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Kosovo's Sejdiu rejects UNMIK mediation in meeting with Serbia's Tadic

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- President Fatmir Sejdiu on Thursday (September 4th) said UNMIK cannot be a mediator in any potential meeting between him and Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic. "We consider UNMIK as facilitator in the...

German minister backs plan for Serbia to join EU

Germany's foreign minister on Thursday backed plans for Serbia to become an official candidate for European Union membership in 2009. "It's clear that Serbia's future lies in Europe," Frank-Walter Steinmeier said at a...

Gone To Base

Aug 30, 2008

GONE TO BASE by Ruslan Gorevoi WPS Agency What the Papers Say (Russia) August 26, 2008 Tuesday Russia RUSSIA IS REESTABLISHING MILITARY BASES ON THE BORDERS OF THE ERSTWHILE SOVIET UNION; An update on Moscow's response...

This WEEK in the European Union

EUOBSERVER / AGENDA (1 – 8 August) – Next week will see the first European Parliament plenary session after the summer break, but the main event will be an extraordinary EU leaders' meeting to discuss the situation in...

Doubtful Kosovo passports by HAJRUDIN SOMUN*

Doubtful Kosovo passports by HAJRUDIN SOMUN* Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci (R) presents Teuta Begolli of Albania with a Kosovo passport six months after Kosovo's parliament unilaterally declared independence from...

MOSCOW'S ACTIONS IN GEORGIA HAVE UNDERMINED RUSSIA'S TIES WITH SERBIA

Paul Goble The Kremlin's claim that Moscow has the right to unilaterally recognize Abkhazia ad South Ossetia because of the West's recognition of Kosovo has left Serbia, a traditional friend of Russia and the supposed...

Serbia: Ministers visit Milosevic grave (Pro Western Government)

Belgrade, 20 August (AKI) – Two Serbian government ministers on Wednesday visited the grave of Slobodan Milosevic to pay respects to the former president on the anniversary of his birth. Zarko Obradovic and Milutin Mrkonjic,...

Serbian coalition tie loose ends by appointing the Belgrade mayor

Belgrade - President Boris Tadic's Democrats and their Socialist partners in Serbia's ruling coalition were due Tuesday to tie up loose ends still dangling three months after elections by appointing the Belgrade mayor. Former...

Serbian arms manufacturer denies exporting weapons to Georgia

Danas , Serbia Aug 15 2008 Serbian arms manufacturer denies exporting weapons to Georgia [Report by Zoran Radovanovic: "Serbian Government Banned Export of Domestically Made Weaponry to Georgia in 2006"] Kragujevac -- The...

Richard C. Holbrooke: The Face of Evil

NEW YORK – Standing with Slobodan Milosevic 13 years ago on the veranda of a government hunting lodge outside Belgrade, I saw two men in the distance. They left their twin Mercedes and, in fading light, started toward us. I...