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Germany arrests suspect for planning terror attacks in Kosovo

Sat, 30 Jun 2018 06:06:37 +0200

Police in Kosovo and Germany on Friday, in simultaneous raids, arrested four Kosovans suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in the Balkan country, officials said.

Terror suspects driving from Belgium arrested in Bavaria

Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:17:24 +0100

Three Kosovan men were arrested by police in southern Bavaria on Tuesday evening driving a car with Belgian licence plates.

Kosovo PM's brother sought asylum in Germany

Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:26:17 +0100

Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said Sunday his brother had sought asylum in Germany, after joining the mass migrant influx into the European Union last year.

Germany seeks 'visible' Kosovo-Serbia progress

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:46:00 +0200

Germany has called for "visible" progress in implementing a landmark deal between Serbia and Kosovo before securing Berlin's backing for Belgrade's bid to join the European Union.

German command of Kosovo force renewed

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:00:00 +0200

German General Volker Halbauer took command of NATO's KFOR troops in Kosovo on Friday as the flaring ethnic tensions in the majority-Serb north remain a challenge for the 5,600-strong force.

Germany wants Serbia in European Union

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:42:00 +0100

Germany firmly supports Serbia's EU candidacy and would like to see it given a green light at next week's EU summit, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Thursday.

War crimes witness found dead in Germany

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:30:00 +0200

A key witness in a war crimes case against a senior Kosovo figure has been found dead in Germany, the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo (EULEX) said Wednesday.

Merkel to visit Balkans to ease tensions

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:51:00 +0200

Croatia and Serbia's European Union prospects will be on the agenda when German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the region on Monday, when she will also press for a cooling of frictions between Belgrade and Kosovo.

Bundeswehr slammed for children's 'Mitrovica' war games camp

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:28:00 +0200

The Bundeswehr has launched an investigation after reports that children were invited to play war games at a mock encampment named for a village in Kosovo where the Nazis once committed war atrocities.

Shooting was 'revenge' for Afghanistan war

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:08:00 +0100

German prosecutors said Friday that an alleged Islamic radical accused of shooting dead two US airmen at Frankfurt airport did so in revenge for Afghanistan but had no links to international extremists.

US military identifies airmen killed at airport

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:17:00 +0100

The US Air Force late on Thursday identified the two US airmen shot dead on a bus at Frankfurt airport by a suspected Islamist.

Police see no wider terrorist plot in attack

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:05:00 +0100

German authorities said Thursday a man arrested over the fatal shooting of two US airmen was an Islamic extremist, but played down fears he was part of a terrorist cell.

Islamist shooter radicalized in Germany

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:21:00 +0100

Arid Uka, the 21-year-old Kosovar who has admitted to killing two US airmen in Frankfurt, was a loner only recently turning to radical Islamist ideology, according to investigators.

Suspected Serbian war criminal held in Germany

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:42:00 +0100

A member of a Serbian paramilitary group alleged to have committed war crimes in Kosovo has been detained in Germany and is fighting extradition, according to a Justice Ministry spokesman.

Westerwelle warns Serbia: no EU entry without Kosovo deal

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:23:00 +0200

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle warned Serbia Thursday that it had no chance of joining the European Union unless it adopted a "cooperative" stance on Kosovo.

Westerwelle to take tough line on Serbia during Balkan tour

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:07:00 +0200

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle embarked Wednesday on a tour of the former Yugoslavia preparing a tough message for Serbia on Kosovo while encouraging the region's European Union ambitions.

BND spy jailed for passing secrets to gay Balkan lover

Wed, 26 May 2010 14:17:00 +0200

A court in Munich on Wednesday jailed a former spy for the German BND intelligence service for more than two years for sharing top secret information with his boyfriend while working in Kosovo.

Germany to send Kosovar refugees home

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:28:00 +0200

Some 10 years after the Kosovo conflict, thousands of Kosovar refugees – most of them from the Roma community – are set to return home, daily Süddeutsche Zeitung reported this week.

German spy held over affair with translator

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:42:00 +0100

A German spy has been arrested for treason after allegedly giving away important secrets to his Kosovar translator with whom sources say he was having an affair.

Berlin could cut Kosovo aid over spy arrests

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:10:00 +0100

Germany had to press Kosovo to win the release of three of its nationals held in a probe of a bomb attack in Pristina and is now considering cutting aid, a source told news agency AFP on Sunday.