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The war crimes tribunal's chief prosecutor calls for tougher measures to force Serbia to hand over most wanted fugitives.
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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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An advisor to Montenegrin parliament speaker says it is Montenegro that should ask Serbia to hand over some jets.Comment
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"The U.S. side warned about the political influence Moscow would gain by controlling energy resources in Serbia and the region, and expressed a negative assessment about the economic justification of South Stream"  By Oleg ShchedrovMOSCOW  - Russia won the right on Friday to route a major gas supply route to Europe through its ally Serbia, a move analysts described as marking a Kremlin victory in a "pipeline war" with the European Union.The gas agreement, signed in the Kremlin before President Vladimir Putin and visiting Serbian leaders, alarmed the United States because it increased Moscow's control over energy supplies to Europe and could undermine a rival EU project.Strong Russian opposition to independence for the Serbian province of Kosovo was a key bargaining chip in the agreement for Serbia to join the South Stream gas pipeline. Belgrade also agreed to sell a majority stake in Serbia's oil monopoly NIS to Russian gas giant Gazprom at a favorable price. Read more
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BELGRADE - Serbia is ready to use force to prevent Western states from recognizing Kosovo as an independent state, a senior Serbian official warned yesterday.
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Carla Del Ponte, chief prosecutor at the UN war crimes court, has urged the European Union not to resume talks on closer ties with Serbia until former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic is arrested.
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Serbia's foreign minister has warned of possible renewed conflict in the Balkans if the province of Kosovo becomes independent without the Serbian government's approval, according to comments published Monday.Comment
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BELGRADE, Serbia, Jan. 4 The European Union is to decide whether to accept Serbia along with its mainly ethnic-Albanian Kosovo province or recognize an independent Kosovo. via Earth Times
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BELGRADE -- Suspense gripped Serbia yesterday, a day before the unveiling of a UN proposal for Kosovo's future -- a historic plan that officials say will map out a road to conditional nationhood for the bitterly contested province.
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Chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, international law experts and human rights activists gathered in Belgrade on Friday to review Serbia's shortcomings in dealing with war crimes committed during the 1990s Balkan conflicts.
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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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War crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte has asked the UN court for the former Yugoslavia to refer the case of three Serbs suspected of a notorious 1991 massacre in Croatia back to a court in Croatia or Serbia, a spokeswoman 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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BELGRADE, Oct 15  (IPS) - Serbia and Montenegro are back in consideration for  EU membership but growing  local resistance to foreign capital  could be in the way.
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NEW YORK -- From Milosevic to Djokovic, the reformed Serbia has come a long, better way. Slobodan Milosevic was a bloodthirsty dictator. Novak Djokovic is thirsty to dictate points that will lead to tennis victories, elevating him to the top of the game.
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"If Europe wants to play an important role in the contemporary world, decisions should be taken fast to enable it to play that role"  Decisions should be taken fast to enable Europe to play an important role in the world, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said during his one-day working visit to Poland on Wednesday. via People's Daily Online
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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.