Former President Bill Clinton was in Kosovo this weekend to unveil a 3-meter statue ? of himself. The statue commemorates Clinton’s support of the NATO air campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999.
One year ago, skeptics predicted dire consequences as Kosovo emerged as an independent state from the former Yugoslavia. For more we turn to Helen Fawkes of the BBC who is in Pristina, Kosovo.
Yesterday, Serbs in an enclave in Kosovo erupted in violent protest against Kosovo independence, and a UN peacekeeper was killed in the clashes, as Correspondent David Chanatry has more.
US and European officials have issued a stern warning to Serbia following yesterday’s attack on the US embassy in Belgrade where protestors upset by Kosovo’s declaration of independence set the embassy on fire
The United States and several European countries today recognized Kosovo’s independence from Serbia, but Russia and Serbia are bitterly opposed, as The World’s Gerry Hadden has details.
