- 22:32 15/12/2011 YASMIN, December 15 (RIA Novosti)
Russia and the EU have finally agreed to unblock a Russian Emergencies Ministry convoy carrying humanitarian aid on the border between Serbia and Kosovo, Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Konuzin said on Thursday.
- 13:19 15/12/2011 JARINJE, December 15 (RIA Novosti)
A humanitarian convoy of the Russian Emergencies Ministry remained blocked on the border between Serbia and Kosovo on Thursday, a ministry official said.
- 05:17 07/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 7 (RIA Novosti)
Russia is sending on Wednesday a second shipment of humanitarian aid to Kosovo Serbs, totaling 284 tons
- 16:53 01/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow is unable to approve thousands of Kosovo Serbs’ applications for Russian citizenship, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday.
- 05:30 27/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 27 (RIA Novosti)
Over 50,000 Kosovo Serbs have applied for Russian citizenship, Serbia’s B92 television reported citing Zlatibor Djordjevic, a spokesman for the Old Serbia movement.
- 17:24 15/11/2011 BELGRADE, November 15 (RIA Novosti)
At least 20,000 Kosovo Serbs, who applied for Russian citizenship last week, were acting out of despair and disillusion in Belgrade’s ability to defend the ethnic minority, a Serbian leader in Kosovo, Marko Jaksic, said on Tuesday.
- 19:53 07/10/2011 SARAJEVO, October 7 (RIA Novosti)
Serbia and Kosovo should resume their dialog as soon as possible, the Belgrade-based Tanjug news agency reported, citing a Serbian government official.
- 16:42 05/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 5 (RIA Novosti)
NATO peacekeepers have "no right" to use force against ethnic Serbs in the north of Kosovo, Russia says.
- 14:14 29/09/2011 SARAEVO, September 29 (RIA Novosti)
Member states of the UN Security Council failed to find a common approach to the situation in Northern Kosovo, the Belgrade-based Tanjug news agency said on Thursday.
- 17:42 28/09/2011 BRUSSELS, September 28 (RIA Novosti)
Russia is upset by NATO's unwillingness to discuss the situation in Kosovo at NATO-Russia Council sessions, Russia's NATO envoy said on Wednesday.
- 16:37 26/08/2011 BELGRADE, August 26 (RIA Novosti)
Serbia will not give up its attempts to regain control over Kosovo for the sake of possible membership in the European Union, Serbian President Boris Tadic said on Friday.
- 19:09 23/08/2011 BELGRADE, August 23 (RIA Novosti)
Serbia will only become a member of the European Union after solving the Kosovo issue, Serbian President Boris Tadic said on Tuesday after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Belgrade.
- 18:06 16/08/2011 BELGRADE, August 16 (RIA Novosti)
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic has said a fresh round of talks with Kosovo will take place on September 2.
- 17:35 13/08/2011 SARAJEVO, August 13 (RIA Novosti)
The European Union is developing a plan to grant autonomy to Kosovo's Serbian-populated north, Kosovo media said on Saturday.
- 19:56 09/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 9 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called on the European Union, NATO and the United Nations to prevent a possible attempt by Pristina to regain control over Serb-populated regions in Kosovo by force.
- 15:32 04/08/2011 SARAJEVO, August 4 (RIA Novosti)
Serbian representatives and NATO's Kosovo force (KFOR) signed a draft agreement on a resolution of the border crisis in northern Kosovo, national media reported on Thursday.
- 17:13 02/08/2011 SARAJEVO, August 2 (RIA Novosti)
NATO's Kosovo force (KFOR) has asked for more troops following last week's unrest in the north of the province, regional media reported on Tuesday.
- 03:24 28/07/2011 BELGRADE, July 28 (RIA Novosti)
Unknown gunmen attacked NATO peacekeepers in northern Kosovo for the second time in the past few hours, the Kosovo Force (KFOR) said in a statement.
- 00:56 28/07/2011 BELGRADE, July 28 (RIA Novosti)
A bulldozer demolished a border crossing post in northern Kosovo after it was attacked by a group of unknown people late on Wednesday, Serbian television said.
- 02:51 27/07/2011 BELGRADE, July 27 (RIA Novosti)
Belgrade “will not go to war” in response to Kosovo attempts to seize border checkpoints and will use only diplomatic means to resolve the conflict, Serbian President Boris Tadic said.
