The leaders of France and Germany have urged new municipal elections in northern Kosovo in the hopes that another ballot will quell a flare-up of ethnic tensions that have led to violent protests in the region.
Left to right, Liechtenstein's Prime Minister Daniel Risch, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzogovina Zeljka Cvijanovic, Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin, Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu and Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili pose on the podium at a group photo during the European...
Macron said he and Scholz had conferred with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani, and urged the leaders to consider the recommendations and come back with responses next week. Osmani on Thursday lashed out at her Serbian counterpart, saying Vucic had been untruthful in the Moldova meetings. She described the protesters as “criminal gangs.”
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