[HIGHLIGHTS] The fire of escalation in Kosovo. What are the roots of its dispute with Serbia? Will a military war break out between them?

Protests continue by Serbs in northern Kosovo, demanding the withdrawal of police forces from public buildings. Washington and Western capitals have called for an end to tension as the government sticks to its measures.

Aiden Heher, professor of international relations at the University of Westminster, attributed the cause of the violence to the long dispute between Serbia and Kosovo. Giorgio Froshon, a researcher specializing in Balkan affairs at the Italian Institute for Political and International Studies, did not expect events to develop into a new war in Europe.