EU agrees to send mission to Kosovo
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European Union leaders agreed on  Friday to send administrators and police to Kosovo ahead of an  expected declaration of independence from Serbia.
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The European Union has formally taken over peacekeeping duties in Bosnia-Herzegovina from NATO. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and NATO head Jaap de Hoop
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"Anyone who wants Serbia as a partner has to know Serbia will accept partnership only as a whole country, not as a country cut in two"  Serb Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica warned the European Union on Tuesday that sending a supervisory mission to the breakaway province of Kosovo could damage relations with Serbia. via The Washington Post
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"The EU will be ready to give a formal go-ahead to the mission a few days after the election"  The European Union's foreign policy chief said on Tuesday that the EU will sanction the dispatch of a police force to Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo after the country's presidential election. via RIA Novosti
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Postponing the final round of Kosovo status talks by about a week would be acceptable to the EU, the bloc's foreign policy chief said Wednesday.Comment
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The European Union  plans to withdraw the issue of Kosovo&#39;s final status from the  U.N. Security Council if Russia does not accept a resolution  within days, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on  Tuesday.
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BRUSSELS/PRISTINA, Serbia  - The European Union plans to withdraw the issue of Kosovo's final status from the U.N. Security Council if Russia does not accept a resolution within days, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Tuesday.
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European Union defence ministers began talks Thursday focused on the Balkans, amid hopes that a compromise will be found on Kosovo's future status and that Bosnia will remain calm.
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The UN mission in Kosovo has issued a statement saying it was satisfied with yesterday's meeting between Belgrade and Pristina officials in Vienna.
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EU defence chiefs agree to create rapid-reaction battle groups for deployment in international hot spots.
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VIANA DO CASTELO, Portugal  - European Union states will seek to maintain a common front over the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo on Saturday, amid growing concern that it will declare independence unilaterally.
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The European Union plans to open a mission in Iraq after the country&#39;s first free elections slated for January, to help train police, legal officials and administrators, EU foreign ministers said yesterday.
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The European Union does not expect  Serbia to resort to violence if ethnic Albanians declare  independence in its contested province of Kosovo, a senior EU  official said on Thursday.
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The European Union is set to complete  authorization of a big supervisory mission in Kosovo this week,  just before the territory is expected to declare independence  from Serbia, diplomats and EU officials said.
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European Union leaders are set to  offer Serbia a fast track to candidacy for membership of the  bloc and pledge to step up preparations for a police mission to  stabilize Kosovo, a draft statement for Friday's EU summit  said.
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The European Union took on its biggest military mission yesterday, replacing Nato in charge of 7,000 peacekeeping troops in Bosnia.
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European Union leaders agreed Saturday on the key points of a treaty meant to strengthen the bloc's foreign policy role and eliminate unwieldy bureaucracy.