“U.S. should be ready to act outside UN”
By United States Institute Of Peace
Published: September 16, 2007
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No Further Delay or Discussion of Partition
The EU and U.S. Must Prepare to Act
Pristina Must Protect Serbs, Belgrade Must Stop Blocking a Decision
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Kosova was left at the end of the NATO/Yugoslavia war in 1999 in limbo. It is still there, despite Security Council Resolution 1244, which foresaw a process for deciding its status. That process has occurred, but because of a threatened Russian veto, the Security Council failed to approve the plan prepared under the leadership of former Finnish President Marti Ahtisaari, which provides for Kosova’s independence under international supervision with extensive protection for its Serb population.Read More...
U.S. - Religious freedoms in Serbia has deteriorated
By The Department of State
Published: September 16, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- The respect for religious freedoms in Serbia deteriorated over the past year, according to a U.S. State Department report.
The Department of State released its annual report on international religious freedom on September 14.Read More...
Kosova's Final Status
By International Crisis Group
Published: August 25, 2007
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The debate on Kosova’s future status has reached a crucial point. The United Nations Security Council has failed to bring Kosova to supervised independence, following Russia’s declared intention to veto. With Kosova Albanians increasingly restive and likely soon to declare unilateral independence in the absence of a credible alternative, Europe risks a new bloody and destabilising conflict. Read More...
"Kosova Must Be Independent"
By Gareth Evans et al in The International Herald Tribune
Published: August 25, 2007
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Kosova is back in the headlines. President George W. Bush says that it should become independent soon. President Vladimir Putin of Russia opposes independence and prefers time for more talks. President Nicolas Sarkozy of France has suggested that we move forward, with a six-month delay. Read More...
A ticking clock on Kosova's status
By Chris Patten
Published: August 11, 2007
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IT TOOK SERBIA 20 years of civic unrest, a devastating war, and eight years of an international protectorate over a chunk of its territory, but Premier Vojislav Kostunica finally claims to have a plan for dealing with Kosova. The only problem is that no one seems to know what it is. Read More...
The Truth about Kosova Today: In response to an article by Julia Gorin in American Legion Magazine
By Nicki Fellenzer and Brad Staggs
Published: August 8, 2007
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[*The following blog post is mirrored at The Liberty Zone and Brad’s Place and was written by Nicki Fellenzer and Brad Staggs together as a response to an article in the July 2007 issue of American Legion Magazine. The interviews included therein were conducted by Nicki and Brad at Camp Bondsteel, Kosova.] Read More...
EU ministers favor quick Kosova solution
By AP
Published: June 19, 2007
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LUXEMBOURG -- EU foreign ministers backed a swift Kosova status resolution at a meeting in Luxembourg Monday. Read More...
Tadic: Serbia rejects new demands
By AP
Published: June 19, 2007
Updated: June 19, 2007
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BELGRADE -- President Boris Tadiæ says Serbia “unambiguously rejects” any new demands regarding its cooperation with the Hague Tribunal. Read More...
BUSH: "We need to get moving... and the end result is independence for Kosova"
By Reuters
Published: June 10, 2007
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TIRANA, Albania (Reuters) -- U.S. President George W. Bush said on Sunday the United Nations needed to act on independence for the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo. Read More...
President Bush, getting a hero's welcome as the first American president to visit Albania
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 10, 2007
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TIRANA, Albania (AP) -- President Bush, getting a hero's welcome as the first American president to visit Albania, said Sunday that there cannot be endless dialogue about achieving independence for neighboring Kosovo. Read More...
Warm welcome for Bush in Albania
By Reuters
Published: June 10, 2007
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TIRANA, Albania (Reuters) -- President George W. Bush arrived in Albania on Sunday, the first visit by a U.S. leader to the Balkan state that was once a closed, communist society but is now a close ally of the United States. Read More...
SERBIA: ULTRANATIONALIST PARLIAMENT SPEAKER REJECTS EU AND U.S. HEGEMONY
By AKI
Published: May 10, 2007
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Ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party (SRS) leader Tomislav Nikolic, who was elected as Serbian parliament speaker on Tuesday, has called on Russia to form a political bloc against the United States and European domination. Read More...
