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Kosovo has been under United Nations administration since 1999, when NATO drove out Yugoslav troops. The United National Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) reported that on 2006-FEB-22, the first round of direct negotiations between delegations from Kosovo and Serbia were concluded with some progress having been made over the future status of Kosovo.
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The American Council for Kosovo is an activity of Squire Sanders Public Advocacy, LLC, and Global Strategic Communications Group, which are registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act as agents for the Serbian National Council of Kosovo and Metohija. Additional information with respect to this matter is on file with the Foreign Agents Registration Unit of the Department of Justice in Washington DC.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Kosovo has implied that it would declare independence following the first round of the presidential poll in Serbia which is to take place this Sunday, January 20th. The US and some major EU allies have indicated that they will recognize Kosovo independence despite opposition from Belgrade and Moscow. A clash is in the offing.
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[JURIST] Russia's backing of Serbia in its denunciation of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence [text; JURIST report] last week is in keeping with international law, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov [official profile] said Monday. Lavrov told Vesti 24 [media website] television....
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In the 1389 Battle of Kosovo, Ottoman forces defeated a coalition led by Lazar Hrebeljanović. In 1402 a Serbian Despotate was raised and Kosovo became its richest territory, famous for mines. The local House of Branković came to prominence as the local lords of Kosovo, under Vuk Branković, with the temporary fall of the Serbian Despotate in 1439. During the first fall of Serbia Novo Brdo and Kosovo offered last resistance to the invading Ottomans in 1441, in 1455 it was finally and fully conquered by the Ottoman Empire.
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The UN Special Envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari, has decided to postpone his presentation of Kosovo’s final status proposal until January 2007, after the Parliamentary elections in Serbia. The delay of the decision on the province’s future follows the adoption of a new constitution in Serbia asserting that Kosovo is an integral part of the country. Reacting to the delay, Kosovo leaders threatened to unilaterally proclaim the province independent. This World Politics Watch article argues that action or inaction on Kosovo's status risks “sparking outbreaks of potentially violent nationalism.”
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