Green light for EU Kosovo mission
105903
The EU approves a police and justice mission for Kosovo, which is poised to declare independence from Serbia.
654337
European Union nations give the final approval Saturday for a 1,800-strong policing and administration mission to Kosovo to replace the current U.N. mission.
703078
PARIS, Dec. 14 -- European Union leaders on Friday pledged 1,800 police and administrative officials to Kosovo, part of a package of aid and diplomacy intended to facilitate a well-choreographed, quick and peaceful march to independence for the breakaway Serbian province.
5434
European Union leaders, worried that Kosovo's push for independence could trigger instability in the Balkans, were set to offer Serbia a fast-track route to joining the bloc at a summit on Friday.
93561
European Union states agreed on Monday  to seize the initiative to try to break a deadlock over  Kosovo&#39;s independence hopes that risks exposing rifts in the  bloc over the fate of the breakaway Serb province.
187553
EU ministers are to consider Kosovo's declaration of independence, with members split on how to respond.
764435
The European Union approved the launch  of a 2,000-strong police and justice mission for Kosovo on  Saturday on the eve of the breakaway province's expected  declaration of independence from Serbia.
714079
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.
656722
The Albanian parliament passed a resolution Thursday to allow the country to join a peacekeeping mission of the European Union (EU) in Bosnia, which takes over responsibilities from NATO in December.
202477
A U.N. envoy on Friday unveiled a plan for the bitterly contested province of Kosovo, its first tentative step toward eventual statehood.Comment
97121
The European Union must be ready to  guide Kosovo on an unstoppable path to independence after the  U.N. Security Council failed to agree on the Serb province's  future, the incoming EU presidency said on Thursday.
286410
According to diplomatic sources, a key European Commission report will give the green light for opening talks on Turkey&#39;s EU membership.
51553
The EU is due to begin is largest peacekeeping operation, taking over from the Nato mission in Bosnia.
68012
BERLIN - The United States and the European Union will recognize Kosovo if the Balkan province declares independence from Serbia in early December when last-ditch negotiations end, senior US and European officials said yesterday.
602324
European Union leaders are set to offer Serbia a fast track to candidacy for membership in the bloc and pledge to step up preparations for a police mission to stabilize Kosovo, a draft statement for Friday's EU summit said.
535192
European Union leaders agreed on Friday to send administrators and police to Kosovo ahead of an expected declaration of independence from Serbia.
520705
United Nations special envoy Martti  Ahtisaari will hand over his plan for the future of Kosovo on  Friday to Serb authorities braced for proposals that will set  the breakaway province on a path to independence.