Kosova's long road to independence
By The Independent
Published: May 10, 2007
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Trapped in diplomatic limbo, Kosova's Albanian majority have waited years for their dreams of statehood to be realised. But now their day may come. Peter Popham reports from Pristina Read More...
Serbia: Return to the isolationist nationalism of the 1990s.
By Reuters, AFP, AP
Published: May 8, 2007
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LONDON -- According to international news agencies, the election of Nikoliæ as the Speaker marked a return of ultranationalism in Serbia. Read More...
Serbia's parliament elected Tomislav Nikolic of the ultra nationalist Radical Party as speaker
By Reuters - Beti Bilandzic
Published: May 8, 2007
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BELGRADE, May 8 (Reuters) - Serbia's parliament elected Tomislav Nikolic of the ultra nationalist Radical Party as speaker on Tuesday, a decision some politicians said signalled a return to the isolationist nationalism of the 1990s. Read More...
SERBIA: Attacks continue on religious minorities
By Drasko Djenovic
Published: May 6, 2007
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Although the number of violent attacks on Serbia's religious minorities has declined in recent years, numerous such attacks still continue, Forum 18 News Service has found in its latest annual survey. In June a Hare Krishna devotee was knifed. Read More...
Prosecution looks into possible mass grave site in Serbia
By Reuters
Published: May 4, 2007
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BELGRADE -- The war crimes prosecution plans to investigate a possible mass grave near Kosova. Read More...
U.S: Kosova to be independent with or without U.N.
By Paul Taylor
Published: April 30, 2007
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Kosova will be independent with or without a United Nations resolution, and Russia should back an agreement to protect the Kosova Serb minority, the United States said on Saturday. Read More...
Serbian fundamentalists: “Tsar Lazar Guard” rounds up Kosova volunteers
By AFP
Published: April 30, 2007
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BELGRADE -- The so-called St.Tsar Lazar Guard is gathering volunteers ready to wage a war in case Kosova becomes independent. Read More...
Milosevic's army reserves sue State
By AP
Published: April 29, 2007
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KURSHUMLIJA -- More than 2,000 former Milosevic's Army reserve members, mobilized during the 1999 NATO bombing, have sued the Army and the State. Read More...
NATO to UN: Endorse Ahtisaari plan
By Associated Press
Published: April 25, 2007
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BRUSSELS, NEW YORK -- NATO urged the UN Wednesday to endorse Ahtisaari's Kosova plan despite opposition by Russia and other UN SC members. Read More...
"Rice will press Russia on Kosova Independence"
By AFP
Published: April 25, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will press Russia on Kosova when she visits Moscow next month, an official says. Read More...
Canada support Kosova Independence
By AP
Published: April 25, 2007
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PRISHTINA, BELGRADE -- Canada’s ambassador to Serbia Robert McDougal says his country supports Kosova’s supervised independence. Read More...
Serbian PM Vojislav Kostunica in minority government with Radicals?
By Beta, Tanjug
Published: April 25, 2007
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BELGRADE -- The DSS-NS coalition will likely be forced to form a minority government backed by the Radicals, Velimir Iliæ has said. Read More...
A new mass grave site revealed in Serbia
By DPA
Published: April 22, 2007
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PRISHTINA -- A new mass grave which reportedly holds the remains of Kosova conflict victims, has been uncovered in Serbia. Read More...
SERBIA: JOURNALIST DEJAN ANASTASIJEVIC TARGET OF LYNCH ATMOSPHERE
By HCHRS
Published: April 22, 2007
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The assassination attempt at journalist Dejan Anastasijevic in the night of April 14 is by far more indicative than yet another in the series of terrorist attacks against the freedom of expression. Read More...
Serb suspected for narcotics arrested in Kosova
By gentiani
Published: April 19, 2007
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Kosova -- Special KPS, KFOR and UNMIK troops arrested the Serbia’s Man for suspicious narcotics and illegal weapon possession in Shtrpce, Kosova. Read More...
Burns said: "USA will support a declaration of independence by the people of Kosova"
By Associated Press
Published: April 17, 2007
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In a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, the Undersecretary of State said that the U.S. considers independence “the only option for the province,” the Associated Press reports. Read More...
