KOSOVO:  Romania 'Schizophrenic' Over Independence
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BUCHAREST, Feb 18 (IPS) - Leaders of Romania, one of the European Union (EU)  members not ready to recognise declaration of independence by  Kosovo, are having a hard time justifying their opposition to  birth of the new state.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Russia said on Sunday that Europe risked opening a "Pandora's box" if it went ahead and recognized the independence of the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo.
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Serbia swore in President Boris Tadic on Friday two days before Kosovo proclaims independence, in the country's most traumatic moment since it was bombed by NATO in 1999 to end ethnic cleansing in the province.
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MITROVICA, Serbia  - There are some new faces in the Serb-controlled slice of northern Kosovo, the breakaway province where 2 million Albanians will declare independence from Serbia within days.
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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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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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MUNICH, Germany  - Europe risks opening a "Pandora's box" if it recognizes Kosovo's independence despite Serbian objections, a top Russian official said on Sunday.
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The authorities in Bucharest still think that, as Prime Minister Adrian Nastase said, Romania might pull its troops out of Iraq in mid 2005.
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Key facts about Kosovo, which is preparing to declare independence from Serbia:
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Major powers enmeshed in a diplomatic  tangle over the future of Serbia&#39;s breakaway Kosovo province  are trying to free themselves by prompting either the Serbs or  the Kosovo Albanians to propose partition.
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VIENNA  - Kosovo sees no way forward in talks with Serbia and will move towards independence by the end of the year, the prime minister of the breakaway province said after another inconclusive round of negotiations here.All Serbia is talking about is the past Mediators from the United States, Russia and the European Union have until December 10 to try to bridge the chasm between Serbia's offer of autonomy for Kosovo and the 90-percent Albanian majority's demand for independence. "We are really looking for a way forward, but after this meeting we must conclude that we haven't found it," Agim Ceku told Austrian daily Der Standard Tuesday.  "All Serbia is talking about is the past," he said.
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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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BELGRADE, Feb 14 (IPS) - The southern Serbian province of Kosovo is  preparing to proclaim independence this Sunday or Monday to  become the newest state to emerge from former Yugoslavia.
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In an online interview with users of RFE/RL's South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service website on 20 September, Croatian President Stipe Mesic dismissed the argument that possible independence for Kosova ...
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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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EVP Daniel S. Mariaschin, who served on the International Commission on the Holocaust in Romania (ICHR) and recently joined it in presenting its conclusions to outgoing Romanian President Ion Iliescu, has ...
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The divided city of Mitrovica is a focus of tension as officials negotiate Kosovo's future status.