Kosovo moves step nearer secession / Decision time looms on Kosovo

The European Union moved a step closer, 10 December 2007, to giving unified support for an independent Kosovo, acknowledging that a United Nations-sponsored attempt to negotiate a settlement for the breakaway province had failed.

Kosovo would declare independence from Serbia 'much earlier' than May 2008, the Kosovo Albanian government said.
The statement came as a UN deadline for agreement on the future of the province expired, 10 December 2007.

BBC News, 10.12.07: 'Early independence' for Kosovo http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7136233.stm

Deutsche Welle, 10.12.07: Kosovo Troika Calls It Quits After Failed Negotiations http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2996241,00.html

International Crisis Group: Kosovo Countdown: A Blueprint for Transition, December 2007 https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/balkans/kosovo/kosovo-countdown-blueprint-transition

Website: UN: United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) http://www.unmikonline.org/

UNMIK: News Report, 7.12.07: Ban Ki-moon receives Contact Group report on Kosovo http://www.unmikonline.org/news.htm#0712

Serbia: Government: Press Release, 10.12.07: EU's decision not to recognise unilateral independence of Kosovo very important http://www.mail-archive.com/sorabia@yahoogroups.com/msg23663.html

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