Brussels talks to ease tensions between Kosovo and Serbia fail, Frankfurter Allgemeine reports.

Representatives of Serbia and Kosovo failed to reach any rapprochement in the dispute over the tense situation in northern Kosovo during EU-brokered talks in Brussels.

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He expressed concern that the situation could now become critical.. Recent snap elections could escalate.

A week and a half ago, candidates from Albanian parties won elections in the north of Kosovo, where the majority of Serbs live.. Belgrade-led candidates, in turn, called for a boycott of the will. The political leadership of Serbia argued its boycott by the fact that the leadership of Kosovo has not yet created the conditions for the creation of a Serbian association of municipalities with broad executive powers..

Early local elections were called after all officials and civil servants of Serbian nationality resigned last November in protest against the policies of the Kosovo government.

The EU has been trying for years to help mend relations between Serbia and Kosovo. This proved to be a very difficult task after Kosovo, now populated almost exclusively by Albanians, seceded from Serbia in 1999 with the help of NATO and declared its independence in 2008..

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Over 100 countries recognize Kosovo's independence. Others, including Serbia, Russia, China and five EU countries, have yet to do so..

The governments in Belgrade and Pristina are now again negotiating to resolve relations. However, the talks stalled as Serbia does not want to accept the loss of its former southern province..

Borrell said negotiations should continue. He hinted that if negotiations failed, no country would be allowed to join the EU..

Serbia has been an official candidate for membership since 2012, while Kosovo is considered a potential candidate for membership.

The author of ZN dealt with the intricacies of relations between the parties in more detail. UA and Charge d'Affaires for Ukraine in Bosnia and Herzegovina Volodymyr Tsybulnik. Read more in his article "