http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/1552-pristina.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/1552-pristina.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2073688-kosovo-1-month-detention-suspected-drug-boss.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union law mission in Kosovo says it has ordered a suspected Balkan drug boss to be detained for one month while it gathers evidence in a suspected organized crime case. Naser Kelmendi is suspected of directing a criminal network stretching from Turkey into Western Europe. The EULEX mission said Thursday that Kelmendi ... Thu, 09 May 2013 11:25:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2073688-kosovo-1-month-detention-suspected-drug-boss.html 2013-05-09T11:25:26Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2069294-eu-kosovo-arrests-suspected-balkan-drug-lord.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — EU authorities intervened late Tuesday to arrest an ethnic Albanian suspected of running a major cocaine and heroin smuggling network from Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, after Kosovo authorities could not extend his detention because it breached local laws. EULEX, the European Union rule of law mission in Kosovo, said Tuesday that ... Tue, 07 May 2013 20:27:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2069294-eu-kosovo-arrests-suspected-balkan-drug-lord.html 2013-05-07T20:27:24Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2065760-kosovo-police-arrest-suspected-drugs-kingpin.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo police have arrested a suspected Balkan drug kingpin who is wanted on an international arrest warrant and blacklisted by U.S. authorities. Naser Kelmendi, 56, is a Kosovo-born ethnic Albanian businessman who police say allegedly runs a major cocaine and heroin organization from a family-owned hotel in the Bosnian capital of ... Mon, 06 May 2013 18:01:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2065760-kosovo-police-arrest-suspected-drugs-kingpin.html 2013-05-06T18:01:16Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2058220-eu-kosovo-launches-organ-trafficking-probe.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A European Union prosecutor in Kosovo says a new probe into illegal organ trafficking has begun just days after five people were found guilty of running a criminal ring that lured poor people from Eastern Europe into selling their kidneys to rich recipients. Prosecutor Jonathan Ratel said Thursday that evidence emerged during the t... Thu, 02 May 2013 11:55:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2058220-eu-kosovo-launches-organ-trafficking-probe.html 2013-05-02T11:55:38Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2051000-kosovo-3-jail-time-organ-trafficking-case.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A court in Kosovo found two citizens guilty of human trafficking and organized crime Monday in a major trial against seven people suspected of running an international organ trafficking ring that took kidneys from poor donors lured by financial promises. A panel of two European Union judges and one Kosovo judge sentenced urologist ... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2051000-kosovo-3-jail-time-organ-trafficking-case.html 2013-04-29T19:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2046658-kosovo-police-detain-2-suspected-serb-spies.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo police say two Serbs are being held for questioning after they were found photographing the barracks of Kosovo's lightly armed civil emergency force in the southeast of the country. Police said the two Kosovo Serbs whose identities were withheld also photographed factories and depots in the town of Gnjilane, southeast of the... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:43:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2046658-kosovo-police-detain-2-suspected-serb-spies.html 2013-04-26T13:43:08Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2033354-kosovo-pm-seeks-parliament-backing-serbia-deal.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo's parliament will convene for an urgent parliamentary session to back a potentially historic deal with Serbia brokered by the European Union, the prime minister said Saturday. Hashim Thaci appealed to the 120-seat legislature to "make the right decision" and support an effort to normalize relations with Serbia. The session ... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:15:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2033354-kosovo-pm-seeks-parliament-backing-serbia-deal.html 2013-04-20T16:15:14Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2031246-serbia-kosovo-reach-tentative-deal-relations.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Serbia and Kosovo reached a potentially historic agreement Friday to normalize relations between the Balkan neighbors, end years of acrimony and put them both on a solid path to European Union membership. The tentative deal culminated months of tense negotiations and showed determination of both Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Kosov... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:44:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2031246-serbia-kosovo-reach-tentative-deal-relations.html 2013-04-19T18:44:48Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2025286-serbia-kosovo-eu-brokered-talks-without-deal.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo ended talks early Thursday without resolving their differences. But a top European Union chief said a deal could be close. "I said last time that agreement was close, that the differences were narrow, but deep," said EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who hosted the talks. "I can say with real confid... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:52:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2025286-serbia-kosovo-eu-brokered-talks-without-deal.html 2013-04-17T23:52:38Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2005720-serbia-rejects-eu-brokered-kosovo-deal.html BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia rejected on Monday a European Union-brokered deal for reconciliation with its former province of Kosovo — a defiant move that could jeopardize the Balkan country's EU membership aspirations and fuel tensions in the region. The EU had given Serbia until Tuesday to say whether it would relinquish its effective control over nor... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:57:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2005720-serbia-rejects-eu-brokered-kosovo-deal.html 2013-04-08T19:57:48Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2004934-serbia-to-reject-eu-brokered-kosovo-deal.html BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia will on Monday reject a European Union-brokered deal for its former province of Kosovo, the country's most powerful leader said — a defiant move that could jeopardize the Balkan country's EU membership aspirations and fuel tensions in the Balkans. The European Union has given Serbia until Tuesday to say whether it would reli... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:13:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2004934-serbia-to-reject-eu-brokered-kosovo-deal.html 2013-04-08T13:13:58Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1995336-serbia-blames-kosovo-albanians-failed-talks.html BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia blamed Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leaders on Wednesday for the failure of European Union-mediated talks on the future of Serb-controlled northern Kosovo, and said it will have to make some "painful" decisions to try reach a compromise with its bitter Balkan foe. Presidential adviser Marko Djuric said after a meeting of the Ser... