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	Kosovo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kosovo (Serbian: Косово и Метохија / Kosovo i Metohija, Albanian: Kosovë / Kosova) is a province of Serbia.
		With an area of 10,887 km² and a population of over two million on the eve of the 1999 crisis, Kosovo borders Montenegro to the northwest, with the districts of Raška, Toplica, Jablanica and Pčinja in Central Serbia to the North and East; Macedonia to the south, and Albania to the southwest.
		Kosovo's international status is anomalous in that although it is a Serbian province within the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, administration is presently conducted by the United Nations with little or no involvement on the part of the Serbia government (under Security Council resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999; see Security Council Resolutions 1999).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kosovo (1627 words)

	Encyclopedia: Kosovo
		Kosovo's international status is anomalous in that although it is a Serbian province within the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, the actual administration is presently conducted by the United Nations with no involvement on the part of the Serbia government (under Security Council resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999; see Security Council Resolutions 1999).
		Kosovo was declared an autonomous region of Serbia by the Yugoslavian Communist constitution of 1945.
		Kosovo was the least developed region of all of Yugoslavia and the rest of the country (the more advanced regions of Serbia particularly) had to implement separate taxes to contribute in the development of the backwater province.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kosovo (927 words)

	2000/06/04 02:26 Albanian President Meidani in Kosovo
		Kosovo Albanians have never forgiven Nano the “sin” of meeting Milosevic in Crete, at the summit of Balkan countries in Greece in 1997.
		President Meidani arrived in Pristina at the invitation of the leadership of the University in Pristina on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of its work.
		In any case, private or semi-official, the visit of president Meidani is for independent observers proof that Albanian political alliances exist on both sides of the border and that the border which has for decades divided the Albanians ones from the others leads to creation of “borders” in their political awareness.
	www.aimpress.ch /dyn/trae/archive/data/200006/00604-001-trae-pri.htm (1228 words)

	Balkan Repository Project - Interim Kosovo Agreement, draft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The President of the Assembly shall not be from the same National Community as the President of Kosovo.
		Under the supervision of the OSCE and with the participation of Kosovo authorities and experts nominated by and belonging to the major national communities of Kosovo, Federal authorities shall conduct an objective and free census of the population in Kosovo under rules and regulations agreed with the OSCE in accordance with international standards.
		All Kosovo, Republic and Federal law enforcement and military authorities shall be obligated, in their respective areas of authority to ensure freedom of movement and safe passage for all persons, vehicles and goods.
	www.balkan-archive.org.yu /kosovo_crisis/documents/kia_0127.html (9305 words)

	Kosovo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The largely mountainous region includes the fertile valleys of Kosovo and Metohija and is drained by tributaries of the Morava (Velika Morava) and Drin rivers.
		Kosovo’s population before 1999 was about 80% Albanian; ethnic Albanians now make up about 88% of the inhabitants.
		Serbia responded by forcing hundreds of thousands of ethnic Albanians to flee Kosovo, creating an enormous refugee problem; perhaps 1.5 million Albanian Kosovars were expelled from their homes or fled.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ko/Kosovo.html (641 words)

	Kosovo Awaits Local President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		PRISTINA, Yugoslavia -- With Kosovo´s political parties apparently unable to reach a power-sharing agreement ahead of a second round of voting for provincial president, prospects remained dim that a local leader would be elected soon.
		In the first round of voting for president last month, Rugova failed to garner enough votes because the rival Albanian parties boycotted the vote to protest his rejection of their support.
		Though the legislature -- and the president, once elected -- have limited powers and are to govern alongside U.N. officials and NATO-led peacekeepers, the institutions are hailed as a first step toward transferring authority in the province to local political structures.
	www.balkanpeace.org /hed/archive/jan02/hed4542.shtml (439 words)

