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Kosovo Serbs to vote under OSCE deal [May 03, 2012] BELGRADE, Serbia, May 3 (UPI) -- Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo can vote in Serbia's upcoming parliamentary and national elections under a deal brokered this week by regional peacekeepers. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbs in north Kosovo vote against Pristina control [Feb 17, 2012] Reuters/Belgrade Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo have overwhelmingly rejected the authority of the government in Pristina, in a referendum that could aggravate relations between Kosovo and Serbia and complicate Belgrade?s bid to join the EU. [via YahooNews] More >>

Kosovo Serbs hold referendum on Pristina government [Feb 14, 2012] MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) - Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo voted Tuesday in a referendum on whether to recognize the government in Pristina, which they have ignored since Serbia's former province became independent in 2008. Kosovo is 90 percent ethnic Albanian. Serbs dominate in a small swathe of the north bordering Serbia and pledge allegiance to Belgrade. They have so far resisted efforts ... [via YahooNews] More >>

LEAD: Serbia under growing pressure on Kosovo ahead of EU summit Eds: Releads with Ashton's remarks [Dec 08, 2011] Pristina/Belgrade (dpa) - The European Union?s chief diplomat, Catherine Ashton, on Thursday urged Serbia and Kosovo to swiftly launch joint control over their contested border.In talks led under EU auspices, the two sides agreed to an integrated border management. The deal is intended to ease the tension in the border zone on the Kosovo side, which is dominated by ethnic Serbs."I ... stressed ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Belgrade urges Kosovo Serbs to accept border deal [Dec 04, 2011] (BELGRADE ) - Serbia's top negotiator on Sunday called on ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo to accept an EU-brokered agreement on disputed border crossings after local officials expressed disappointment with the deal. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian President Asks Kosovo Serbs to Lift Road Blockades [Nov 29, 2011] Serbian President Boris Tadic has issued an unprecedented appeal to Serbs in Northern Kosovo to lift road blockades to ensure the peace of their region. Ethnic Serbs, who are the majority in Northern Kosovo, do not recognize the unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia. They have resorted to blocking road access to the border with Serbia over the summer, after Kosovar authorities moved ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Roadblocks remain at Serbia-Kosovo border [Oct 25, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo remained at their sand and gravel barricades Monday night in advance of a parliamentary session on Kosovo in Serbia's capital. [via YahooNews] More >>

Belgrade grapples with Kosovo dilemma [Oct 24, 2011] (BELGRADE ) - Tension in northern Kosovo have exposed Belgrade's dilemma over its push to join the EU and conflicting concerns about maintaining links to ethnic Serbs there ahead of general elections in 2012. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia warns of humanitarian woes in Kosovo [Aug 03, 2011] Belgrade/Pristinia - Serbia on Tuesday accused Western forces of taking sides in a dispute between Kosovo's ethnic Serbs and Albanians and said their actions may lead to a ?humanitarian catastrophe?, but Nato denied the charge of bias. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia warns of humanitarian woes in Kosovo [Aug 02, 2011] Serbia accuses Western forces of taking sides in a dispute between ethnic Serbs and Albanians [via YahooNews] More >>

Ethnic Serbs blockade NATO troops in Kosovo [Jul 29, 2011] MITROVICA/BELGRADE (Reuters) - Ethnic Serbs from Kosovo's north on Friday blocked NATO troops reaching their peacekeepers deployed at border posts with Serbia this week to halt violence provoked by a customs dispute with Belgrade. [via YahooNews] More >>

Timeline - Kosovo since 2008 [Jul 29, 2011] (Reuters) - Ethnic Serbs from Kosovo's north said on Friday they had blockaded NATO troops who took control of border posts with Serbia this week to halt violence provoked by a customs dispute with Belgrade. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ethnic Serbs blockade NATO troops in north Kosovo [Jul 29, 2011] PRISTINA/BELGRADE (Reuters) - Ethnic Serbs from Kosovo's north said on Friday they had blockaded NATO troops who took control of border posts with Serbia this week to halt violence provoked by a customs dispute with Belgrade. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia arrests last Balkan war crimes fugitive [Jul 22, 2011] BELGRADE (Serbia) - HE WAS on the run for seven years, the last Serbian fugitive sought by the UN's Balkan war crimes tribunal. Goran Hadzic, the former leader of Croatia's ethnic Serbs, was arrested on Wednesday by black-masked Serbian secret police in a hilly forest as an accomplice delivered cash to him - the end of a money trail that began with a photo of a Modigliani painting. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia arrests last Balkan war crimes fugitive [Jul 21, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia -- He was on the run for seven years, the last Serbian fugitive sought by the U.N.'s Balkan war crimes tribunal. Goran Hadzic, former leader of Croatia's ethnic Serbs, was arrested Wednesday by black-masked Serbian secret police in a hilly forest as an accomplice delivered cash to him -- the end of a money trail that began with a photo of a Modigliani painting. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian FM criticizes tensions sewn by Kosovo, calls for investigations into organ theft allegations [May 14, 2011] Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic on Thursday said that he favors continuing a new round of dialogue with Kosovo, but slammed Kosovo for causing tensions with ethnic Serbs within its borders. [via YahooNews] More >>