Aug 18th, 2008 · Commentator Leroy Sievers died over the weekend at his home outside Washington, D.C. He was 53. As a television journalist, he covered wars in Iraq, Central America, Somalia and Kosovo. After he was diagnosed with cancer, he began writing his daily blog, "My Cancer," on NPR.org. Through selections of past commentaries, Sievers says goodbye in his own words.
Jun 12th, 2008 · The future of NATO's role in Afghanistan and Kosovo was on the agenda at the alliance's annual ministerial meeting in Brussels Thursday. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates again prodded NATO allies to send more troops to Afghanistan. Meanwhile, NATO has agreed to begin training security forces in Kosovo later this year. Kosovo recently declared its independence from Serbia.
Mar 14th, 2008 · May elections for a new parliament will test Serbian resolve regarding independence for the province of Kosovo. Most Serbs oppose the idea, but the EU favors it. And few Serbs see a healthy economic future without EU ties.
Mar 11th, 2008 · Valdete Idrizi, a 34-year-old ethnic Albanian who survived the ethnic violence in Kosovo in the 1990s, has reached out to her Serb neighbors. She has faced death threats from Kosovar Albanian militants. But she also received an International Woman of Courage award from the U.S. Secretary of State.
Feb 29th, 2008 · The program's listeners have their say, offering feedback to recent stories about Kosovo's recent independence from Serbia, a single dad's search for love and how a popular businessman's love life helped influence him to close shop.
Feb 26th, 2008 · Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia on Feb. 17. The United States and Britain are among the nations that support Kosovar independence. Russia and China oppose it. We address some of the questions raised by the prospect of nationhood for Kosovo.
Feb 26th, 2008 · The mood is glum in Serbia following Kosovo's declaration of independence. The man likely to succeed Vladimir Putin as Russia's president visited Serbia on Monday to lend support to the country's claim on Kosovo.
Feb 25th, 2008 · Albanians around the world celebrated last week as Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. But, for many Serbs, the mood was very different. Rioters stormed the U.S. embassy in Belgrade, leaving one person killed. Policy analyst Obrad Kesic is joined by Serbian students Andrej Komnenovic and Tamara Pavasovic to discuss the Serb reaction.