	ERPKIM Archive \| Serbian President urges Kosovo Serbs to vote, October 06, 2004
		Another Kosovo Serbs official, Rada Trajkovic, said that encouragement from Tadic “works to the advantage of those who are responsible for the suffering of Serbs in Kosovo, and that is the international community.
		I would like to underscore that participation by Kosovo Serbs paves the way for their representation in local institutions and will enable a constructive dialogue to address their concerns and for that matter the concerns of all communities at both the central and local levels.
		19:30 President of the main board of the Socialist Party of Serbia Ivica Dacic confirmed that he spoke with Serbian president Boris Tadic regarding the elections in Kosovo and Metohija, and that he had informed Tadic that the stand of the SPS is that Serbs should not participate in the elections.
	www.kosovo.com /news/archive/2004/October_06/2.html (2732 words)

	News Story \| Serbianna.com
		Kosovo is Muslim-dominated province where the Albanian majority demands independence.
		Talks on settling the future of the Kosovo province are set to begin sometimes at the end of 2005.
		Kosovo has been under UN protection since the 1999 when the NATO led troops forced the troops of the Milosevic regime out of the province.
	www.serbianna.com /news/2005/01881.html (360 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Serb leader unyielding on Kosovo
		Mr Tadic said his trip was designed to remind the world of the plight of Serbs in Kosovo, the historic heartland of Serbian culture and religion.
		Kosovo, which technically remains a part of Serbia, is in practice run by the international community.
		Many Kosovo Serbs who live in isolated enclaves feel their interests are being ignored and their security threatened by the majority Albanian population.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/4261185.stm (385 words)

	Kosovo's moderate president clashes with Milosevic in court
		Kosovo's president, Ibrahim Rugova, clashed with his nemesis Slobodan Milosevic at the UN war crimes tribunal, accusing the former Yugoslav president of massacres against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
		The moderate Kosovo Albanian leader spoke of many meetings with the Serb authorities leading up to the conflict in which he said many promises were made for improvement but without any materialising.
		In reply to the Kosovo Albanian leader's concern, Milosevic told him the situation in Kosovo was a result of actions by the international community.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/677457/posts (817 words)

	Serbian President urges Kosovo Serbs to take part in vote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		BELGRADE : Serbian reformist President Boris Tadic called on ethnic Serbs to vote in the elections in the UN-administered southern province of Kosovo later this month despite appeals for a boycott by the government in Belgrade.
		Kosovo is technically part of Serbia, although it has been under UN administration since the end of the 1998-99 war between Serbian forces and ethnic Albanian guerrillas.
		Kosovo's Serbian minority has said it will stay away from the poll, claiming fears over security.
	www.balkanpeace.org /hed/archive/oct04/hed6735.shtml (464 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Kosovo: More Trouble for Rugova The authority of the new Kosovan president is being threatened by one of his old political rivals.
		Because he is now the president of Kosovo, Rugova cannot retain leadership of the LDK.
		Under Kosovo's electoral rules, deputies are free to switch from party to party in the assembly without submitting themselves for re-election.
	www.iwpr.net /archive/bcr2/bcr2_20020308_4_eng.txt (764 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Kosovo elects first president
		A former field surgeon of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), Bajram Rexhepi was elected prime minister.
		The new government splits power between Mr Rugova's Democratic League of Kosovo, which has the largest number of seats in the assembly, and its rival Democratic Party of Kosovo, which came second in the elections.
		Now he will preside over a government set up with the blessing of the United Nations, which has begun transferring powers of self-administration to the people's newly elected representatives.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1853000/1853413.stm (488 words)

	Serbia President Visits Kosovo, Says He Opposes Independence
		President Boris Tadic of Serbia, in a visit to Kosovo on Sunday and Monday, publicly asserted his country’s claim to the disputed province, vowing never to agree to its independence.
		The visit was the first by a Serbian leader since 1999, when troops sent by the central government in Belgrade to quell an insurgency by ethnic Albanian rebels were forced by NATO-led forces to leave, after being accused of widespread atrocities toward Albanian civilians.
		While still formally part of Serbia, Kosovo has been run by a U.N. mission for five years, and U.N.-sponsored talks about the future status of the province are expected later this year.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V125/N5/long3_5.5w.html (479 words)

