EU, NATO study Kosovo security presence
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WIESBADEN, Germany  - European Union and NATO defense chiefs on Thursday mapped out plans for steering the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo through a tense period while ensuring a future exit strategy for their armies.
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Differences over Kosovo and U.S. plans to install missile defenses in eastern Europe loomed large at talks Thursday between Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and his NATO counterparts.
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BRUSSELS/PRISTINA, Serbia  - The European Union plans to withdraw the issue of Kosovo's final status from the U.N. Security Council if Russia does not accept a resolution within days, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Tuesday.
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NATO forces will deploy to Bosnia and Herzegovina and to Kosovo to take part in an operational rehearsal to ensure NATO troops and the Reserve Forces Headquarters are prepared to respond to a crisis in the ...
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NATO defense ministers will on Sept. 28 examine a military proposal that will allow the alliance to rapidly complete its plans to take over command of all peacekeepers in Afghanistan, NATO officials said.Comment
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A study commissioned by the EU calls for a major rethink of security within its borders and beyond.
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European Union leaders are set to offer Serbia a fast track to candidacy for membership in the bloc and pledge to step up preparations for a police mission to stabilize Kosovo, a draft statement for Friday's EU summit said.
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NATO ministers on Thursday explored U.S. missile defense plans for Europe and considered Russia's surprise offer to include a radar base in Azerbaijan in the missile shield.
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NATO defense ministers will on  Thursday examine a military proposal that will allow the  alliance to rapidly complete its plans to take over command of  all peacekeepers in Afghanistan, NATO officials said.
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NATO defence ministers agreed on Thursday to explore building a "bolt-on" anti-missile system that would plug gaps in a planned U.S. shield in Europe.
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European Union leaders are set to  offer Serbia a fast track to candidacy for membership of the  bloc and pledge to step up preparations for a police mission to  stabilize Kosovo, a draft statement for Friday's EU summit  said.
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NATO stepped up patrols in  Kosovo on Thursday to head off possible violence as a decision  nears on the fate of Serbia's breakaway province.
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The United States said it expected European countries to come up with offers of help in Iraq and Afghanistan at a NATO meeting on Thursday to discuss the alliance's role in the insurgency-hit countries.
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BELGRADE, Serbia, Jan. 4 The European Union is to decide whether to accept Serbia along with its mainly ethnic-Albanian Kosovo province or recognize an independent Kosovo. via Earth Times
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OHRID, Macedonia  - NATO on Friday urged flexibility from all sides in overcoming the diplomatic deadlock on the fate of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province, and warned against any "unforeseen developments".
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An informal meeting of NATO defense ministers in the Romanian mountain resort of Poiana Brasov on 13-14 October focused on the future of the alliance, but Romanians were more interested in some rather different ...
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European Union leaders, worried that  Kosovo's push for independence could trigger instability in the  Balkans, were set to offer Serbia a fast-track route to joining  the bloc at a summit on Friday.