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Fifty Serbian citizens leave on first visa-free EU visit

AFP Global Edition 52 days ago

A group of 50 Serbian nationals left for a first visa-free visit to several European Union countries in a trip sponsored by the Serbian government to symbolically mark the abolition of travel restrictions on the citizens of this Balkan republic after more ...

Pope Benedict XVI Meets Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha

Getty Images 59 days ago

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - DECEMBER 12: Pope Benedict XVI meets with Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha (C) and his wife Liri (L) on December 12, 2009 in Vatican City, Italy. (Photo by Eric Vandeville - Vatican Pool/Getty Images) Copyright 2009 Getty Images

US, Russia face off at World Court over Kosovo

AP News 63 days ago

US, Russia face off at World Court over Kosovo's declaration of independence The United States and Russia faced off over Kosovo at the United Nation's highest court on Tuesday, with the U.S. arguing the world should honor Kosovo's declaration of independence while ...

US, Russia face off at UN court over Kosovo's independence

AFP American Edition 63 days ago

The United States urged a UN court Tuesday to back Kosovo's independence as an act that brought stability to the Balkans, as Russia demanded the resumption of talks with Serbia on the territory's status. At the International Court of Justice, US legal ...

EU police in Kosovo arrest alleged hit man

AP News 70 days ago

EU police in Kosovo arrest confessed hit man for former rebels on suspicion of murder European Union police in Kosovo said Monday a man claiming to be a hit man for former ethnic Albanian rebels has been arrested on suspicion of murder ...

Swedish FM discounts Greek EU veto on Macedonia

AFP Global Edition 73 days ago

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said Friday he did not expect a Greek veto on Macedonia's bid to join the European Union because of an 18-year-old name dispute between Athens and Skopje. "I don't think things are going in that direction," Bildt, ...

Kosovo PM's party drops threat of quit coalition

AFP Global Edition 81 days ago

Kosovo's main ruling party withdrew on Friday its threat to split from its junior coalition partner in the first such rift since Pristina proclaimed independence in 2008. The clash between Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's party and its junior partner led by ...

Kosovo ruling party says coalition won't divorce

Reuters US Online Report World News 81 days ago

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's party said on Friday it would not part ways with its junior coalition partner after all, despite a quarrel stemming from this week's local elections. The Balkan country held its first local elections on ...

Kosovo coalition government collapses: deputy PM

Reuters US Online Report World News 81 days ago

PRISTINA (Reuters) - The biggest party in Kosovo's government has decided to end its coalition with the smaller Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Deputy Prime Minister Rame Manaj said on Friday. Speaking to Koha television, Manaj of the LDK said he had ...

Kosovo PM's party on top in local polls: preliminary results

AFP Global Edition 84 days ago

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's party was on top in local polls held over the weekend, the first election here since the territory declared independence, preliminary results showed Tuesday. Thaci's Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) won a majority in 16 of 36 ...

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