Kathimerini: Britain continuously supplies Kosovo with portable rockets and tanks

Great Britain continuously supplies Kosovo with portable missiles and tanks, the Greek newspaper Kathimerini writes in an article dedicated to the latest developments in the north of Kosovo.

According to the leading Greek newspaper, Kosovo, the most dangerous epicenter of nationalist tensions in Europe today "overheated in the last hours".

"The Europeans and the Americans rushed to the two capitals, where they are trying to prevent the escalation of the conflict over Kosovo, which would be a dangerous domino for the development of events throughout the Balkans. Across the Ibar River, with the center in Mitrovica, the Serbian element is seething, reacting to Pristina's moves regarding reciprocity "Serbs have set up barricades behind which paramilitary groups have established themselves and are demanding the immediate release of their compatriots, while attacks by Serbian nationalists on public facilities in the north are described as possible," the newspaper writes.

The paper goes on and writes that the continuous cycle of tensions began with the Government's decision to replace Serbian license plates, to which the Serbs reacted with demonstrations and resignations of all their compatriots involved in state structures.

"The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, is threatening to send the army to Kosovo, but such an action would set a fire. Kosovo President, Vjosa Osmani, and Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, from Pristina's side, applied for EU membership earlier this week, mostly to strengthen their position. Given the new wave of rising tensions and possible geopolitical turmoil in the wider region, the international factor is rushing, and in recent episodes Moscow has also intervened, recommending a solution through its representative Dmitry Peskov, at a time when Sergey Lavrov blamed the West for the escalation of tensions. Now hopes are pinned on the Franco-German plan, the only thing currently on the table, which looks like a crack at the exit," the newspaper said.

Judging by the rhetoric of the leaders of Pristina and Belgrade, everything is turning into a "foggy landscape."

Vucic and Kurti, two popular national leaders, got into a "diplomatic fight", with the Serbian president calling the Kosovo prime minister "terrorist scum", and on the other hand, Pristina, which is constantly equipping itself with British portable missiles and tanks, "is ready to answers to the Serbian government".

"The two leaders will have to make politically painful concessions for which they will have to convince their public opinion. The carrot of EU membership, especially for Vucic, is combined with the stick of compromise in Kosovo," Kathimerini concludes.