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Enjoyment time

29.April 2026. Milica Srejić

Kosovo Mitrovica!

A city where you will meet KFOR soldiers eating cookies, drinking coffee, trying brandy on the street at a local seller while passers-by stare at them as if an unseen miracle is happening

Kosovo and Metohija

19.November 2025 IN THE

Military exercise in Kosovo: Under the leadership of NATO, the Kosovo army and police are participating

KFOR announced the two-day exercise "Golden Saber 2025" in which, in addition to international missions, the Kosovo Security Forces will also participate

The cost and consequences of the policy of annexation III: Serbia and Turkey

16.October 2025 Jovana Đurđić

Singing Osman age with the buzzing of drones in Kosovo

The President of Serbia found himself in a double trap. If he tightens his relationship with Erdogan, he risks a drop in Turkish investments, job losses, and an additional and deeper approach of Pristina to Ankara. If he remains silent and asks for a "conversation between friends", he sends a message of impotence to the electorate for whom Kosovo is a red line, a sensitive topic and proof of the state's strength.

Kosovo

05.December 2024 TS

After the explosion on the Ibar-Lepenac canal: KFOR increased security measures

The KFOR mission, led by the NATO alliance, has stepped up security measures to protect the infrastructure after the explosion on the Ibar-Lepenac canal. Previously, Kosovo Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti asked KFOR for permission to send Kosovo Security Forces to the North, but the KFOR commander did not allow it.

Explosion in Zubin Potok

02.December 2024 IN THE

KFOR rejected Pristina's request to deploy the KBS in the North of Kosovo

After the explosion on the Ibar-Lepenac canal, KFOR deployed its units in Zubin Potok. At the same time, Pristina's request to send the KBS to that area was not approved, thus emphasizing the limits of their activity in the north.

KiM

16.October 2024 MJ

A sentence of eight months in prison and 10.000 euros for a Serb from Zvečani

The Kosovo court sentenced Serb LD from Zvečan to eight months in prison and a fine of 10.000 euros for participating in riots in May last year in front of the Zvečan municipality. On that occasion, around thirty KFOR soldiers were injured

Kosovo

06.October 2024 TS

The first task of the new NATO mission: Members of the Allied Response Force in Kosovo

Members of the Allied Response Force (ARF) were seen on the Ibar bridge and other areas in northern Kosovo. A total of 200 members of these forces will stay in Kosovo and North Macedonia until mid-October. This is the first mission of the ARF since its establishment in July

The trial of Hashim Thaci

20.August 2024 MJ

KFOR officer: The KLA headquarters in Gjilan had a torture room

The trial of former KLA commander Hashim Thaci and co-accused for war crimes in Kosovo and Albania continued on Monday after a one-month break. Former KFOR member Steve Russell testified that KFOR discovered a "torture room" of detainees in the "illegal" KLA headquarters in Gjilan in the summer of 1999

Kosovo

06.August 2024 IN THE

Kfor: Decision on the bridge in Mitrovica only within the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina

"We will not hesitate to face any development that may affect the security charge and regional stability, fully respecting our mandate arising from the UN," the KFOR command points out.

Kosovo

16.July 2024 B. B.

KFOR: Exercises to overcome fire phobia

During the exercises, KFOR members paid special attention to overcoming the "phobia of fire", reports KoSSev. They have a good reason for that

International mission in Kosovo

29.May 2024. IM / RSE

KFOR claims responsibility for the attack on its soldiers last year

KFOR insists that all the facts of the attack on the NATO military mission in Kosovo in May of last year must be established and that the participants in that attack must be held accountable

KiM

26.May 2024. SZ/RTS

KFOR: We did not participate in the negotiations on the withdrawal of Serbs from Banjska

KFOR has denied claims from a recent report by the International Crisis Group, relayed by Lord Mark Lancaster in a report presented yesterday at a session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, that it took part in alleged negotiations on the withdrawal of a group of fighters after the events in the village of Banjska last year

Kosovo and Metohija

02.April 2024. MP / RTS

In Kosovo, 1000 additional KFOR soldiers who tripled the number of patrols

KFOR tripled the number of patrols, including those along the administrative line, but the presence of this mission in the settlements is almost invisible

Kosovo

15.January 2024 BG

Weapon Clink: The sound that suits everyone right now

"Now there is talk again about security and armed conflicts, about the repetition of Banjska, and that comes in very handy when the government is technical, while trying to form a government on a legitimately problematic basis," analyst Dušan Janjić told Vreme.

