EU, U.N. roles hazy in new era

Posted by Matt in June 11th, 2008

PRISTINA, Kosovo | Days before the West begins one of the most ambitious nation-building experiments in modern history, profound questions remain about how the day-to-day governance of Kosovo will be handled.

Kosovo now has its own government. But the U.N. mission that effectively ruled the former province of Serbia since 1999 is still here.

Map for Pristina, Kosovo

[Countries link to CIA Factbook. States link to Wikipedia.]

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