Kostunica sets Serbia on course for early polls
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Serbia will hold an early election  after a referendum in four weeks on a new constitution  reasserting its sovereignty over Kosovo, the prime minister  said on Saturday.
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Serbia will not allow itself to be humiliated by a "puppet state" on its territory, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Thursday as Serbia prepared to annul Kosovo's proclamation of independence in advance.
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Montenegrins are expected to give   their center-left government a fresh mandate on Sunday in the   first general election since they voted to end nearly a century   of partnership with Serbia three months ago.
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Voting began on Sunday in Serbia's presidential election, a tight race between pro-Western president Boris Tadic and hard-line challenger Tomislav Nikolic.
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Serbia faces a showdown next month between a nationalist who leans towards Russia and a liberal favoring the West in a presidential election run-off.
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PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro  - Kosovo's  general election on Saturday will be the first step in a tricky  endgame to settle the fate of the Serbian province, now a U.N.  protectorate in the heart of the Balkans.
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Voting started Saturday in the southern Serbian province of Kosovo to choose members of the parliament. Polling stations opened at 7:00 am (0500 GMT) and are due to close at 8:00 pm(1800 GMT).
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Belgrade's leader foresees outbreaks of violence if an independence declaration is rushed through
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BELGRADE, Jan 17 (IPS) - Serbia faces presidential elections Sunday, once  again considered crucial for the country.
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Serbia votes on Sunday in a knife-edge presidential election that could decide whether it turns its back on the West in response to the imminent loss of the breakaway province of Kosovo.
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The Serbian Prime Minister, Vojislav Kostunica, has said future Serbian war crimes cases should be tried before Serbian courts.
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Pro-Western Serbian President Boris Tadic faces nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic on Sunday in an election that will decide Serbia's attitude to the West after the imminent loss of breakaway Kosovo province.
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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.
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President Boris Tadic on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica to stop obstructing Serbia's state institutions in a damaging political rift over European Union integration.
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Serb PM Vojislav Kostunica proposes a new constitution affirming Kosovo as a permanent part of Serbia.
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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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BELGRADE, Jan 23 (IPS) - The two leading candidates in the presidential  elections Sunday headed into a second round Feb. 3 as expected.  Less expected was the high turnout.