MOLDOVA:  Waiting for Kosovo and the EU
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BRUSSELS, Feb 21 (IPS) - Wishing to emulate Kosovo's example, the  Moldovan breakaway region of Transnistria is increasingly  rejecting the prospect of a unified state, just as the European  Union (EU) begins to step in.
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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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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo could soon be Europe's newest independent state, but the Albanian majority in Serbia's breakaway province still has to decide on a name, a flag and an anthem.
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A solution to Kosovo's final status will be delayed until early spring, the European Union's enlargement chief was quoted as saying on Thursday, a day after Serbia set a crucial presidential election for January 20.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 24 (IPS) - Nationalism, corruption, populism and violence are  terms increasingly associated with some of the events seen in the  Central and Eastern European countries that joined the European  Union (EU) in May 2004. But whether there are reasons for concern  is still open to debate.
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EU ministers are to consider Kosovo's declaration of independence, with members split on how to respond.
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The UN Security Council prepares to discuss the future of Kosovo amid continuing deadlock.
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The United States and European  nations hope to circulate a U.N. Security Council resolution on  Wednesday that seeks a four-month delay on a independence plan  for Kosovo in an effort to get Russia&#39;s approval.
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BELGRADE, Feb 5 (IPS) - The long awaited United Nations proposal on the  status of the southern Serbian province Kosovo takes it towards  independence, but not all the way.
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President Boris Tadic will ask major  powers to delay further talks on the fate of Serbia's breakaway  Kosovo province for at least 10 days to allow the country to  convene a new parliament elected two weeks ago.
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Moldova is ready to resume talks on a Dniester settlement under condition that they will be joined by permanent observers from the European Union and the United States, Moldovan Minister of Reintegration Vasile ...
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Kosovo on Saturday inched closer to its historic declaration of independence, with a growing sense of excitement among its people and the European Union launching a police and judicial mission to smoothen the birth of the world's newest state.
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BUDAPEST, Dec. 6 (IPS) - This Sunday Transnistria will hold its fourth  presidential election, and President Igor Smirnov looks set to  win a vote that will be ignored by most of the world as this  ghost state is still officially considered part of the Republic  of Moldova.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said on Friday about 100 countries were ready to recognize the province's independence from Serbia, which political sources say could be declared on Feb 17.
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The European Union is set to complete  authorization of a big supervisory mission in Kosovo this week,  just before the territory is expected to declare independence  from Serbia, diplomats and EU officials said.
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President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin sees the reason for deterioration of Russian-Moldavian relations in different approaches to the solution of the Transdniestria region - a Moldova territory with ...
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The parliamentary election in Moldova is set at March 6, 2005. The decision was made at a session of the republican parliament on Friday.