Pristina, Serbia News

Euro-Atlantic integration is the cornerstone of international efforts to stabilize the Balkans.

The situation in Kosovo was expected to become the key issue on the agenda of the UN Security Council's meeting on February 8 in New York.

Belgrade and Pristina are far from reaching an agreement on Kosovo's right to take part in regional meetings, which is a condition for Serbia to obtain EU candidacy.

It will be a low budget affair, costing just 1,000 euros for ballot printing, but its impact could be sky high.

The photographs which look at both countries' future appeared in the National Library in Pristina this week, and will be shown in Belgrade next month.

The resumption of dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo has led to the easing of tensions on the ground, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today, cautioning, however, that other significant political challenges continue to emerge.

German ambassador Ernst Reichel criticised on Monday the opposition Self-Determination movement for its stance over how Kosovo should be named in international forums, accusing its members of acting like children in kindergartens.

"Italy has been supporting Serbia's path towards the EU for a long time and all political options in Italy are united when it comes to this," Armando Varrichio, the Italian ambassador, said on Monday.

Nonetheless, due to the large diplomatic presence in the region , we do not believe it likely that lingering disputes will devolve into open conflict.

Kosovo and Serbia are back at the bargaining table discussing technical issues, including the name Kosovo wants to use when attending regional events.

Catherine Ashton, the European Union's top foreign policy official, is interfering with Russia's internal affairs, according to Moscow.

In this photo combination, hundreds of cars are stranded on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, top, while traffic moves along smoothly on the same stretch of Lake Shore Drive, bottom.

The fate of long-neglected Jewish sites in the small, poor and newly independent country of Kosovo has recently received some attention from the United States.

Kosovo and Serbia are renewing efforts to implement the Cadastral Records Agreement concluded last September in Brussels amid concerns in Pristina that disputes in the process will uncover among people who obtained land illegally.

Serbian authorities refute the claim that they have security personnel in Kosovo, after the International Steering Group asks the country to pull the forces out.

Russia's help in Serbia's investigation into illegal trafficking in human organs in Kosovo will be very useful, Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said.

Deputy Prime Minister Edita Tahiri said that the government is committed to the rule of law in Kosovo, including the north.

Serbia says the decision of Kosovo Serbs to hold a referendum in mid-February on their attitude toward Kosovo institutions will greatly reduce Belgrade's chances of obtaining EU candidate status.

Serbia and Kosovo have begun the long process of copying vital statistics into Kosovo's hands, the first step towards providing Kosovo citizens with important legal documents, including birth, marriage and death records.

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