An honor guard stands by the casket of Ibrahim Rugova on 26 January (epa) Like most towering political figures, the late President Ibrahim Rugova attracted his share of controversy. Kosovar ...

Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova died of lung cancer Saturday, leaving the province’s fractious political scene in disarray just before the start of crucial talks on whether it should gain the ...

More on the death of Ibrahim Rugova, a leader in the long struggle by ethnic Albanians in Kosovo to escape Serbian dominance. Rugova was 61 and suffered from lung cancer. We received word this ...

He built the loyalty and trust of the people, which lasted the course. Ibrahim Rugova campaigned on a pledge to push ahead with demands for full independence from Serbia; members of Kosovo's ...

Kosovo leader Ibrahim Rugova has died after losing a battle with lung cancer. Mr Rugova, 61, died on Saturday in his residence in the Kosovo capital, Pristina, his office announced. Regarded as a ...

Rugova, Kosovo's President, Dies of Cancer Ibrahim Rugova, the president of Kosovo, dies of lung cancer at 61. He was long identified with ethnic Albanians' struggle for independence from Serbia.

In 1992 Ibrahim Rugova was elected president of Kosovo. Once installed, he was driven to work in a black presidential Audi. His office issued daily communiqués about whom he had seen and what he ...

The President of Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova, died on 21 January 2006, after losing a battle with lung cancer. The once chain-smoking, haggard and dishevelled man with his trademark scarf around his neck, ...

Ibrahim Rugova, the winner of the Kosovo elections, has made a spectacular political comeback just 18 months after his eclipse by the military commanders of the anti-Serbian uprising. His party ...