<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Kosovo: News &amp; Videos about Kosovo - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Kosovo</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Kosovo from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:30:28 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Kosovo: News &amp; Videos about Kosovo - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Kosovo</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Kosovo from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Kosovo prepares for historic vote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/13/kosovo.elections/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/13/kosovo.elections/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>People hurled stones and eggs at the Kosovan prime minister's convoy this week, a spurt of violence just days before the one-time Serbian province holds its first elections since declaring independence.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Serb ex-president cleared of war crimes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/26/serbia.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/26/serbia.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic was Thursday found not guilty of war crimes  and crimes against humanity in Kosovo by a U.N. tribunal.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Reports: PM says Kosovo to declare independence Sunday</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/16/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/16/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Kosovo will declare independence from Serbia on Sunday, Kosovar prime minister Hashim Thaci has said, according to agency reports.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. police officer dies after Kosovo clashes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/18/kosovo.un/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/18/kosovo.un/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Ukrainian policeman has died of injuries sustained in clashes between Serbian demonstrators and U.N. forces in Kosovo, a U.N. spokesman said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kosovo clashes force U.N. withdrawal</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/17/kosovo.un/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/17/kosovo.un/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Violent clashes with Serbs who took over a U.N. building in northern Kosovo led to dozens of injuries and arrests and forced the United Nations to withdraw its police personnel from the area.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Serbia set for vote on Kosovo split</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/13/serbia.parliament/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/13/serbia.parliament/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Serbian President Boris Tadic has dissolved parliament and called early elections for May 11, following disagreements over Kosovo and the European Union. </description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kosovo Fallout Continues in Serbia
 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1720892,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1720892,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The government's collapse has brought on an election that will force voters to choose whether to confront or join the West
</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Serb president wants Kosovo and EU keys</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/28/serbia.kosovo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/28/serbia.kosovo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Serbia will not give up its claim on breakaway province Kosovo or its bid to become a member of the European Union, Serbian President Boris Tadic said in an interview published Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pro-Serbian protesters: 'Shame on Bush' </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/24/serbia.kosovo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/24/serbia.kosovo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hundreds of pro-Serbian activists gathered Sunday outside the White House to decry Kosovo's secession from Serbia this month and to demand the Bush administration retract its recognition of Kosovo as an independent country.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Serbia: U.S. to blame for violence </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/23/serbia.kosovo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/23/serbia.kosovo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Serbian prosecutors said Saturday they were hunting rioters who targeted the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade leaving one person dead while a senior Serbian minister reportedly blamed Washington for the violence triggered by Kosovo's breakaway. </description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Enough With the New Countries</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716569,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716569,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Now Kosovo has broken off from Serbia. A confused follower of world events asks: Are we really better off minting smaller and smaller nations?
</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fresh violence in Kosovo Serb protests</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/22/serbia.kosovo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/22/serbia.kosovo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Kosovo's breakaway from Serbia provoked fresh unrest Friday as U.N. police were attacked by ethnic Serb demonstrators in northern Kosovo a day after angry demonstrations in the Serbian capital Belgrade left one person dead.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Serb protests echo Milosevic era</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/22/serbia.demos/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/22/serbia.demos/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Watching on television the hundreds of thousands demonstrating in front of the parliament building I couldn't help but thinking at the many demonstrations I covered in Belgrade.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. warns Serbia it's responsible for safety of embassy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/22/us.serbia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/22/us.serbia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Embassy in Belgrade is evacuating all nonessential personnel following Thursday's attack on the building by a crowd of protesters, a spokesman for the embassy told CNN Friday. </description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>US-Serb Tension Mounts Over Kosovo</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1715480,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1715480,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Washington is outraged by the attack on its embassy, but Belgrade sees Kosovo's independence as a greater violation</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Serb protesters attack U.S. Embassy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/21/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/21/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Angry demonstrators protesting Kosovo's independence from Serbia attacked the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade on Thursday, throwing rocks, breaking windows and setting fires.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Serbs Rage at U.S. Over Kosovo</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1715206,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1715206,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Demonstrations and diplomatic turmoil suggest independence won't end conflict over the Balkan territory
