Albania

Kosovo Police Turn Back Belgrade Mayor

Kosovo police on Monday prevented Belgrade mayor Dragan Djilas from entering Kosovo’s territory at the customs checkpoint at Konculj. Djilas, who is an official of the Democratic Party headed by Serbian President Boris Tadic, planned to visit the Serb population in eastern Kosovo together with his associates, but was denied …

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Kosovo Foreign Minister Praised at UN Meeting

Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni has won praise for his performance at the UN Security Council meeting on Monday with Kosovo Albanians saying his rally for the country has never been stronger. Hyseni addressed the council three times, and also argued against Serbia’s President Boris Tadic twice, dismissing his arguments.

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Serbia, Bosnia Absent at Kosovo Police Summit

Police representatives from around the region were invited to Pristina’s Grand Hotel on Monday, at a conference against organised crime and trafficking held by Kosovo’s Ministry of Internal Affairs. Officials from Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania and Macedonia attended, while invited representatives from Serbia and Bosnia and …

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Albania, Bosnia to Improve Relations

Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina have agreed to improve economic and diplomatic relations and work jointly towards their faster membership in the European Union and NATO. The agreement to improve relations between the two countries came during the official visit of Albanian Premier Sali Berisha to the Bosnian capital of …

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Kosovo satisfied with latest UN report

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo’s institutions have welcomed the UN’s latest quarterly report on Kosovo as “objective”, media reported on Saturday (March 21st). The report, due to be presented to the UN Security Council on Monday, describes the many challenges facing UNMIK in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and …

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Spain: Kosovo Troop Withdrawal ‘Flexible’

Spain says the withdrawal of its troops from Kosovo is flexible after receiving criticism from NATO concerning their previous plans to pull their troops in the next four or five months. “Defence Minister Carmen Chacon will meet NATO’s Secretary General next week to explain the reasons for the withdrawal and …

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Kosovo to Push UN Exit at Security Council

Kosovo’s Foreign Minister is to urge the United Nations Mission in Kosovo to wrap up its administration at a UN Security Council meeting later in Monday. Kosovo will be represented by UNMIK chief, Lamberto Zannier and Foreign Minister, Skender Hyseni. The chief of Kosovo’s diplomacy will also discuss the security …

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Kosovo Minister: Time for UNMIK To Go

The UN presence in Kosovo is viewed as unnecessary by Kosovar Albanians and their mandate meaningless in Kosovo’s working as a state, argues Kosovo’s deputy Prime Minister. Hajredin Kuci emphasised that Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence in 2008, the installment of the constitution, the passing of new legislation, and the deployment …

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Kosovo Independence Declaration To Go on Show

The document enshrining last year’s Declaration of Independence by Kosovo is to go on show at a museum as Kosovo prepares for its Liberation Day. The Declaration of Independence is to be positioned in an exhibition entitled “Kosovo throughout the centuries.” The exhibition is to depict Kosovo’s history since the …

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Kosovo Albanians See UN As Impeding Inependence-UN

Most of the remaining 120,000 Serbs refuse to cooperate with Albanian-run institutions. Many Kosovo Albanians view the U.N. presence as an obstacle to independence a year after they seceded from Serbia, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report released on Thursday. “There is a perception among many Kosovo …

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