Kosovo Independence Now Likely. December 11, 2007 / 12:58 PM EST / US News The diplomatic endgame raises tensions with Russia and the prospects for instability in the Balkans.

Kosovo's independence, however, should not be held hostage to Serbia's inability to trust itself to behave responsibly. The United States and its European partners were too timid in confronting ...

Kosovo's parliament declared the disputed 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 ...

PARIS, Dec. 14 -- European Union leaders on Friday pledged 1,800 police and administrative officials to Kosovo, part of a package of aid and diplomacy intended to facilitate a well-choreographed ...

Europe's newest country is Kosovo. It gained independence from Serbia less than a decade ago with the help of U.S.-led NATO forces. The role of the U.S. in that struggle is still remembered by Kosovo.

Horns honked, flags waved and toasts were raised in Pristina on Thursday at the news that Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 was upheld by the International Court of ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo is celebrating 10 years of independence from Serbia in two-day festivities that started Saturday amid reminders of the obstacles to the country’s full acc… ...

More than 100 UN members have recognized Kosovo's independence, but others have not, including several EU states, plus Russia and, of course, Serbia, which has worked actively to block Kosovo from ...

– One thought dominates all others in this provincial capital that dreams of independence: Almost nine years after the U.S. and NATO waged a bombing campaign on behalf of Kosovo’s ethnic ...

No Independence For Kosovo. Not to belabor my regular point about keeping at least one blood-soaked American promise, it’s worth reiterating that the ice-cold realist question remains whether or ...