Serbia threatens to intervene militarily in Kosovo

After a sharp quarrel about a train that Serbia had sent to Kosovo, the President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolic, Sunday threatened military intervention.

Saturday was a unit of the Kosovo Police stopped a train from Serbia. The train was sent into the colors of the Serbian flag with the words Kosovo is Serbia to Mitrovica. There live many ethnic Serbs or Serbs.

Belgrade considers Kosovo as part of Serbia and the cradle of the Serbian nation and Serbian Orthodox Church. The Serbian autonomous province of Kosovo and Metohija was released in 1999 Serbia at the hands of Western powers and military intervention of NATO. They suggested thereby freeing the Albanian majority in Kosovo from Serb oppression. Poverty-stricken Kosovo officially became independent in 2008, which is recognized by many countries including the Netherlands.