Backdoor diplomacy tests Kosovo partition: report
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Serbia may be quietly exploring the idea of partitioning the breakaway province of Kosovo along ethnic lines, a Kosovo Albanian newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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European Union foreign ministers sought Friday to present a united front over the status of Kosovo, playing down divisions over how much autonomy the Serbian province should win.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The West's decision to discard a U.N. resolution on the fate of Kosovo and pursue more talks will not stop the breakaway province's march to independence from Serbia, Kosovo politicians and analysts said.
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Western nations pressed on Monday for a U.N. Security Council decision within the next week on independence for Serbia's Kosovo province, but council president China said the big powers were as divided as ever.
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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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But the leaders _ from central, southern and eastern Europe _ came to no conclusion on how to resolve the debate over Kosovo should be granted internationally supervised independence as an U.N. envoy has ... via PR-inside.com
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Serbian government claim comes amid fears that the move will trigger renewed instability in region
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"Everything else is a sort of violation of international law."  By David Brunnstrom and Douglas HamiltonBRUSSELS/BELGRADE  - Serbia warned the EU on Wednesday it would not accept any decision on Kosovo taken outside the United Nations and its ally Russia told the United States to stop backing Kosovo independence while talks continue.Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, Russia's envoy in a troika supervising the Serb-Kosovo Albanian talks that started two weeks ago, accused the United States of bad faith for its declaration of support for Kosovo independence later this year. Read more
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BELGRADE - United Nations special envoy Martti Ahtisaari on Friday avoided any pronouncement on the future sovereignty of Kosovo, but handed Serbia a plan that sets its breakaway province firmly ...Comment
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Russia will accept a partition of  Serbia&#39;s Kosovo province if that is the solution agreed by  Belgrade and Kosovo&#39;s ethnic Albanian majority, Russian Foreign  Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
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The assessment is likely to be seen as a setback for Kosovoâs ethnic Albanian leadership.
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The United States and its major-power  partners want a decision on the final status of Serbia's United  Nations-administered Kosovo province this year and see no need  for delay, a U.S. envoy said on Monday.
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European leaders prepared to offer Serbia 'accelerated' EU membership for accepting Kosovan independence, reports say
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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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Serbia&#39;s breakaway province of Kosovo  will be independent one way or the other so the United Nations  should hurry up and pass a formal resolution next month, U.N.  envoy Martti Ahtisaari was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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For Kosovo's ethnic Albanians, a new U.N. proposal opens the door to their long-awaited dream of independence, while prompting Serbia's leaders to warn of secession.Comment
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Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo will be independent one way or the other so the United Nations should hurry up and pass a formal resolution next month, U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari was quoted as saying on Wednesday.