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Supporters of the self-determination movement shout slogans during a demonstration in Pristina. The protesters said the United Nations Interim Kosovo Mission (UNMIK), and the Kosovo Albanian government were responsible for failing to use their powers to prevent Serbia's plans to hold weekend elections in Kosovo.

Serbia adopts EU, Russia deals ahead of crunch polls

AFP - Friday, May 9 06:41 pm

BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbia's coalition government, which collapsed in disarray over East-West ties, adopted deals with the European Union and Russia on Friday, two days before crunch general elections. More »

  • Kosovo Serbs walk past election posters showing leader of the hardline nationalist Serbian Radical Party, Vojislav Seselj (R) and his deputy Tomislav Nikolic in the Serbian village of Gracanica.

    Kostunica upholds Serb control of Kosovo in election rally

    AFP - Wednesday, May 7 06:43 pm

    ZUBIN POTOK (AFP) - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, campaigning ahead of national elections, on Wednesay insisted on Belgrade's control over Kosovo on his first visit to the territory since it split away. More »

  • Crunch time for Serbs in EU vs Kosovo election

    Reuters - Sunday, May 4 10:56 am

    BELGRADE (Reuters) - The final week of campaigning began for Serbia's most crucial election in the post-Slobodan Milosevic era, with every sign that divisions over the country's future course are deepening. More »

  • President of Macedonia Branko Crvenkovski (R) and his Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic give a press conference at the end of the second day of the 15th Summit of the Presidents of Central and Eastern European Countries in Ohrid. EU integration is the only

    Summit calls for EU membership for all Western Balkan states

    AFP - Saturday, May 3 08:10 pm

    OHRID, Macedonia (AFP) - EU integration is the only "viable political alternative" for the Western Balkans, a two-day summit of leaders from across central, eastern and southern Europe concluded on Saturday. More »

  • US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband are pictured during a press conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. Rice and a number of her European counterparts met in London Friday over the controversial deployment of an EU mission of police and lawyers to northern Kosovo.

    Rice, counterparts meet over EU Kosovo mission

    AFP - Saturday, May 3 01:32 am

    LONDON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and a number of her European counterparts met in London Friday over the controversial deployment of an EU mission of police and lawyers to northern Kosovo. More »

  • A general view of the plenary session of the at the start of the 15th Summit of the Presidents of Central and Eastern European Countries in Ohrid. The Western Balkans have made progress towards stability but risks to peace remain, notably over Kosovo, Macedonia's president said Friday at the opening of a summit of leaders from central, eastern and southern Europe.

    Kosovo threatens Balkans' stability: Crvenkovski

    AFP - Friday, May 2 08:36 pm

    OHRID, Macedonia (AFP) - The Western Balkans have made progress towards stability but risks to peace remain, notably over Kosovo, Macedonia's president said Friday at the opening of a summit of leaders from central, eastern and southern Europe. More »

  • Rice wants to avoid slide toward Kosovo partition

    Reuters - Friday, May 2 12:57 am

    LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday she wanted to avoid any moves toward a partition of Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia this year. More »

  • Former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj awaits his verdict at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on April 3. The chief UN war crimes prosecutor will appeal against last month's acquittal of Haradinaj on ethnic cleansing charges.

    UN prosecutor to appeal warcrimes acquittal of ex-Kosovo PM

    AFP - Thursday, May 1 03:32 pm

    THE HAGUE (AFP) - The chief UN war crimes prosecutor will appeal Friday against the acquittal last month of former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj on ethnic cleansing charges, a spokeswoman said. More »

  • Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Chief negotiator Bozidar Djelic (L) shows a pen as Serbian President Boris Tadic looks on during the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting in Luxembourg. The European Union signed up to closer ties with Serbia on Tuesday, moving it closer to EU membership despite disputes over Kosovo's independence and Belgrade's failure to catch war criminals.

    EU, Serbia sign deal on closer ties

    AFP - Tuesday, April 29 11:33 pm

    LUXEMBOURG (AFP) - The EU signed up to closer ties with Serbia on Tuesday, nudging it towards eventual membership despite disputes over Kosovo's independence and Belgrade's failure to catch war criminals. More »

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