Kosovo News

He is a famous Serb political philosopher working in the trenches of Kosovo Albanian universities - not a place most Serbs dare to tread. He teaches human rights to Albanian students who grew up on war and who have no experience with Serbs, yet who seem to adore him as much as he does them.

Obrad Savic left plush academia in Leeds, England, to teach in the slush of Kosovo. But it's a job that fits him and his message of universality. He is something of an intellectual refugee - kicked out of Belgrade by Slobodan Milosevic - who is now changing the lives and minds of future leaders in the most contested ground of the Balkans.

James Jatras, a U.S. -based advocate for the Serbian Orthodox Community, put it bluntly last year when he said Kosovo was a "a beachhead into the rest of Europe" for "radical Muslims" and "terrorist elements." ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Britain will provide financial support to the process that transforms the current Kosovo Protection Corps into the planned Kosovo Security Force , British Minister of State for the Armed ...

UNMIK's reconstruction will be a rather radical operation that will change its structure extensively, new mission chief Lamberto Zannier said on Wednesday .

The top United Nations official in Kosovo said today that the plan put forward by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to reconfigure the world body's presence there was set to begin.

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands -- Kosovo journalist Baton Haxhiu told The Hague war crimes tribunal on Wednesday that he is innocent of all charges against him.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Tuesday that Croatia could complete its accession negotiations with the EU in the autumn of 2009.

"KFOR is here; it's here to stay," said NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer during a visit to Pristina on Monday.

Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 11:18 am Press Release: United Nations New UN envoy for Kosovo takes up duties in Pristina 24 June 2008 - The new United Nations envoy for Kosovo, Lamberto Zannier, has arrived in ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Newly appointed UNMIK chief Lamberto Zannier held his first official meeting with government leaders Monday .

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Monday rejected the prospect of a divided Kosovo, saying "any form of partition is not an option." Scheffer, who paid a one-day visit to Kosovo, told a press ...

More than 560 Kosovo prisoners were on a hunger strike for a second day on Monday, demanding the passage of a "promised" amnesty law and better prison conditions.

The plan UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon submitted to the Security Council on Friday urges a UNMIK pullout from Kosovo, allowing the EU mission to take charge in the newly independent state.

"Sesame Street" characters Elmo, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie are succeeding where politicians have so far failed -- by bringing together children from Kosovo's divided ethnic communities.

The United Nations is expected to name Italian diplomat Lamberto Zannier this week as the new head of its Kosovo mission, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.

President Fatmir Sejdiu signed a decree Wednesday establishing the first nine Kosovo embassies in capitals of countries that have recognised its independence: Brussels, Washington, London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, ...

Italian diplomat Lamberto Zannier has taken office as the new chief of the UN mission in Kosovo after his appointment by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York.

The new Kosovo constitution's coming into effect on June 15th has sparked different reactions among the Kosovo Serbs, and their opinion largely depends on the location of their settlements in Kosovo.

Prime Minister Hashim Thaci started a two-day visit to Tirana on Thursday , his first since Kosovo declared independence in February.

The presidents of Serbia and Kosovo will attend a UN Security Council meeting on Friday, Alejandro Wolff, the deputy permanent U.S. representative to the UN, has said.