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| Bulgaria arrests former Kosovo PM | Bulgaria arrests former Kosovo PM |
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| A former Kosovo prime minister, Agim Ceku, has been arrested in Bulgaria on an international warrant issued by Serbia for alleged war crimes. | A former Kosovo prime minister, Agim Ceku, has been arrested in Bulgaria on an international warrant issued by Serbia for alleged war crimes. |
| The Bulgarian interior ministry said Mr Ceku was detained as he crossed the border from Macedonia and a court would consider his case in the next few days. | The Bulgarian interior ministry said Mr Ceku was detained as he crossed the border from Macedonia and a court would consider his case in the next few days. |
| Serbia accuses Mr Ceku of committing war crimes in 1998-99. | Serbia accuses Mr Ceku of committing war crimes in 1998-99. |
| At the time he was commander of the ethnic-Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), which was fighting Serbia. | At the time he was commander of the ethnic-Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), which was fighting Serbia. |
| He has dismissed the charges as politically motivated, and says the arrest warrant has no legal basis. | He has dismissed the charges as politically motivated, and says the arrest warrant has no legal basis. |
| He was arrested at the Qustendil border crossing between Bulgaria and Macedonia on Tuesday evening. | |
| Last month Mr Ceku was expelled from Colombia, after Serbia urged his arrest, but later he transited France en route to the Balkans. | |
| He had previously been detained in 2006 in Slovenia and Hungary. | |
| Kosovo declared independence in February 2008. Ethnic Albanians form the overwhelming majority of the population. | |
| The US and more than 50 other countries have recognised its independence, but more than 100 have not, including Serbia and Russia. |