Published on
12/06/2026 - 11:21 GMT+2
NATO has announced plans to reduce the number of troops stationed in Kosovo over the next year due to the "improved security situation".
Around 4,600 NATO soldiers currently make up the alliance's peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, which began in June 1999 following NATO air strikes against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević's regime, ending the Kosovo war.
Known as the Kosovo Force (KFOR), its initial objectives were to prevent conflict from resuming and to maintain public safety and order while demilitarising the Kosovo Liberation Army.
