Kosovo News

Serbian Army chief-of-staff Gen. Ljubisa Dikoviae has met with commander of NATO Allied Joint Force Command Admiral Bruce Clingan in Naples, Italy.

Plus, how Albania's vendetta culture keeps kids at home, and the plane used to drop teddy bears over Belarus goes on sale.

Parliament Speaker Nebojsa Stefanoviae has said that he "does not know who in the government is working against the interests of the state."

In the implementation of the Brussels agreement on there are still still unresolved issues in the area of the police and the judiciary when, says Ivica Daeiae.

Air Serbia, which launched two new services this week to Prague and Banja Luka , has been rapidly expanding its presence in the Serbian market, commanding nearly 47% of weekly flights and seats at the capital city, Belgrade.

Former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Sylejman Selimi is among 15 former senior KLA commanders arrested by EULEX on war crimes charges.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, Enver Hoxhaj, met Saudi Arabia's ambassador in Tirana, not resident to Kosovo, Abdullah Abdulaziz Al - Abdulkarim, with whom they discussed concrete cooperation projects from next year between two countries.

Plus, Georgian exports to Russia rebound after embargo ends, and Bosnian Serbs consider how to commemorate the centenary of World War I. The six men, arrested 6 November in Pristina and Gjilan, are reported to be members of a Muslim extremist group, the Muslim Believers of Tawhid and Jihad in Kosovo.

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Once the Brussels talks concerning Kosovo are resumed after the elections, they should be used to formulate completely the jurisdiction of the ZSO so it would be verified internationally, the head of the Serbian government office for media told TV Pink.

Marko Duriae, an adviser to the president, says that the success of the Srpska electoral list in the Kosovo elections was "a historic victory for Serbia."

If Serbia meets EU's demand to withdraw its courts from Kosovo, the country will "practically recognize Kosovo as independent."

In a statement issued by his spokesperson in New York, the UN chief welcomed the peaceful conduct of the second round of local elections on Kosovo on 1 December and "is encouraged by the positive initial reports from local and international observers as well as the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo ."

Bulgaria 's government has once again expressed its support for Kosovo 's efforts to join a number of international organizations, including the EU and UN.

Plus, how Albania's vendetta culture keeps kids at home, and the plane used to drop teddy bears over Belarus goes on sale.

PRISTINA, Kosovo: Voters in Kosovo cast ballots Sunday to elect mayors in 25 out of 39 municipalities after no candidate managed to achieve a 50 percent threshold for outright victory in the first runoff Nov. 17. The vote is important because In the ethnically-divided city of Mitrovica minority Serbs will for the first time to choose a mayor of the ... (more)

Plus, Georgian exports to Russia rebound after embargo ends, and Bosnian Serbs consider how to commemorate the centenary of World War I. The six men, arrested 6 November in Pristina and Gjilan, are reported to be members of a Muslim extremist group, the Muslim Believers of Tawhid and Jihad in Kosovo.

NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Philip Breedlove says KFOR at this point did not plan to reduce the number of its troops from Kosovo.

"It is important that after the second round of local elections in the province on December 1, a community of Serb municipalities be formed in line with the interests of the Serb people living there," he underscored.

British officials have backed Serbia along its path toward the EU, adviser to the Serbian president Marko Duriae has said.