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Thomaidha Kaziu, 70, holds a picture showing her meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush in the Albanian town of Fushe-Kruje January 17, 2009. REUTERS/Arben Celi

Albanian town plans statue of Bush 

Reuters - Yesterday, 07:06 pm

TIRANA (Reuters) - The small Albanian town of Fushe-Kruje plans to erect a statue of former U.S. President George W. Bush to commemorate his June 2007 visit, when he was feted as a hero in an outpouring of love for America. More »

  • Kosovo PM's party drops threat of quit coalition

    Kosovo PM's party drops threat of quit coalition

    AFP - Yesterday, 06:34 pm

    PRISTINA (AFP) - Kosovo's main ruling party withdrew on Friday its threat to split from its junior coalition partner in the first such rift since Pristina proclaimed independence in 2008. More »

  • Kosovo coalition government collapses - deputy PM

    Reuters - Thursday, November 19 11:39 pm

    PRISTINA (Reuters) - The biggest party in Kosovo's government has decided to end its coalition with the smaller Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Deputy Prime Minister Rame Manaj said on Friday. More »

  • A child seen in the village of Buroje, in central Kosovo, November 10, 2009. Over the past decade Kosovo has received 3 billion euros in aid, according to the World Bank, and is expecting another billion by 2011. Still the country is one of the poorest countries in Europe with 40 percent unemployment rate and 15 percent of its two million people live in extreme poverty with less than a euro per day.

    After billions in aid, Kosovo still poor and idle

    Reuters - Thursday, November 19 10:58 am

    DRENICA VALLEY, Kosovo (Reuters) - Nezir Jonuzi sips black tea, stares at Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's boyhood home and wonders whether he can get a job to feed his family. More »

  • Kosovo PM's party on top in local polls: preliminary results

    Kosovo PM's party on top in local polls: preliminary results

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17 09:00 pm

    PRISTINA (AFP) - Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's party was on top in local polls held over the weekend, the first election here since the territory declared independence, preliminary results showed Tuesday. More »

  • Kosovo leaders hail elections as a success

    Kosovo leaders hail elections as a success

    AFP - Monday, November 16 06:36 pm

    PRISTINA (AFP) - Kosovo's prime minister claimed victory Monday in the first local elections since the territory seceded from Serbia, hailing the polls as a success after some minority Serbs ignored a boycott. More »

  • Leading Kosovo parties claim victory in first vote

    Leading Kosovo parties claim victory in first vote

    AFP - Monday, November 16 05:32 am

    PRISTINA (AFP) - Kosovo's two coalition parties claimed victory in the country's first election since declaring independence as the election commission postponed Monday releasing complete results. More »

  • Kosovar Albanians vote at a polling station in the Kosovo town of Lipljane November 15, 2009. REUTERS/Hazir Reka

    Kosovo's statehood faces first test at local polls

    Reuters - Sunday, November 15 08:48 pm

    PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo held its first elections on Sunday since declaring independence from Serbia last year, with unemployment, corruption, poor infrastructure and low investment the biggest issues for voters. More »

  • Kosovo vote a first since independence declaration

    AFP - Sunday, November 15 06:52 pm

    PRISTINA (AFP) - Kosovo went to the polls Sunday for the first time since the ethnic Albanian majority declared independence from Serbia last year, amid a partial boycott by a divided Serbian community. More »

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