</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Belgrade Rioters Breach US Embassy</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1715190,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1715190,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Serb rioters broke into the U.S. Embassy Thursday and set fire to an office after a massive protest against Kosovo's independence that drew an estimated 150,000 people</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>No added NATO security in Kosovo</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/20/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/20/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The commander of NATO forces in Kosovo said Wednesday he does not plan to step up security in the tense north despite violent attacks by Kosovo Serb which forced the temporary closure of two boundary crossings between Kosovo and Serbia.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Germany to recognize Kosovan independence</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/20/kosovo.independ/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/20/kosovo.independ/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Germany will formally recognize Kosovo's independence and begin bilateral diplomatic relations, a spokesman for the German government said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Kosovo Divides Europe</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714413,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714413,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>In countries worried about their own secessionist movements, the response to Kosovo's declaration of independence has been wary</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Protesters torch Kosovo border posts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/19/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/19/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Angry Serbs torched checkpoints between Serbia and Kosovo and triggered explosions Tuesday to protest Kosovo's independence declaration and international recognition of the breakaway state.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Serbia steps up anti-Kosovo pressure</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/18/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/18/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States recognized the Balkan territory of Kosovo as "an independent and sovereign state" Monday, promising the infant republic's president that Washington "will be your partner and your friend." </description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kosovo celebrates amid Serb protests</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/17/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/17/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fireworks lit the skies and crowds filled the streets of Kosovo's capital Sunday after the territory's parliament declared independence from Serbia, a move backed by many Western governments, but which Serbia and Russia bitterly oppose.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Joy in Kosovo, Anger in Serbia</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714164,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714164,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Celebration over independence in the Kosovar capital of Pristina is matched by anger and gloom in Belgrade</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kosovo promises protection for minorities</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/15/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/15/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Kosovo's prime minister vowed Friday that the rights of minorities will be protected after the province declares independence, but stopped short of naming a date for the announcement.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Kosovo now and then</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/15/kosovo.vinci/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/15/kosovo.vinci/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>CNN's Alessio Vinci spent years reporting from the Balkans, and was Belgrade Bureau Chief from 1999 to 2001. Here he explains the background story of Kosovo's looming independence. </description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Serbia defiant as Kosovo breakaway looms</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/14/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/14/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Serbia defiantly told the United Nations on Thursday that it will never allow Kosovo to become independent -- despite U.S. and European Union support for the province to make the move.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Putin criticizes European 'double standards'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/14/putin.conference/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/14/putin.conference/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Russian President Vladimir Putin offered biting criticism Thursday of what he called European "double standards" and stood by his country's long-standing objection to Kosovo's plan to declare independence.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kosovo independence 'within days'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/13/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/13/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The province of Kosovo plans to declare its independence from Serbia within days, the province's prime minister said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>EU prepares for Kosovo independence </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/11/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/11/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A European Union official said Monday it is "likely" the union will authorize a "security and justice" force for Kosovo this week, ahead of an expected declaration of independence by the state's newly elected leader.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Economic interest at the heart of Serb vote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/04/serbiaanalysis/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/04/serbiaanalysis/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In his victory speech Monday incumbent Serb leader Boris Tadic made it clear he sees his country's future lying within the EU. </description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia warns EU on Kosovo force</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/29/kosovo.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/29/kosovo.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Russia warned the United Nations and European Union Tuesday against taking any unilateral steps with Kosovo, saying such action would create a "destructive precedent."</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Nationalism Rising in Serbia?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1705584,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1705584,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>In the country's presidential election, Serbs are trying to choose between national pride and economic promise</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Serbia set for presidential runoff</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/21/Serbia.elections/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/21/Serbia.elections/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Serbia's ultra-nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic will face pro-Western incumbent Boris Tadic in a presidential runoff on February 3, The Associated Press reported on Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Serbia's future hinges on vote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/19/Serbia.elections/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/19/Serbia.elections/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Voters in Serbia go to the polls Sunday in an election that could shape the country's future just as the province of Kosovo plans to declare independence.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>PM chases Kosovo dream</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/09/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/09/kosovo.independence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Kosovo's assembly Wednesday approved new Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and a coalition government that strongly backs independence from Serbia. </description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia criticizes West over Kosovo</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/17/kosovo.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/17/kosovo.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Russia has criticized western powers for encouraging Kosovo's ambitions for independence, saying the situation in the Balkans could evolve in to an "uncontrollable crisis."