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Kosovo PM Fires Serb Official for NATO 'Genocide' Remark

by Associated Press

   PRISTINA, KOSOVO --

   Kosovo's prime minister has fired a deputy justice minister from the
   ethnic Serb minority after she described NATO's intervention 20 years
   ago as an act of "genocide" on Serbia.

   Ramush Haradinaj said Monday he fired Vesna Mikic because of her
   "unacceptable" comment in a Facebook post.

   On Sunday, Belgrade commemorated the 20th anniversary of the NATO
   intervention in Kosovo as an aggression. Kosovo hailed it as the
   beginning of its national liberation.

   The two countries' ties remain tense though the European Union has
   urged them to normalize relations if they want to join the bloc. The
   talks have stalled.

   Serbia does not recognize Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence.