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STEPANAKERT (Tiraspol Times) - Despite Armenia’s declared position that Kosovo independence will not be
Kosovo's authorities plan to declare independence unilaterally,against the will of Serbia. The United States and most of the EuropeanUnion members have voiced their readiness to recognize Kosovo’sindependence despite Serbian objections.
" - We have no intentions to use Kosovo as precedent, as it willcontradict our position that all conflicts differ,” Armenia’s ForeignMinister Vardan Oskanyan declared at the UN General Assembly session inOctober. But he ad
Nina Dyulgerova: Extrapolation of the Kosovo precedent is inevitable
VARNA(Focus / Tiraspol Times) - Nina Dyulgerova, one of Bulgaria's leadingHistory Professors, says that if Kosovo becomes independent thenextrapolation is inevitable. Other "frozen conflicts" involving theunrecognized republics of Transdniestria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia andNagorno Karabakh will be next in line for independence.
If independence is granted to Kosovo, this will affect the rest ofthe Balkans and also countries in the post-Soviet area. Here, historyProfessor Nina D