Text of report by Radio-Television Kosovo TV website, on 6 June AAK [Alliance for the Future of Kosovo] chairman Ramush Haradinaj said that Kosovo is well behind in the process of being recognized by world countries because of two factors: lack of lobbying and insufficient engagement.

To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Darren Spinck, +1-202-486-2008, darren@gscgrouppr.com, for the American Council for Kosovo We are all expecting something difficult and horrible.

Ethnic Albanians celebrated in the streets of Pristina Sunday as Kosovo formally declared independence from Serbia. From this day onwards, Kosovo is proud, independent and free, Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci told legislators in an emergency session.

By THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Organizers of rallies planned in Canada on Sunday hope there will be a strong turnout to press the Canadian government to quickly recognize an independent Kosovo.

By Peter Popham The red Albanian flags with their two-headed eagles are fluttering across Kosovo as the Serbian province edges closer to a historic declaration of independence, which is expected tomorrow.