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Pristina is the capital city of Kosovo. North Kosovo is highlighted in red. Triggered by the Government of Kosovo 's decision to reciprocally ban Serbian license plates, a series of protests by Serbs in North Kosovo —consisting mostly of blocking traffic near border crossings— began on 20 September 2021. The ban meant that individuals who ...
31 July 2022 – 1 January 2024. Location. North Kosovo and Merdare border crossing; spillover into Serbia. Status. Kosovo Serbs withdraw from Kosovo government institutions. Kosovo Serbs barricade roads from 10–30 December 2022. Serbian boycott of local elections; ethnic Albanian mayors elected in all four North Kosovo municipalities in ...
The agreement for the change was extended in 2016 and expired in 2021, which led to a crisis in 2021 that ended with an agreement to terminate the ban of Kosovo-issued license plates in Serbia.
Events. Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo. 14 February – The 2021 Kosovan presidential election took place. [1] 20 September – North Kosovo tensions and road blockages after a license-plate bill allowing Kosovars of any ethnicity to have Serbian license-plates had expired and Kosovar authorities began confiscating the license-plates. [2]
2021 North Kosovo crisis In 2021, the Government of Kosovo decided to reciprocally ban Serbian license plates . Owning a Serbian license plate meant that those individuals would have had to switch for Kosovar license plates at a government vehicle registration center.
Economy of Kosovo. Mining & processed metal products, mineral products, food and beverages, products of plastic and rubber, agricultural products, leather products, textile, machinery and electrical components. All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars. The economy of Kosovo is a transition economy.
On 17–18 March 2004, violence erupted in the partitioned town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, leaving hundreds wounded and at least 14 people dead. The unrest was precipitated by reports in the Kosovo Albanian media which falsely claimed that three Kosovo Albanian boys had drowned after being chased into the Ibar River by a group of Kosovo Serbs.
On October 19, 2020, the governments of Serbia and Kosovo reached a draft agreement of the formation of a joint committee to find the remains of approximately 1,600 ethnic Albanians and Serbs who have been missing since the 1998-1999 Kosovo Conflict. On January 21, 2021, Anthony Godfrey, the U.S. Ambassador to Serbia, and Sinisa Mali, the ...