Macedonia, Kosovo plant border marker in start of demarcation process – PR Inside
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) – Macedonia and Kosovo officials began demarcating their disputed common border Monday by setting up a small concrete pyramid on a mountain separating the two tiny Balkan states. Macedonian Foreign Ministry spokesman Vasko …
EU BACKS UN AUTHORITY, REJECTS SERB KOSOVO ASSEMBLY (The Tocqueville Connection)
BRUSSELS, June 29, 2008 (AFP) – The European Commission on Sunday backed the United Nations’ authority in Kosovo, agreeing that a move by Serbs there to inaugurate their own assembly is “without legal standing or effect”.
Editorial: Kosovo should play it cool (Arab News)
THERE are two million Kosovars, of whom only 55,000 are of Serb origin. In the name of this tiny minority, the “Assembly of the Union of Municipalities of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo” called itself into being Saturday in the north Kosovo town of Mitrovica.
Kosovo’s ethnic Serbs form own parliament (Deutsche Welle)
Kosovo’s ethnic Serb leaders have convened their own parliament in the divided city of Mitrovica, defying the new state’s independence and its United Nations administrators. Kosovo’s ethnic-Albanian leadership has condemned the move as an illegal provocation.
Kosovo Serbs launch new assembly – BBC News
The opening session took place on St Vitus day, when Serbs remember their defeat by invading Ottoman forces in 1389 – an event that lies at the core of the Serb claim to Kosovo. The assembly was formed by hardline Serb politicians in Kosovo and was …
Defiant Serbs inaugurate Kosovo ‘parliament’ (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Kosovo’s Serbs inaugurated their own assembly Saturday in defiance of the United Nations and Kosovo’s Albanian majority who proclaimed independence four months ago.
Kosovo Serbs set up rival assembly (Independent)
Kosovo Serbs have inaugurated their own assembly in the divided town of Mitrovica, in a blow to the authority of the new state’s ethnic Albanian leadership.
EU backs UN authority, rejects Serb Kosovo assembly – Tehran Times
BRUSSELS (AFP) — The European Commission on Sunday backed the United Nations’ authority in Kosovo, agreeing that a move by Serbs there to inaugurate their own assembly is “”without legal standing or effect”". Kosovo’s Serbs set up their own assembly …
Kosovo Serbs set up rival assembly – The Independent
Kosovo Serbs have inaugurated their own assembly in the divided town of Mitrovica, in a blow to the authority of the new state’s ethnic Albanian leadership. Forty-five members of the “parliament” were elected last month, during a general election in …
Kosovo Serbs form own parliament, ignoring independence declaration and defying U.N. (The Kansas City Star)
MITROVICA, Kosovo | Kosovo’s hardline Serb leaders formed their own parliament on Saturday, ignoring Kosovo’s declaration of independence and defying its United Nations administrators.
Macedonia, Kosovo start border demarcation process (People’s Daily)
Macedonia and Kosovo started officially the border demarcation process between the two Balkan neighbors on Monday, news reaching here from Skopje reported. Officials from the two sides set up a small concrete pyramid at a junction p …
Kosovo Serbs form own parliament (Denver Post)
Kosovo’s hard-line Serb leaders formed their own parliament Saturday, ignoring Kosovo’s declaration of independence and defying its United Nations administrators.
Kosovo Serbs, seeking partition, form own parliament – Globe and Mail
MITROVICA, Kosovo — Kosovo’s Serb leaders have formed their own parliament in a move that defies February’s western-backed declaration of independence by its ethnic-Albanian majority. Saturday’s action in the Serb-controlled half of the divided …
Kosovo Serbs form own parliament, ignoring independence declaration … – Kansas City Star
MITROVICA, Kosovo | Kosovo’s hardline Serb leaders formed their own parliament on Saturday, ignoring Kosovo’s declaration of independence and defying its United Nations administrators. The action in the Serb-controlled half of the divided town of …
