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Another European Flashpoint Threatens to Erupt

A Serb nationalist mural on the north side of the River Ibar, which divides ethnic Serb and Albanian communities in Mitrovica, Kosovo. — A Serb nationalist mural on the north side of the River Ibar, which divides ethnic Serb and Albanian communities in Mitrovica, Kosovo.
Photographer: Ben Kilb/Bloomberg

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January 25, 2023, 11:08 AM UTC

While the world is focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, rising tensions are threatening to ignite another conflict on the European Union’s doorstep.

Acrimony between Serbia and Kosovo, the site of the continent’s last major war, has escalated to one of the most extreme levels since fighting in the Balkans ended in 1999.