the alleged organizer behind a recent shootout with Kosovo police that left four people dead and sent tensions soaring in the region. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Serbia releases from custody a Kosovo Serb leader suspected of a role in ambush of Kosovo policemen

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Kosovo police officers secure the area outside the Banjska monastery in the village of Banjska, Kosovo on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Police on Wednesday allowed media into the village of Banjska, where a daylong shootout between armed Serbs and Kosovar police on Sunday left one officer and three gunmen dead. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Serbia’s president denies troop buildup near Kosovo, alleges ‘campaign of lies’ in wake of clashes

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Kosovo police members of Special Intervention Unit escort the arrested Serb gunmen out of the court after the Kosovo shootout in capital Pristina, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. Sunday's clash was one of the worst since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008. It came as the European Union and the U.S. are trying to mediate and finalize years long talks on normalizing ties between the two Balkan states. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Serbia demands that NATO takes over the policing of Kosovo’s north after a deadly shootout

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

Kosovo police officers evacuate a wounded person at a cross road leading to the Banjska Monastery in the village of Banjska on Sunday, Sept.24, 2023. Kosovo's prime minister on Sunday said one police officer was killed and another wounded in an attack he blamed on support from neighboring Serbia, increasing tensions between the two former war foes at a delicate moment in their European Union-facilitated dialogue to normalize ties.(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo mourns a slain police officer, some Serb gunmen remain at large after a siege at a monastery

By FLOrent Bajrami and Llazar Semini - Associated Press

Kosovo police officers patrol an area near Banjska Monastery during a ongoing police operation in the village of Banjska on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Kosovo on Monday observed a day of mourning for the Kosovar Albanian police officer killed by Serb gunmen who then barricaded themselves in an Orthodox monastery in a siege that further raised tensions as the two wartime foes seek to normalize ties. In the north, where most of Kosovo’s ethnic Serb minority lives in four municipalities around Mitrovica, police were patrolling in search of the armed assailants after they left the monastery. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

What is behind renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo?

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

From left, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak and Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti meet together in Brussels, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Kosovo’s Prime Minister on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, accused the European Union special envoy in the normalization talks with Serbia of not being “neutral and correct” and “coordinating” with Belgrade against Pristina. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Masked gunmen attack Kosovo police and kill 1 officer in an escalation of tensions with Serbia

By Zenel Zhinipotoku and Llazar Semini - Associated Press

From left, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak and Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti meet together in Brussels, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Kosovo’s Prime Minister on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, accused the European Union special envoy in the normalization talks with Serbia of not being “neutral and correct” and “coordinating” with Belgrade against Pristina. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

EU urges Serbia and Kosovo to respect their pledges after a meeting of leaders ends in acrimony

By Lorne Cook and Llazar Semini - Associated Press

From left, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak and Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti meet together in Brussels, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Kosovo’s Prime Minister on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, accused the European Union special envoy in the normalization talks with Serbia of not being “neutral and correct” and “coordinating” with Belgrade against Pristina. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Kosovo’s prime minister blames EU envoy for the failure of recent talks with Serbia

By Florent Bajrami and Llazar Semini - Associated Press

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic, left, walks with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, right, prior to a meeting in Brussels, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo are holding a fresh round of meetings on Thursday aimed at improving their strained relations as calls mount for a change in the Western diplomatic approach toward them amid concern that their tensions could spiral out of control. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Serbia and Kosovo leaders hold long-awaited face-to-face talks as the EU seeks to dial down tensions

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Serbian Interior Ministry, Serbian police officers detain migrants at an undisclosed location close to the country's border with Hungary, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Serbian police have rounded up hundreds of migrants and found automatic weapons in a raid along the border with Hungary where frequent clashes have been reported between groups of smugglers exploiting the hardship of people trying to reach Western Europe. (Serbian Ministry of Interior via AP)

Police round up migrants in Serbia and report finding weapons in raid of a border area with Hungary

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Germany celebrates with the trophy after winning the championship game of the Basketball World Cup against Serbia in Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Germany wins Basketball World Cup for first time, holds off Serbia for gold medal

