What's next for Kosovo?
I hope you had a good Christmass. This article on Kosovo seems pretty good. Further we have some interesting news from the region. Plus, we have a new war in Africa.
What's next for Kosovo?
25/12/2006
With Belgrade and Pristina unable to bridge their differences over Kosovo's future, a decision on status is now up to the international community. That poses its own set of challenges.
By Robert C. Austin for Southeast European Times – 26/12/06
Regional stability in Southeast Europe depends ultimately on the resolution of Kosovo's status, a process which the UN Security Council formally launched in late 2005. Several rounds of talks under UN auspices were then held between Kosovo Albanian and Serbian representatives, in the hope that a solution acceptable to both sides could be reached. That hope has not borne fruit. The Kosovo Albanians want nothing less than statehood. The Serbian side, meanwhile, has stuck to its refrain of "more than autonomy but less than independence", though it remains unclear what this would amount to in practice. In October, Serbian voters approved a constitution which describes Kosovo as an integral part of the country. more Playfuls.com |
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by News Staff. There will be no further talks once a UN envoy announces his proposal for Serbia's mainly ethnic-Albanian Kosovo province, a media report said Tuesday.
What's next for Kosovo?
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BELGRADE, Serbia, Dec. 25 Serbia's high court upheld a 20-year jail sentence for a former Serbian police convicted of 1999 war crimes in Serbia's Kosovo province.
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Slovenia. Slovenia expects that Montenegro will receive a mandate for talks for EU membership at the beginning of the Slovenian EU Presidency in the first half of 2008, Rano Genorio, high-standing Slovenian ...
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The closer the ties with neighbouring countries, the shorter Albania's path to the EU will be, says Integration Minister Arenca Trashani.
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The most important event in the year 2006 regarding the relations between Croatia and the European Union was Brussels' decision to separate Croatia's membership talks from the process of Turkey's negotiations.
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by News Staff. A Croatian man shot an killed three people on Sunday night and later took his own life in a town some 30 kilometres west of the capital of Zagreb.
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(This is part of a package of stories ahead of Romania and Bulgaria's entry into the European Union on Jan. 1). By Justyna Pawlak.
Montenegro to introduce two official languages
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Montenegro's authorities are set to introduce changes to the Constitution, including official use of both Montenegrin and Serbian languages and refraining from treating the Church in the supreme state law.
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NIS, Serbia, Dec. 26 Police said gang fighting is under way to control the drug market in the southern Serbian city of Nis, following seizures of 90 pounds of heroin this year.
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SOFIA -- Bulgaria's citizens will have to pay a fee of 5- euros when passing through Serbia, starting in January 1. Orlin Nikolov of the border police has told Bulgarian BNR radio that the Kalotina Border ...
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By Andrew McCathie Dec 24, 2006, 3:34 GMT. Berlin - The small ex-Yugoslavian republic of Slovenia is leaving nothing to chance as it prepares to become the first of the new European Union member states to join the euro on January 1.
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Finland to Open 'New Window' for Turkey's EU Bid
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By Cihan News Agency. Countries supporting Turkey in the European Union (EU) and the EU Commission have started an initiative to 'immediately open' eight suspended chapters in Turkey's EU talks if one of the ...
Turkey announces new EU accession strategy
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By Foreign News Desk. Ethiopia’s war against the Somalia Islamic Courts Council (SICC) is a new chapter of violence and uncertainty in war-torn Somalia’s history.
1,000 dead in Somalia clashes
US signals support for Ethiopian attacks on Somali Islamists
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