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PRISTINA — Kosovo on Friday marked the fourth anniversary of its unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia as the defiant Serb minority in the north of the breakaway territory again rejected Pristina's rule. The modest celebration will include a
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It has now been four years since the former Serbian province of Kosovo declared its independence. The country has made progress in that time, but major challenges remain, including establishing stability, extending government authority throughout the ter
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NEW YORK -- Russia's UN envoy has called on the Security Council to support Serbia's initiative for a Kosovo human organ trafficking probe under the auspices of the UN. At the same time, Vitaly Churkin expressed suspicions about the way the EU mission in
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PRITINA -- Hashim Thaci once again rejected the possibility of a special status for northern part of Kosovo, said reports from Pritina on Wednesday. Thaci, who heads the government in Pritina, made the statement after a meeting with EU's new Special Repr
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In the course of investigation of the illegal removal of human organs that is currently underway in Pristina there finally appeared the first international witness. That person is a Canadian Raul Fine who was operated on in the infamous Medikus clinic in
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PRITINA -- Hashim Thaci once again on Monday spoke about "his willingness to meet with Serbian President Boris Tadić". Thaci, who heads the government in Pritina, also "stressed that the only possible topic was recognition of Kosovo's independence". Ethn
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At today’s NATO meeting in Brussels, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen called on Serbia and Kosovo to come to terms on North Kosovo. Rasmussen stressed the vital importance of long-term talks between Belgrade and Pristina and EU’s role as a mediato
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PRITINA -- Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci told Macedonian Alfa TV that he was ready to meet with Serbian President Boris Tadić. The meeting, he said, should focus on all the problems that weigh on relations between Kosovo and Serbia. “Serbia's attitu
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KRAGUJEVAC -- Borislav Stefanović has said that reports published today in Pritina-based Albanian language newspapers "are not based on facts". The reports allege that an agreement on Kosovo's regional representation would be reached in early February, a
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The fact that the European Union’s largest police mission to Kosovo has failed to collar any leading suspects on organised crime even after four years has prompted people to question its efficacy as well as the dependability of Kosovo's leaders. However,
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BRUSSELS, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- A European Union police mission in Kosovo has helped reduce crime in the four years since it arrived in the country, a spokesman said. Nicholas Hawton, a Pristina-based spokesman for the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Ko
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BRUSSELS - Four years after the EU's biggest-ever police mission came to Kosovo it has not indicted any top suspects on organised crime, posing questions about its work and the integrity of Kosovo's leaders. Eulex itself is proud of its record. Its train
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Organization: Kosovo supervision to end this year By GEORGE JAHN Associated Press By GEORGE JAHN Updated: 2012-01-24T16:21:13Z Ronald Zak Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, left, talks with International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith, right, fr
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VIENNA -- Kosovo moved a step closer to full control of its own affairs Tuesday, with a multinational organization announcing it will end its mandate this year pending continued progress on democratization and human rights. The mandate of the Internation
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VIENNA - Kosovo moved a step closer to full control of its own affairs Tuesday, with a multinational organization announcing it will end its mandate this year pending continued progress on democratization and human rights.
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The mandate of t
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GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press | Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci arrives for talks with the International Steering Group for Kosovo in Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) — AP Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, left,
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A chronology of key events 12th century - Kosovo lies at the heart of the Serbian empire, under the Nemanjic dynasty. The period sees the building of many Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries. 1389 28 June - Epic Battle of Kosovo heralds 500 years o
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Hashim Thaçi (Albanian: Hashim Thaçi; Serbo-Croat: Хашим Тачи / Hašim Tači; Also spelled Hashim Thaci, Thaqi; in English-language media)listen (help·info) born 24 April 1968 in Srbica, Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (the area now Kosovo), Yugoslavia, is the Prime Minister of Kosovo, the President of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK),... Full Article
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