“Kosova independent by summer”
By Daily Jutarnji List
Published: April 17, 2007
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ZAGREB -- Ahtisaari’s deputy Albert Rohan says Kosova will be granted supervised independence, while Russia will not use its veto at the UN. Read More...
German Ambassador in Serbia pushes for Kosova Independence
By AP
Published: April 12, 2007
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BELGRADE -- German Ambassador to Serbia Andreas Zobel has called for a swift resolution of Kosova’s status. Read More...
American citizen brothers who were brutally executed in Serbia - Crime and Secret
By U. S. Embassy
Published: April 12, 2007
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Three American citizen brothers Agron (23), Mehmet (21) and Ylli (25) Bytyqi were found in 2001, on top of a mass grave in Petrovo Selo, near Kladovo, eastern Serbia. Read More...
The United States and the Europeans, assist in the birth of the Country Kosova
By BIRN
Published: April 11, 2007
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When the issue of Kosova finally came before the UN Security Council on April 3, the results were predictable. First there was a conflict between Russia, a permanent member, and Britain, the president of the Council this month, over whether the session should be open or closed. Read More...
Serbia's Genocide over Bosnian's based on incomplete archive
By The New York Times
Published: April 11, 2007
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THE HAGUE -- The New York Times says The International Court of Justice (ICJ) based its Bosnian genocide ruling on incomplete archive. Read More...
'Serbian Radical Hardliners' threaten Kosova's independence
By Harry de Quetteville
Published: April 10, 2007
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A key leader in Kosova has accused Russia and Serbia of conspiring to rob it of statehood ahead of a crucial United Nations vote on handing the territory its independence. Read More...
Organ trafficking in Serbia
By B92
Published: April 10, 2007
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BELGRADE -- While 3,500 patients await kidney transplants, Serbia is reporting illegal human organ trafficking.
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Russia did all it could for Belgrade and Serbia in a UN SC session
By Kommersant
Published: April 5, 2007
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MOSCOW -- Accoridng to Moscow daily Kommersant, Russia did all it could for Belgrade and Serbia in a UN SC session. It managed to postpone the settlement of the Kosova’s status for an indefinite period of time, the daily says stressing that Russia did not fulfill Serbia's request at the most recent Security Council meeting. Read More...
Serbia's Neo-Nazi group threats journalist from Vojvodina
By AP
Published: April 5, 2007
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NOVI SAD -- Chairman of the Independent Journalist Association of Vojvodina Dinko Gruhonjiæ received death threats by a neo-Nazi group. Read More...
The truth about Kosova: Arguments and fact for in support its independence
By Academic Esat Stavileci
Published: April 3, 2007
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The attention of world diplomacy is focusing on Kosova ever more. We have now in the hands of UN Security Council a proposal addressed by former Finish President Martti Ahtisari which is attached to the document that sets the framework for a possible future status of Kosova,... Read More...
“Serbia is protecting Mladic and Karadzic”
By Humanitarian Law Fund
Published: April 3, 2007
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BANJA LUKA -- Humanitarian Law Fund director Natasha Kandic says authorities in Belgrade know where Karadzic and Mladic are hiding. Read More...
Valley Albanians: Autonomy, or new status
By AP
Published: April 3, 2007
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BUJANOVAC -- A Democratic Party of Albanians (DPA) official demands autonomy or special status for the municipalities in the south. Read More...
EU Parliament Backs UN Plan For Supervised Kosova Sovereignty
By EU Parliament
Published: March 29, 2007
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BRUSSELS (AP)--The European Parliament Thursday overwhelmingly backed a U.N. plan that would give Kosova supervised independence from Serbia, and the European Union's foreign policy chief said the bloc's planned development project in the province "the most important E.U. mission in history." Read More...
U.S. ambassador: Serbia refused help
By AP
Published: April 1, 2007
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BELGRADE -- Michael Polt says the government snubbed his offer to send young American volunteers to Serbia. Read More...
Independent Kosova
By Financial Times
Published: March 28, 2007
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One of Europe's most explosive crises may soon be defused. Eight years after a war of dubious legality and no clear resolution, the US, the UK and the United Nations have decided that the time for diplomatic shilly-shallying is over. Kosova, they all said this week, should become independent. Read More...
