Past and present are deeply intertwined in the Balkans. But in 2008, the region appeared to look in a new direction -- the future. With independence in Kosovo and the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the region seemed ready to shrug off the weight of history. But is it?
The deployment of the European Union's rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, known as EULEX, has run into difficulties. A six-point compromise plan put forward by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon saved the mission, but weakened the EULEX mandate in Serbian-majority regions in the north. Kosovo has said the six-point plan threatens its sovereignty by diluting its central institutions.
The European Union police force in Kosovo (EULEX) is working to get Serbian police to return to their posts within the Kosovar police force, RFE/RL's South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service reports.
Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari has received the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize for his three decades of peace mediation work around the globe.
Sixty years ago, the UN adopted a milestone document that provided impetus to the human rights movement and inspired standard-bearers of peace, equality, and justice. How is it holding up?
The European Union has launched EULEX, its rule-of-law mission in the fledgling Balkan state of Kosovo. The mission, with an initial staff of 1,300, is aimed at bringing order and stability to Kosovo, which unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in February this year.
The European Union is set on December 9 to launch its law-and-order mission in Kosovo. EULEX is tasked with helping the new state meet European standards in its police, judicial, customs, and penitentiary bodies. But just a day before its work is set to begin, troubling questions remain about the EULEX mandate -- and Kosovo's future.
Representatives from more than 100 governments have begun signing a document binding their countries not to make, stockpile, or use cluster bombs.
The European Union has delayed deployment of a major police and justice mission in Kosovo, amid continuing tensions about the exact role of the new body.
Three German spies initially suspected of planting a bomb at the EU office in Kosovo are set to fly home once a court has ruled on their case, two top government officials said on November 28.
The UN Security Council cleared the way on November 26 for a European Union police and justice mission to deploy in Kosovo, in a statement welcoming agreement by Serbia and Kosovo to the move.
Kosovo and Serbia will cooperate with a European Union justice and police mission that Brussels hopes will be deployed in Kosovo by early next month, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said.
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