3 March – The national assembly approved a resolution requesting the government to begin negotiations for the country's entry into
NATO.[2]
4 June – The first suspected case of
monkeypox was reported in the nation in
Dragash.[3]
July–December
31 July –
Police in
North Kosovo closed two border crossings with Serbia after local Serbs protesting an order to switch
Serbian license plates to
Kosovan ones within two months blocked roads and fired shots at police.[4]
Kosovo Serb protesters in North Kosovo block main roads for a second day following a nighttime exchange of fire with Kosovo Police after the arrest of a Serb former policeman, amid rising tensions between authorities and Kosovo's Serb minority.[9]
Prime Minister Kurti states that "the barricades from masked criminals in the north must be removed immediately."[10]
Serbian President Vučić calls an emergency meeting of the
Serbian National Security Council. After the meeting, Vučić states that "it is important to call on Serbs and Albanians to keep the peace" and that he "made certain decisions and gave orders."[11]
15 December – Serbian President Vučić announces that the
Serbian government will send a request to
KFOR for the return of a certain number, "from hundreds to a thousand", of police and army personnel to Kosovo, in accordance with
UN Resolution 1244.[12]
28 December – Two
border crossings with Serbia are closed after protesters in Serbia block them to support the ethnic Serbs mounting barricades in northern Kosovo, refusing to recognize the country's independence.[13]
29 December – Following talks with Serbian president Vučić, the barricades erected by Kosovo Serbs in North Kosovo begin being dismantled.[14]
3 March – The national assembly approved a resolution requesting the government to begin negotiations for the country's entry into
NATO.[2]
4 June – The first suspected case of
monkeypox was reported in the nation in
Dragash.[3]
July–December
31 July –
Police in
North Kosovo closed two border crossings with Serbia after local Serbs protesting an order to switch
Serbian license plates to
Kosovan ones within two months blocked roads and fired shots at police.[4]
Kosovo Serb protesters in North Kosovo block main roads for a second day following a nighttime exchange of fire with Kosovo Police after the arrest of a Serb former policeman, amid rising tensions between authorities and Kosovo's Serb minority.[9]
Prime Minister Kurti states that "the barricades from masked criminals in the north must be removed immediately."[10]
Serbian President Vučić calls an emergency meeting of the
Serbian National Security Council. After the meeting, Vučić states that "it is important to call on Serbs and Albanians to keep the peace" and that he "made certain decisions and gave orders."[11]
15 December – Serbian President Vučić announces that the
Serbian government will send a request to
KFOR for the return of a certain number, "from hundreds to a thousand", of police and army personnel to Kosovo, in accordance with
UN Resolution 1244.[12]
28 December – Two
border crossings with Serbia are closed after protesters in Serbia block them to support the ethnic Serbs mounting barricades in northern Kosovo, refusing to recognize the country's independence.[13]
29 December – Following talks with Serbian president Vučić, the barricades erected by Kosovo Serbs in North Kosovo begin being dismantled.[14]