	PJM News - Serbian President Proposes Dividing Kosovo (6490815/AP) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Kosovo, considered by the Serbs to be the cradle of their statehood and religion, legally is part of Serbia-Montenegro but has been administered by the United Nations since 1999, when NATO bombing halted a Serb crackdown on separatist ethnic Albanians.
		Serb President Boris Tadic offered his proposal to the Serb government on Thursday, saying Kosovo should be divided along ethnic lines to give Albanians virtual independence while keeping the province within Serbia's borders.
		The division of Kosovo, or its return to the direct Belgrade administration, has been rejected by the United States _ which wields veto power as a permanent Security Council member _ and the European Union.
	news.pajamasmedia.com /2005/11/24/6490815_Serbian_Presiden.shtml (591 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news Blast hits Kosovo president's car
		A strong blast hit and damaged the car of Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova in central Pristina on Tuesday, injuring one of his escorts, a presidential security guard said.
		Kosovo police spokesperson Refki Morina said the blast was caused by an explosive device planted in a garbage can on the street where the convoy was passing.
		The blast occurred around 8.30am (0730 GMT) as the president was on his way to meet EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in the Kosovo parliament.
	iafrica.com /news/worldnews/424757.htm (165 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com Kosovo's president reportedly suffering with cancer
		Kosovo's president Ibrahim Rugova is suffering from cancer, a government official told the Associated Press Sunday.
		Police in Kosovo appealed Monday for the public's help in tracking down the murderers of two young Serbs in a drive-by attack that has exacerbated Kosovo's ethnic tensions More details...
		The Parliament of Kosovo, an autonomous territory within the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, has for the second time failed to elect Chairman of the Kosovo Democratic Union Ibrahim Rugova president of Kosovo More details...
	newsfromrussia.com /yougoslavia/2005/09/05/62256.html (1421 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Serbian president rejects Kosovo independence
		Since the times of former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic, official Belgrade, and the Serbian lobby abroad have often sought to portray Albanians in general and those of Kosovo in particular as criminals and drug dealers.
		The study argues that "Kosovo's de jure sovereignty should be recognized by the international community" by mid-2006, adding that "the potential for renewed violence is very real" if the Serbian-dominated north calls in Serbian forces or breaks away.
		The study nonetheless stresses that "while legitimate Serbian concerns should be taken fully into account, particularly about the status of Kosovo's Serb minority, Belgrade should be cautioned from the outset that 'the train is leaving, with or without you,' and encouraged to participate fully in achieving the best possible terms of settlement".
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?ID=10684 (818 words)

	The Australian: Serbian president visits Kosovo (archived) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		SERBIAN President Boris Tadic arrived in Kosovo today at the start of a landmark trip to the southern province, the first Serbian head-of-state to visit since it became a UN protectorate in June 1999.
		The province's UN administration gave a green light to Tadic's visit to Kosovo, the first by a Serbian president since a trip by former nationalist strongman Slobodan Milosevic in 1997.
		However, UN police and NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo (KFOR) said they would not increase security measures during Tadic's visit, described by his office as a way for the president to show his support for the Serb minority in the province.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,12235863^23109,00.html (289 words)

	Serbian President visits Kosovo - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Serbian President Boris Tadic began a 2-day trip to Kosovo, the first time a Serb leader visits the province since it became a UN protectorate at the end of the 1998-1999 war.
		About 200,000 Serbs fled Kosovo since the UN took control at the end of the war between Kosovo's Albanian majority and Serbian security forces under then-Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic.
		Speaking to reporters on Sunday, President Tadic said that his trip was aimed at reminding the world of what he called the dilemma the Serbs are living in Kosovo, however, he said: that is was a " normal visit by the Serbian president to part of Serbia".
	www.aljazeera.com /cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=7011 (619 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Divided and dispersed across Europe, the various Kosovo Albanian leaders have effectively been bystanders in the events which have led to the Serb withdrawal from, and UN deployment in, Kosovo.
		Rugova, the 54-year-old self-proclaimed president of Kosovo and long-time undisputed Kosovo Albanian leader, is expected to travel to Macedonia this week, from where he will make his way back to Pristina with the assistance of NATO troops.
		Since most Kosovo Albanians are principally concerned about being able to return to their homes in security, and not who forms their province's next government, they may yet be grateful that the international forces beat all their leaders to Pristina.
	www.iwpr.net /archive/bcr/bcr_19990613_4_eng.txt (827 words)