</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Europe leaders agree Kosovo force</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/14/kosovo.eu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/14/kosovo.eu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>European leaders agreed Friday to send an 1,800-strong security force to maintain stability in Kosovo, although they stopped short of backing independence for the province.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Kosovo on a knife edge</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/10/kosovo.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/10/kosovo.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>On the Serb side there is a mixture of defiance and resignation. They say Albanians are just talking about independence but that in the end they will never get it.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kosovo defiant as U.N. talks fail</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/10/kosovo.report/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/10/kosovo.report/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Kosovo will press ahead with plans for independence, a spokesman for the region's Albanian leaders said Monday as negotiators were due to confirm that talks to settle the future status of the Serbian province had failed.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>At An Impasse Over Kosovo</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1693074,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1693074,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>After talks over independence break down, Kosovo may unilaterally declare its freedom from Serbia. And despite fears of a regional blowup, there's a limit to what Serbia can do about it</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kosovo, Serbia at impasse</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/07/kosovo.serbia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/07/kosovo.serbia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An international group of mediators has failed to help Kosovo and Serbia reach an agreement over Kosovo's status, according to a report released Friday from representatives of the European Union, the United States and Russia.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>NATO warning over Kosovo violence</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/07/kosovo.nato/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/07/kosovo.nato/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The head of NATO promised stern action Friday against any groups seeking a return to violence in the Balkans, after government officials in Serbia raised the specter of war against Kosovo.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>"Independence is a Done Deal"
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1687073,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1687073,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Kosovo's likely next prime minister tells TIME that his state's independence from Serbia is no longer a matter of if, but when</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-rebel set to win Kosovo vote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/18/kosovo.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/18/kosovo.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The party of a former Kosovo Albanian guerrilla leader who has promised to make Kosovo independent from Serbia is heading for victory in the country's elections, according to unofficial results.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The potency of persuasion</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/11/12/100954555/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/11/12/100954555/index.htm</guid><description>You're in a tough negotiation. The guy across the table is unconcerned, backed up by his cronies, prepared to wait you out. There is no legal recourse. You need power, real power. Like this: "Mr. President, may I see you outside, alone, for just a moment." "Certainly," Serb President Slobodan Milosevic replies, with that smug self-assurance characteristic of his dictatorship. "Mr. President," I begin, looking at him eye to eye that day in 1998 and speaking in an even voice, "perhaps you don't understand, but the United Nations has directed that you pull out your excess forces from Kosovo now. And if you don't, NATO is going to tell me to bomb you, and I will bomb you good."</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Balkans wars: 18,000 still missing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/30/balkans.missing.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/30/balkans.missing.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Nearly 18,000 people are still missing from the ethnic wars fought in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Freedom Postponed for Kosovo</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1641855,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1641855,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>With the international community at loggerheads over how to proceed, Kosovo's independence-hungry Albanians may be tempted to take matters into their own hands</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Serb war crimes fugitive arrested</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/17/serb.arrest/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/17/serb.arrest/index.html</guid><description>Former Serbian officer Vlastimir Djordjevic, accused of war crimes during the 1999 crackdown on Kosovo Albanians, was arrested in Montenegro, a court official has told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Serbian outrage over Bush remarks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/11/bush.europe/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/11/bush.europe/index.html</guid><description>U.S. President George W. Bush was returning home Monday after an eight-day European tour dominated by concerns over American plans for a Europe-based missile defense system and the future status of the Serbian province of Kosovo.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: U.N. must act now on Kosovo</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/10/bush.europe/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/10/bush.europe/index.html</guid><description>Setting up possibly another showdown with Russia, U.S. President George W. Bush has said "the time is now" to grant independence to the Serbian province of Kosovo and called on Moscow not to slow down the process.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Will Russia Block Kosovo Independence?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1624851,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1624851,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Analysis: Putin may have plenty of narrow political reasons for nixing the province's inevitable breakaway from Serbia, but the effect of delaying it may actually make for a more stable transition</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 20:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Legacy of Milosevic still haunts Kosovo</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/13/milosovic.kosovo/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/13/milosovic.kosovo/index.html</guid><description>The portrait of Slobodan Milosevic that hung at Pristina's train station was massive, more than 4 feet wide and approaching 8 feet in height.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Diplomats discussing Kosovo's future</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/11/kosovo.status/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/11/kosovo.status/index.html</guid><description>Former Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milosevic's death on Saturday comes amid diplomatic efforts to determine the future of Kosovo, the disputed region of Serbia dominated by Albanians.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Milosevic: Architect of Balkans carnage</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/11/milosovic.obit/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/11/milosovic.obit/index.html</guid><description>Former Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic was regarded as the chief architect of the carnage unleashed during the breakup of Yugoslavia.