Kosovo announces new army, Serbia responds by raising prospect of armed intervention. Thousands of NATO-led peacekeepers, including U.S. soldiers, have been stationed in Kosovo since 1999.

Prime Minister Albin Kurti has said Kosovo's Security Force (KSF) should develop into an army by 2028, but there is strong opposition from Serbia. View on euronews ...

Serbia sought support from allies Russia and China on Tuesday in opposing the formation of a Kosovo army, warning that a military in its former province could lead to renewed clashes in the Balkans.

Lawmakers in Kosovo have voted overwhelmingly to upgrade the country’s armed security force and create an army, an act set to inflame tensions with Serbia.

The decision to transform Kosovo's security force into an army is "irreversible," the country's president said Sunday while offering assurance that a new national military does not threaten ethnic ...

PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo’s government ordered the creation of a national army on Tuesday by upgrading a lightly armed civil response force six years after the majority-Albanian country ...

Kosovo Liberation Army rebels are coming out of mountains and forests to stake claim to power as Serbian troops withdraw under NATO tanks and guns; armed guerrillas man checkpoints around Prizren ...

In 1998 and 1999, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) fought Serbian forces in an all-out war. An international consortium tried to establish peace.

Serbia talked up the possibility of an armed intervention in Kosovo Friday after the parliament in Pristina overwhelmingly approved the formation of an army, with Belgrade calling the move the &#82… ...

Lawmakers in Kosovo have voted overwhelmingly to upgrade the country’s armed security force and create an army, an act set to inflame tensions with Serbia.