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EU leaders remain split on how to deal with Kosovo's likely future independence (Photo: Council of the EU)

EU agrees on Kosovo mission

The European Union has given the political green-light to a 1,800-strong police and civilian mission to be deployed in Serbia's breakaway region of Kosovo, although differences remain over the possible recognition of Kosovo's independence.

"This is the clearest signal that the European Union could possibly give that it intends to lead on the whole issue of Kosovo's future, its status and its role in the region", Portuguese prime minister Jose Socrates - whose country currently holds th...

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EU leaders remain split on how to deal with Kosovo's likely future independence (Photo: Council of the EU)

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