Protesters back on the streets of Belgrade as president ignores calls to stand down | AP News

Protesters back on the streets of Belgrade as president ignores calls to stand down | AP News

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people rallied in Serbia’s capital on Saturday for a fifth time in a month, following two mass shootings that shook the nation, even as the country’s populist president rejected any responsibility for the crisis and ignored the protesters’ demands to step down.The crowd, chanting slogans against President

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US lawyer named chief prosecutor at office linked to Kosovo war crimes court | AP News

US lawyer named chief prosecutor at office linked to Kosovo war crimes court | AP News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — American lawyer Kimberly West has been appointed as the chief prosecutor linked to a European Union-backed court prosecuting war crimes in Kosovo, the prosecutor’s office announced Friday.West replaces Jack Smith, who stood down as head of the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office in November to become a U.S. Justice Department special counsel

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Why do Kosovo-Serbia tensions persist? | AP News

Why do Kosovo-Serbia tensions persist? | AP News

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew this week after Kosovo’s police raided Serb-dominated areas in the region’s north and seized local municipality buildings. There have been violent clashes between Kosovo’s police and NATO-led peacekeepers on one side and local Serbs on the other, leaving dozens of people injured on both

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China expresses support for Serbia in renewed Kosovo clashes involving NATO troops | AP News

China expresses support for Serbia in renewed Kosovo clashes involving NATO troops | AP News

BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday expressed its support for Serbia’s efforts to “safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity” following renewed violence between ethnic Serbs and NATO peacekeeping troops in Kosovo. China’s ruling Communist Party has long been a critic of the NATO alliance, stemming partly from the bombing of Beijing’s embassy in Belgrade during

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