Serbia says will not recognize independent Kosovo
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Serbia will never recognize an independent Kosovo but will not use violence to prevent the country's ethnic Albanians from establishing their own state, Serbia's president said on Wednesday.
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Serbia's foreign minister has warned of possible renewed conflict in the Balkans if the province of Kosovo becomes independent without the Serbian government's approval, according to comments published Monday.
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Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku urged European leaders Wednesday to sidestep the United Nations and recognise the independence of the Serbian province despite Russian and Serbian objections.
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Serbia said on Wednesday it would shun  any offer of membership of the European Union or NATO if they  recognized the breakaway province of Kosovo as an independent  state.
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Serbia pledged Monday to cooperate with the U.N. war crimes court, and rejected U.S. criticism that it is not meeting demands by the international tribunal to extradite suspects.
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Serbia was politically paralyzed on  Wednesday over an invitation from the European Union to sign a  pact that nationalists say is simply a trap to get the  government to concede the independence of Kosovo.
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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 on a path to independence.Comment
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PRISTINA, Feb 18 (IPS) - Kosovo has declared independence from Serbia amid  ecstatic celebrations in capital Pristina â and questions over  international recognition.
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Serbia said on Wednesday it would shun any offer of membership of the European Union or NATO if they recognized the breakaway province of Kosovo as an independent state.
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Serbia was politically paralyzed on Wednesday over an invitation from the European Union to sign a pact that nationalists say is simply a trap to get the government to concede the independence of Kosovo.
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No plan for Kosovo will work until Serbs and Albanians lay history aside
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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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"The independence of Kosovo is unacceptable for Serbia"  Kosovo's prime minister vowed Thursday to declare independence unilaterally if internationally brokered talks don't 'open a way for us,' staking out a tough position as the latest round of negotiations on the province's future began in Vienna.Officials said a breakthrough was unlikely. Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanians continue to demand full independence from Serbia, while the Serbs insist on retaining Kosovo as part of their territory.That deadlock raises the likelihood of a dramatic showdown in December, when 120 days of last-ditch negotiations called by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon expire _ and the international community is confronted with the possibility that Kosovo's Albanians will make a play for statehood on their own. Read more
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Serbia's leader says Kosovo independence will never be accepted, after seeing UN plans for a partial breakaway.
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Serbs will never forgive the United States if it gives their Kosovo province to Kosovo Albanians demanding independence, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Monday.
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Russia on Wednesday backed its ally Serbia, saying Kosovo will never become a member of the United Nations or other international organizations if the breakaway province unilaterally declares independence.
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Serbia on Wednesday again rejected a  United Nations plan for independence for its breakaway Kosovo  province as a final round of talks on the blueprint began.