NATO to deploy more troops to Kosovo to curb violence

Polish Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldiers stand guard at a municipal office in Zvecan, Kosovo May 30, 2023. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

ZVECAN, Kosovo (Reuters) -NATO is to send 700 extra troops to Kosovo and put another battalion on high alert to go in as unrest in the region has intensified since ethnic Albanian mayors took office in the country's northern Serb-majority area after votes last month.

In the town of Zvecan on Tuesday, dozens of NATO soldiers in anti-riot gear from the United States, Poland and Italy secured a municipal building as Serbs against protested against the Albanian mayor.