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Leading Kosovo parties claim victory in first vote

AFP Global Edition 9 days ago

Kosovo's two coalition parties claimed victory in the country's first election since declaring independence as the election commission postponed Monday releasing complete results. Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said his Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) won convincingly in 20 out of 36 municipalities ...

KOSOVO ELECTION

AP News 9 days ago

An elderly Serb woman casts her vote in a polling station in the town of Gracanica, just outside Kosovo's capital, Pristina on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. Kosovo's prime minister urged minority Serbs not to boycott the country's first elections since independence from ...

Kosovo holds peaceful 1st vote since independence

AP News 9 days ago

Kosovo holds peaceful 1st vote since independence, Serbs take part despite call to boycott Kosovo's first independent elections have ended peacefully, with the prime minister claiming his party won convincingly and some minority Serbs ignoring a call to boycott and casting ballots ...

Kosovo's statehood faces first test at local polls

Reuters US Online Report World News 9 days ago

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo held its first elections on Sunday since declaring independence from Serbia last year, with unemployment, corruption, poor infrastructure and low investment the biggest issues for voters. The local polls are seen as a key test for Kosovo which ...

Kosovo vote a first since independence declaration

AFP Global Edition 9 days ago

Kosovo went to the polls Sunday for the first time since the ethnic Albanian majority declared independence from Serbia last year, amid a partial boycott by a divided Serbian community. Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said the local election "is the most ...

Kosovars vote first time since independence declaration

AFP Global Edition 9 days ago

Kosovo citizens went to the polls Sunday for the first time since the ethnic Albanian majority declared independence from Serbia last year and amid fears of a boycott by the Serb community. The polls are seen as a test of Kosovo's readiness ...

Kosovo holds first vote since independence declaration

AFP Global Edition 9 days ago

Kosovo citizens go to the polls Sunday for the first time since the ethnic Albanian majority declared independence from Serbia last year and amid fears that local Serbs will boycott the vote. More then 1.5 million people are eligible to vote in ...

KOSOVO ELECTIONS

AP News 9 days ago

Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci casts his vote at a polling station in capital Pristina, Kosovo, on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. Kosovo votes Sunday in the first election organized by local authorities since the declaration of independence from Serbia. The poll takes ...

Serb Patriarch Pavle dies, spoke for Balkan peace

AP News 9 days ago

Serbian Patriarch Pavle, advocate of tolerance and peace in the Balkans, dies at age 95 Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle, who called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan ethnic wars of the 1990s but failed to openly condemn extreme Serb nationalism, ...

Kosovo reports country's 1st death from swine flu

AP Features 10 days ago

Kosovo's Health Ministry is reporting the country's first swine flu death in a 31-year-old man who was being treated in a hospital for the disease. The ministry says in a statement released Saturday that the victim suffered a high temperature for about ...

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