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PRISTINA (Reuters) – The United States on Friday condemned Serb “provocations” in Kosovo and rejected Russian suggestions its Western-backed declaration of independence left the new country destined for partition.
Read More »EU president Slovenia recognizes Kosovo
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Current European Union president Slovenia became the first former Yugoslav republic to recognize Kosovo’s independence from Serbia on Wednesday.
Read More »Will the Sochi Olympiad take place as scheduled?
An offhand comment by President Vladimir Putin during his recent swing through the North Caucasus should have alerted both Russians and the world of a very serious problem: Besides some speeches and press releases filled with bravado, Moscow has done very little to prepare for the Sochi Olympics.
Read More »Russia renews threat to cut Ukraine gas supplies
Russia’s gas export monopoly Gazprom threatened on Tuesday to cut gas supplies to Ukraine by 25 percent from March 3 over arrears, two weeks after the two ex-Soviet states agreed on how to settle the problem.
Read More »Azerbaijan to pull troops from Kosovo: official
BAKUÂ – Azeri President Ilham Aliyev has asked parliament to vote to withdraw the ex-Soviet country’s peacekeepers from Kosovo, an Azeri official said on Thursday.
Read More »Kosovo warns Serbia as riots continue
PRISTINAÂ – Kosovo told Serbia on Tuesday it would not yield one inch of its territory, and a violent protest by ethnic Serbs in Bosnia against Kosovo’s secession highlighted continued volatility in the Balkan region.
Read More »Bosnian Serbs protesters try to attack U.S. mission
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia – Hundreds of protesters tried to attack the United States consulate in Bosnia’s Serb Republic on Tuesday, smashing shops in the city centre after they were pushed away by riot police.
Read More »Serbia should stop servicing Kosovo debt: EconMin
BELGRADEÂ – Serbia should stop servicing Kosovo’s foreign debt now the territory has declared independence, and instead spend the money on Serbian communities there, Economy Minister Mladjan Dinkic said on Tuesday.
Read More »Russia-Serbia gas deal “show of support on Kosovo”
UFA, Russia – A deal to bring Serbia into Russia’s South Stream gas pipeline project was a show of support for Belgrade over Kosovo, Dmitry Medvedev, the man likely to be elected Russia’s new president, said on Tuesday.
Read More »Serbia and Russia reject Albanian rule in Kosovo
BELGRADE – Serbia intends to rule parts of Kosovo where “loyal citizens” still look to Belgrade for government, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Monday.
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