ethnic-Albanian

The Clinton administration is revered in Kosovo for having backed the 1999 NATO air campaign that ended a brutal crackdown by Serb forces, and put the majority ethnic-Albanian region on the road to independence.

Clinton to Push for Wider Kosovo Recognition 2010

Most, but not all, of the EU's 27 members recognize mainly ethnic-Albanian Kosovo as an independent state, after it unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008.

Serbia Advances Quest to Join European Union Paul Hannon 2011

Kosovo's national government, based in Pristina, has sought to expand its presence in the north of the country along the Serbian border, where locals still fly the Serbian national flag, use Serbian currency and reject ethnic-Albanian officials' control.

Serbs Attack Anew in Kosovo Gordon Fairclough 2011

Around 90 percent of Kosovo's population is ethnic-Albanian.

Amnesty Says Deported Roma Face Persecution in Kosovo 2010

Northern Kosovo Serbs confronted ethnic-Albanian security forces, triggering an exchange of gunfire that killed one ethnic Albanian policeman and wounded several other people.

Serbia-Kosovo Mediated Talks to Resume 2011

Soldiers used water cannons and fired rubber bullets as they tried to clear barricades set up by local Serbs fighting to keep Kosovo's predominantly ethnic-Albanian central government from extending its authority over Serb-majority areas in the tense north of the country.

Serbs Attack Anew in Kosovo Gordon Fairclough 2011

Serbs—who reject Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence from neighboring Serbia and view as illegitimate the ethnic-Albanian dominated national authorities in Pristina—have manned the barricades for nearly three months.

NATO Removes Kosovo Roadblocks Gordon Fairclough 2011

The U.N. Security Council is holding an emergency session to discuss Kosovo, where the NATO military alliance and the European Union are struggling to restore a tense peace after border clashes near Serbia killed one ethnic-Albanian policemen and injured four others.

NATO Concerned About Kosovo After Deadly Border Clashes 2011

The barricades had been erected by Serbs in Serb-majority areas of north Kosovo who oppose efforts by the largely ethnic-Albanian central government of Kosovo, based in Pristina, to extend its authority in areas along the country's border with Serbia.

EU Delays Decision on Serbia Status Frances Robinson 2011

The region has experienced food shortages after special forces of Kosovo's ethnic-Albanian authorities a week ago seized two border crossings in Serb-dominated northern regions to enforce a ban on imports from Serbia.

Serbia-Kosovo Mediated Talks to Resume 2011