Europe ; Serbia calls on UN to annul appointment of Kosovo PM
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âHe (Haradinaj) is a war crimes suspect, and Serbian authorities will face numerous difficulties ... with such a person,â Kostunica said.
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STRASBOURG, France  - Albania's prime minister on Tuesday called for independence for Kosovo, a U.N.-governed province of Serbia with a mostly ethnic Albanian population.
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"Serious negotiations are needed to protect the Serbs in Kosovo as well as our holy sites. Serious negotiations are needed to continue the international presence in Kosovo"  Serbia's minister for Kosovo suggested Saturday that the government will seek to keep control over Serb-populated areas after the predominantly ethnic Albanian province declares independence.Slobodan Samardzic said Friday that Belgrade had information indicating that Kosovo will unilaterally declare independence on Feb. 17.Western officials said they expected the move a day later, and Kosovo's prime minister, Hashim Thaci, did not confirm or deny Samardzic's statement but said Kosovo's split from Serbia was 'a done deal.' Read more
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Serbia's nationalist prime minister yesterday blocked the signing of a landmark pact between Belgrade and the EU in an attempt to delay the secession of Kosovo
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"We have seen what happened in former Yugoslavia when the European Union did not take things in hand."  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. via Reuters
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United Nations special envoy Martti Ahtisaari has appealed to Serbian and Albanian leaders to commit to new talks in order to achieve a compromise over the status of Kosovo.
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BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia  - Italy urged its European Union partners on Monday to reach out to Serbia in a bid to resolve diplomatic deadlock over its breakaway province of Kosovo.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The United Nations has agreed to a Serbian request to delay final talks on the fate of breakaway Kosovo province by just over one week to give Belgrade time to appoint delegates, a U.N. mediator said on Friday.
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Serbia said on Wednesday it would shun  any offer of membership of the European Union or NATO if they  recognized the breakaway province of Kosovo as an independent  state.
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VIENNA - The U.N. Security Council will decide whether to give Kosovo independence from Serbia, after U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari on Saturday declared an end to over a year of fruitless ...Comment
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Serbia on Saturday demanded the U.N. administrator of Kosovo annul the election of the province's new prime minister, a former rebel leader accused by Serbs of war crimes.
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The U.N. Security Council will decide  whether to give Kosovo independence from Serbia, after U.N.  envoy Martti Ahtisaari on Saturday declared an end to over a  year of fruitless Serb-Albanian talks.
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STRASBOURG, France - Albania's prime minister on Tuesday called for independence for Kosovo, a U.N.-governed province of Serbia with a mostly ethnic Albanian population."We think that Kosovo's final status ... ...Comment
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Serbian President Boris Tadic warned the European Union on Friday against "cutting corners" on Kosovo, urging further dialogue on the future of the province which is set to declare its independence from Belgrade.
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Serbian President Boris Tadic warned the  European Union on Friday against "cutting corners" on Kosovo,  urging further dialogue on the future of the province which is  set to declare its independence from Belgrade.
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Europeans and the United States  are drafting a U.N. resolution that would order 120 days of  negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo&#39;s ethnic Albanians but  no longer automatically call for independence.
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A solution to Kosovo's final status  will be delayed until early spring, the European Union's  enlargement chief was quoted as saying on Thursday, a day after  Serbia set a crucial presidential election for January 20.