Tag: Kosovo
Germans arrested over Kosovo blast
Three Germans have been arrested in Kosovo on suspicion of setting off an explosive device at the office of the European Union in Kosovo's capital, Pristina.[MORE]
Serbia angry as neighbours officially recognise Kosovo
Two neighbours of Europe's newest independent state, Kosovo, have officially recognised it.[MORE]
UN powerless in Kosovo: official
The top United Nations official in Kosovo says he is powerless in much of the country following the territory's declaration of independence.[MORE]
Hundreds queue as Kosovo issues passports
Kosovo, the territory which unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in February, has started issuing its own passports.[MORE]
IMF recognises Kosovo
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it recognises Kosovo's secession from Serbia and will consider its membership application "in due course" as a sovereign Balkan state.[MORE]
Kosovo Serbs convene parliament, rejecting new state
Hardline Serbs in Kosovo convened their own assembly in the divided city of Mitrovica overnight, in a fresh challenge to the new state's ethnic Albanian majority and its Western backers.[MORE]
Serbs to conduct assembly in defiance of Govt
Serbs are converging on Kosovo's divided city of Mitrovica to inaugurate an assembly that Kosovo Serbs are setting up in defiance of the majority ethnic Albanian Government in Kosovo.[MORE]
NATO presence in Kosovo to remain steady
The secretary-general of NATO, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has told the people of Kosovo that NATO troops will stay at current levels. [MORE]
Russia calls new Kosovo constitution illegal
Russia has called Kosovo's new constitution a breach of international law which would only inflame tension in the region.[MORE]
UN hands over control to Kosovo
One hundred and twenty days after declaring independence from Serbia, Kosovo is beginning self rule.[MORE]
Serbia rejects UN proposal on Kosovo EU mission
Serbia has rejected a proposed European Union police mission for Kosovo and accused UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon of overreaching his powers in its former province.[MORE]
Kosovo mission to be 'reconfigured' as sovereign state
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci says the international mission to Kosovo will be "reconfigured" when the breakaway Serbian territory introduces a constitution this weekend.[MORE]
Czech Republic recognises independent Kosovo
The Czech Government has formally recognised Kosovo as an independent state, joining the ranks of mostly western countries that backed the small Balkan nation's secession from Serbia earlier this year.[MORE]
UK to send 600-strong battalion to Kosovo
Britain have agreed to a NATO request to send a 600-strong battalion to bolster an alliance peacekeeping force in Kosovo.[MORE]
Book accuses Kosovo fighters of trafficking Serb body organs
Kosovo Albanian leaders have been implicated in the war-time trafficking of organs taken from hundreds of Serbs, according to a book by former UN war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte.[MORE]
Serbia lashes Kosovo as 'NATO state'
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said NATO bombed his country to create its own state out of Kosovo, as he marked the ninth anniversary of the start of the alliance's air war.[MORE]
Bush OKs supplying arms to Kosovo
President George W Bush has authorised supplying Kosovo with weapons, signaling the establishment of government-to-government relations after recognising its independence, the White House said.[MORE]
Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary recognise Kosovo
Croatia, Bulgaria and Hungary have become the first of Serbia's neighbours to recognise Kosovo.[MORE]
Ukrainian UN police officer dies after Kosovo riots
A Ukrainian police officer serving with the United Nations in Kosovo has died of injuries sustained in violent clashes with Serbs on Monday.[MORE]
NATO holds the line after Kosovo riots
NATO troops were left holding the line against a hostile Serb population in north Kosovo, after riots forced the pullout of United Nations police and civilian staff.[MORE]
Serbs attack UN convoy in Kosovo
Serbs have attacked a UN convoy carrying Serb detainees from a raid in Kosovo, enabling several detainees to escape.[MORE]
Serbian protesters storm UN-run courts
Hundreds of Serbs opposed to Kosovo's independence have clashed with international police before storming and occupying two UN-run courts in Kosovo.[MORE]
Kosovo police suspended for refusing to take orders
About 150 Serb police officers in Kosovo have been suspended from duty for refusing to take orders from ethnic Albanian authorities in the capital, Pristina.[MORE]
Violence erupts at Kosovo protest in Vienna
Four people have been arrested and two policemen were injured when a protest in the Austrian capital against the secession of Kosovo turned violent, police said.[MORE]
US embassy staff begin to leave Serbia
The United States has begun pulling out non-essential staff from its embassy in Serbia following an attack by demonstrators protesting against American support for Kosovo's declaration of independence. [MORE]