US and UK formally called for the province of Kosova to become independent
By Daniel Dombey in Brussels and Neil MacDonaldin
Published: March 28, 2007
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The US and the UK on Monday formally called for the province of Kosova to become independent, in an attempt to resolve the legacy of the 1999 war. Read More...
Recommendation: Kosova’s status should be independence...
By UNITED NATIONS
Published: March 28, 2007
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1. In November 2005, the Secretary-General appointed me as his Special Envoy for the future status process for Kosova. According to my terms of reference, this process should culminate in a political settlement that determines the future status of Kosova. Read More...
Is the state of Serbia willing to protect all its citizens without exception?
By Human Rights Watch
Published: March 23, 2007
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The assault by “a group of citizens” at the President of the Democratic Association of the Roma and his activists, members of the traffic police were not only watching passively but also inciting through remarks of the “Those Gypsies have raised their heads too much” Read More...
Serbian-Terrorist Training Camp located!
By Alba-Land
Published: March 23, 2007
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Serbian police have discovered a camp and a cave in which the Wahabi Serb terrorists trained. Four Serb-Muslim men have been arrested. Read More...
Unilateral recognition of Kosova's independence by the United States and its Western allies
By Mehdi Hyseni
Published: March 22, 2007
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Despite the potentially negative impact of Russian support for Serbia's anti-Albanian and anti-democratic policy, Albanian policy and diplomacy must not give up on the option of full independence for Kosova. Read More...
Oli Rehn warns of “chaos” in the Balkans
By EU
Published: March 22, 2007
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BRUSSELS -- Europe's enlargement chief warned that a UN split over the status of Kosova would lead to “chaos” in the Balkans. Read More...
Joachim Rücker addresses the UN Security Council
By UN
Published: March 19, 2007
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PRISHTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosova (SRSG) Joachim Rücker, in a closed session of the UN Security Council today, provided an update on progress in Kosova. President Fatmir Sejdiu accompanied the SRSG in the Security Council. Read More...
Head of Serbia involved in the transfer of dead Kosova Albanians and their burial in the mass graves in Serbia
By Hague Trial
Published: March 19, 2007
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THE HAGUE -- Former Serbian Policeman protected witness K-87 testified at the Hague trial of Kosova Six last week. Read More...
Russia sees Kosova as payback opportunity
By The Guardian
Published: March 19, 2007
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LONDON -- “Kosova's second war of independence,” writes Simon Tisdall, “may be only months away.” Read More...
“Serbia center point on Balkan drugs route”
By U.S. State Department Narcotics Control
Published: March 4, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department Narcotics Control Report says Serbia is transit point for drugs smuggling in the region. Read More...
"Serbia unlikely to influence Kosova settlement"
By AP
Published: March 4, 2007
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BELGRADE -- Serbia’s negotiators cannot change the essence of Ahtisaari’s plan for Kosova, Dušan Batakovic says. Read More...
Poland supports Ahtisaari’s plan for Kosova
By AP
Published: March 2, 2007
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WARSAW -- Poland shifts position in favor of Ahtisaari’s plan for Kosova calling on Serbia to face reality and focus on EU integration. Read More...
Iran, Serbia discuss "cooperation"!
By Irna
Published: March 1, 2007
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BELGRADE -- Iran and Serbia Tuesday night discussed “avenues for bolstering trade and other areas of economic cooperation.” Read More...
Four Serbs detained in connection with the 1999 killings of three U.S. citizens
By AP
Published: February 28, 2007
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BELGRADE -- Four new suspects have been detained in connection with the 1999 killings of three U.S. citizens of Kosova origins. Read More...
Belgian FM: We'll block EU shift on Serbia
By Reuters
Published: February 28, 2007
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BRUSSELS -- Karel de Gucht said his country would work to block any of the EU states’ move to soften their position on Serbia. Read More...
Ahtisaari’s proposal would effectively grant Kosova independence
By The New York Times
Published: February 27, 2007
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Earlier this month, a United Nations envoy, Martti Ahtisaari, presented a sensible plan for the future of Kosova. The small Serbian province has been administered by the United Nations since 1999, when NATO went to war to defend its ethnic Albanian majority. Read More...
