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Kosovar President: Independence Without Belgrade Talks

Ibrahim Rugova (file photo)

Prague, 18 May 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Muhamet Hamiti, who is Kosovar President Ibrahim Rugova's spokesman, told
RFE/RL's South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service yesterday that Rugova firmly believes that Kosovo must work towards independence without any preliminary negotiations with Belgrade.

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May 18, 2005

Hamiti stressed that "there is no international document that treats Kosova as part of Serbia, so one cannot speak of a unilateral separation from Serbia but rather of completing a process by which Kosova will become a separate state."

He noted that ongoing work on a proposed constitution for Kosovo is simply sound preparation for when independence comes but does not constitute a unilateral declaration of independence in and of itself.

'Outsider' Jolie Puts Bosnia's War Story On World Stage

Angelina Jolie's new film about the Bosnian war, "In the Land of Blood and Honey" was screened in Sarajevo on February 14 before thousands of local residents and war survivors. Afterward, Jolie said she was "terrified" while making the film because the war was such a "painful" time in Bosnia's history. More

"The main impression...after being 15 minutes in her presence is that she is not frightened," a colleague says of Natasa Kandic (above).

The Truth-Teller: Natasa Kandic, Urging Serbs To Face The Past

More than a decade has passed since the end of the Balkan wars, where international observers say ethnic Serb fighters were responsible for the bulk of atrocities in the region, particularly Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. But despite the handover of major war-crimes suspects like Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, Belgrade remains reluctant to face the sins of the past. Lawyer Natasa Kandic has built an unpopular and often dangerous career out of pushing her country to face the truth about its history. More

Zoran Laketa lost his father and brother in the war

In Bosnia-Herzegovina, One Family, Three Armies, And A Lost Generation

Zoran Laketa knows what it's like to fire a gun and wonder if the soldier on the other side of the front line just might be his brother. Or his father. More