Kosovo and Serbia are on the verge of conflict again

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Another violent clash is the last thing America or the EU needs

Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskSince the end of the Kosovo war in 1999, crises have come and gone in the country’s north. Diplomats rush in, and the barricades come down. But this one feels more dangerous than usual. In November the representatives of Kosovo’s Serb minority withdrew from the country’s government institutions. That included the ethnic Serbian members of Kosovo’s police force in the north. Kosovo has sent ethnic Albanian policemen to replace them.

On December 15th Albin Kurti, Kosovo’s prime minister, handed in his country’s application to join the, which ensures Kosovo’s security, to permit up to 1,000 Serbian troops to return to Kosovo. Such a possibility was envisaged in theresolution which ended the Kosovo war in 1999, but today the notion is ludicrous. There is no “time machine” for Serbia to reverse two decades of history, scoffs Mr Kurti. On December 1st Mr Vucic publicly called Mr Kurti “terrorist scum”.

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