The fragile relationship between Serbia and Kosovo has been increasingly strained after a number of incidents in recent weeks. The former Serbian province of Kosovo declared its independence in 2008, but unlike 110 other countries, including 23 of the EU’s 28 member states, Serbia still refuses to recognize it. Official Serbian policy says that Kosovo is still part of Serbia.
There is a relatively large Serbian minority in Kosovo, most of whom live in the north of the country, around the city of Mitrovica. Mitrovica is a city of two halves – one Serb, one Albanian. A few weeks ago the Serbs there erected a wall right through the middle of the city.
