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well i see catherine did not get her wish http://www.newser.com/article/da5dmcjg3/eu-mediated-talks-fail-to-reach-accord-between-serbian-kosovo-leaders.html http://news.yahoo.com/serbia-kosovo-fail-reach-deal-improve-ties-231100981.html but really after that hideous but stylish new haircut angela just gave to cyprus what carrot of integration does she or anyone think is left http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/beyond-post-cold-war-world indeed i am amazed that anyone not already locked into the euro salon would still be plodding so hopefully & diligently t o w a r d brussels & berlin i mean rather than running away from there for all their fleece might still be worth this really is boundary news i agree best regards to you all On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Nicolas Boeglin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear colleague > > Many thanks, for this interesting link to an extremely complicated issue. > > Living in the first country having recognized Kosovo´s independance (some > of us still are wondering what was the interest of Costa Rica in doing so > in Feb. 2008) - (see list below http://www.kosovothanksyou.com/) > > I was wondering what could be the reaction of some supporters of Kosovo > cause with this new "arrangment" between Serbia and Kosovo. > > Sincerely yours, > > Nicolas Boeglin > > > > 2013/4/2 Mike Beidler <[log in to unmask]> > >> Ladies and Gentlemen, >> >> >> http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/01/us-kosovo-serbia-idUSBRE93007G20130401 >> >> "Serbia does not recognize Kosovo's 2008 secession, but is under pressure >> from the European Union to improve ties and help overcome a split between >> Kosovo's Albanians and a Serb enclave in the north over which Belgrade >> retained de facto control. The status of the enclave [of Mitrovica] is at >> the heart of EU-mediated talks aimed at 'normalizing ties' between the two >> countries." >> >> "Serbia says it will never accept Kosovo as an independent state, but its >> offer to cede control over the north to Pristina is a dramatic shift in >> official policy as Belgrade seeks the economic boost of closer ties to the >> European Union. The shifting sands in Serbia come with Milosevic's heirs >> at the helm, nationalists who fought for Kosovo but who now say the >> territory is all but lost. The EU-led talks have already yielded deals on >> management of the Kosovo-Serbia border, recognition of vehicle license >> plates and university diplomas, trade relations and other practical >> problems arising from Serbia's refusal to recognize Kosovo." >> >> Best, >> Mike >> > >