NATO announces deployment of additional forces in northern Kosovo after clashes with Serb demonstrators. About thirty members of the International Force in Kosovo led by the Atlantic Alliance (KFor) injured.

Kosovo's self-proclaimed independence in 2008 – still not recognised by Belgrade – the threat of a new war in Europe is real. The Serb minority numbers about 120,000 people – out of 1.8 million inhabitants – largely loyal to Belgrade, a third of whom live near the border with Serbia.