2023 in Kosovo
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Events in the year 2023 in Kosovo.
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo
January–June
- 8 January – NATO rejects Serbia's request to deploy up to 1,000 of Serbia's troops and military police in North Kosovo.[1]
- 29 May – Twenty-five peacekeepers of the NATO-led KFOR are injured after clashes with ethnic Serbs in North Kosovo over the installation of ethnic Albanian mayors. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić places the Serbian Armed Forces on the highest level of combat alert in response to the clashes.[2]
- 14 June – Serbian forces detain three Kosovo Police officers, accusing them of illegally crossing the border. Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti denies the Serbian claims, saying that the officers were arrested 300 metres inside Kosovan territory, and demands their immediate release.[3]
July - December
- 24 September – Banjska attack: One police officer is killed and another is injured during an ambush on their patrol in North Kosovo, near the border with Serbia.[4]
- 25 September – Kosovo Police enter the village of Banjska, North Kosovo, with armored vehicles, a day after the village was attacked by gunmen.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Bytyci, Fatos (8 January 2023). "NATO declines Serbia's request to deploy its troops in Kosovo". Reuters. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Kosovo: Fresh clashes as Nato troops called in to northern towns". BBC News. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "Serbia arrests Kosovo police officers as tensions soar". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ Pristina, Ana Marija Ivkovic with Ismet Hajdari in. "Fighting Ongoing After Police Officer Killed In Attack In North Kosovo". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ Bytyci, Fatos (25 September 2023). "Kosovo says Serbia should hand over escaped Serb gunmen after deadly shootout". Reuters. Retrieved 25 September 2023.