e mërkurë, shkurt 13, 2008
Some predict Kosovo's split 'will be a problem'
LONDON — A decade ago, Kosovo may have been the biggest foreign policy problem facing the United States. Tensions in the troubled Balkan region are about to flare up again.
CIA aided Kosovo guerrilla army
AMERICAN intelligence agents have admitted they helped to train the Kosovo Liberation Army before Nato's bombing of Yugoslavia.
Serbs block roads in north Kosovo
Category: CURRENT EVENTS
Serbia braced for Kosovo loss Russia can't prevent
Serbia braced itself on Wednesday for the loss of Kosovo province, with its ally Russia apparently resigned to the territory's independence proclamation.
New Kosovo faces long fight to rein in Serb north
Partition is the reality on the ground, regardless of its rejection by Western powers who stand ready to recognise Kosovo
Russian FM: UN Security Council to meet on Kosovo on Thursday
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that U.N. Security Council members would meet to discuss the status of Kosovo on Thursday.
Lavrov: Russia not to punish EU for recognizing Kosovo
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here on Wednesday that Russia was not planning to take any punitive measures against the European Union if the 27-nation bloc recognized a unilateral declaration of independence for Kosovo.
Russia has no plan for Kosovo sanctions: foreign minister
LJUBLJANA (AFP) — Russia does not plan any punitive measures if Kosovo unilaterally declares independence from Serbia but is demanding an emergency UN Security Council meeting on the province, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.
Balkans: Kosovo And Serbia Enter A New Era
The government of Kosovo is widely expected to declare independence shortly on the basis of a UN-sponsored plan, with the backing of the United States and most of the EU. Serbia's election for a largely ceremonial presidency is now behind it, but the country is moving into a period of political uncertainty. It is Serbia, rather than Kosovo, that merits particularly close watching.
Russian officials indirectly warn Austria about Kosovo
Russian EU Ambassador Vladimir Chishov has warned Austrian journalists in Brussels that Austrian participation in EU recognition of the independence of Serb province Kosovo could have a negative impact on Austrian-Russian relations.
EU confident of peaceful Kosovo birth
Kosovo’s anticipated declaration of independence this weekend is not expected to lead to widespread violence or an exodus of Serbs from the province, say senior European Union officials.
Belgrade refuses to recognise Kosovo's statehood claim
The Serbian government today urged Serbs living in Kosovo to stay put as it vowed not to recognise any declaration of independence by its breakaway province.
Rice says US hopes Serbia will accept resolution of Kosovo status and move forward
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the U.S. hopes Serbians will accept a resolution of Kosovo's status and move forward.
Jeremić travels to New York
Though no UN SC session has been called, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić has traveled to New York to oppose Kosovo independence.
E VERTETA4_U: Ah last ditch effort serbia is puting out all the stops now. Can Kosovo hold on ?
Roger Cohen: Here comes Kosovo
Europe will get a new state, Kosovo, on Sunday and the long, bloody unraveling of Yugoslavia will be concluded 17 years after the first war of its dissolution broke out in Slovenia. That is cause for celebration.
