http://www.rferl.org/archive/Kosovo/latest/679/679.html RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Kosovo http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo_RFERL.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Kosovo/latest/679/679.html en-US Copyright 2010 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:29:04 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle hailed the April 19 agreement as “historic,” but called for “concrete steps” to implement it. http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo/24992145.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo/24992145.html Tue, 21 May 2013 03:22:04 +0000 News Eliot Engel, the top Democrat on the U.S. House of Representative’s Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke to RFE/RL about the recent normalization agreement between Serbia and Kosovo and the prospects for reconciliation. http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-engel-kosovo-serbia/24989546.html http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-engel-kosovo-serbia/24989546.html Fri, 17 May 2013 17:40:18 +0000 Features Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has urged Serbs living in northern Kosovo to accept an EU-brokered agreement on normalizing relations between Belgrade and Pristina. http://www.rferl.org/content/belgrade-urges-serbs-kosovo-deal/24984298.html http://www.rferl.org/content/belgrade-urges-serbs-kosovo-deal/24984298.html Mon, 13 May 2013 08:50:39 +0000 Kosovo More than 3,000 people protested in Belgrade on May 10 against an EU-brokered deal to normalize ties between Belgrade and Kosovo, seen by ultra-nationalists as Serbia's tacit recognition of its former province's independence. http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo-protests/24982701.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo-protests/24982701.html Fri, 10 May 2013 18:15:32 +0000 Serbia Stefan Fuele, the European Union commissioner for enlargement and neighborhood policy, has called on the EU-hopeful countries of the Eastern Partnership and the Western Balkans to do more to prove their commitment to democratic values. Correspondent Daisy Sindelar spoke to Fuele during his visit to RFE/RL headquarters in Prague on May 9. http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-fuele-eu-enlargement-fule-stefan/24981706.html http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-fuele-eu-enlargement-fule-stefan/24981706.html Thu, 09 May 2013 17:11:21 +0000 Features Daisy Sindelar The Metropolitan of Montenegro has raised eyebrows in some circles by announcing that he is going to propose a controversial 19th-century prince-bishop for canonization. http://www.rferl.org/content/petrovic-njegos-canonization-controversy-ethnic-cleansing/24981571.html http://www.rferl.org/content/petrovic-njegos-canonization-controversy-ethnic-cleansing/24981571.html Thu, 09 May 2013 15:14:55 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/petrovic-njegos-canonization-controversy-ethnic-cleansing/24981571.html#relatedInfoContainer Reputed Balkan crime boss, Naser Kelmendi, has been arrested in Kosovo's capital, Pristina, on an international arrest warrant. http://www.rferl.org/content/balkan-kingpin-kelmendi-arrest-kosovo/24978048.html http://www.rferl.org/content/balkan-kingpin-kelmendi-arrest-kosovo/24978048.html Mon, 06 May 2013 11:16:52 +0000 Kosovo RFE/RL's Balkan Service While Freedom House classifies 13 of RFE/RL's broadcast countries as "not free," and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) puts three of RFE/RL’s broadcast countries squarely in the worst category, RFE/RL journalists are still on the ground, determined to report the news. http://www.rferl.org/content/press-freedom-/24975932.html http://www.rferl.org/content/press-freedom-/24975932.html Fri, 03 May 2013 13:26:04 +0000 Watchdog http://www.rferl.org/content/press-freedom-/24975932.html#relatedInfoContainer Representative Dana Rohrabacher, who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is one of the United States' staunchest supporters of Kosovo's independence. In an interview with RFE/RL, he's critical of the EU-brokered agreement reached last month between Belgrade and Pristina, saying it did not create the preconditions for long-term peace and stability in the Balkans. http://www.rferl.org/content/congressman-kosovo-serbia-agreement/24974648.html http://www.rferl.org/content/congressman-kosovo-serbia-agreement/24974648.html Thu, 02 May 2013 10:01:32 +0000 Kosovo European Union prosecutors have launched an investigation into eight suspects in connection with an international organ trafficking ring that performed at least 23 illegal kidney transplants at a clinic in Pristina. http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo-organ-trafficking/24972697.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo-organ-trafficking/24972697.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:06:10 +0000 Kosovo RFE/RL's Balkan Service Serbian lawmakers are debating a crucial EU-brokered agreement to normalize relations with Serbia's former province of Kosovo. http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo-landmark-deal/24969371.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo-landmark-deal/24969371.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:01:16 +0000 Serbia RFE/RL's Balkan Service Belgrade and Pristina’s landmark agreement to normalize their relations is facing difficult hurdles on the ground in the Serb-majority municipalities of northern Kosovo. http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo-mitrovica-landmark-deal/24965062.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo-mitrovica-landmark-deal/24965062.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:45:47 +0000 Serbia Ron Synovitz The European Union has recommended that membership talks should be opened with Serbia and has given the green light for Kosovo to start talks on an association agreement with the bloc. http://www.rferl.org/content/european-commission-recommends-opening-accession-talks-serbia/24964931.html http://www.rferl.org/content/european-commission-recommends-opening-accession-talks-serbia/24964931.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:13:02 +0000 Kosovo RFE/RL Serbia's government will debate an EU-brokered deal on normalizing relations with its former breakaway region of Kosovo. http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo-serbia-/24964321.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo-serbia-/24964321.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:23:56 +0000 Serbia RFE/RL