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July 24, 2008 on 5:48 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
BELGRADE — A senior Kosovo Serb has dismissed U.S. calls for the international community to take control over northern Kosovo. “I think this is a scandalous statement, the goal of which is to push the northern part of Kosovo into an independent Kosovo,” Deputy Speaker of the Kosovo Serb assembly Marko Jakšić told Beta in response […]
Kosovo Serbs condemn State Dept. views, BetaBELGRADE — A senior Kosovo Serb has dismissed U.S. calls for the international community to take control over northern Kosovo. “I think this is a scandalous statement, the goal of which is to push the northern part of Kosovo into an independent Kosovo,” Deputy Speaker of the Kosovo Serb assembly Marko Jakšić told Beta in response […]
July 24, 2008 on 5:42 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
Belgrade, 24 Thursday (AKI) - The United Nations envoy to Kosovo has arrived in Belgrade for talks with two senior Serbian Government ministers in a new bid to resolve the dispute over Kosovo’s status. A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that Lamberto Zannier was meeting Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic and Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanovic […]
Belgrade, 24 Thursday (AKI) - The United Nations envoy to Kosovo has arrived in Belgrade for talks with two senior Serbian Government ministers in a new bid to resolve the dispute over Kosovo’s status. A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that Lamberto Zannier was meeting Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic and Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanovic […]
July 24, 2008 on 5:25 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
The war tribunal’s anti-Serb bias means a fair trial for Karadzic is unlikely, argues Neil Clark One of the worst men in the world, the Osama bin Laden of Europe, has been captured”. That was the verdict of an ecstatic Richard Holbrooke, former US envoy to the Balkans, on the arrest of Radovan Karadzic. But no […]
The war tribunal’s anti-Serb bias means a fair trial for Karadzic is unlikely, argues Neil Clark One of the worst men in the world, the Osama bin Laden of Europe, has been captured”. That was the verdict of an ecstatic Richard Holbrooke, former US envoy to the Balkans, on the arrest of Radovan Karadzic. But no […]
July 24, 2008 on 5:10 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
by Nebojsa Malic A one-line communiqué from the office of the Serbian president flashed across the world on Monday: Radovan Karadzic, wartime leader of the Serbs in Bosnia, was arrested in Belgrade. He is wanted by the Hague Inquisition for allegedly masterminding the Bosnian War, […]
by Nebojsa Malic A one-line communiqué from the office of the Serbian president flashed across the world on Monday: Radovan Karadzic, wartime leader of the Serbs in Bosnia, was arrested in Belgrade. He is wanted by the Hague Inquisition for allegedly masterminding the Bosnian War, […]
July 24, 2008 on 5:08 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
Anna FILIMONOVA Riding the wave of the West’s well-organised and well paid- for overthrow, are now in the final phase of the liquidation of the Serbian state as such. The Belgrade regime has broken its own record of humiliation of Serbs. Just a day or two after the formation of a new government, an acid test was […]
Anna FILIMONOVA Riding the wave of the West’s well-organised and well paid- for overthrow, are now in the final phase of the liquidation of the Serbian state as such. The Belgrade regime has broken its own record of humiliation of Serbs. Just a day or two after the formation of a new government, an acid test was […]
July 23, 2008 on 6:03 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 3 Comments
22 July 2008 Pristina _ Kosovo Serbs are hindering power decentralisation, a member of Kosovo’s governing cabinet claims. Sadri Ferati, Kosovo’s minister of local governance, told Prague-based Radio Free Europe on Tuesday that Kosovo Serbs are delaying this important move, despite the government’s efforts to implement it. “With these delays, Serbs are endangering the entire process. We […]
22 July 2008 Pristina _ Kosovo Serbs are hindering power decentralisation, a member of Kosovo’s governing cabinet claims. Sadri Ferati, Kosovo’s minister of local governance, told Prague-based Radio Free Europe on Tuesday that Kosovo Serbs are delaying this important move, despite the government’s efforts to implement it. “With these delays, Serbs are endangering the entire process. We […]
July 23, 2008 on 5:54 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 2 Comments
BRUSSELS — The French foreign minister has called on Serbia to drop its plans to consult the ICJ over Kosovo’s independence. Bernard Kouchner, chairing yesterday’s meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, made the plea to Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremić. Kouchner said that it was surprising that Serbia was intending to seek the support of the UN […]
BRUSSELS — The French foreign minister has called on Serbia to drop its plans to consult the ICJ over Kosovo’s independence. Bernard Kouchner, chairing yesterday’s meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, made the plea to Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremić. Kouchner said that it was surprising that Serbia was intending to seek the support of the UN […]
July 23, 2008 on 5:02 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English, Republic of Srpska | 1 Comment
