Serbs protesting the building of homes for ethnic Albanians in Kosovo’s tense north threw two hand grenades and fired gunshots at European Union police officers, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades to drive the crowd away Monday.

Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian-led government is operating as an independent nation which its Serb minority refuses to recognize, leaving the United Nations in a difficult position as the administrator of the territory, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursd

Spain will withdraw its hundreds of troops from the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Kosovo in the next few months, an official said Thursday.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is congratulating Kosovo on its first year of independence.

U.N. judges have acquitted former Serb President Milan Milutinovic of ordering a deadly campaign of terror by Serb forces against Kosovo Albanians in 1999.

Six high ranking Serbs including former President Milan Milutinovic hear verdicts Thursday in their trial on charges of orchestrating a 1999 campaign of murder, torture and deportation of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.

Kosovo’s first year of independence has been a success even though it’s been recognized by just a few dozen countries, its prime minister declared Monday.

Kosovo’s prime minister says his nation’s first year of independence has been success even though it has been recognized by just a few dozen countries.

Serbia protested to the United Nations and NATO on Friday against Kosovo’s new security force, calling it a threat to the Balkan stability.

Kosovo officials say the Saatchi & Saatchi advertising company has won a contract worth euro5.7 million ($7.3 million) to improve the country’s international image.