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:54:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1995336-serbia-blames-kosovo-albanians-failed-talks.html 2013-04-03T18:54:08Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1992722-serbia-kosovo-talks-fail-to-reach-accord.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Marathon EU-mediated talks between the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have broken up without a deal, the participants said early Wednesday. The talks, which took place in Brussels, were an attempt to resolve one of the most difficult issues dividing the two sides — the status of Serb-dominated northern Kosovo, an EU official said. The talks ... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:15:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1992722-serbia-kosovo-talks-fail-to-reach-accord.html 2013-04-02T23:15:16Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1990434-kosovo-serbs-anxious-brussels-talks.html MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Branimir Cvetnic likes to remember his hometown of Mitrovica as the lively, multicultural industrial hub it once was, rather than the grim symbol of Kosovo's ethnic division it has become. "Back then, Mitrovica was an open city, a city for everybody. And, now ... it's not even possible to compare," said Cvetnic, 57, whose family h... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:03:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1990434-kosovo-serbs-anxious-brussels-talks.html 2013-04-01T16:03:54Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/1973860-eu-prosecutor-adds-charges-kosovo-organs-case.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A European Union prosecutor has filed more charges against seven Kosovars on trial over an illegal kidney trafficking scheme, while alleging that the key suspects consulted with top government officials on plans to perform the transplants. The case is one of the most prominent organ trafficking scandals to hit the Balkans in recent... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:25:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/1973860-eu-prosecutor-adds-charges-kosovo-organs-case.html 2013-03-22T23:25:27Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/music/1966790-kosovo-schools-to-ignore-rock-criminal-lesson.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo authorities are telling teachers and students to ignore a paragraph in a high school textbook that labels rock music as criminal. The citizenship textbook states that "rock music, pornography, violence on television — all not good acts — have been proven to be totally criminal." The Ministry of Education on Wednesday ordered... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:55:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/music/1966790-kosovo-schools-to-ignore-rock-criminal-lesson.html 2013-03-20T10:55:53Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1954300-kosovo-pm-deal-with-serbia.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci says a deal with Serbia over his country's contested status is imminent but denied concessions will be made to the Serb minority in the tense north paving the way for ethnic partition. Thaci says Serbs in the north will hold separate elections in September but the elected body will not have exec... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:30:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1954300-kosovo-pm-deal-with-serbia.html 2013-03-14T12:30:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1918772-kosovo-turns-to-us-help-talks-with-serbia.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo has urged the United States to support its position as it engages in talks with Serbia about how much control Serbs living in Kosovo's north should have over their affairs. Serbia has never accepted former province Kosovo's 2008 secession, though dozens of other nations have. Now that Kosovo and Serbia are aiming for a peace... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:08:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1918772-kosovo-turns-to-us-help-talks-with-serbia.html 2013-02-27T17:08:17Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1897790-kosovo-celebrates-5-years-independence.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo celebrated the fifth anniversary of their declaration of independence from Serbia with a parade of police and armed forces in the main square of the capital Sunday. It's the first time such forces have been used in a parade since the end of the 1998-99 war with Serbia. The country's lightly armed Kosovo S... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:32:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1897790-kosovo-celebrates-5-years-independence.html 2013-02-17T17:32:35Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1868260-kosovo-2-serb-children-hurt-blast.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo police say two Serb children were wounded when a device believed to have been a hand grenade exploded on the porch of their house in the ethnically divided north. It was the third explosion in the tense city of Mitrovica in 24 hours. The other blasts did not hurt any people. Police spokesman Besim Hoti said a 3-year old boy ... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1868260-kosovo-2-serb-children-hurt-blast.html 2013-02-04T20:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1847948-kosovo-albanians-protest-capital.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Ethnic Albanians are protesting in Kosovo's capital to show support for their ethnic kin in Serbia's tense southern sector. The protesters chanted anti-Serbian slogans Saturday in the main square of Pristina, blaming Kosovo's government for not standing up for ethnic Albanians in the neighboring country. Kosovo, which has an ethnic... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1847948-kosovo-albanians-protest-capital.html 2013-01-26T15:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1824152-kosovos-thaci-rules-serb-autonomy.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Fifteen years ago, Hashim Thaci and Ivica Dacic were locked in an armed battle over the future of Kosovo: one as the leader of ethnic Albanian rebels fighting Serbia, the other as a close ally of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic. On Thursday, the two will meet in Brussels as the prime ministers of Kosovo and Serbia, highlightin... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1824152-kosovos-thaci-rules-serb-autonomy.html 2013-01-16T18:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1755730-kosovo-serbia-implementing-border-deal.html JARINJE, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo and Serbia started to implement an EU-brokered deal to jointly check goods and travelers at crossing points on Monday, a crucial step for the former foes to improve relations as they seek eventual membership in the European Union. Police and customs officials from both sides worked with EU representatives in a bid to show the... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1755730-kosovo-serbia-implementing-border-deal.html 2012-12-10T14:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1752886-serb-shot-wounded-kosovo.html PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Police say a Serb working for Kosovo's ethnic Albanian authorities has been wounded in a drive-by shooting. The attack occurred late Friday in the northern town of Mitrovica, which is divided between predominantly ethnic Albanians of Muslim faith and Orthodox Christian Serbs. Police say the shooting wounded 28-year-old Dusan Milosa... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1752886-serb-shot-wounded-kosovo.html 2012-12-08T14:10:00Z