BRATISLAVA — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has welcomed the news of the arrest of Radovan Karadžić. Fico warned however that it was necessary to establish responsibility for the deaths of a great many civilians during the 1999 NATO airstrikes against Serbia. “It is very good that investigations into all war crimes are taking place. Everybody who […]
BRATISLAVA — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has welcomed the news of the arrest of Radovan Karadžić. Fico warned however that it was necessary to establish responsibility for the deaths of a great many civilians during the 1999 NATO airstrikes against Serbia. “It is very good that investigations into all war crimes are taking place. Everybody who […]
July 23, 2008 on 5:00 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 1 Comment
BELGRADE — UNMIK Chief Lamberto Zannier is making an official visit to Belgrade today. Zannier will meet Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić and Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanović, said UNMIK spokesman Russell Giki. Giki said that the UNMIK chief and Serbian officials would discuss issues stemming from the letters UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sent to the presidents of […]
BELGRADE — UNMIK Chief Lamberto Zannier is making an official visit to Belgrade today. Zannier will meet Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić and Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanović, said UNMIK spokesman Russell Giki. Giki said that the UNMIK chief and Serbian officials would discuss issues stemming from the letters UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sent to the presidents of […]
July 23, 2008 on 4:40 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English, Republic of Srpska | 1 Comment
Attorney, writer and president of the Washington chapter of the Serbian Unity Congress John Bosnitch posted the following comment under an article about the capture this weekend of Bosnian-Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic: Those of us who personally know Radovan Karadzic to be innocent both of genocide and of fomenting the civil war in Bosnia will […]
Attorney, writer and president of the Washington chapter of the Serbian Unity Congress John Bosnitch posted the following comment under an article about the capture this weekend of Bosnian-Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic: Those of us who personally know Radovan Karadzic to be innocent both of genocide and of fomenting the civil war in Bosnia will […]
July 22, 2008 on 3:34 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
by Tony Barber The European Union can hardly contain its pleasure at the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the murderous Bosnian Serb leader who was picked up in Serbia on Monday after 11 years on the run. For all those who believe the best way to ensure long-term stability in former Yugoslavia is to accelerate Serbia’s path to EU membership, Karadzic’s […]
by Tony Barber The European Union can hardly contain its pleasure at the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the murderous Bosnian Serb leader who was picked up in Serbia on Monday after 11 years on the run. For all those who believe the best way to ensure long-term stability in former Yugoslavia is to accelerate Serbia’s path to EU membership, Karadzic’s […]
July 22, 2008 on 3:32 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
The human rights in Kosovo are unsatisfactory as serious violations of human rights were registered in the past year, Kosovo’s acting ombudsman Hilmi Jashari said on Monday. Presenting an annual report covering the period between 2007 and 2008, Jashari said that the ombudsman institution has noticed multiple violations of human rights and freedoms. “Furthermore we’ve been facing […]
The human rights in Kosovo are unsatisfactory as serious violations of human rights were registered in the past year, Kosovo’s acting ombudsman Hilmi Jashari said on Monday. Presenting an annual report covering the period between 2007 and 2008, Jashari said that the ombudsman institution has noticed multiple violations of human rights and freedoms. “Furthermore we’ve been facing […]
July 22, 2008 on 3:20 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 1 Comment
WASHINGTON, Jul 21, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Oval Office 1:57 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT BUSH: It has been an honor to welcome the President and Prime Minister of an independent Kosovo to the Oval Office. I’m proud you all are here. I welcome you. I’m a strong supporter of Kosovo’s independence. I’m against any partition of Kosovo. I […]
WASHINGTON, Jul 21, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Oval Office 1:57 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT BUSH: It has been an honor to welcome the President and Prime Minister of an independent Kosovo to the Oval Office. I’m proud you all are here. I welcome you. I’m a strong supporter of Kosovo’s independence. I’m against any partition of Kosovo. I […]
July 21, 2008 on 6:33 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 3 Comments
Progress Needed on Justice Reform, Missing Serbs, Plight of Roma Washington, DC, 18 July 2008 - President George W. Bush should use his meeting with Kosovo’s prime minister to press for improvements to its poor human rights record, Human Rights Watch said today. Bush is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Kosovo President Fatmir […]
Progress Needed on Justice Reform, Missing Serbs, Plight of Roma Washington, DC, 18 July 2008 - President George W. Bush should use his meeting with Kosovo’s prime minister to press for improvements to its poor human rights record, Human Rights Watch said today. Bush is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Kosovo President Fatmir […]
