Kosovo Launches Its Own Military

21 January 2009 | Uncategorized | Jason Ditz

Kosovo officially launched its new military, the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) to replace the civilian Kosovar Protection Service, which was made up chiefly of separatists from the 1998-99 war against the Serbian government. NATO will support the recruitment drive for the new force, which hopes to have 1,500 members by September.
The Serbian government which does [...]

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Serbia Wins UN Bid to Review Independence of Kosovo

09 October 2008 | Uncategorized | Jason Ditz

In what Serbian newspapers are calling a “great diplomatic victory,” the UN General Assembly has voted 77-6 to ask the International Court of Justice to examine the question “Is the unilateral declaration of independence by the provisional institutions of self-government of Kosovo in accordance with international law?”
The legality of Kosovo’s independence is unclear. Former International [...]

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