99 war, refugees, security for minorities and energy. Kosovo formally remains part of Serbia, although Belgrade has had no authority over its southern province since 1999, when NATO bombing ended a Serb crackdown on Kosovo's separatist ethnic Albanians and forced Belgrade to give up control to U.N. and NATO. The final status of Kosovo has yet to be defined, but the international community made the start of talks on this issue a condition, with a set of democratic standards Albanians have to fulfil by mid-summer. -- SPA 2228 Local Time 1928 GMT
