BALKANS:  Discrimination Rife Within Kosovo
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PRISTINA, Jan 15 (IPS) - In the northern part of the ethnically divided city  Mitrovica, 38 km north of Kosovo capital Pristina, 60 people have  occupied an abandoned two-floor building. Among them is Alexander  Damianovic, of Serbian ethnic origin, who arrived in Mitrovica in  2001 after transiting through various places in former Yugoslavia.
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VIANA DO CASTELO, Portugal  - European Union states will seek to maintain a common front over the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo on Saturday, amid growing concern that it will declare independence unilaterally.
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A Serb returns to his home in Croatia to find life is a struggle against local discrimination.
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In this poor Balkan country set to join the European Union in January, brazen slayings -- along with gang shootouts and car and apartment bombings -- have almost become part of the fabric of everyday life.Comment
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After talks over independence break down, Kosovo may unilaterally declare its freedom from Serbia. And despite fears of a regional blowup, there's a limit to what Serbia can do about it
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PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro, Oct. 23 -- Members of Kosovo's Serb minority boycotted parliamentary elections in high numbers Saturday, striking a blow at international efforts to promote multiethnic cooperation in advance of talks designed to determine the status of the province.
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The territory's declaration of independence has caused international ripples; analysts look to East Timor and Montenegro as examples of how Kosovo might fare.
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Could 2008 be the year when the threat of conflict evaporates from the historically troubled Balkans, writes the BBC's Nick Thorpe.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The last time Kosovo declared independence in 1990 it went unrecognized and ignored. When it splits from Serbia this weekend, it will have the support of the West, which sees no way back.
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GORAZDEVAC, Serbia and Montenegro  - Milisav Dakic  said his wife had warned him not to let the children play  outside their Serb enclave in Kosovo. But the summer heat was  stifling, and the nearby stream was a popular place to cool  off.
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PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Like countless ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, Albin Kurti spent the weekend glued to his television set, watching President Bush's visit to Albania. He was eager to see what Bush would say from just across the border about Kosovo gaining its independence from Serbia.
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TIRANA, Jul 4 (IPS) - People across the Balkans have much in common,  forget the conflicts of the recent or distant past, and the  efforts of politicians to convince them how "different"  or "distinctive" they are.
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On Sunday, Kosovo was born, becoming the 21st century's third new nation. The two other infant states, East Timor and Montenegro, present it with starkly contrasting examples of the challenges that lie ahead.
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In this poor Balkan country set to join the European Union in January, brazen slayings _ along with gang shootouts and car and apartment bombings _ have almost become part of the fabric of everyday life.Comment
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GRACANICA, Kosovo, Feb 18 (IPS) - As Pristina is abuzz with crowds of Albanians  celebrating the declaration of independence, Kosovo Serbians seem  mostly gloomy about what the future holds.
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PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro -- Kosovo's beleaguered Serb minority largely boycotted general elections yesterday, dealing a blow to international efforts to create multiethnic harmony in the province.
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Politics: 25 September 2004, Saturday. Bulgarians, living and working in UK, circulated an open latter claiming that all Bulgarian candidates for UK business visas are subjected to discrimination.