- 15:36 26/07/2011 BELGRADE, July 26 (RIA Novosti)
The situation in Leposavic, northern Kosovo, remains tense but peaceful on Tuesday after local Serbs blocked the road on Monday, the Tanjug news agency reported.
- 12:57 13/11/2010
Russia's permanent representative to the UN condemned the actions of the Albanian authorities in Kosovo and NATO presence on the territory of the region at a Security Council meeting on Friday.
- 06:09 01/10/2010
Kosovo's deputy premier Hajredin Kuci dismissed media reports that premier Hashim Thaci may also resign days after the country's president quit his post.
- 02:28 26/09/2010
Serbia is ready for dialog on the status of Kosovo, which unilaterally proclaimed independence in 2008, with the leading role of the UN Security Council, President Boris Tadic said.
- 19:43 19/02/2008
"We lost our influence there long ago. We... betrayed our fraternal Slavic nation, we should have prevented it back then, there would not have been any question of independence today," Lukashenko said in an interview with RIA Novosti and the Russia Today TV channel.
- 10:27 19/02/2008
Belgrade has recalled its ambassador from the U.S. over Washington's recognition of Kosovo, as the rift among the international community deepened on Tuesday.
- 20:08 17/02/2008
"We have waited for this day for a very long time," Kosovan Prime Minister Hashim Thaci told a packed parliament at the start of an emergency session called on Sunday afternoon to, as he said, "take decisions on the future of our nation."
- 18:26 17/02/2008
Kosovo declared independence on Sunday after an emergency session of parliament, with Prime Minister Hashim Thaci saying the new state would be "proud, independent and free."
- 16:06 17/02/2008
Warsaw is likely to recognize the sovereignty of Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo, Poland's parliamentary speaker told journalists on Sunday.
- 13:29 17/02/2008
Thousand of residents of Pristina, the capital of Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo, have taken to the streets to celebrate the impending declaration of independence by the Albanian-dominated region.
- 12:04 16/02/2008
The European Union gave its final approval for sending a civilian and police mission to Serbia's breakaway Kosovo to replace the current UN mission, diplomatic sources in Brussels said on Saturday.
- 18:54 15/02/2008
Russia could be forced to reconsider its relations with two Georgian breakaway regions if Kosovo declares independence and it is recognized by other states, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
- 18:36 15/02/2008
Serbia's ambassadors to a host of EU states have packed their belongings and are ready to return to Belgrade if Kosovo declares unilateral independence, the Serbian Blic newspaper said on Friday.
- 15:58 15/02/2008
- 22:02 14/02/2008
The government of Serbia passed a resolution Thursday calling 'illegal' any move by the breakaway province of Kosovo to declare unilateral independence.
- 19:08 14/02/2008
The government of Serbia passed a resolution Thursday calling 'illegal' any move by the breakaway province of Kosovo to declare unilateral independence.
- 16:28 14/02/2008
President Vladimir Putin rejected on Thursday arguments by European powers that Kosovo is a "special case" in seeking independence, and accused the countries of employing double standards on the issue.
- 21:33 13/02/2008
Russia and the European Union failed to overcome differences on the status of Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo at talks on Wednesday, Russia's foreign minister said.
- 20:37 13/02/2008
Serbia's prime minister called on Kosovo Serbs on Wednesday not to abandon their homes in the likely event that the predominantly Albanian province declares its independence in the coming days. "Our people in Kosovo and Metohija must remain in their homes, in their territory, and in their Serbia," Vojislav Kostunica said.
- 20:04 13/02/2008
Russia and the European Union failed to overcome differences on the status of Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo at talks on Wednesday, Russia's foreign minister said.
- 13:48 13/02/2008
Serbia's Albanian-dominated province of Kosovo will declare independence on February 17, but the decision will not come into force until March, Belgian media reported on Wednesday.
- 09:47 13/02/2008
Russia is backing Serbia's plea to the UN Security Council to hold an emergency session on "the extremely grave situation" in Kosovo on Thursday.
- 17:46 10/02/2008
Russia will not recognize the sovereignty of separatist South Ossetia and Abkhazia, if Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo is declared independent, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Sunday.
- 21:38 08/02/2008
Kosovo's president said on Friday the province is close to independence and its government is closely cooperating with international organizations to alleviate problems that may arise.
- 14:20 05/02/2008
The European Union backed on Tuesday the deployment of an EU police and justice mission to Kosovo to replace the current UN mission.
