Kosovo
European Union has a Special Representative in Kosovo
January 25, 2012The Council of the European Union appointed today Samuel Zbogar as EU Special Representative in Kosovo. According to a press release, Mr. Zbogar is to be double-hatted as head of the EU office in Kosovo, a position to which he was designated on December...
Election of Kosovo's president ruled illegal
March 29, 2011The election of Kosovo's president last month was unconstitutional, its highest court has ruled after opposition parties complained of irregularities. Opposition parties said there had not been enough members of the Assembly of Kosovo present to elect...
Serbia and Kosovo in first 'post-independence' talks
March 08, 2011Serbia and Kosovo are due to hold their first high-level talks since Pristina declared independence three years ago. Kosovo's declaration of independence is rejected by Serbia, but both sides have agreed to the EU-sponsored talks. The meeting in Brussels...
Kosovo Prime Minister Thaci declares victory in elections
December 13, 2010Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has claimed victory for his Democratic Party of Kosovo in the first general election in Kosovo since the territory declared independence from Serbia nearly three years ago. Thaci made his claim after an exit poll put his...
Kosovo holds first Parliamentary election
December 13, 2010Kosovo is holding its first parliamentary election since it declared independence from Serbia nearly three years ago. The polls opened this morning across Kosovo, but while voting stations in Pristina and the south saw a steady stream of voters, most...
US, Slovakia urge Serbia-Kosovo dialogue
October 20, 2010U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Slovak Foreign Minister Mikulas Dzurinda on Tuesday endorsed plans for a European Union-sponsored dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo. But the Slovak minister said his government does not plan to recognize the...
Kosovo: the UN court has spoken, let the dialogue begin
August 05, 2010By Ivan Vejvoda 1999, 2010: these dates mark history in the Balkans. Eleven years ago, NATO waged an air war against Serbia over the treatment of Serbia’s southernmost province. Since then, the longstanding dispute over the status of Kosovo has...
Transnistria's appeal for recognition to united nations is illogical
August 04, 2010The Vice Prime Minister of Moldova, Victor Osipov, considers "illogical" another appeal of Transnistria's authorities to the United Nations requesting the recognition of the self-proclaimed republic. "Tiraspol authorities are using the...
Armenia and Karabakh encouraged by un court ruling on Kosovo
July 30, 2010By Emil Danielyan Authorities in Armenia and Karabakh have reacted very positively to the July 22 decision by the highest UN court to uphold the legality of Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia. They say it strengthens the Armenian...
Serbia submits Kosovo resolution to UN General Assembly
July 29, 2010Serbia has submitted to the U.N. General Assembly a draft resolution that seeks new dialogue on Kosovo, but does not call for the reopening of status talks on its former province. Instead, the Serbian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday on its Web site that...