Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is pushing hard to reassert his populist party's dominance in this weekend's early parliamentary and local elections that observers say are being held in an atmosphere of intimidation and media bias.
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama urged NATO on Wednesday to further boost its military forces in Kosovo and secure the country's borders with Serbia, warning that recent ethnic violence in Kosovo could potentially trigger a wider Balkan conflict.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that the recent violent outbreaks in Kosovo were unacceptable and perpetrators must be brought to justice.
Serbia's intelligence chief, who has fostered closer ties with Russia and is under sanctions by the United States, resigned Friday after less than a year in the post, saying he wanted to avoid possible further embargos against the Balkan nation.
Serbia s president is connected to minority party in Kosovo, Serbian List, whose vice chair led attack on Sunday which left one police officer dead, says Xhelal Svecla.