Kosovo

Kosovo and Serb leaders meet for first time on the province’s status at UN-backed talks

24 July 2006
Top Serbian and Kosovar leaders met for the first time today to discuss plans for the future status of the United Nations-run province of Kosovo, and while both sides remain far apart politically, the UN official overseeing the discussions welcomed the start of dialogue and said the world body remained committed to further negotiations.

Decentralization talks on the UN-run province of Kosovo held in Vienna

19 July 2006
In the run-up to a high-level meeting next week on the future status of the United Nations-run province of Kosovo, delegations from Pristina and the Serbian capital of Belgrade met today in Vienna to discuss the decentralization process in the province, a UN spokesman said.

Kosovo status talks to enter new high-level political phase, UN envoy says

13 July 2006
As senior officials from Kosovo and Serbia met in New York today with members of the Security Council, a United Nations envoy told that body that status talks on the province will soon enter a more advanced phase.