BELGRADE/PRISTINA (Reuters) - Serbia and its former province of Kosovo exchanged envoys on Monday for the first time since a 1998-99 war, a step loaded with symbolism for the Balkan neighbors as the European Union considers whether to set Belgrade on the path to membership. Full story
PRIZREN, Kosovo (Reuters) - Kosovo has launched a campaign to seize wild bears held in restaurants and private zoos, responding to concerns over dwindling numbers in the Balkan country's mountainous border areas. Full story
PRISTINA (Reuters) - European Union police said on Thursday they had arrested five people, including a wartime ally of Kosovo's prime minister, and were investigating the ambassador to Albania on suspicion of war crimes during Kosovo's 1998-99 conflict. Full story
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Serbia and Kosovo agreed in principle on Wednesday on a plan to implement an historic accord to settle their relations, a step that strengthens Serbia's chances of getting the go-ahead next month to start talks on joining the European Union. Full story
PRISTINA (Reuters) - The head of Kosovo's AKP privatization agency resigned on Thursday amid mounting international concern about a lack of transparency in the sale of state assets in the corruption-ridden young Balkan country. Full story
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Five men were convicted in Kosovo on Monday of involvement in an organ trafficking ring that performed at least 23 illegal kidney transplants at a clinic on the outskirts of the capital, under the noses of United Nations police and NATO peacekeepers. Full story
Citizen candidates hailing from around the world – Iran and Afghanistan to Kosovo and India – reflect on what it means to officially become an American as 30 of them wait on Rockefeller Plaza for a moment they have anticipated their whole lives: becoming American citizens.
Activists from Austrian NGO "Four Paws" lower a tranquillised bear from a cage at a private zoo located next to a restaurant in the Kosovo town of Prizren, about 90 km southwest of the capital Pristina, May 22, 2013. Kosovo has launched a campaign, aided by "Four Paws", to seize wild bears held in
A bear is seen at a sanctuary after having been taken from a private zoo located next to a pizza restaurant in the Kosovo town of Prizren, about 90 km southwest of the capital Pristina, May 23, 2013. Kosovo has launched a campaign, aided by Austrian NGO "Four Paws", to seize wild bears held in rest
An activist from Austrian NGO "Four Paws" tranquilises bears that are are seen in a cage at a private zoo located next to a restaurant in the Kosovo town of Prizren, about 90 km southwest of the capital Pristina, May 22, 2013. Kosovo has launched a campaign, helped by "Four Paws", to seize wild bea
Bears are seen in a cage at a private zoo located next to a restaurant in the Kosovo town of Prizren, about 90 km southwest of the capital Pristina, May 21, 2013. Kosovo has launched a campaign, helped by Austrian NGO "Four Paws", to seize wild bears held in restaurants and private zoos, respondin
