New Kosova Report

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Economy and status, main problems in Kosovo

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Thursday, 14 February 2008
Economy and status, main problems in Kosovo Around 70 per cent of Albanians and other ethnicities in Kosovo have identified the economy as the source of their daily anxieties. For Serbs, the main concerns are security and politics, was announced in the presentation Fast Facts of the Early Warning Report prepared by the United Nations Development Program. Read More Add Comment (0)

EU in countdown to Kosovo mission launch

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Thursday, 14 February 2008

EU In Countdown To Kosovo Mission Launch

BRUSSELS - European Union nations are on the verge of lifting the last political and legal obstacles to sending a justice mission to Kosovo, E.U. diplomats confirmed Thursday.

The 27 nation bloc has begun a so-called "silent procedure", which will end at midnight (2300 GMT) Friday and officially launch the mission unless any country objects and breaks that silence, the diplomats said.

The E.U. will send some 2,000 people, most of them police and justice experts, to Kosovo to help ease the Serbian province's transition to independence, which the territory's ethnic Albanian leaders are likely to declare Sunday.

The mission will consist of a political entity to supervise the transfer of powers from UNMIK, the U.N. mission that has administered Kosovo since 1999, to the local authorities.

An operational entity will train and mentor police, justice and customs officials.

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Statements by Thaçi on UN Security Council meeting

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Thursday, 14 February 2008
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi Prishtina - Following are the comments issued by Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci on Wednesday evening disputing the UN Security Council's jurisdiction on the Kosovo issue: Read More Add Comment (0)

EU confident of peaceful Kosovo birth

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Wednesday, 13 February 2008
EU Kosovo’s anticipated declaration of independence this weekend is not expected to lead to widespread violence or an exodus of Serbs from the province, say senior European Union officials. Read More Add Comment (0)

Kosovo ready and waiting green light for Independence

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Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Kosovo waiting for Independence PRISHTINA, KOSOVO (AFP)--Kosovo will be technically ready to split from Serbia from Friday, but is awaiting a green light from Washington and Brussels for the historic move, political leaders said Wednesday. Read More Add Comment (0)