VIENNA A former EU envoy in the talks on the Kosovo status says he does not expect Belgrade to recognize “even in the best case scenario”. Stefan Lehne believes that Belgrade and Priština should establish practical cooperation, and that “different political stands on the independence of Kosovo should be put …

PRIŠTINA Newly appointed NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will visit Kosovo on August 13, an Albanian language daily writes. Zeri newspaper says that Rasmussen will meet in Priština with KFOR commander Gen. Giuseppe Emilio Gay to discuss the security situation. He will also be meeting with Kosovo President Fatmir …

WASHINGTON, BELGRADE U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said that his country is against “any kind of partition of Kosovo”. “I can tell you that our policy remains unchanged,” Toner said, according to Albanian language media in Priština. He said that he is not familiar with the idea of Republican …