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Peace stone from Hiroshima presented to Kosovo

Kyodo News InternationalMay 20, 2013 12:46
A Hiroshima-based civic group on Monday presented the former Yugoslav autonomous region of Kosovo with a stone from the 1945 atomic bombing of the Japanese city, engraved with an image of a Buddhist goddess of mercy.

Kosovo police arrest suspected crime boss Kelmendi

May 7, 2013 10:41
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Police in Kosovo have arrested Naser Kelmendi, suspected by the United States of trafficking drugs to Europe through the Balkans, on an international arrest warrant, police said on Monday. Police spokesman Baki Kelani said Kelmendi and a second person were arrested on Sunday and taken to a detention centre. A senior police source said Kelmendi was arrested in Pristina.

Kosovo police arrest suspected crime boss Kelmendi

May 7, 2013 10:30
By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA (Reuters) - Police in Kosovo have arrested Naser Kelmendi, blacklisted by the United States on suspicion of trafficking drugs to Europe, on a warrant from Bosnia, officials said on Monday. Bosnia is seeking Kelmendi's extradition because of his suspected involvement in organized crime and his role in the 2007 murder of Ramiz Delalic, a Bosnian Muslim warlord who switched to organized crime after the wars in the Balkans.

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Agence France-PresseApril 28, 2013 17:30
What's happening around the world Monday: -- TOP STORIES -- + Fire kills 'last survivor' of Bangladesh factory collapse + Italy's prime minister to unveil new coalition programme DHAKA: Reporting after a fire killed the last known survivor from the wreckage of a factory block whose owner has been apprehended following a manhunt. The toll of 381 is expected to increase as workers use heavy machinery to clear debris (BANGLADESH-BUILDING-DISASTER-TEXTILE)

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Agence France-PresseApril 26, 2013 03:00
What's happening in Europe on Friday: + Spain unveils reforms to battle crisis + 38 dead in fire at Russian psychiatric hospital + Jailed Pussy Riot band member seeks parole + Italy's new PM works to form government MADRID: Spain's conservative government, which is seeking to reduce its deficit in the midst of a double-dip recession, unveils at 1200 GMT a new package of measures aimed at reviving the economy, a day after registering record-high unemployment at over 27 percent. Video. (FINANCE-DEBT-SPAIN-ECONOMY-POLITICS)

Kosovo, EU boost spur predictions of policy easing in Serbia

April 23, 2013 13:01
By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's accord with Kosovo and the prospect it could start European Union accession talks this year have raised expectations the central bank will cut interest rates to boost growth, analysts said on Tuesday. The Serbian dinar has been bolstered by the April 19 deal to settle fraught relations between Serbia and its former province, which earned Belgrade a tentative green light on Monday for the start of talks on joining the EU this year.

Knocking on EU's door, Serbia tries to tap investment potential

April 22, 2013 09:15
By Matt Robinson BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbs pride themselves on their hospitality, and Abu Dhabi's crown prince got the full treatment this year: skiing in the mountains, a tour of Belgrade's Red Star football club and a parting gift of hand-knitted woollen socks. For years an exporter of war and instability, Serbia is now trying to lure hundreds of millions of dollars in Arab investment to its ailing economy.

EU opens to Serbia after Kosovo deal

April 22, 2013 05:30
By Justyna Pawlak and Adrian Croft LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Commission encouraged EU governments on Monday to start membership talks with Serbia, in recognition of Belgrade's accord with Kosovo last week that marked a milestone for the Balkans' recovery from the collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

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Agence France-PresseApril 22, 2013 02:30
What's happening in Europe on Monday: + EU to ease Syria oil embargo, lift Myanmar sanctions + Kerry in first Brussels visit + Italy's Napolitano sworn in for new term LUXEMBOURG: EU foreign ministers meet from 1030 GMT to discuss an easing of the oil embargo on Syria to allow investments that could provide a boost to the rebel opposition. Picture. (SYRIA-CONFLICT-OIL-EU-EMBARGO) -- Foreign ministers are also set to lift the last of its trade, economic and individual sanctions against Myanmar. (EU-MYANMAR-DIPLOMACY)

Serbia-Kosovo talks fail once again

Agence France-PresseApril 17, 2013 19:47
Serbia and Kosovo failed once again to close their differences and clinch a deal to normalise ties in talks brokered by the European Union lasting through Wednesday until Thursday. "Today has been a very long and intensive day," said EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton at the close of daylong negotiations ending after midnight. "I said last time that agreement was close, that the differences were narrow, but deep. I can say with real confidence today that the differences are narrow and very shallow," Ashton added in a statement.
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