Serbs failed to prevent Genocide in Bosnia, court rules
By Los Angeles Times
Published: February 27, 2007
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BERLIN – The United Nations’ highest court ruled Monday that Serbia failed to prevent the massacre of Muslims during the Bosnian war but was not directly responsible for the atrocities, ending a landmark case in which an entire nation was tried for committing genocide. Read More...
Serb Radicals: Quit UN if Kosova gains independence
By AP
Published: February 23, 2007
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BELGRADE -- The Serbian Radical Party says Serbia should give up its EU plans and leave the UN if Kosova becomes independent. Read More...
World Court to decide if Serbia responsible for genocide
By UN
Published: February 23, 2007
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Should the entire Serbian nation - not just its presidents, generals, and soldiers - be held responsible for humanity's worst crime? for the slaughter, terrorising, rape and displacement of Bosnian Muslims in the early 1990s. Read More...
Amnesty International calls for full transparency in UNMIK inquiry into deaths of Mon Balaj and Arbën Xheladini
By Sweden-Kosov@ Friendship Union
Published: February 23, 2007
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Amnesty International is calling for full transparency in the conduct of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) police inquiry into the killing of Kosovo Albanians Mon Balaj and Arbën Xheladini during a demonstration on 10 February 2007, called by the NGO Vetëvendosje (Self Determination). Read More...
Europe awaits birth of a new country
By The Guardian
Published: February 20, 2007
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Kosova and Monaco have next to nothing in common. But every time you make a mobile phone call to the majority Albanian province in the southern Balkans you use the +377 international prefix for the millionaires' playground on the Riviera. Read More...
Serbia lines up wholesale rejection of Kosova plan
By Matt Robinson Reuters
Published: February 20, 2007
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BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia will reject every element of a U.N. plan for Kosova that points to the creation of "another Albanian state" during final talks beginning on Wednesday in Vienna, a senior Serbian official said. Read More...
Serbia’s road toward EU leads through Kosova’s status
By DPA
Published: February 13, 2007
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BRUSSELS - This is the message the EU foreign ministers sent from their meeting in Brussels today, after a discussion that centered on Serbia’s European future and Kosovo’s status. Read More...
EU in Kosova must learn from Bosnia mistakes
By Reuters
Published: February 13, 2007
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BERLIN -- The European Union mission in Kosova must avoid a heavy-handed approach, a think-tank warned on Monday. Read More...
Despite unresolved status, Kosova makes strides towards integration
By Bekim Greiçevci for Southeast European Times
Published: February 10, 2007
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Despite its unresolved final status after being a UN protectorate for almost seven years, Kosova has made some steps towards fulfilling EU accession criteria. The desire to become an EU member is shared by all of the ethnic groups there. Read More...
UN envoy to present finalized proposal on Kosova in March
By APP
Published: February 10, 2007
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UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 10 (APP) -- UN Special Envoy for Kosova Martti Ahtisaari says he expects to present his final proposal on the future status for the Albanian-majority Serbian province to the UN Security Council by the end of March. Read More...
Why full Independence on Kosova?
By Mehdi Hyseni
Published: February 6, 2007
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All of the international actors (USA, UN, EU, NATO, Contact Group) involved in settlement of Kosova’s status, morally and legally are obliged to take into account valid and objective arguments according to historical and juridical rights of both parts (Serbian and Albanian) in conflict. Read More...
Kosova deadline stands, says UN envoy
By Financial Times
Published: February 6, 2007
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Martti Ahtisaari, United Nations envoy for the Kosova talks, yesterday insisted he would stick to his deadline and put his plan for supervised independence for the troubled province to the UN Security Council at the end of the month. Read More...
Macedonia backs Kosova blueprint, defying Serbia
By Reuters
Published: February 4, 2007
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SKOPJE, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Macedonia on Saturday backed a U.N. draft plan to set the breakaway Kosova province on the path to independence, openly defying its northern neighbour Serbia. Read More...
Serbian Jews protest restitution policy
By AP
Published: February 4, 2007
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NOVI SAD -- Serbia is the only country in Europe that has not ensured the restitution of stolen Jewish property. Read More...
