Kosovo’s NATO-led peacekeepers beef up positions after clashes with ethnic Serbs in north injure 30

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI
Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Troops from the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo have used metal fences and barbed wire to beef up positions in a northern town following clashes with ethnic Serbs that left 30 soldiers wounded. On Tuesday, the peacekeepers sealed off the municipality building in Zvecan where unrest a day earlier sent tensions soaring and raised fears of instability in the Balkan hotspot amid increased Western efforts to resolve a long-simmering dispute. The flareup has triggered a flurry of international efforts to calm the situation amid Western fears of further instability in Europe as the war rages in Ukraine.