- 19:05 31/01/2008
If Serbian presidential contender Tomislav Nikolic wins the runoff on February 3, Kosovo is likely to immediately declare its independence, a Russian analyst said on Thursday.
- 14:39 29/01/2008
The European Union's foreign policy chief said on Tuesday that the EU will sanction the dispatch of a police force to Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo after the country's presidential election.
- 12:34 29/01/2008
"The EU will be ready to give a formal go-ahead to the mission a few days after the election," Belgian media quoted Javier Solana as saying.
- 16:34 18/01/2008
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia will not support any "illegal and immoral" decision by Kosovo to declare unilateral independence.
- 22:11 17/01/2008
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the EU can only replace the UN in Kosovo with the approval of both Pristina and Belgrade.
- 17:23 15/01/2008
The European Union is likely to wait until February to launch a police and justice mission in Kosovo, so as not to influence elections in Serbia, media in Brussels reported on Tuesday.
- 19:42 11/01/2008
Kosovo will not declare unilateral independence before March 10, a Pristina-based newspaper said, citing sources in the Kosovo delegation negotiating the province's status.
- 20:14 10/01/2008
Russia will block any resolution on Kosovo's status at the UN Security Council until both parties have found a mutually acceptable settlement, Russia's envoy to the troika said Thursday.
- 18:11 10/01/2008
Any solution for Kosovo's status will be directly used to settle territorial disputes in other regions, including in the post-Soviet area, a Russian deputy foreign minister said Thursday.
- 18:56 09/01/2008
Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac said on Wednesday that Belgrade would not use military force to thwart Kosovo's drive for independence.
- 20:36 26/12/2007
Serbia's Army is ready to assist in protecting Kosovo Serbs if Kosovo peacekeepers fail to halt violence in the province, the president said on Wednesday.
- 14:39 25/12/2007
The UN Security Council will revisit the issue of Kosovo in January 2008, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday.
- 22:23 19/12/2007
The EU and NATO will decide on the status of Kosovo after the UN Security Council failed to reach a compromise between Belgrade and Pristina, EU and U.S. representatives said Wednesday.
- 16:18 19/12/2007
Moldova's breakaway republic of Transdnestr will seek independence from Moldova, if the Kosovo issue is resolved in favor of Albanian separatists, the Transdnestr parliament speaker said on Wednesday.
- 20:35 18/12/2007
Serbia's foreign minister said on Tuesday his country would push for further talks on its breakaway province of Kosovo at a United Nations Security Council session on Wednesday.
- 21:21 14/12/2007
Moscow has called on Belgrade and Pristina to continue negotiations on the status of Kosovo, and hopes that a compromise is still possible, Russia's UN envoy said on Friday.
- 19:55 14/12/2007
Kosovo is ready to declare unilateral independence, but will coordinate its moves with the U.S. and the EU, the leader of the province's Democratic Party said on Friday.
- 19:54 13/12/2007
Washington's insistence on granting Kosovo independence is at odds with international law and could provoke separatist tendencies throughout the world, a Russian senator said on Thursday.
- 18:32 13/12/2007
- 21:24 11/12/2007
Russia is insisting that dialogue continue between Belgrade and Pristina on the status of the Kosovo province, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday.
- 09:43 11/12/2007
A report on Kosovo submitted to the UN by international mediators on Friday has not altered the opinion of the organization's secretary-general on the necessity of a swift decision on the province's status.
- 14:49 09/12/2007
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that a unilateral solution to the issue of the future status of Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo could provoke further interethnic violence in the region.
- 11:40 08/12/2007
Russia's foreign minister said on Saturday that the U.S. position on Kosovo was the main obstacle to a negotiated solution on the province's status.
- 21:46 07/12/2007
Russia will call on the UN Security Council to continue talks on the status of Serbia's predominantly-Albanian province under the troika's auspices, the Russian envoy said on Friday.
- 19:40 07/12/2007
- 18:41 07/12/2007
A group of international mediators in talks on Kosovo will submit to the UN Security Council a report saying that the parties have failed to reach an agreement, an EU diplomatic source said.
- 16:57 06/12/2007
A top EU official said Thursday she hopes that if Kosovo unilaterally declares independence, Russia will not respond by recognizing the independence of breakaway territories in the former Soviet Union.
- 18:15 05/12/2007
Serbia believes direct talks with Kosovo on the province's status should continue after mediators submit their report to the UN on failed negotiations, the deputy prime minister said on Wednesday.