KiM

12.November 2023 MJ

There are 1.000 more KFOR soldiers in Kosovo than a year ago

The NATO mission, which in the same period last year had 3762 members in Kosovo, explains the increased presence by heightened tensions in the north of Kosovo.

KiM

19.October 2023 MJ

Reinforcements for KFOR in Kosovo: 330 new soldiers have arrived

The new deployment of soldiers followed the violent attack on the Kosovo police on September 24 and increased tensions in the region, and the aim is to support the presence of KFOR in the north of Kosovo and patrols along the administrative line

KiM

18.October 2023 MJ

Serbs from the north of Kosovo trust the KFOR mission the most

Part of the Serbs living in the northern part of Kosovo believe that the action of the armed group, which ended with the murder of a Kosovo policeman and three Serbs, caused enormous damage to the Serbian community.

Crisis in Kosovo

06.October 2023 AE

KFOR Commander: Our presence prevented more serious consequences in Banjska

Outgoing KFOR Commander Angelo Mikele Ristuća called on Belgrade and Pristina to return to dialogue and find a constructive solution to the situation in Kosovo so that a situation like the conflict in Banjska does not happen again.

"Dialogue" between Belgrade and Pristina after Banjska

04.October 2023 Nemanja Rujevic

When Kfor returns to the north of Kosovo

The action in Banjska was supposed to provoke the engagement of international forces in the north of Kosovo, but it turned into a fiasco for Aleksandar Vučić. Now only the Americans can save him if they want to. The continuation of the dialogue in Brussels is conceivable only if the European Union takes a thicker stick and a juicier carrot

KiM

29.September 2023 MJ

NATO is sending reinforcements to Kosovo

The Alliance has not announced how many new soldiers will be deployed to Kosovo and Metohija, nor from which countries

Crisis in Kosovo

20.September 2023 Z.S.

KFOR Commander: There is a risk of conflict, otherwise we wouldn't be there

The situation in Kosovo is unstable and can easily escalate, says KFOR commander Angelo Mikele Ristuća. He also said that KFOR is ready to react to any events on the ground. He points out that a political solution is needed for peace and stability in Kosovo, and that NATO supports the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina under the auspices of the EU and with the support of the USA.

Kosovo

17.July 2023 BG

Kfor: Kurti to ask us about the use of drones

"Regarding the use of all categories of drones, in accordance with Resolution 1244, the KFOR commander has primary jurisdiction over the airspace over Kosovo," the announcement states.

KiM

05.July 2023 Z.S.

KFOR: There is no evidence of arms smuggling in Kosovo

The NATO mission in Kosovo KFOR announced that there is no evidence of arms smuggling from Serbia to Kosovo and the use of Orthodox churches for their storage. In the meantime, tensions in the north of Kosovo are not calming down, and the Special Prosecutor's Office of Kosovo filed 22 more criminal charges against Serbs.

Crisis in Kosovo

16.June 2023 S.Ć.

KFOR: It is unclear where the KP members were at the time of their arrest

After inspecting the area where the three Kosovo police officers were arrested, and after talking with representatives of the institutions of Serbia and Kosovo, the KFOR Mission still does not have precise information about the place of arrest.

Politics

14.June 2023 S.Ć.

Aleksandar Vučić: We are at the crossroads of whether we will have peace or not

Speaking tonight on RTS, the President of Serbia said that three Kosovo police officers were arrested 1,8 kilometers from the administrative line, and that our army was 20 kilometers away from the place of arrest. He emphasized that Kfor also knows all this

Kosovo

13.June 2023 BG

Edi Rama: Is Albania turning its back on Kurti?

The meeting of the governments of Albania and Kosovo has been cancelled. The Albanian Prime Minister explained that the meeting is not possible because Kosovo is moving towards sanctions

The crisis in the north of Kosovo

13.June 2023 Z.S.

Zvečan: Rally in support of the arrested Serbs

Serbs are still protesting in front of municipal buildings in three northern municipalities. In Zvečan, a rally was organized in support of two Serbs who were arrested on May 29 after a violent clash between citizens, Kosovo police and KFOR members.