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Kosovo (Alb. Kosova/Kosovë; Serbo-Croatian: Косово и Метохија (Kosovo i Metohija) and Космет (Kosmet) * Priština/Prishtinë) Triggers a Storm 2/18 SB120324603412674103 Serbia's breakway province of Kosovo is the world's newest country. A special session of parliament in the capital, Pristina, has declared Kosovo's formal independence to noisy celebrations. The state's Albanian majority has the backing of major Western powers. But in Belgrade, the Serbian President Boris Tadic has said that Serbia will never recognize Kosovo as an independent state. He says Serbia will use all peaceful, diplomatic and legal means to annul the declaration. Russia has also condemned the declaration and called for immediate consultations at the United Nations Security Council. Kosovo has been under United Nations and NATO control since NATO bombing ended a Serbian crackdown on separatist ethnic Albanians in 1999.
In Serbian Election Sides Battle Over Joining EU 3/10 SB120498917365122213
OJ: Balkanized Europe 2/20 SB120345472327477797
U.S. Recognizes Kosovo's Independence 2/19 SB120333052400674845
OJ: The Birth of Kosovo 2/18 SB120330598927374701
Kosovo declared itself a nation Sunday (2/17), mounting a historic bid to become an "independent and democratic state" backed by the U.S. and key European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia and Russia. 科索沃不理會主權國塞爾維亞的反對宣布獨立。總理塔奇在當地議會特別會議上宣布科索沃永不再受貝爾格萊德統治，這樣做符合當地民眾意願，議會隨即通過獨立宣言。塞爾維亞總統塔迪奇指，科索沃宣布獨立是單方面且不合法，塞爾維亞永遠不會接受，呼籲國際社會宣告無效。塞爾維亞總理科什圖尼察譴責美國為軍事利益，擾亂國際秩序。
The New Kosova Report, a news portal on the political situation there. See also the UN's Kosovo mission.
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Slovenia becomes (2008/1/01) the first of the ten new East European members of the European Union to take over the club's six-monthly rotating presidency, and one of its hardest tasks will be to co-ordinate the EU's response to Kosovo's likely declaration of independence from Serbia. Kosovo's legislators are sworn in at the first session of a new parliament that is expected to declare independence from Serbia.
A 10 December 2007 deadline for a United Nations report on Kosovo's future came and went without incident. Kosovo is still expected to declare unilateral independence from Serbia early next year.
 
Serbia's government on Thursday (2/14) denounced any unilateral declaration of Kosovo's independence -- expected within days -- as "invalid and void." SB120299887637868497
Let's Avoid Another Kosovo Crisis 2/09 SB120251749388155483 Letters 2/13 SB120277940506860921
Serbia Split Over Kosovo Mission 2/05 SB120226422523946491
Kosovo Domino Theory 2/05 SB120216172877542227
Serbia Reaffirms Tilt Toward West 2/05 SB120216217775842321
Serbian Election Eases West's Fears 2/04 SB120214402405641057 SB120207895695539127
The moderate pro-Western candidate, Boris Tadic, was re-elected as Serbia's president in a run-off election on Sunday (2/03). But an agreement on trade and visas offered by the European Union was shelved after the Serbian prime minister, Vojislav Kostunica, denounced it on the ground that the EU is preparing to recognise an independent Kosovo. Crowds waving Serbian and EU flags celebrated in Belgrade's central square after the pro-European President beat off a tough challenge from an ultranationalist rival to keep the troubled Balkan country facing West rather than turning toward Moscow. Boris Tadic, president since 2004, benefited from a high turnout of 67% after a campaign that highlighted deep divisions in Serbia and was overshadowed by the impending declaration of independence from the province of Kosovo.
EU Nations Agree to Offer Serbia Closer Ties 1/29 SB120155674529223307
OJ: Serbian Strong-Arming 1/29 SB120155374209923159
EU Ministers Seek to Resolve Split on Serbia 1/28 SB120148585778121327
OJ: Kosovo PM HASHIM THACI 1/25 SB120121331660814783
Tomislav Nikolic, a pro-Russian nationalist got some 39% of votes in the first round. His opponent, Boris Tadic, the current president, came second with 35%. Mr Tadic is strongly pro-Western and wants Serbia to join the European Union. The winner is likely to face a declaration of independence by the province of Kosovo soon. SB120091658993404395 SB120083115725303579
Voters in Serbia were choosing a president on Sunday (1/20) in a closely contested race between pro-Western and nationalist candidates, held in the shadow of Kosovo's likely independence. SB120083115725303579
Serbia's president told the UN he won't resort to violence to halt Kosovo's drive for independence. Kosovo's parliament elected (1/09) a former rebel leader as PM, who vowed that the province is only weeks away from independence. SB119990227181178341
Serbia's prime minister Vojislav Kostunica said Thursday (2008/1/03) that if the European Union chooses to support an independent Kosovo, it cannot also establish closer ties with Serbia. He said in a statement that "one excludes the other," and warned that any E.U. decision to send a mission to Kosovo without Serbia's consent would jeopardize the bloc's ties with the Balkan nation. "We have come to the point when the E.U. has to decide whether it wants a whole and internationally recognized Serbia as its partner, or wants to create a quasi-state on Serbia's territory," Kostunica said.
