Leaders of the UN-administered Serbian province are currently in UN-sponsored talks involving Serbia aimed at settling the future status of Kosovo, whose ethnic Albanian majority is pressing for independence from Serbia.
The checklist includes the adoption of laws on languages and religious freedom, and the allocation of money to fund the return of refugees.
Meanwhile, the UN said on June 7 that it will deploy 500 additional policemen in Kosovo's Serb-dominated north after a rise in tension sparked by a series of violent incidents.
Serbs have blamed the incidents on ethnic Albanians and have threatened to sever their ties with the institutions o the ethnic Albanian-dominated province.
(AP, Reuters)
RFE/RL Balkan Report
RFE/RL Balkan Report