	WJLA - Kosovo President Has Cancer but Won't Quit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova, linked for decades to the ethnic Albanian majority's anti-Serb struggle, said Monday he has lung cancer, but he pledged to stay in office as the U.N.-run province nears crucial talks on its future.
		The president, who has cult status among some ethnic Albanians, has been at the forefront of their demand for independence from Serbia since the early 1990s, when he led a nonviolent movement against the policies of Slobodan Milosevic, then president of Yugoslavia.
		No other Kosovo politician can hope to fill his shoes because of his longevity and the international respect he gained through the peaceful nature of his opposition to Serb dominance and repression.
	www.wjla.com /headlines/0905/257547.html (630 words)

	VCU News
		Merrell and his team from VCU were praised for initiating the telemedicine program in Kosovo, a province of Serbia in the former Central European country of Yugoslavia that is attempting to rebuild after a devastating 1999 war.
		Merrell opened the Kosovo seminar with a live transmission via the Internet of a laparoscopic surgery conducted in an operating room at MCV Hospitals by Dr. Eric J. DeMaria, professor and director of VCU's Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery.
		Latifi attended medical school at the University of Kosovo and is president and CEO of the International Virtual e-Hospital Network of Kosovo and president of the Kosovo Foundation for Medical Development as well as general director of the Telemedicine Project of Kosovo.
	www.vcu.edu /uns/news/vcuview/archives/dec2002/kosovo.html (356 words)

	Kosovo
		NATO Rallies for Kosovo - Years of unrest in Yugoslavia's province of Kosovo erupted into war in the spring of 1999.
		Timeline: NATO in Yugoslavia - NATO in Kosovo: 1998–1999 by Elissa Haney Kosovo Factsheet October 1998 January 1999 February...
		Vojislav Kostunica - Biography - Yugoslavia's new president is both a Western liberal and Serb nationalist by David Johnson...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0828147.html (639 words)

	ERPKIM Archive \| Serbian President Visits Kosovo - Vows to Oppose Independence, NYT, February 15, 2005
		Kosovo Serb official urges new constitution that lays claim to Kosovo.
		While still formally part of Serbia, Kosovo has been run by a United Nations mission for five years, and United Nations-sponsored talks about the future status of the province are expected later this year.
		Tadic's visit that the president would "send positive signals on Belgrade's readiness to build bridges of trust." Hua Jiang, chief of the mission's public affairs division, said afterward that the United Nations officials felt that Mr.
	www.kosovo.com /news/archive/ticker/2005/February_15/2.html (943 words)

	Clinton: NATO must stop Milosevic's atrocities against Kosovo - May 13, 1999
		The president has publicly apologized for the bombing and sent a diplomatic note to Jiang, saying he is prepared to discuss the matter with him over the phone.
		Of the 1.7 million Albanian citizens of Kosovo, 900,000 have fled to refugee camps while another 600,000 are likely "trapped" within Kosovo "lacking shelter, short of food, afraid to go home," according to Clinton.
		While retelling first-hand accounts of mass killings, particularly of Albania men, the president alleged that Serb military crimes extended even further: "Serb forces, their faces often concealed by masks, as they were before in Bosnia, have rounded up Kosovar women and repeatedly raped them.
	www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/05/13/clinton.kosovo (916 words)

	Serbian President Visits Kosovo (SETimes.com)
		Serbian President Boris Tadic began a two-day visit to Kosovo on Sunday (13 February), the first by a Serbian head of state since the 1999 conflict.
		He also urged the Serbian president to use his visit to become fully acquainted with the situation, and to take the opportunity to meet with representatives of all communities in Kosovo.
		Emphasising that Kosovo authorities and the international institutions in the province were continuing their efforts and remained committed to the implementation of standards, he also pointed to areas where progress is needed -- specifically, in ensuring freedom of movement and the return of displaced persons.
	www.setimes.com /cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/14/feature-02 (670 words)

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