Special package: Kosova Final Status
By UNOSEC
Published: February 2, 2007
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Key section of UN special envoy Martti Ahtisaari's Kosova final status proposal, dealing with the political settlement for the entity. The principal elements of this excerpt of the 60-page document, which includes annexes, are as follows: Read More...
Has anyone asked the Albanians whether they approve of the Plan?
By IllyriaPress
Published: February 1, 2007
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Most of the details from Ahtisaari proposal are yet to be known, but what do you make of what has been leaked until now in the press? Does it seem more on the cautious side in order to appease the Russians and make it easier for the Serbs than to meet the strong expectations of the Albanians or is it the other way around? Read More...
Final act in the fate of Kosova begins
By The Financial Times
Published: February 1, 2007
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Eight years after a war that pitted Nato against Slobodan Milosevic's regime in Belgrade, the endgame for Kosova has begun. The strategy of the west is now clear: a United Nations resolution to put Kosova under the tutelage of the European Union and recognition of its independence soon after. Read More...
Del Ponte: EU to put integration talks with Serbia on hold until Belgrade arrests Mladic
By AP
Published: February 1, 2007
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HAGUE -- Del Ponte calls on the European Union to put integration talks with Serbia on hold until Belgrade arrests Mladic. Read More...
Serbia's nationalists have to see the game is lost.
By The Guardian
Published: January 29, 2007
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Post-bombing western guilt is making things worse in the Balkans. Serbia's nationalists have to see the game is lost. Read More...
Miloševic’s man is back
By Neil MacDonald
Published: January 29, 2007
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Ljubinko Nikolic, a controversial senior police inspector as part of moves to reappoint loyalists from the former regime of Slobodan Milosevic in the police and judiciary. Read More...
Kosova Wins Support For Split From Serbia
By R. Jeffrey Smith
Published: January 26, 2007
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Nearly eight years after NATO warplanes intervened in a bitter ethnic conflict between Serbs and rebellious Kosova Albanians in the former Yugoslavia, the United States and its European allies have agreed to support Kosova's permanent secession from Serbia under continuing international supervision, according to senior U.S. and European officials. Read More...
UN proposal lets Kosova access world bodies - Monitored Independence
By Reuters
Published: January 24, 2007
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PRISHTINA, Serbia (Reuters) - A U.N. proposal on the future of Kosova to be presented on Friday recommends the breakaway Serbian province be granted the right to join international bodies, political and diplomatic sources said. Read More...
Radicals shock winners in Serbia
By CNN
Published: January 24, 2007
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Serbia's ultra-nationalist Radicals won the most votes in the country's parliamentary election, but several pro-democratic groups collected enough seats to form a new government if they can settle their differences, according to official results Monday. Read More...
Kosova Albanians await Ahtisaari's proposal
By AP
Published: January 22, 2007
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PRISHTINA -- Uncertainty, disappointment prevail as Kosova's Albanians await U.N. status proposal. Read More...
Nothing New in Serbia, Ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party lead
By Associated Press
Published: January 22, 2007
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According to RIK, the Serb Radical Party (SRS) has won 27.06 percent of votes, the Democratic Party (DS) 22.59 percent, Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS-NS) 16.5 percent, G17 plus 7.12 percent, LDP-SDU-GSS-LSV 5.47 percent, Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) 3.57 percent. Read More...
SERBIA: "We would never join Nato, We wants closer ties with Russia, China and the Arab world".
By Alex Spillius
Published: January 22, 2007
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Serbia's most famous pop star sang one of her biggest hits for the prime minister on stage at the weekend. It was called Be Careful Who You Sleep With, which is good advice generally but particularly in Serbian politics. Read More...
Serbs dark story is continuing, The ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party (SRS) of Vojislav Seselj won the poll
By BBC News
Published: January 22, 2007
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BELGRADE, Serbia: Serbian ultranationalist Radicals won most votes in Serbia's parliamentary election on Sunday. Read More...
U.S. pushing for quick Kosova resolution
By AP
Published: January 20, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government is pushing for a quick resolution on Kosova's final status following the release of a UN proposal. Read More...
