Serbia says it will not trade Kosovo for EU or NATO
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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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Serbian President Boris Tadic warned the European Union on Friday against "cutting corners" on Kosovo, urging further dialogue on the future of the province which is set to declare its independence from Belgrade.
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Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku urged European leaders Wednesday to sidestep the United Nations and recognise the independence of the Serbian province despite Russian and Serbian objections.
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Russia insisted Friday that Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanians and minority Serbs hold new negotiations on the province's future status without any promise of independence if the talks fail &#151; a stand strongly opposed by the U.S. and European Union nations.
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The European Union should not grant  closer ties to Serbia until former Bosnian Serb military  commander Ratko Mladic is arrested, United Nations war crimes  prosecutor Carla del Ponte said on Tuesday.
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Russia&#39;s U.N. ambassador denied  on Tuesday that Moscow and Western powers had reached a  compromise on the future of the U.N.-run Serbian province of  Kosovo, dismissing a report in a Croatian newspaper.
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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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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 is convinced that a U.N. plan granting supervised statehood for the contested Kosovo province stands no chance of approval at the U.N. Security Council where Serb ally Russia holds a veto, a government minister said Saturday.
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Serbia's prime minister denounced plans on Tuesday to sign a political accord with the European Union as a trick intended to trap the former Yugoslav republic into accepting the independence of breakaway Kosovo.
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The EU's biggest four countries are pushing to impose and oversee independence in Kosovo without a fresh UN mandate, risking the ire of Russia and Serbia
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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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European Union leaders backed away Friday from offering Serbia a fast-track to membership and again cautioned Belgrade that its future entry hinges on full cooperation in handing over war crime suspects for trial.
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Serbian government tells Serbs living in Kosovo to remain there as it vows not to accept independence
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The EU's enlargement commissioner rules out a deal with Serbia before  elections are completed.
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Serbia on Wednesday again rejected a  United Nations plan for independence for its breakaway Kosovo  province as a final round of talks on the blueprint began.
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Kosovo's president urged Serbia on Wednesday to give up its claim to the province and cast doubt that upcoming talks would yield progress with both sides refusing to budge from their entrenched positions.