Around 50 Muslims in southeast European country, Kosovar gathered at the capital city Pristina to protest against the government's decision to keep all the masks closed. Watch report.

Kosovar Muslims protest closure of Mosques: Hold protest prayers in Pristina

The West has been pressuring Kosovo for months to drop the trade barrier, which has been poisoning already fraught ties with Serbia, a former war foe, since late 2018.

Backlash Friday:-Kosovo's partially lift tariff on Serbian imports while US condemns.

Kosovo heads to the polls Sunday in the fourth general election since the former province declared independence from Serbia in 2008. But Kosovo's status as a nation remains a matter of international dispute, relations with Belgrade are dismal, and its people are fed up with widespread poverty and corruption.

Kosovo 11 years on: A contested status and a grim economy 

Automatic rifle, masks, gloves and an IS flag were found when police arrested the defendants by an artificial lake near Pristina in 2015

Kosovo arrests five for planning to pledge loyalty to IS

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