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March 19, 2008 (Zeljka Bilandzija, AFP) - Croatia and two other neighbours of Serbia recognised Kosovo's independence Wednesday, in a new blow to Belgrade's resistance to losing the province and its delicate post-war ties with Zagreb.

March 17, 2008 (AFP) - UN police were forced to withdraw Monday from the Serb-populated part of this flashpoint Kosovo town after coming under attack as they stormed a court occupied by Serbs opposed to independence.

BELGRADE March 11, 2008 (RIA Novosti) - The European Union is to give the government of Kosovo over $385 million to prepare for admission into the EU, the head of the European Commission Liaison Office in Kosovo said Tuesday.

BELGRADE March 10, 2008 (Xinhua) - The Serbian government Monday adopted a proposal to dismiss parliament and hold early general elections in May.

Serbia and Russia have refused to recognize Kosovo’s independence arguing the declaration is illegal and sets international precedent that is applicable to other breakaway regions including pro-Russian South Ossieta and Abkhazia in Georgia. It is unlikely that Russian will push for the application of this principle too strongly, however, as it could also be applied by separatists in Russia’s Chechnya.

February 25, 2008 (Press TV) - Russian envoy to NATO has said that Kosovo's split from Serbia was the result of an imperialistic American effort to 'divide and rule'.

February 24, 2008 (Sofia News Agency) - The European Union said it has withdrawn staff from the northern Kosovo city of Mitrovica following violent protests by the Serb minority.

February 22, 2008 (Press TV) - Moscow's ambassador to NATO says Russia could resort to 'brute force' if NATO or the EU formally recognize Kosovo as an independent state.

Kosovo February 22, 2008 (Dusan Stojanovic, AP) - Violent protests rocked Serb-dominated northern Kosovo on Friday, as mobs chanting "Kosovo is ours!" hurled stones, bottles and firecrackers at U.N. police guarding a bridge that divides Serbs from ethnic Albanians.

BELGRADE February 21, 2008 (Xinhua) - Serbia is to hold a mass rally on Thursday in the capital Belgrade to protest against Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence and against those countries that recognize it.