- 19:01 04/12/2007
The Serbian Foreign Ministry has submitted to the country's government an action plan if Albanian authorities declare unilateral independence for Kosovo, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said on Tuesday.
- 19:45 30/11/2007
A Serb newspaper has cited a 'well-informed international diplomat' as saying Kosovo plans to unilaterally declare independence after January 20.
- 19:05 28/11/2007
Kosovo Albanian and Serb leaders failed to reach an agreement on Kosovo's status during three days of tense negotiations in an Austrian spa town, but pledged on Wednesday to refrain from violence.
- 18:19 27/11/2007
Kosovo falls short of standards for becoming an independent state from the point of view of international law, a member of the Russian upper house said on Tuesday.
- 16:28 22/11/2007
The status of Kosovo can only be settled on the basis of international law and with the consent of both Belgrade and Pristina, Russia's foreign minister said on Thursday.
- 14:51 20/11/2007
Another round of talks on the status of Serbia's secessionist republic of Kosovo, mediated by the European Union, the United States and Russia, has begun in Brussels, an EU spokesperson said on Tuesday.
- 19:42 06/11/2007
Serbia will push for a solution to the Kosovo problem following the example of Hong Kong, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said in an interview with the Tanjug news agency on Tuesday.
- 22:07 25/10/2007
Russia's President Vladimir Putin urged on Thursday the international community to be patient in negotiations on the status of Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo to prevent the spread of separatism.
- 21:44 19/10/2007
Kosovo's delegation is ready to continue negotiations on the province's final status with Belgrade, but not after the December 10 deadline set by the United Nations, a delegation spokesman said Friday.
- 15:35 02/10/2007
- 22:04 27/09/2007
Direct talks to be held Friday between Serbian and Kosovo Albanian leaders on the status of Kosovo will provide a last chance to reach a compromise on the issue, Serbia's prime minister said.
- 17:59 18/09/2007
If Albanian-dominated Kosovo proclaims independence from Serbia, a chain reaction could be set in motion around the globe, Russia's foreign minister said Tuesday.
- 12:37 04/09/2007
Direct talks between Belgrade and Pristina on the status of Kosovo will be held in New York at the end of September, the Russian envoy to the talks said Tuesday.
- 17:33 31/08/2007
Belgrade is considering all options for responding to a possible declaration of independence by Kosovo, Serbia's foreign minister said Friday, echoing the premier's comments after yesterday's talks.
- 22:10 30/08/2007
Belgrade is drafting various options of response to a scenario in which Kosovo unilaterally declares its independence, Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said Thursday.
- 20:20 30/08/2007
Serbs and Kosovars agreed at separate negotiations with the 'troika' of international mediators to abstain from provocations at talks on the status of Kosovo, a European mediator said Thursday.
- 15:12 18/08/2007
Slovenia has begun withdrawing its military contingent from Kosovo, where it has been serving under NATO command as part of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) since February, the STA news agency reported Saturday.
- 18:06 14/08/2007
The international community will sooner or later recognize Kosovo as an independent state because there is no alternative solution to the current crisis over its status, a former senior UN official said.
- 16:27 14/08/2007
The Albanian majority will withdraw from upcoming talks on the status of Kosovo if the issue of its division into Albanian and Serbian parts is raised, Kosovo's president said Tuesday.
- 12:12 14/08/2007
A spokesman for Serbia's ruling party said the country was determined to retain Kosovo, even at the expense of rapprochement with the European Union.
- 18:53 12/08/2007
The talks on the status of the Serbian province of Kosovo will be direct and will exclude any pre-set options, Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic said Sunday.
- 16:50 09/08/2007
An adviser to the Serbian prime minister warned Thursday that Kosovo could become "a unique NATO state" if its status is decided on the basis of the Ahtisaari plan.
- 15:03 07/08/2007
The six-nation Contact Group mediating the future status of Serbia's Albanian-dominated province of Kosovo will gather in London Thursday, the British Foreign Office said Tuesday.
- 11:17 07/08/2007
Serbia will not recognize Kosovo's independence in exchange for its membership to the European Union, the Serbian Ambassador to Russia said.
- 16:31 06/08/2007
Serbia is ready to grant broad autonomy to Kosovo, but only if the province remains under Serbian sovereignty, the president of a parliamentary commission said Monday.
- 16:33 03/08/2007
Belgrade and Pristina plan to hold another round of negotiations on the status of Kosovo late next week, a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday.
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