Kosovo
Former Serbian President Boris Tadic (L) salutes supporters of the newly appointed President Tomislav Nikolic at the National assembly building in Belgrade on May 31, 2012. Tomislav Nikolic, sworn in as Serbian president Thursday, said he wanted Serbia to join the EU but stressed that Belgrade would never give up its claim to breakaway Kosovo.
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The Serbian public should know that the EU will soon start with the most brutal pressure and blackmails, requesting from Serbia to completely give up on Kosovo in order to start the EU accession talks
Kosovo's strategic move as a new state will contribute to the peace and stability in the region. This will open the doors for Kosovo's integration into the EU, NATO and the UN
We [Kosovo] expect the European Union, which is the mediator and the guarantor of the technical dialogue, to increase the pressure on Serbia regarding the implementation of the agreements. The agreements address important fields of cooperation between the two states and are related to EU valuesMore quotes »
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Ex-Milosevic's allies front-runners in Serbia vote
(AP) -- Former ultranationalist allies of Slobodan Milosevic may return to power in Serbia, 12 years after the late Balkan strongman was ousted by pro-Western forces seeking European Union membership.The first-round vote on Sunday for president, and vote Read more »
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NATO warns against Kosovo tensions
(AP) -- NATO's peacekeeping force will do all it can to prevent tensions in Kosovo from escalating because of this weekend's election in neighboring Serbia, the alliance's top official said Friday.NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the for Read more »
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Serbia police arrest 8 in tense south
(AP) -- Police on Friday arrested eight people in Serbia's tense, ethnic-Albanian dominated south, five of them on suspicion of war crimes against Serb civilians during a 2001 conflict.The group was arrested in a police sweep in towns and villages in the Read more »
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Kosovo man killed in Serb-run north
(AP) -- An explosive device hidden at an apartment killed an ethnic Albanian man and wounded two of his children Sunday in an area of northern Kosovo that has long been a flashpoint of tension between Serbs and Albanians, police said.In apparent retaliat Read more »
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Serbian presidential vote set for May 6
(AP) -- Serbia will elect a new president on May 6, and the campaign is expected to focus on two key issues: the Balkan country's flagging economy and its bid to join the European Union .The two leading candidates are Boris Tadic , who formally resigned Read more »
Around the web
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Serbia fans chant Mladic slogans at France match
football hooligans chanted the name of Ratko Mladic and held up a banner proclaiming Kosovo as belonging to Serbia as they marched to Auguste Delaune Stadium for Thursday's friendly against France. The group, numbering about 35-40 and including a small number 5/31/12 from eTaiwan News Read more »
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Montenegro to open embassy in Kosovo
2010. Kosovo's ethnic Albanians unilaterally declared independence in February 2008. Serbia rejects the proclamation and considers Kosovo its southern province. BANJA LUKA -- U.S. National Defense University (NDU) Professor Steven Meyer believes that breakdown 5/31/12 from B92 Read more »
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Military action in Syria would have unpleasant consequences
downside of winning a war is that it makes the next one more alluring. Defeating Serbia in Kosovo paved the way for invading Afghanistan. Our early success there made Iraq look as though it would be a cakewalk. Our 2011 victory in Libya is an invitation to 5/31/12 from San Antonio Express Read more »
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Serbia will never let Kosovo go – Nicolic
new president Tomislaw Nicolic stated during his inauguration ceremony. He added that Serbia will never let go of the volatile Kosovo and Metohija regions. Director of the United Nations Information Center in Moscow Senior research fellow at Project for Pakistan 5/31/12 from Voice of Russia Read more »
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Nikolic wants Serbia in EU without giving up Kosovo
never give up its claim to breakaway Kosovo. "I want Serbia as a European Union member and as a country that will never renounce its territorial integrity, including Kosovo," Nikolic told the Serbian parliament in his first speech after taking office. from Voice of Russia Read more »