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kosovo mourns for President Rugova</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/22/kosovo.rugova/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/22/kosovo.rugova/index.html</guid><description>Kosovo is in mourning as it prepares for the burial of its president Ibrahim Rugova this week, with thousands of ethnic Albanians lighting candles in the capital Pristina.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 05:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kosovo President Rugova dies at 61</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/21/kosovo.rugova/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/21/kosovo.rugova/index.html</guid><description>Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova, the literary scholar turned politician who was the symbol of the fight for Kosovar self-rule, died after battling lung cancer, officials said. He was 61.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Three blasts jolt Kosovo city</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/02/kosovo.blasts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/02/kosovo.blasts/index.html</guid><description>Three nearly simultaneous blasts rocked downtown Pristina in Kosovo late Saturday, one of them targeting the United Nations mission headquarters, officials said. No injuries were reported.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2005 21:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kosovo leader survives road blast</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/15/kosovo.rugova/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/15/kosovo.rugova/index.html</guid><description>Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova has escaped unhurt after a dustbin exploded as his car drove past in the capital Pristina.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kosovo ex-PM denies 37 war charges</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/14/kosovo.hague/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/14/kosovo.hague/index.html</guid><description>Kosovo's former prime minister, who resigned last week and surrendered to a U.N. tribunal, has pleaded not guilty to war crimes charges at the U.N. tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kosovo ex-PM faces 37 war charges</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/10/kosovo.hague/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/10/kosovo.hague/index.html</guid><description>The former prime minister of Kosovo has been charged by a United Nations tribunal with 37 counts of war crimes including murder and rape for alleged atrocities during the 1998-99 war between ethnic Albanians and Serb forces.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Indicted Kosovo ex-PM surrenders</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/09/kosovo.hague/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/09/kosovo.hague/index.html</guid><description>Kosovo's former prime minister has arrived in the Netherlands to face war crimes charges at a U.N.-run court for his alleged role in atrocities during the 1998-99 war between ethnic Albanians and Serb forces.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kosovo premier indicted, resigns</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/08/kosovo.pm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/08/kosovo.pm/index.html</guid><description>A U.N. tribunal has indicted Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj for war crimes against Serbs, a move that prompted his resignation, authorities told CNN.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2005 14:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>War crimes tribunal: Key facts </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/31/milosevic.keyfacts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/31/milosevic.keyfacts/index.html</guid><description>Following are some key facts about the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ethnic violence, fugitive war criminals plague Kosovo</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/19/kosovo/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/19/kosovo/index.html</guid><description>Five years after a U.S.-led air war ended Serbia's brutal crackdown on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, the province remains in a state of turmoil.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2004 19:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kosovo marks NATO air war </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/24/kosovo.anniversary/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/24/kosovo.anniversary/index.html</guid><description>Kosovo's ethnic Albanians are marking the fifth anniversary of NATO bombing as the alliance continued to hunt suspects behind a recent frenzy of violence in the Serbian province.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2004 06:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Day of mourning in Kosovo</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/22/kosovo.violence/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/22/kosovo.violence/index.html</guid><description>Flags were flying at half-staff and classical music was being played on television as Kosovo marked a day of mourning for the 28 people who died in last week's violence.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2004 13:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Thousands mourn Kosovo children</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/21/kosovo.violence/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/21/kosovo.violence/index.html</guid><description>Kosovo has declared a day of mourning after thousands of people gathered at a cemetery for the funerals of two ethnic Albanian boys whose drowning sparked violence across the nation.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2004 00:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>NATO strengthens Kosovo force</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/20/kosovo.violence/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/20/kosovo.violence/index.html</guid><description>Thousands of fresh NATO troops were taking up positions across Kosovo in an effort to avoid a repeat of attacks that left 28 people dead and 600 wounded.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2004 13:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tense calm prevails in Kosovo</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/19/kosovo.violence/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/19/kosovo.violence/index.html</guid><description>A tense calm prevailed Friday night in Kosovo after three days of ethnic violence in which at least 28 people were killed and 600 were wounded.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>NATO rushes troops to Kosovo</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/18/kosovo.violence/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/18/kosovo.violence/index.html</guid><description>NATO will send peacekeeping reinforcements to the Balkans in hopes of quelling a mass wave of violence that has killed at least 22 people and left 500 wounded.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Future Star Mulling a run for President, WESLEY CLARK             has emerged as a player in national politics. But is he       </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/15/349173/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/15/349173/index.htm</guid><description>It was back around the time George W. Bush kept an aircraft carrier loitering in the Pacific so that he could make a top-gun landing and effectively declare the Iraq war over. Nothing--or so it see...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>July Travel</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/07/01/262266/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/07/01/262266/index.htm</guid><description>Sail the Mediterranean for $75 to $100 a day. The war in Kosovo has decimated bookings for cruises in the region--even those that don't go anywhere near the conflict. World Wide Cruises (800-882-90...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Satellite. Check. Sonar. Check. Now, Where'd I Put the Keys? From the Halls of Montezuma, to the Drive-Thru at Wendy's</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/05/24/260264/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/05/24/260264/index.htm</guid><description>As if NATO's decision whether to open a ground offensive in Kosovo weren't weighty enough, consider: It could affect your next car purchase. Without diminishing the gravity of the Yugoslav conflict...</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>