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NEWS ABOUT: Kosovo

Kosovo stories: 49 news summaries

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BUBBA LOVE

 In Adoring Kosovo, 
 Clinton Gets Statue 


Nov 1, 09 12:41 PM CST
(AP) - Thousands of ethnic Albanians braved low temperatures and a cold wind in Kosovo's capital Pristina to welcome former President Bill Clinton today as he attended the unveiling of an 11-foot statue of himself on a key boulevard that also bears his name. Clinton is celebrated as a hero by Kosovo's... More »

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NATO • Bill Clinton • Kosovo • Yugoslavia • Ethnic Albanians

Bulgaria Detains Kosovo's Ex-PM on War Crimes Charges

But UN wants ethnic Albanian leader freed

Jun 24, 09 6:05 AM CDT
(AP) - Bulgarian authorities have detained a former Kosovo prime minister on an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol at Serbia's request, reports the AP. Agim Ceku, PM between 2006 and 2008, is wanted for war crimes allegedly committed during the 1998-1999 war when he was military chief of the Kosovo Liberation... More »

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Serbia • war crimes • Kosovo • Bulgaria • Interpol • Ethnic Albanians

ANALYSIS

60 Years On,
NATO Faces
Identity Crisis

Alliance struggles for meaning after end of Cold War

Apr 3, 09 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is in Strasbourg for a NATO summit, but on the 60th anniversary of the alliance's founding, its future seems increasingly muddy. Founded on a mutual defense pact against the Soviet Union and its satellite states, NATO now stretches as far as Turkey and provides most of the peacekeeping... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • NATO • Kosovo • Cold War • NATO summit

 UN Acquits Serb Leader 

Five others convicted of roles in Kosovo violence

Feb 26, 09 11:46 AM CST
(Newser) - A UN tribunal acquitted former Serbian president Milan Milutinovic today of war crimes during the late-1990s conflict in Kosovo, the BBC reports. Milutinovic, the titular leader of Serbia in 1997-2002, did not have direct control of the Yugoslav army during the campaign of violence committed against Kosovar Albanians, the tribunal... More »

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United Nations • Serbia • war crimes • Kosovo • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Former Yugoslavia • Milan Milutinovic

 Kosovo 
 Mediator 
 Wins Nobel 

Former Finnish president has supervised peace talks for decades

Oct 10, 08 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - This year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland who mediated peace talks in Indonesia and Kosovo. Ahtisaari has also mediated conflicts in Namibia, Northern Ireland, and Iraq, often working on behalf of the United Nations. In its citation the Norwegian committee praised his... More »

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Kosovo • Finland • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • Aceh • Free Aceh Movement • mediators • Martti Ahtisaari • UN special envoy

In Kosovo Visit,
Gates Walks
a Fine Line
With Russia

But defense sec says US troops will remain

Oct 8, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US will maintain its current troop levels in Kosovo until at least the end of 2009, according to Defense Secretary Robert Gates. His trip to Kosovo is the first by an American cabinet member since the republic declared independence in February. The move of support is meant to show... More »

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Russia • NATO • Robert Gates • Georgia • Kosovo • independence • KFOR

Analysis

 Invasion Shows
 Putin's Clout 

Ex-president retains control

Aug 12, 08 5:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russia’s military campaign in Georgia is a clear signal that Vladimir Putin is neither gone nor forgotten, reports the Wall Street Journal . Domination of the Caucasus region has long been a central tenet of Putin’s foreign policy, and the PM was especially visible this week, supporting the... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • Kosovo • Dmitry Medvedev • former Soviet state • South Ossetia

 Gift Cows Give Hope
 to Kosovo War Widows 

Aid group helps heal the wounds of war in Europe's fledgling country

Jul 12, 08 8:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Dutch organization is helping steer Kosovo's war widows toward a brighter future, Radio Free Netherlands reports. Many were left to fend for themselves after losing loved ones in the war against Serbia; now the Dutch group The Bridge is giving them cows to put food on the table and... More »

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Kosovo • cows • reconstruction • Balkans War • dairy products • humanitarian aid • widows

 NATO Warns Russia
 Over Georgia Buildup 

Moscow sends troops to breakaway regions; peacekeeping role doubted

Apr 30, 08 2:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - NATO chided Russia today for sending additional troops into the breakaway Georgian provinces, saying the show of force “undermined Georgia’s territorial integrity,” the BBC reports. The alliance also warned Tbilisi against exacerbating the situation: Georgia has warned against Russian intervention, and, according to Moscow, also increased troop... More »

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NATO • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • Kosovo • Tbilisi • separatists • Kodori Gorge • Abkhazia

UN Official: Guerrillas Killed Serb Prisoners for Organs

Former UN war crimes prosecutor alleges organ-harvesting happened during 1999 war

Apr 12, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kosovan guerrillas killed Serb prisoners and harvested their organs for profit during Balkan fighting nearly a decade ago, according to the former UN prosecutor for war crimes in Yugoslavia. Carla del Ponte alleges that guerrillas trucked 300 captured Serbs over the border to a makeshift clinic in Albania, removed their... More »

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organ harvesting • war crimes • Kosovo • Albania • organ trafficking • Yugoslavia • Balkans • Serbs