Albanian Family Who Hid 26 Jews in Albania from the Nazis Honored by ADL
By ADL
Published: January 20, 2007
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New York, NY, January 18, 2007… Albanian family who saved 26 Jews from the Nazis and led them to safety in the mountains of Central Albania was honored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) with its Courage to Care Award. Read More...
Serbia - How Belgrade "educates" its students
By Koha Ditore
Published: January 19, 2007
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The Students Independent Association of the Judicial Faculty of Belgrade has begun an initiative for Serbia to give Kosova to Russia for the price of one Euro for 99 years. Read More...
"Serbia Elections" - Nearly 400,000 Serbia Gypsies have no ID!
By UPI
Published: January 19, 2007
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BELGRADE, Serbia, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Nearly 400,000 of Serbia's Gypsies have no identification documents and therefore local authorities treat them as nonexistent, a minority center said Friday. Read More...
Resolution calling on the United States to support the independence of Kosova!
By Internet News Bureau
Published: January 17, 2007
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Representatives Lantos and Ros-Lehtinen Introduce H.Res. 36 in Support of the Independence of Kosova in the 110th Congress Read More...
EU: Limited independence for Kosova
By UPI
Published: January 16, 2007
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VIENNA -- Wolfgang Petritsch says Serbia Kosova will be given EU-administered limited independence. Read More...
Decision on Kosova's future expected early February
By EuroNews
Published: January 16, 2007
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The EU foreign policy chief says the UN envoy for Kosova is likely to present in early February his decision on whether the province should become independent from Serbia. Read More...
Jovanovic: I would sign independence
By AP
Published: January 14, 2007
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BELGRADE -- Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) leader Cedomir Jovanovic says he would “sign Kosova’s independence”. Read More...
Independence for Kosova
By The Wall Street Journal
Published: January 14, 2007
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Prishtina -- Just as it seemed that the Balkans were finally turning the corner, we are instead entering another period of stagnation, delay and uncertainty. Read More...
Countries who support Kosova Independence
By The American council for Kosova
Published: January 14, 2007
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Serb mafia involved in cocaine smuggling intercepted in Macedonia
By MakfaxOnline
Published: January 14, 2007
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Macedonian court ordered a 30-day detention in absentia for Stanislava Poletan (Chochorvska), suspected of having orchestrated the transport of 486 kilos of cocaine seized at Blace border crossing. Read More...
War crime suspects 'living in Australia'
By The Sydnay Morning Herald
Published: January 14, 2007
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Suspected war criminals linked to atrocities in Europe are living freely in Australia because authorities refuse to track them down, war crimes experts say. Read More...
Everything is ready for the opening of Kosova’s office in Brussels, except its representative
By KosovaLive
Published: January 14, 2007
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The entire infrastructure for the opening of the diplomatic office of Kosova in Brussels is prepared, including the payment of the rented facility, except the appointment of the Kosovar ‘ambassador’ in Belgium. Read More...
Serbia: Adventist Church Burned
By APD/ANN
Published: January 13, 2007
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The vandalism of a small Seventh-day Adventist village church in the province Vojvodina... Read More...
The "New Serbian Formula"
By Mehdi Hyseni
Published: January 12, 2007
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As long as official Belgrade is continuing the great Serbian and genocidal politics of previous anti-democratic, uncivilized, anti-Albanian, anti-European and anti-American regime of the criminal-in-chief, Slobodan Miloshevic and today's Kostunicas statement that "Kosova is integral part of Serbia’s territory",... Read More...
Speculation mounts over Ahtisaari's recommendations for Kosova status
By Blerta Foniqi-Kabashi
Published: January 10, 2007
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UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari's office says his proposal for Kosova's future will be ready by January 21st, the date of elections in Serbia. Read More...
Serbians arrested in Paris for trafficking explosives
By AFP
Published: January 10, 2007
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Two Serbian nationals have been arrested in Paris for trafficking military explosives for use in organised crime, sources close to the investigation said on Tuesday. Read More...
The Serbian Radical's strongest single Party , whose leader, Vojislav Seselj standing trial for genocide in the Hague
By AKI
Published: January 9, 2007
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Belgrade, (AKI) - No less than 20 political parties and coalitions will be running in Serbia's 21 January general election in which the breakway province of Kosova will be a key issue. Read More...
