Serbia's prime minister, top officials to discuss Kosovo strategy
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BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro  - Top Belgrade officials will meet Friday to plot a strategy on Kosovo following a massive Serb boycott of the province's general election last month.
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Slovenia, the current EU president, will host Saturday a meeting of four members of the Kosovo Contact Group to discuss the independence moves of the UN-run Serbian province, a report said.
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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.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 23 (IPS) - Questions relating to Kosovo's future status  will almost certainly be the key area of focus for diplomats  dealing with the Balkans this year.
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Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority return to Vienna on Thursday for fresh talks on the fate of the breakaway Serbian province, forced by Russia's opposition to a Western plan for independence.
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Prime ministers of Serbia and Croatia said on Monday that further enhancement of cooperation between their countries is of great importance to stability in southeast Europe.
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"Kosovo directly affects the security and stability of our region"  Surrounded by photographers, NATO's Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, center right, talks to Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki, center left, during an informal dinner for ministers, in the ... via The Macon Telegraph
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BRUSSELS, Jul 25 (IPS) - Top European Union politicians stated their  determination to maintain a unified stance on Kosovo this week as  they analysed the latest twists in the saga of the disputed  territory.
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Serbia's pro-European President Boris Tadic and nationalist Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica clashed Wednesday over EU plans for Belgrade and its breakaway Kosovo province.
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Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leaders meet on Wednesday with international mediators in talks on the fate of the breakaway province, ahead of direct dialogue with Serbia next week in New York.
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A high-level EU delegation encouraged Serbian politicians to form a pro-European government coalition and urged them to be "constructive" in the run-up to the final decision on the future of Kosovo.Comment
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Top ethnic Albanian and Serbian leaders staked out widely differing positions Monday during their first face-to-face talks over Kosovo's future.
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The United States and its major-power  partners want a decision on the final status of Serbia's United  Nations-administered Kosovo province this year and see no need  for delay, a U.S. envoy said on Monday.
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Senior EU officials visit Croatia and Serbia to discuss progress towards EU accession.
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New talks to decide the future of Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo got under way on Thursday with a conciliatory tone from both sides, but no breakthrough on their fundamental disagreement over its independence.
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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 Serbian minister for Kosovo said Friday that his government has information that the province's Albanian leadership will declare independence on Feb. 17