ANALYSIS-Russia seen looking for deal on Kosovo

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Serb 'turn to Russia' on Kosovo could have price
San Diego Union Tribune - 1 hour ago
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica is so confident that Russia will veto Western-backed independence for Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo that he is already looking forward to the victory party.

UN vehicles hit in Kosovo blast MWC News
Serbia Lines Up Wholesale Rejection Of Kosovo Plan Mediafax

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Warning of war if Kosovo self-rule denied
World Peace Herald - 1 hour ago
Speaking as he prepared to take part in final talks between delegations from Kosovo and Serbia scheduled for today in Vienna, Austria, negotiator Ylber Hasa said Kosovars believe they already have made extensive compromises.

Radical activists call more pro-independence protests in Kosovo
Monsters and Critics.com - 3 hours ago
Pristina, Kosovo - The radically pro-independence Kosovo Albanian movement Vetevendosja, which in the past organized violent protests that ended in fatalities, on Tuesday announced more demonstrations for early March.

ANALYSIS-Russia seen looking for deal on Kosovo
Reuters AlertNet - 5 hours ago
MOSCOW, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Russia opposes a NATO-backed proposal to set Serbia's province of Kosovo on the road to independence but may accept a trade-off on its future in return for other concessions, diplomats and analysts believe.

Politics and media in the Balkans
B92 - 6 hours ago
The project has been designed to stimulate debates about the role that media and politicians can play in strengthening democratic dialogue.

Playfuls.com

Leftist Opposition Wins In Albania's Marred Local Polls
Playfuls.com - 39 minutes ago
The elections, seen as a test of Albania's political and democratic maturity, were however marred by irregularities, foreign observers reported while the ballots were still being counted.

MACEDONIA TO SEE ELECTRICITY CRISIS AFTER BULGARIA’S NPP CLOSURE ...
Sofia Echo - 2 hours ago
Macedonia could suffer energy crisis after the closure of units three and four of Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP), experts said.

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Serbia Lines Up Wholesale Rejection Of Kosovo Plan
Mediafax - 52 minutes ago
Serbia will reject every element of a UN plan for Kosovo that points to the creation of "another Albanian state" during final talks beginning on Wednesday in Vienna, a senior Serbian official said, quoted by Reuters.

B92 - News - Society - Secrets of Kosovo graves 

B92 - 11 minutes ago

THE HAGUE -- French pathologist testifies on deaths of more than 500 Kosovo Albanians listed in the indictment against six Serbian officials.

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