Serbia Warns of Retaliation Over Kosovo 2007/12/26 SB119863806175850313
Kosovo Readies for Independence 12/10 SB119733354829320177
Russia, West Head Toward Collision on Kosovo SB119724776058018844
OJ: Ceku opinion 2007/11/15 SB119507647437693199
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OJ: Kosovo's Turn 6/08 SB114971843274474176
Serbia Proclaims Independence 2006/605
Montenegro Proclaims Independence 2006/6/03
The End of Yugoslavia 2006/5/25 SB114852233925262631 SB114833142770659833
Decision Day in Montenegro
The 2006/5/21 vote is the final step splitting up the six countries that were combined into Yugoslavia.
THE NEWS: Montenegro voted this weekend by a slim margin to secede from Serbia and form a separate nation, taking the final step to break up what was once Yugoslavia. The vote pitted those wanting to stay in a joint state -- the last remaining shred of the six-state federation -- against those preferring independence, and fear of violence ran high.
THE BACK STORY: A monarchy until World War I, by the end of World War II Montenegro was formally a part of the communist-ruled Yugoslav federation, cobbled together from six once-independent countries. In 1989, strongman Slobodan Milosevic of neighboring Serbia overthrew Montenegro's local government, installing a regime that supported his religious and ethnically motivated wars against Croatia and Bosnia. But as the federation dissolved, in 1999 Montenegro Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic tacitly backed the U.S.-led NATO war against Milosevic and in 2002 the state agreed to remain in a loose union with Serbia, in a deal brokered by the EU in hopes of stabilizing the region.
WHAT'S NEXT: With all ballots counted, 55.5% of voters approved the breakup, just over the 55% threshold required under EU rules. Observers said the vote was free of fraud. In Belgrade, the Serbian capital, officials urged calm; ethnic Serbs make up 30% of Montenegro's population and many strongly oppose separation. Serbia has said it will respect the decision. Fears of violence are real: In 1992, Bosnia's civil war started after minority Serbs protested the state's independence vote.
Inflation Nation 5/24 SB114843411781561391
Arranging Independence for Kosovo 4/05 SB114419927970317227
Serbia Now Stands At EU Crossroads 4/01 SB114383670728313798
Serbia Fights to Recover From Milosevic Years 3/20 SB114281815442502616
Serbians Uneasily Join Antismoking World 3/20 SB114281299330302533
WORLD PRESS REACTS 3/13 SB114224729542096502
A Petty Hitler 3/13 SB114221915589996318
UN Statement on Milosevic Autopsy 3/12 SB114220030127995975
Milosevic Dies In Cell During Ongoing Trial 2006/3/11
Here Comes Montenegro 2006/1/18 SB113753583013648898
米洛舍维奇死了(2006/3/11)，“中国人民的好朋友”死了。如果我们对一个死者继续口诛笔伐，不仅无趣、无益，也是CCP的做派，不屑为之。当然，屠夫和独裁者的面目是会永远为历史所铭记的。祝贺欧洲和巴尔干，是时候告别苦难记忆了。可是意料之外，意料之中的是，在新浪这样的门户上，为“老米”招魂的内容已经如过江之鲫。门户，就是脸面，因此这个国家不要脸。不要脸包括，为了长城雄伟、黄河壮丽，国家庄严之类似是而非的目标就可能使得戕害个人有了合法性，不要脸包括主权高于人权的无耻的学理推演，不要脸包括对一个屠夫的顶礼膜拜。Don't be evil! 我们是人，不是兽类，请有一点作为人的基本判断力。当你看到参加被屠杀的亲人的葬礼上，脸有悲戚的人们成为射击的标靶时，你仍然无动于衷，那么你就是EVIL! 但愿人心之间有海牙。当我第一次听到炸馆事件的真相时，我依然错愕，尽管我有心理预期。自从在三角地看见公交车在政府的安排下送愤怒的年轻人去抗议，最后演化为打砸抢，我就有了预期。果然不出所料。高调和谎言从来是孪生的。我们就这样被玩弄于股掌间，我们在对“美国为首的北约”的口诛笔伐下成为evil!《环球时报》培育下的evil! 说到南斯拉夫，想起了贝尔格莱德，说点真实的八卦。著名的巩献田教授毕业于贝尔格莱德大学，原本没有去处，一次高层访问贝尔格莱德，巩老师抓住机会，给高层留下忧国忧民的深刻印象，于是北大在高层的压力下被迫接受了这么一个人物，还包括被迫给他开课，因为在北大没人愿意听他的课！EVIL之间总是惺惺相惜的！因此巩老师也堪当人民之友！Slobodan Milosevic Timeline SB114208593123195794
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Read more about Serbia and Montenegro (Srbija i Crna Gora, SCG) the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro 2003/2/04 > FRY 1992/4/27 > SFRY 1963 FPRY 1945 DFY 1943 > The monarchy's name is changed to Jugoslavija 1929 > The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes as an outcome of WWI 1918
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