Mediators optimistic after talks on Kosovo status open in New York

Kosovars confident as negotiations reopen

Kosovo: Two killed, two wounded in shooting

PRIŠTINA -- Two persons were killed and two wounded early Friday in a shooting in the village of Dubrava near Kačanik, Kosovo.

New York Kosovo talks end, next round in Brussels

NEW YORK -- The Belgrade and Priština negotiating teams will meet for direct talks on Oct. 14, in the Belgian capital.

Unilateral call on Kosovo may strengthen Putin

Instead of thinking what Ahtisaari deemed unthinkable -- a partition of Kosovo with a small part of the north going to Serbia and the rest linked to the Kosovars' ethnic brethren in Albania or a separate state -- the US plans to act without the UN's blessing, arguing that only an independent Kosovo will bring stability to the Western Balkans.

Call for progress in Kosovo talks

Serbia and Kosovo Albanians have started direct talks on Kosovo's future in New York, with world powers appealing to the two sides to agree a deal.

ROUNDUP: New Kosovo talks "constructive", will meet again

New York (dpa) - Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo held direct talks on Kosovo's political future for the first time in six months Friday and agreed to meet again within a month to try to end their deadlock.

Crucial talks in New York on Kosovo’s Future

The talks between Kosovo and Serbian leaders will be mediated by negotiators from the United States, Russia, and the European Union in order to establish good relationship between the two countries.

No breakthrough on Kosovo status

The leaders of Serbia and its breakaway Kosovo province have failed to make any major progress at their first direct talks on the territory's future status.