Kosova
UN mission says it's too early to set deadline for resolution
May 01, 2007A 15-strong delegation of UN ambassadors returned on April 30 to New York after a six-day mission aimed at assessing the situation in Kosova. Speaking in Prishtina on April 28, at the end of three days in Serbia and Kosova, Belgian Ambassador Johan Verbeke...
Western divisions emerge over Kosova...
May 01, 2007U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried said on April 28 that Washington hopes "Russia understands that Kosovo is going to be independent one way or another," Reuters reported the same day. Fried said that "it will either be done...
Serbia rejects linkage between Kosova, EU membership
April 20, 2007Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic told Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik on April 18 that "the messages that Serbia should choose between Europe and Kosovo are unacceptable for Serbia, because Kosovo is woven into Serbia, and Serbia...
Russia warns against unilateral independence for Kosova
April 20, 2007Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on April 19 adopted a diametrically opposed position to that of the United States, warning that "stability could be shattered by any attempt to unilaterally recognize the independence of Kosovo," Reuters...
U.S. official says Kosova status to be decided months after Serbian election
January 12, 2007U.S. Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns has said that Kosova's final status should be settled "one or two months" after Serbia's elections, UPI, Beta, and B92 reported on January 11, citing an interview by Voice of America....