Former Kosovo Leader Acquitted
of War Crimes

Ex PM cleared of attacks on ethnic Serbs

Apr 4, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UN's tribunal in the Hague has acquitted a former commander of the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army of all charges of war crimes. Ramush Haradinaj, who also briefly served as the breakaway province's prime minister, was cleared of murder, persecution, rape and torture of Kosovo Serb civilians. The verdict threatens... More »

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Serbia • war crimes • Kosovo • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Ethnic Serbs • Ramush Haradinaj

Kosovo
Eager for
Freedom's Ring

New nation resents being stuck with Serbian dialing code

Mar 27, 08 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kosovo has won recognition as an independent state from three dozen countries, but a call to the world's newest nation is a reminder of its history. Telephone numbers in Kosovo still begin with the old Serbian dialing code, and the breakaway republic now wants its own international prefix. It's not... More »

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Serbia • Kosovo • independence • Yugoslavia • telecommunications • Kosovar independence • dialing code • country code

Clinton, Obama Both
Inflate Senate Records

From laws to peace deals, candidates' roles appear to grow in hindsight

Mar 24, 08 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama didn’t take part in meetings on immigration legislation in 2006, recalls Arlen Specter, one of the handful of senators who did, but Specter just shrugs when the Illinois Democrat says he did. “It’s not an unusual matter for senators to take a little extra credit,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Senate • Kosovo • Arlen Specter • experience • Orrin Hatch • Chris Dodd • SCHIP • Northern Ireland peace deal

 UN Cop Killed in Kosovo Riots 

More than 100 injured as Serbs battle UN, NATO with guns and grenades

Mar 18, 08 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Ukrainian UN police officer has been killed and at least 40 UN or NATO personnel were injured as Serbs continued to exchange gunfire with NATO and UN forces, reports AFP. Some 70 Serbs were also wounded as yesterday's fighting in ethnically charged Mitrovica spilled over to today, including a... More »

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Russia • United Nations • NATO • Serbia • Kosovo • Vojislav Kostunica • Mitrovica • KFOR

 UN Forces Withdraw
 From Kosovo Town 

100 hurt in battle to retake courthouse

Mar 17, 08 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - UN police trying to retake a courthouse were forced to withdraw from the Kosovo city of Mitrovica after clashes with ethnic Serbs, reports the BBC. NATO troops were left in charge of security after the worst violence since Kosovo declared independence; AFP reported at least 100 police and protesters were... More »

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United Nations • Serbia • Kosovo • Albania • courthouse • Serbs • Mitrovica • rocks • tear gas • NATO troops

 Serbs Storm UN's
 Kosovo Courthouse 

Angry crowd clashes with UN police, occupies buildings in divided town

Mar 15, 08 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of Serbs smashed down gates at two United Nations-run courthouses in northern Kosovo yesterday and stormed the buildings, AFP reports. The mob, opposed to Kosovo's independence, hauled down the UN flag and hoisted the Serbian one. They clashed with UN police, pelting them with rocks and metal objects. NATO's... More »

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United Nations • Serbia • Kosovo • courts • Kosovar independence • Ethnic Serbs

Serbia Set for Snap Elections After Kosovo Spurs Collapse

Most important vote in decade called for May

Mar 13, 08 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The president of Serbia dissolved parliament today, paving the way for early elections on May 11 that many are calling the country's most critical vote since the fall of strongman Slobodan Milosevic. Serbia's government collapsed over the weekend due to infighting over the fate of Kosovo and the country's prospect... More »

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Serbia • Kosovo • Slobodan Milosevic • Boris Tadic • Vojislav Kostunica • Belgrade riots

Serbia's PM Dissolves Government

Kostunica cites infighting over Kosovo, calls for new elections

Mar 8, 08 11:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica dissolved the government today, saying it had become paralyzed over disagreements on how to deal with Kosovo and EU membership. He proposed new elections for May. "We are lacking government unity,” said Kostunica, charging that his pro-Western coalition partners aren't being adamant enough... More »

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Serbia • Germany • European Union • France • Kosovo • Belgrade • Britain • Boris Tadic • Vojislav Kostunica

US Mission Reopens in Belgrade

Building cleaned up, but bears scars from last week's violent protests

Feb 27, 08 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Workers were still cleaning up damage from last week’s violent demonstrations when the US embassy in Belgrade reopened today, Reuters reports. Protesters set fire to and ransacked the building last Thursday to protest the US’ support of Kosovo in the province's declaration of independence. Now, though the building still... More »

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Serbia • Kosovo • Belgrade • diplomat • US Embassy • Belgrade riots • embassy staff

Russia Steps Up Support for Serbia

Leaders meet in Belgrade as tensions over Kosovo continue

Feb 25, 08 4:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Unrest and uncertainty marked the one-week anniversary of Kosovo's independence as ethnic Serbs within Kosovo and around the world continued to protest, and Serbian ally Russia deployed top officials to Belgrade to meet with Serbian leaders, BBC reports. Serb protesters in northern Kosovo brandished posters of Vladimir Putin and a... More »

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Russia • Serbia • Vladimir Putin • Kosovo • Kosovar independence • Dmitry Medvedev • Ethnic Serbs

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