Kosovo PM Optimistic Talks Will Lead To Independence Proposal
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Kosovo PM Agim Ceku with Macedonia PM Nikola Gruevski Kosovo's prime minister said Tuesday he is hopeful that talks now under way at the United Nations will soon lead to independence for the Serbian province ...
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VIENNA - With observers warning of the threat of renewed unrest in Kosovo, the province's prime minister vowed yesterday to declare independence if a final push for a diplomatic settlement by Dec. 10 doesn't result in statehood.
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Envoys mediating in talks on the future of Kosovo presented ideas to Serbia and Kosovo Albanians on Monday aimed at breaking the deadlock over the Albanian demand for the province's independence.
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"Serious negotiations are needed to protect the Serbs in Kosovo as well as our holy sites. Serious negotiations are needed to continue the international presence in Kosovo"  Serbia's minister for Kosovo suggested Saturday that the government will seek to keep control over Serb-populated areas after the predominantly ethnic Albanian province declares independence.Slobodan Samardzic said Friday that Belgrade had information indicating that Kosovo will unilaterally declare independence on Feb. 17.Western officials said they expected the move a day later, and Kosovo's prime minister, Hashim Thaci, did not confirm or deny Samardzic's statement but said Kosovo's split from Serbia was 'a done deal.' Read more
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Serbs and Albanians begin final talks on Wednesday on a U.N. plan for Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province, billed by mediators as a last chance to fine-tune -- but not rewrite -- the blueprint for independence.
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon  expressed hope on Monday that meetings between U.S. President  George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin would lead  to a breakthrough over Kosovo&#39;s independence.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo is ready to offer Serbia a treaty guaranteeing cordial relations after the breakaway province becomes independent, Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leaders said on Monday.
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Negotiations to determine whether Kosovo can be declared an independent state are still a year away.
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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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United Nations envoy Martti Ahtisaari today presented Serbian President Boris Tadic with a compromise proposal on the status of Kosovo, where the ethnic Albanian majority is seeking independence from Serbia.Comment
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Last-chance talks on the future of  Serbia&#39;s breakaway province of Kosovo open in Vienna on  Thursday, without even the glimmer of a breakthrough in sight.
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Talks on the future of Kosovo resumed Monday in Vienna, where international mediators were presenting rival Serbs and ethnic Albanians with a new list of conditions that envoys hope will "open a path to a solution."
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BELGRADE, Feb 20 (IPS) - The proclamation of independence in Kosovo has  brought widespread celebrations among its ethnic Albanians, but  also a realisation that economic difficulties remain â and could  worsen.
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Serbian and ethnic Albanian leaders hold  talks in Vienna on Saturday for what could be the last time  before a U.N. plan offering the breakaway province of Kosovo  independence goes to the U.N. Security Council.
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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
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Serb PM Vojislav Kostunica proposes a new constitution affirming Kosovo as a permanent part of Serbia.
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Kosovo will declare  independence from Serbia with Western backing the weekend after  the February 3 Serbian presidential election if the nationalist  candidate wins, political sources said on Wednesday.