Kosovo Force
NATO-led international peacekeeping force
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| October 11 2024 | Enrico Barduani (Italy) begins his term as KFOR commander |
| October 10 2024 | Özkan Ulutaş (Turkey) completes his term as KFOR commander |
| September 29 2023 | NATO Secretary-General authorized additional forces to address the build-up of Serbian troops on the Kosovo-Serbia border to maintain peace in the region. |
| May 29 2023 | More than 30 NATO peacekeeping soldiers were injured in clashes with Serb protesters in northern Kosovo after ethnic Albanian mayors took office in Serb-majority areas. |
| 2022 | Ukraine withdrew from the Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeeping mission. |
| 2021 | Portugal withdrew from the Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeeping mission. |
| July 1 2021 | NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed the continuation of the KFOR mission. |
| 2020 | Norway withdrew from the Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeeping mission. |
| August 2019 | KFOR structure was streamlined, with former Multinational Battlegroups reflagged as Regional Commands: Regional Command-East at Camp Bondsteel and Regional Command-West at Camp Villaggio Italia. |
| 2018 | Estonia withdrew from the Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeeping mission. |
| November 20 2018 | INTERPOL rejected Kosovo's membership application. |
| 2017 | Netherlands withdrew from the Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeeping mission. |
| 2016 | Luxembourg withdrew from the Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeeping mission. |
| 2014 | Morocco withdrew from the Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeeping mission. |
| July 26 2011 | Series of confrontations began in North Kosovo with a Kosovo Police operation to seize two border outposts, resulting in clashes over border administration and customs revenue until November 23. |
| March 2011 | KFOR was restructured again, reducing to just two multinational battlegroups: one based at Camp Bondsteel and another at Peja. |
| 2010 | Belgium and Slovakia withdrew from the Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeeping mission. |
| July 22 2010 | International Court of Justice delivered an advisory opinion declaring that Kosovo's declaration of independence did not violate international law or UN Security Council Resolution 1244. |
| February 2010 | Multinational Task Forces were transformed into Multinational Battle Groups. |
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