Just when you thought the world could not get any more dangerous.


BELGRADE, Serbia --
Facing a possible loss of Kosovo, Serbian nationalists are re-igniting tensions in the Balkans, a region still reeling from brutal civil wars in the 1990s.

They're sending out dark hints about coming to the aid of their Serb brethren in neighboring Bosnia - a prospect that could unleash a new wave of ethnic violence.

Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and his nationalist followers have launched a campaign against the international administrator for Bosnia, accusing him of seeking to dissolve the Serb mini-state carved out in a 1995 peace agreement.


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Serbia says US is key to a stable region. Have you heard that before?


The United States alone can choose whether the Balkans experience stability or lawlessness, Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Friday, after the failure of negotiations with Kosovo Albanians.

Washington can either continue to back eventual independence for the breakaway province of Kosovo or uphold a United Nations resolution which affirms Serbian sovereignty, he said.

"The stability and peace of the whole region now depends on a U.S. decision whether it will respect U.N. Resolution 1244 or will opt for a gross violation of the resolution and the U.N. Charter," he told Serbia's Beta news agency.


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