Slovenia back on Yugoslav stage over Kosovo
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Slovenia, the first country to quit  Yugoslavia in 1991, becomes EU president on January 1 and will  play a lead role in maybe the last act of the old Balkan  federation's demise when Kosovo secedes from Serbia.
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Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo&#39;s ethnic  Albanian majority returned to Vienna on Thursday for  last-chance talks on the fate of the breakaway Serbian  province, forced by Russian opposition to a Western plan for  independence.
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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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Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader is in Serbia - the first such visit since the war between the two former Yugoslav republics ended almost a decade ago.
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Slovenia coach Brane Oblak said he was delighted with the sensational victory of his team against Italy in Saturday&#39;s World Cup Group Five qualifier in Celje.
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"I think Carla del Ponte was the only one who was impressed by Tolimir's arrest"  BELGRADE  - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica greeted the resumption of suspended talks with the European Union on Wednesday by urging the EU to back down on its support for the independence of Kosovo.Linking two issues the EU says are unrelated, Kostunica suggested negotiations on a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) could hinge on EU states accepting that the breakaway province must remain part of Serbia."Today's restart of talks on the SAA offers a good opportunity for the EU to show clearly that it looks on Serbia as a partner, which means full respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia," he said in a statement. Read more
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New European Union president Slovenia  said on Tuesday it wanted Serbia to take a key step towards  future membership this month, but acknowledged some EU states  needed to be convinced.
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The European Union will resume talks  with Serbia on closer ties next week after Belgrade boosted  cooperation with the U.N. war crimes tribunal for the former  Yugoslavia, the EU&#39;s executive said on Thursday.
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The trial of Slobodan Milosevic on war crimes charges has resumed in The Hague with the former Yugoslav president launching a spirited defense.
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BELGRADE, Jan 7 (IPS) - Going by official media, the Kosovo dispute seems  to top the nation's agenda. But Serbs have their mind more  on visions of free wealth that they believe will be theirs, after  the Law on Free Distribution of Shares came into force last week.
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BELGRADE, Oct 15  (IPS) - Serbia and Montenegro are back in consideration for  EU membership but growing  local resistance to foreign capital  could be in the way.
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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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Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority return to Vienna on Thursday for fresh talks on the fate of the breakaway Serbian province, forced by Russia's opposition to a Western plan for independence.
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New European Union President Slovenia  said on Tuesday it backed signing an accord with Serbia that is  a first step towards EU membership as soon as possible,  possibly by the end of this month.
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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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Slovenians vote on Sunday in a  presidential election which might give the country its first  right-of-centre head of state since it broke away from  Yugoslavia in 1991.
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The small ex-Yugoslav state of Slovenia faces a big Balkan challenge in its six-month EU presidency.