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Serbia guard Marko Guduric, right, prepares to shoot as Canada guard Luguentz Dort, center, is held back during a Basketball World Cup semi final game in Manila, Philippines, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Serbia runs past Canada 95-86 and reaches the gold medal game at the Basketball World Cup

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Serbia team celebrate after winning against Dominican Republic during their Basketball World Cup second round match at the Araneta Coliseum, Manila, Philippines on Sunday Sept. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Serbian player loses a kidney after getting injured at Basketball World Cup

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Protesters hold a flag depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin during a rally supporting Milorad Dodik, pro-Russian leader in Bosnia, in Lukavica, Bosnia, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. Several hundreds of Serb supporters of Milorad Dodik, pro-Russian leader in Bosnia have gathered at several entity lines in Bosnia, demanding a stop to what they call illegal criminal persecution of their leadership by state prosecution. Carrying Russian flags with pictures of Russian president Putin, Serbs demanded that Bosnian state prosecution removes its indictment against Dodik which is accused of defying the decisions by international peace agreement over-seer Christian Schmidt. (AP Photo)

Bosnian Serbs stage protests in support of their separatist leader

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FILE - Hungarian Prime Minster Viktor Orban, center, and UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, right, stand before the Europa League final soccer match between Sevilla and Roma, at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. This month in Budapest, the spotlight will shine on Hungary, a country led by Orban a prime minister with authoritarian leanings and a shaky human-rights record. Budapest's latest step onto the international stage starts Saturday, the opening of the nine-day track and field world championships. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)

Hungary’s Orban to host Turkish, Serbian and other leaders alongside world track championships

By Bela Szandelszky - Associated Press

People walk past a mural painted in colours of the Serbian flag, that reads: "When the Army returns to Kosovo…" in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Kosovo is a former province in Serbia whose 2008 declaration of independence Belgrade does not recognize. Most ethnic Serbs in Kosovo also have refused to acknowledge Kosovo's statehood that is backed by the United States and most EU nations but not Russia and China. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Top U.S. and EU lawmakers say West is too soft on Serbia when it comes to easing Kosovo tensions

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Peter Nikitin, a Russian pro-democracy activist residing in Serbia, speaks during a gathering in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, July 30, 2023. Russian antiwar supporters in Serbia held a protest on Sunday after two prominent activists and critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin had problems with entry and residence permits in the Balkan country. Activists held banners reading “We came to leave in peace” and ”I love Serbia and I want a safe and happy life here,” as they gathered at a central square in the Serbian capital. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Russian anti-war activists hold protest after activists face entry, residence problems in Serbia

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This photo provided by the Serbian Ministry of Interior on Monday July 24, 2023, shows seized money, weapons and documents in a raid. Serbian police said Monday they have arrested two people suspected of helping smuggling Cubans toward Spain as part of an international crime group. The suspects in Serbia are accused of organizing the illegal transfer of at least 53 people to neighboring countries — North Macedonia or Bosnia — and on to Spain. (Serbian Ministry of Interior via AP)

2 arrested in Serbia suspected of smuggling Cubans to Spain as part of an international crime group

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Peter Nikitin, a Russian pro-democracy activist residing in Serbia, shouts slogans during a protest against Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, June 6, 2022. Nikitin said Thursday, July 13, 2023, that Serbian authorities have banned him from entering the country upon return from a trip abroad. Nikitin is well known as a fierce critic of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He has been one of the organizers of antiwar and pro-democracy protests in Serbia by the Russians and Ukrainians living in the country. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Russian antiwar activist allowed into Serbia after spending more than a day at the Belgrade airport

By Jovana Gec - Associated Press

Army soldiers perform during a military exercise, at Batajnica Air Base near Belgrade, Serbia, on April 22, 2023. Serbia on Friday, June 23, 2023 reiterated the threat of an armed intervention in its former province of Kosovo, unless the NATO-led peacekeepers stationed there don't protect the minority Serbs there from "the great terror" of the Kosovo "regime." Serbian army chief-of-staff, Gen. Milan Mojsilovic, said that the military stands ready to fulfil its tasks "in accordance to the constitution" and orders from the army supreme commander, President Aleksandar Vucic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Serbia halts arms exports after U.S. sanctioned country’s spy chief for alleged illegal arms trade

By Jovana Gec - Associated Press