The Kumanovo Agreement, which ended both the war in Kosovo and the bombing of Yugoslavia by NATO, was signed 25 years ago on June 9, 1999. But although a quarter of a century has passed, tensions between Serbia and Kosovo persist.
Almost nine years after the war ended, Kosovo officially declared its independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008. Although the Republic of Kosovo has already been recognized by some 100 countries worldwide, Serbia still refuses to do so.
Tensions between Belgrade and Pristina center on northern Kosovo, which is predominantly inhabited by ethnic Serbs, who refuse to accept Kosovo’s authority. A decade…
