Kosovo Crisis Watch – UN Court Hears Serbian Challenge To Kosovo Independence – Radio Free Europe

UN Court Hears Serbian Challenge To Kosovo Independence – Radio Free Europe
THE HAGUE — The legality of Kosovo’s secession from Serbia is being reviewed by the International Court of Justice in hearings that started today in The Hague. In nine days of hearings, the court is taking into consideration arguments from Kosovo …

AZERBAIJAN: BAKU BACKS IDEA OF A SERBIA-CONTROLLED KOSOVO – EurasiaNet
At a December 3 hearing at the International Court of Justice, Azerbaijan supported Serbia’s bid to bring Kosovo back into its fold. The December 1-11 public hearings, essentially an exchange between backers and opponents of Kosovo’s independence …

US: World Court should endorse Kosovo independence (AP via Yahoo! News)
The United States has urged the U.N.’s highest court to give its stamp of approval to Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia.

China to argue Kosovo independence at the Hague hearings (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
China will be the first permanent member of the UN Security Council to present its arguments over the legitimacy of Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia at the International Court of Justice on Monday.

THREAT OF EXTREMIST VIOLENCE DOWN IN KOSOVO NORTH: NATO GENERAL (The Tocqueville Connection)
NOVO SELO, Kosovo, Dec 7, 2009 (AFP) – The security situation in the ethnically tense north of Kosovo has become stable as the threat of extremists stirring violence between ethnic Albanians and Serbs has diminished, a regional commander of NATO-led peacekeepers (KFOR) said.

Serbian Press Surfs Anti-Bulgaria Wave over Kosovo (Novinite.com)
A day after a Serbian daily slammed Bulgaria as “a backstabber”, another Belgrade-based newspaper carried on the same furious line, saying Bulgarians always hit Serbians when they are at a loss which side to take.

US urges World Court to rule Kosovo declaration of independence legal – Minneapolis Star Tribune
AMSTERDAM – The United States has urged the U.N.’s highest court to give its stamp of approval to Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia. The International Court of Justice, widely known as the World Court, is weighing whether the …

EU police in Kosovo arrest alleged hit man – WTVF
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) – European Union police in Kosovo said Monday a man claiming to be a hit man for former ethnic Albanian rebels has been arrested on suspicion of murder and participation in organized crime. Christophe Lamfalussy, spokesman for …

UN court hears Kosovo independence case – BBC Europe
Serbia has called on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to declare that Kosovo’s declaration of independence in 2008 broke international law. Serbian representatives outlined their case as the court in The Hague opened hearings on Kosovo’s …

Bulgaria, Burundi Support “Kosovo’s Independence”, Bolivia and Brazil Against (Novinite.com)
Legal representative of Bulgaria Zlatko Dimitrov has said that the international law does not prohibit the declarations of independence or secession, and he rejected the argument of several other countries that in case of Kosmet it was in collision with UN Security Council Resolution 1244.

US: World Court should endorse Kosovo independence (San Francisco Chronicle)
The United States has urged the U.N.’s highest court to give its stamp of approval to Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia. The International Court of Justice, widely known as the World Court, is weighing whether the declaration was legal…. Kosovo – Serbia – United States – International Court of Justice – 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence

THREAT OF EXTREMIST VIOLENCE DOWN IN KOSOVO NORTH: NATO GENERAL – Tocqueville Connection
N OVO SELO, Kosovo, Dec 7, 2009 (AFP) – The security situation in the ethnically tense north of Kosovo has become stable as the threat of extremists stirring violence between ethnic Albanians and Serbs has diminished, a regional commander of NATO-led …

Bulgaria, Burundi Support “Kosovo’s Independence”, Bolivia and Brazil Against (Novinite.com)
The Serbic delegation, Cedomir Radojkovic (L), Vuk Jeremic (M) and Dusan T. Batakovic (R) arrive in the Peace Palace in The Hague. The hearings about the independence of Kosovo started on 1 December.

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