Monday, July 2, 2012

Kosovo To Become A Sovereign Nation In September


Kosovo To Gain Full Sovereignty -- Al Jazeera

Balkan territory, which broke away from Serbia in 2008 after civil war, gets nod from International Steering Group.

Kosovo will finally gain full sovereignty in September, almost four years after it broke away from Serbia, the International Steering Group (ISG) has said.

"The international supervision ends as of today," Michael Spindelegger, Austria's foreign minister, said at an event in Vienna.

In January, the 25-nation ISG that includes several EU states besides Austria as well as Turkey and the US, had announced that Kosovo had made such progress that "supervised independence" could be lifted by the end of the year.

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More News On Kosovo Gaining Full Sovereignty In September

West to end Kosovo independence oversight in September -- Reuters
25-nation group to end Kosovo’s international supervision in September -- Washington Post/AP
Steering Group Grants Kosovo Full Sovereignty -- Radio Free Europe
Kosovo to Gain Full Sovereignty in September -- Novinite
Kosovo granted full independence, peacekeepers to stay -- Deutsche Welle
Five lessons from Kosovo on peacemaking and problem-solving -- Hashim Thaci, Christian Science Monitor
CHRONOLOGY: Kosovo's path to independence -- Europe Online Magazine

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