New Kosova Report

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US to offer aid to Serbia amid Kosovo independence

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Wednesday, 13 February 2008
United States of America WASHINGTON (AFP)--The U.S. will offer economic and other aid to Serbia during the "extraordinarily difficult period" it will face with Kosovo's independence, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday. "We want a Serbia that is looking to its future and that future is in Europe," Rice told senators, adding she intervened so that Serbia could be offered NATO's Partnership for Peace, a first step toward joining the alliance. Read More Add Comment (0)

Macedonian police brutality video becomes public

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Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Hebib Ahmeti showing signs of torture A Macedonian daily has published a video showing the police interrogation of an ethnic Albanian man showing clear signs of torture. Lajmi newspaper has revealed the video long 2 min and 46 seconds. Read More Add Comment (3)

Protesters in Belgrade demand EU path for Serbia

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Monday, 11 February 2008
Students hold a banner reading 'Brussels - Bologna - Belgrade' BELGRADE, Serbia: Serbian students demonstrated Monday in Belgrade against Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's anti-EU policies before an expected declaration of independence in Kosovo. Kostunica, a nationalist, has blocked the signing of a cooperation agreement with the European Union, to protest the union's decision to send a mission to Kosovo. Read More Add Comment (0)

Radical group blows up Slovenian mall in Serbia

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Friday, 08 February 2008

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BELGRADE (AP) - An explosion shook a shopping mall in Serbia Friday and another mall was evacuated as tensions soared before an expected declaration of independence by the Serbian province of Kosovo.

The explosions took place a day after right-wing protesters, chanting the names of Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitives whom they consider heroes, disrupted an exhibition by Kosovo Albanian artists.

Nationalists are angry that Kosovo - Serbia's cherished medieval heartland now dominated by independence-seeking ethnic Albanians - will secede within days.

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Radical group attacks Kosovo art show in Belgrade

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Friday, 08 February 2008
Belgrade BELGRADE (Reuters) - An exhibition of works by Kosovo Albanian artists in Belgrade was shut down on Thursday after a group of Serb nationalists protesting against Kosovo's independence aspirations attacked the gallery on opening night. The men from the radical fringe group Obraz (Pride) burst into the gallery hosting the "Exception" art show, tore one painting from the wall and scuffled with patrons and security before getting thrown out. Read More Add Comment (0)