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Kosovo Independence: "End of Europe"
"Kosovo resembles Bosnia in the period 1878 - 1914. In 1878, the Treaty of Berlin put Bosnia under provisional Austrian administration while stipulating that it remained part of the Ottoman empire. In 1908, Austria violated the terms of the Treaty and annexed the territory directly. Serbia protested, but in vain. Ten years later the Archduke Franz-Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serb patriot in Sarajevo. The rest, as they say, is history." - John Laughland, author.
Russia overshadows Kosovo independence bid
With the United States entrenched as Kosovo's most powerful friend, Russia said yesterday that the new state's split from Serbia would force it to reconsider its own position on territorial disputes.
As a first step, Russia's foreign ministry announced it would review its relations with two breakaway regions of neighbouring Western-backed Georgia.
Government ready to support independent Kosovo: government
LONDON (AFP) — Britain is ready to support an independent Kosovo and provide military back-up if required, the government said Saturday as the majority ethnic-Albanian province prepared to secede from Serbia.
Serbia's president prepares for loss of Kosovo
The pro-western Boris Tadic was sworn in for a second term as Serbia's president yesterday, and immediately began preparing his people for the impact of Kosovo's likely declaration of independence tomorrow.
Albanian triumph and Serb anger as Kosovo secedes
PRISTINA - Kosovo Albanians will proclaim independence from Serbia on Sunday, ending a long chapter in the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia.
