NATO-led international peacekeepers known as KFOR said their 4,300-strong force will be assisted by more than 200 Italian troops during the election period. #EuropeNews

NATO on Saturday said it had strengthened its peacekeeping force in Kosovo amid mounting tensions ahead of parliamentary elections early next month.

European Union observers will monitor Kosovo’s parliamentary election on Feb. 9, which is expected to be a key test for Prime Minister Albin Kurti

Kosovo authorities say they have closed all so-called parallel institutions used by the ethnic Serb minority and supported by neighboring Serbia in a move condemned by the European Union

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petković, said today that the terror of Pristina calls into question the dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo, and that the responsibility also lies with the European Union.

European Union observers will monitor Kosovo’s parliamentary election on Feb. 9, which is expected to be a key test for Prime Minister Albin Kurti.

The anniversary of Oliver Ivanovic's 2018 assassination was marked in Serbia and Kosovo amid feelings of betrayal over the failure to identify and prosecute those who ordered and executed the crime.

The EU faces uncertainty in 2025 due to the incoming Trump presidency and its potential impact on trade, defense spending, and the Ukraine conflict.

Kosovo's authorities say they have closed all so-called parallel institutions used by the country's ethnic Serb minority and financially supported by neighboring Serbia.

Kosovo’s government shut down more than two dozen Serb-run institutions on its territory, risking a potential flare-up in tensions in the Balkan nation less than four weeks before it holds a parliamentary election.

Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Duric, in turn, said that today’s coordinated action, which marks a dangerous escalation, was directed against important Serbian institutions