New UN warning on Kosovo status
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UN chief Ban Ki-Moon warns against any further delay in determining the future of Kosovo.
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The United States threatened on Friday to move forward on Kosovo, which is clamoring for independence from Serbia, whether Russia agreed or not to the latest U.N. Security Council draft resolution.
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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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Prolonged deadlock over the  future of Serbia's Kosovo province could create instability in  the region, put U.N. achievements at risk and threaten U.N.  staff, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report.
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The United States and Europeans  have drafted a new U.N. Security Council resolution that seeks  to delay independence for Kosovo for four months in an effort  to meet Russia&#39;s objections, a U.S. official and other  diplomats said on Tuesday.
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PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro  - Kosovo's new  U.N. governor Tuesday pledged a drive to resolve the province's  final status, warning the West had failed to read the  frustrations that fueled ethnic riots in March.
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POTSDAM, Germany -- Foreign ministers from the Group of 8 countries clashed yesterday over the future of Kosovo after Russia warned that a United Nations plan to pave the way for independence from Serbia could encourage separatist movements in the Russian-backed regions of Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia.
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United Nations special envoy Martti Ahtisaari on Friday handed to Serb authorities his plan for the future of Kosovo that will set the breakaway province on a path to independence.Comment
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Swiss authorities have informed the United Nations of a possible threat against its European headquarters in Geneva, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov issued a strong warning Friday that granting independence to Kosovo could spark a "chain reaction" among other breakaway regions in Europe and the former Soviet Union.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon  said on Tuesday that further delay in diplomatic moves to  determine Kosovo&#39;s final status would have negative  consequences in the breakaway Serbian province and beyond.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The United Nations administration in Kosovo urged Serb leaders on Tuesday to stop intimidating their ethnic kin who want to vote in the Albanian-dominated province's polls in November.
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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.
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BRDO, Slovenia  - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said on Friday he was concerned that the U.N. Security Council remained deeply divided over Kosovo, saying the impasse there could be dangerous.
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The UN's Kosovo envoy is set to recommend the province be allowed to separate from Serbia, the BBC learns.
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BELGRADE - Serbia is ready to use force to prevent Western states from recognizing Kosovo as an independent state, a senior Serbian official warned yesterday.
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Russia has warned that a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo could start a chain reaction. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the step - expected on 10 December - would destabilize Europe, and that Russia was therefore against it. Russia has repeatedly said that it will oppose any deal on the future of Kosovo that is not acceptable to Serbia. The U.S. has indicated that it will recognize a declaration of independence by Kosovo if no agreement is reached by 10 December.