Serbia says will not recognize independent Kosovo
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Serbia will never recognize an independent Kosovo but will not use violence to prevent the country's ethnic Albanians from establishing their own state, Serbia's president said on Wednesday.
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Serbia on Wednesday rejected a new U.S.-backed U.N. draft resolution on Kosovo, saying it would only lead to the province's independence, Serbia's prime minister said.
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BRUSSELS/BELGRADE  - Serbia warned the EU on Wednesday it would not accept any decision on Kosovo taken outside the United Nations and its ally Russia told the United States to stop backing Kosovo independence while talks continue.
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Kosovo mounts historic bid to become "independent and democratic state" backed by U.S., European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia, Russia.
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Kosovo's prime minister on Wednesday dismissed Serbia's fierce opposition to the province's drive for independence, insisting that decades of bloodshed in the Balkans are over and Serbs will never dare to ...
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Russia on Wednesday backed its ally Serbia, saying Kosovo will never become a member of the United Nations or other international organizations if the breakaway province unilaterally declares independence.
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Russia warned Kosovo's leaders Wednesday that if they declare independence the territory will never become a member of the United Nations or other international political institutions.
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Serbia's President Boris Tadic, touring Kosovo in the first visit by a Serbian leader since the 1999 war, sought Sunday to reassert his country's claim over the U.N.-run province, vowing never to accept its independence.
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Serbia will never surrender Kosovo to the breakaway province's ethnic Albanian majority or trade its territory for European Union or NATO membership, Serb leaders said on Tuesday.
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Serbia's nationalist prime minister yesterday blocked the signing of a landmark pact between Belgrade and the EU in an attempt to delay the secession of Kosovo
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Serbia's parliament was set to adopt a  resolution on Wednesday implicitly rejecting membership of the  European Union and NATO if the West recognizes the independence  of Kosovo.
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Europe's major powers and the United States said on Monday they recognized Kosovo's new independence, as Serbs reacted with anger and some states warned that its secession from Serbia set a dangerous precedent.
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Serbia will reject every element of a  U.N. plan for Kosovo that points to the creation of "another  Albanian state" during final talks beginning on Wednesday in  Vienna, a senior Serbian official said.
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Serbia's government proclaimed Thursday that any unilateral act by Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leadership to declare independence would be invalid and illegal.
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Moscow says Kosovo will never be accepted as a state by the UN if it declares independence.
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EU members Romania and Cyprus say they will not recognise a declaration of independence by Kosovo.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Serbia has promised NATO it would not use force against Kosovo if the breakaway province carried out a vow to declare independence early next year, a senior alliance commander said on Thursday.