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EU Extends Kosovo Mission, Cuts Staff

Officers of the EULEX mission in Kosovo stand guard in front of a truck carrying Russian aid at the border crossing of Jarinje in December.

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June 05, 2012

The European Union has announced that its rule-of -law mission in Kosovo will be extended for at least two more years, until 2014 -- but the staff of the mission is to be significantly reduced by hundreds of personnel.

The mission, known as EULEX, consists mainly of police officers, judges, prosecutors, and customs officials.

The EU on June 5 pledged to make the mission "stronger, leaner, and more efficient," in part through staffing cuts.

Plans call for the mission to lose some 700 international staff from its current strength of nearly 2,000.

EULEX was deployed to Kosovo after the ethnic Albanian majority leadership declared independence from Serbia in 2008. Serbia does not recognize Kosovo's secession.

Based on reporting by AP, AFP, and dpa

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by: boban from: bg

June 06, 2012 00:14

why has you started to demonise the serbian people and its politcal leaders again, when will you give up, just because the U.S agent , tadic was kicked out, and now democracy has been delivered, you people want non-democratic system again, by running countries to your personal agendas,

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by: Eugenio from: Vienna

June 06, 2012 19:54

Good point, Boban! What is the situation with the coalition negotiations in Belgrade? Are the major party leaders close to striking a specific coalition deal?

by: Jack from: US

June 06, 2012 20:22

most countries in the world, including even some NATO minions like Spain, do not recognize illegal Kosovo "independence". Kosovo is in fact a Serbian territory occupied by NATO where Muslim Albanians are running drug and human trafficking under NATO protection.