SERBIA - FIRE SET TO ADVENTIST CHURCH
By AP
Published: January 8, 2007
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Sombor -- The Temple of the Adventist Church was set on fire in a village near Sombor early this morning. Read More...
Angela Merkel the wish of the Kosovars for more independence be satisfied
By ZDF
Published: January 8, 2007
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"It is important that, on one side, the wish of the Kosovars for more independence be satisfied — but not at the price that we then have troubled situations in Serbia and democracy there is weakened," Read More...
There’s no need for further negotiations with Belgrade
By AP
Published: January 6, 2007
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Prishtina -- The Albanian negotiating team claims that There’s no need for further negotiations with Belgarde after Ahtisaari reveals his proposal. Read More...
Adroit diplomacy to secure Kosova’s independence could yield a victory for democracy
By Joseph Biden
Published: January 6, 2007
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Years of hand-wringing and chest-thumping over the future status of Kosova may finally be drawing to a close. In the next few months, adroit diplomacy to secure Kosova’s independence could yield a victory for democracy, a better future for south-east Europe and validation for the judicious use of American power. Read More...
Moderated Serbian Minister in Kosova threatened by a fanatic Serb
By B92
Published: January 3, 2007
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PRISHTINA -- The Kosova Police Service confirmed that the Kosova Return Minister received threats on Tuesday. Read More...
Serbia - Corruption absorbs 20% of GDP
By Beta
Published: January 4, 2007
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Serbias Deputy District Attorney says district attorney offices are inefficient and politicians often fail to submit data on corruption. Read More...
Liberal-Democrats on new Serbias Gendarmerie commander
By AP
Published: December 23, 2006
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BELGRADE -- The LDP has today criticized the appointment of the new Gendarmerie security chief. Read More...
Vojvodina statute discussion after elections
By AP
Published: December 23, 2006
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NOVI SAD -- Bojan Pajtic says Vojvodina’s new statute will be decided on after the parliamentary elections. Read More...
At first, International Recognation of independence of Kosova, then stabilization via Multiethnic Standards
By Mehdi Hyseni
Published: December 23, 2006
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This question is still opened, and after all what is progressive process done in Kosova during seven years under international peace-keeping forces of the United Nations(UNMIK+KFOR). Read More...
Serbian PM Koštunica: EU talks would have solved Hague issue
By AP
Published: December 23, 2006
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BELGRADE -- The PM says that had the EU not suspended negotiations with Serbia, the Hague issue would’ve been solved. Read More...
Serbian Radicals’ leader: We will win
By AP
Published: December 23, 2006
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BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolic says his Serb Radical Party (SRS) will secure a convincing win in the coming vote and form the next government. Read More...
Jovanovic - Kosova according to the will of its citizens
By AP
Published: December 19, 2006
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SERBIA -- Èedomir Jovanovic said that Kosova’s status must reflect the realistic situation of its population. Read More...
Serbia's president Tadic: Radical and Socialist policy of lies unacceptable
By AP
Published: December 19, 2006
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BELGRADE, VRBAS, SOMBOR -- The president says politicians and institutions must tell citizens the truth and behave responsibly. Read More...
Serbia - Evangelist church attacked
By Beta
Published: December 19, 2006
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KRALJEVO -- An unidentified attacker threw a Molotov cocktail late last night at an Evangelist church in Kraljevo. Read More...
Polt: Now is a time to face the Kosova solution
By Vecernje novosti
Published: December 19, 2006
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BELGRADE -- U.S. ambassador to Serbia Michael Polt says the January elections are as important as October 5, 2000. Read More...
Miloševic said to Naumann "Serbia will gather all the Albanians in one place and kill them".
By SENSE
Published: December 15, 2006
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THE HAGUE -- Klaus Naumann testified Miloševic said in October 1998 he would use the Drenica model in an effort to solve the Kosova problem. Read More...
Kosova's Independence Depends on United States, not Russia
By Mehdi Hyseni
Published: December 13, 2006
Despite the potentially negative impact of Russian support for Serbia's anti-Albanian and anti-democratic policy, Albanian policy and diplomacy must not give up on the option of full independence for Kosova [Kosova]. Read More...