Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has ordered the Serbian army to be on a “higher state of alert” due to clashes between ethnic Serbs and Kosovar police in northern Kosovo. The region has been unsettled for months due to anti-Serb policies that Belgrade accuses Kosovo of. Serbia is demanding that NATO peacekeeping forces protect the Serbian community, while Kosovo police say they must crackdown on rioting and anti-police violence. The violence sparked due to boycotted municipal elections in the north of Kosovo. Serbs make up about 5% of the population and demand an association of Serbian municipalities previously promised by the local government. Ethnic Albanians rejected the proposal, fearing it could give rise to a pro-Serbian statelet that could break away to be absorbed back into Serbia. The Biden administration issued a rare rebuke of Kosovo, criticising its use of force against the advice of the US and EU. Kosovo officials blamed Serbia for the violence.
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