Backdoor diplomacy tests Kosovo partition: report
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Serbia may be quietly exploring the  idea of partitioning the breakaway province of Kosovo along  ethnic lines, a Kosovo Albanian newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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In countries worried about their own secessionist movements, the response to Kosovo's declaration of independence has been wary
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There was a "whiff of statehood" in the cold air in Kosovo on Friday, according to the Pristina daily Express .Comment
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European Union foreign ministers meet on Monday to study ways to end the impasse over Kosovo&#39;s future status and examine the first full draft of a new treaty of sorely-needed EU reforms.
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POTSDAM, Germany -- Foreign ministers from the Group of 8 countries clashed yesterday over the future of Kosovo after Russia warned that a United Nations plan to pave the way for independence from Serbia could encourage separatist movements in the Russian-backed regions of Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia.
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The Serbian government has adopted a secret plan to implement "in case of a unilateral declaration of independence" by the Albanian majority of the breakaway Kosovo province, it said on Monday.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The breakaway Serbian province   of Kosovo is not stable and its future must be resolved this   year, a United States envoy said on Wednesday.
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PRISTINA, Serbia -- Kosovo took its first tentative steps yesterday on the road to becoming what would look very much like a sovereign nation: A UN envoy unveiled a blueprint for the future of the tense, ethnically divided Balkan province.
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Serbia's foreign minister has warned of possible renewed conflict in the Balkans if the province of Kosovo becomes independent without the Serbian government's approval, according to comments published Monday.Comment
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WIESBADEN, Germany  - European Union and NATO defense chiefs on Thursday mapped out plans for steering the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo through a tense period while ensuring a future exit strategy for their armies.
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Serbia's president and party leaders were to meet Monday to map out their strategy concerning the UN plan for Kosovo, which most Serbs see as granting independence to the contested province.Comment
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BELGRADE, Feb 5 (IPS) - The long awaited United Nations proposal on the  status of the southern Serbian province Kosovo takes it towards  independence, but not all the way.
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Kosovo told Washington on Monday  that it did not plan to unilaterally declare independence from  Serbia in November, senior officials from the United States and  Kosovo said.
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The breakaway Serbian province  of Kosovo is not stable and its future must be resolved this  year, a United States envoy said on Wednesday.
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Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo will be independent one way or the other so the United Nations should hurry up and pass a formal resolution next month, U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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A U.N. plan to formalize Kosovo's secession may help the hard-liners in Serbia
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Serbia on Tuesday denied a backdoor diplomatic bid to partition the breakaway province of Kosovo between majority Albanians demanding independence and Serbs who want to stay part of Serbia.