KFOR

Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Defense Radostin Iliev and Chief of Defense Admiral Emil Eftimov are scheduled to participate in a formal ceremony tomorrow, May 21, to dispatch a military unit for deployment in the Operational Reserve Force of the NATO Stabilization Force in Kosovo (KFOR). The ceremony is set to commence at 11:00 a.m. at Georgi Izmirliev Square in Blagoevgrad.

This was announced by KFOR last night on its X network, stating that the new battalion is part of a peacekeeping mission.
"KFOR continues to fulfill its UN mandate in providing a safe and secure environment for all communities in Kosovo," the announcement said.

PRISTINA - An Italian battalion from NATO's Operational Reserve Force has been deployed in Kosovo-Metohija as part of KFOR.

KFOR announced this in a post on its Twitter account on Tuesday evening.

"KFOR continues to fulfill its UN mandate to ensure a safe and secure environment for all communities in Kosovo," the peacekeeping mission said.

PRISTINA - Kfor Commander Ozkan Ulutas said on Friday that, following an escalation of tensions in recent months, the security situation in Kosovo-Metohija had improved and that NATO had promptly responded to recent violence by deploying 1,000 more troops and additional armoured vehicles.

BRUSSELS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday evening that, under UNSCR 1244, Kfor and NATO had no right to support the creation of an army of the so-called Kosovo.

Vucic was speaking to reporters in Brussels after a series of meetings with European officials about the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

Vui said after the meeting that he asked NATO to implement its role. He adds that he submitted all the evidence in writing about what was done to the Serbs since Kurti came to power.
He added that KFOR is the only institution in Kosovo that is doing anything to ease tensions.

As they stated, a routine military exercise will be conducted with the aim of improving the readiness and preparedness of the units.
The announcement states that the soldiers and vehicles of that mission will be deployed in the municipalities of Istok, trpce, Mamusha, Deane, Djakovica, Draga, Elez Han and Elezit Kaanik.

KFOR soldiers are not stationed at the intersections in Zvean today.

ZVECAN - The situation in Zvecan was calm on Tuesday morning and Kfor troops are still deployed outside the local municipal building following Monday's clashes between Kfor and Serb protesters, a Tanjug reporter on the ground said.

The main street of the town is blocked and Kfor troops are now deployed around a much wider area surrounding the building and along streets.

As they state, shock bombs are flying in all directions and shooting is heard, and the attack was carried out by KFOR.
Just a few minutes before that, Igor Simi, a representative of the Serb List, called on the citizens, more than a thousand of them, gathered in front of the Municipality building in Zvean, to sit quietly on the ground, with their hands raised.