NATO says Kosovo posts now restricted military area

reuters

PRISTINA

Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:21pm BST
(Reuters) - NATO said it had declared two crossings on Kosovo's border with Serbia a restricted military area Thursday and threatened to use lethal force there after an ethnic Serb mob burnt down one post and fired on NATO troops....more...
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/07/28/uk-kosovo-nato-idUKTRE76Q6AK20110728

Parliament grants extension of German military missions

deutsche welle
BUNDESWEHR

10.06.2011
Germany's participation in the NATO Kosovo Force has been extended for an additional 12 months after receiving parliamentary approval. An extension of the Bundeswehr's mission on the coast of Lebanon will also continue.

The German parliament extended two of the Bundeswehr's military engagements on Thursday. Germany's participation in the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) has been extended for an additional 12 months, but will come with troop reductions....more...
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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15144647,00.html

NATO Weighs In On Kosovo Security Forces' Role

balkan insight
10 JUN 2011 / 07:56The NATO-led mission in Kosovo says that a recent government memo proposing a new policing role for the Kosovo Security Forces has no legal basis.
Petrit Collaku

“There is no legal basis that can give the Kosovo Security Forces, KSF, the right to carry out police duties,” Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Freier, a public relations officer for the the alliance's mission in Kosovo, told Balkan Insight....more...

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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/nato-mission-in-kosovo-says-no-policing-duties-to-kosovo-security-forces

KFOR won’t reduce number of troops, commander says

b92.net
Politics

Sunday 8.05.2011
14:57
Source: Beta

PRIŠTINA -- KFOR Commander Erhard Buehler says that the number of KFOR troops will not be reduced in 2011.
Buehler says that the number of KFOR troops should not change until political stability is reached in the entire region. ...more...
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Germany extends mandate of its troops in Kosovo

serbianna.com
May 6, 2011 – 9:38 am

06. May 2011 Source: Tanjug
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet adopted the decision, which will now go before the lower house of the German parliament – the Bundestag, due to the improved security situation in Kosovo, according to the media....more...
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http://serbianna.com/blogs/michaletos/archives/999

KFOR withdraws from Kosovo-Macedonia border

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19 March 2011 14:11 Source: Tanjug PRIŠTINA -- KFOR completely withdrew from the border between Kosovo and Macedonia on Saturday, leaving the border in the hands of the Kosovo police (KPS).

(Beta, file)The ceremony that marked the event was attended by KFOR Commander Erhard Buehler and a number of officials of the Kosovo government and the EU Mission in Kosovo (EULEX). ...more...

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