A collection of stories tagged 'kosovo' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:39:28 EST 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. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/54360 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93687344&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:46:00 EDT 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. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/50875 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91441589&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:31:00 EDT 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. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/46362 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88226039&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:00:00 EDT 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. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/46245 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88116195&ft=1&f=1021 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:58:00 EDT 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. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45805 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87796396&ft=1&f=1032 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST 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. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45695 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19351545&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:00:00 EST 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. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45656 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19357315&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:00:00 EST 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. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45601 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19335272&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST Serb demonstrators marched for a sixth day Saturday in northern Kosovo, protesting its secession from Serbia. In Belgrade on Thursday, the protests turned violent as rioters attacked and set fire to the U.S. Embassy. The U.S. State Department has ordered all nonessential employees and diplomats' families to leave. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45577 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19308758&ft=1&f=1001 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:07:00 EST Kosovo declared independence this week, and Serbian nationalists reacted violently. Soren Jessen-Petersen, U.N. administrator for Kosovo, offers his thoughts on the tense political climate. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45564 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19304222&ft=1&f=1001 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:51:00 EST With hundreds of thousands of Serbians in the streets protesting the West's support for an independent Kosovo, the U.S. ambassador in Serbia expected the government would provide the U.S. Embassy better protection Thursday. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45533 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19270937&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:41:00 EST Serbian demonstrators attacked the U.S. Embassy and set part of it on fire Thursday, as people took to the streets of Belgrade to protest Kosovo's declaration of independence. The United States was among the first countries to recognize the new nation. Dejan Anastasijevic, a Serbian journalist with Vreme magazine, talks with Steve Inskeep about the latest developments. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45517 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19266688&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:00:00 EST Protesters in Serbia's capital, Belgrade, broke into the U.S. Embassy on Thursday and set some rooms on fire. The rioters were part of larger protests among Serbian nationalists opposed to the independence of Kosovo. A charred body was later found inside. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45506 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19246285&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:39:00 EST Angry demonstrators broke into an empty U.S. embassy in Belgrade on Thursday, setting fire to its facade and tossing documents out of windows to protest Washington's apparent support for Kosovo's independence. Serbian police stood by as black smoke billowed from the embassy compound. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45485 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19240106&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:42:00 EST Newly independent Kosovo faces three major challenges: ensuring political stability, establishing the rule of law and creating a culture of accountability for its new international supervisors from the European Union. Observers say the new government will also have to implement laws on minority rights and produce a new constitution. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45423 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19188856&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:35:00 EST Serbs in Kosovo rallied Monday to protest Kosovo's declaration of independence Sunday. President Bush, who is traveling this week in Africa, was first to recognize new independence, which opposed by Russia. The move has prompted Serbia to recall its ambassador from Washington. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45361 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19148456&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:00:00 EST Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on Sunday, a decade after a bloody separatist war. Thousands of people celebrated in the streets. However, Serbia immediately declared the new state illegal, as did Russia. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45340 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19141288&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:24:00 EST The parliament of Kosovo, the autonomous region of Serbia, has declared its independence, spurred by the region's majority ethnic Albanians. The move comes nine years after the United States and NATO began airstrikes against Serbian military targets in the former Yugoslavia. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45324 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19134461&ft=1&f=1001 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:01:00 EST Kosovo's parliament declared the territory a nation on Sunday, mounting a historic bid to become an "independent and democratic state" backed by the U.S. and European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia and Russia. But by sidestepping the U.N. and appealing directly to the U.S. and other nations for recognition, Kosovo set up a showdown with Serbia. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45319 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19130955&ft=1&f=1001 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:54:00 EST A pro-Western leader is elected president of Serbia in a vote seen as a referendum on future ties with the EU. The election may also have improve prospects for an independent Kosovo, a province under U.N. control since 1999. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/44824 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18656606&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:00:00 EST Serbs go to the polls Sunday in the second round of their presidential election. The runoff, between the current president and his rival, is being dominated by the issue of Kosovo. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/44802 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18643907&ft=1&f=1001 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:26:00 EST Albanians in Kosovo say the province's unsettled status discourages investment. Still, there are some signs of economic success -- including Cafe Odyssea, a new French bakery opened by Israelis in Pristina. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/43327 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17611053&ft=1&f=1021 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:00:00 EST The future of Kosovo again tops the agenda of the United Nations Security Council. The U.N. has been running the region ever since NATO helped end a Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanians there eight years ago. But Kosovo's Albanians are planning to declare independence, a move resisted by Serbia. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/43148 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17441680&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:00:00 EST As Kosovo's future remains in doubt, the city of Mitrovica, the province's most divided community, is noticeably tense. Members of the Serbian community say they can't live in an independent Kosovo under majority Albanian rule. Albanians driven from the north say they want to return to their homes. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/42817 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17122630&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:48:00 EST After nearly two years of negotiations, the future of Kosovo is still in dispute. Kosovo's Albanian majority are anxious to declare independence. But Serbia, which lost control of Kosovo as a result of NATO bombing in 1999, adamantly opposes full independence for the province. Today is the deadline for U.N.-sponsored talks. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/42772 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17067234&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:24:00 EST