Kosovo talks end in stalemate
A year of contentious talks on the status of Kosovo ended in a bitter deadlock over a United Nations plan that would set the disputed Serbian province on the road to independence.
The U.N. Security Council will have the final say on the plan, which would grant Kosovo -- a U.N. protectorate since 1999 -- supervised statehood and elements of independence, including its own army, flag, anthem and constitution.
Serbia’s nationalist prime minister, Vojislav Kostunica, said approving the plan would be “the most dangerous precedent in the history of the U.N.”
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