July 21, 2008 on 6:29 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
GRAČANICA — The Kosovo Ministry will do all it can to promote reconciliation between the Serbs and Albanians. Speaking in Gračanica at his first press conference since taking over the post, Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanović said that the ministry would try to achieve full cooperation with UNMIK, while the presence of EULEX without a new UN […]
GRAČANICA — The Kosovo Ministry will do all it can to promote reconciliation between the Serbs and Albanians. Speaking in Gračanica at his first press conference since taking over the post, Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanović said that the ministry would try to achieve full cooperation with UNMIK, while the presence of EULEX without a new UN […]
July 21, 2008 on 6:17 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
21 July 2008 Pristina _ Kosovo’s government is mired in conflicts of interest, overspending in non-essential areas, hindering corruption probes while refusing to be fully accountable to parliament, it is claimed. Cohu, a local corruption watchdog, lists the cabinet’s main failures in its report marking 200 days of the new Kosovo government. A major violation is highlighted […]
21 July 2008 Pristina _ Kosovo’s government is mired in conflicts of interest, overspending in non-essential areas, hindering corruption probes while refusing to be fully accountable to parliament, it is claimed. Cohu, a local corruption watchdog, lists the cabinet’s main failures in its report marking 200 days of the new Kosovo government. A major violation is highlighted […]
July 21, 2008 on 6:16 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
By JOVANA GEC BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s war crimes prosecutors are preparing a case against an American who allegedly served in a Nazi unit that killed 17,000 civilians here during World War II, an official said Friday. Bruno Vekaric, a spokesman for the prosecutors’ office, told The Associated Press that it has started gathering information about […]
By JOVANA GEC BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s war crimes prosecutors are preparing a case against an American who allegedly served in a Nazi unit that killed 17,000 civilians here during World War II, an official said Friday. Bruno Vekaric, a spokesman for the prosecutors’ office, told The Associated Press that it has started gathering information about […]
July 21, 2008 on 6:13 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 1 Comment
BELGRADE, BRUSSELS — Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić on Monday sent an official invitation to UNMIK Chief Lamberto Zannier to visit Belgrade. Tanjug learned from Jeremić’s office that the talks will be about the reconfiguration of the international civilian presence in Kosovo. It is now expected that Zannier will arrive in Belgrade on Wednesday and that the negotiations […]
BELGRADE, BRUSSELS — Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić on Monday sent an official invitation to UNMIK Chief Lamberto Zannier to visit Belgrade. Tanjug learned from Jeremić’s office that the talks will be about the reconfiguration of the international civilian presence in Kosovo. It is now expected that Zannier will arrive in Belgrade on Wednesday and that the negotiations […]
July 21, 2008 on 6:05 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
21 July 2008 Pristina _ Kosovo leaders are expecting more global recognition of their country, after meeting US President George Bush in Washington later on Monday. Bush will welcome Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Hashim Thaci on Monday, in their first visit to the United States as representatives of an independent Kosovo. Both leaders met […]
21 July 2008 Pristina _ Kosovo leaders are expecting more global recognition of their country, after meeting US President George Bush in Washington later on Monday. Bush will welcome Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Hashim Thaci on Monday, in their first visit to the United States as representatives of an independent Kosovo. Both leaders met […]
July 21, 2008 on 6:01 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 1 Comment
BELGRADE, July 20 (Xinhua) — Serbia will decide this week whether to return its diplomats to European Union countries which recognized the independence of its breakaway province of Kosovo, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said on Sunday. “Following talks in Paris, Moscow and New York and consultations with President Boris Tadic, the Foreign Ministry has decided to […]
BELGRADE, July 20 (Xinhua) — Serbia will decide this week whether to return its diplomats to European Union countries which recognized the independence of its breakaway province of Kosovo, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said on Sunday. “Following talks in Paris, Moscow and New York and consultations with President Boris Tadic, the Foreign Ministry has decided to […]
July 21, 2008 on 5:53 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English, Republic of Srpska | 1 Comment
A renown Jihad veteran currently fighting extradition from Bosnia where he has a citizenship, says that the United States was demanding in 1995 that his Bosnian Muslim El-Mujaheed unit move to Kosovo where US was expecting new Balkan fighting to be started soon. “Believe me, it would never come to this circus if we in 1995 […]
A renown Jihad veteran currently fighting extradition from Bosnia where he has a citizenship, says that the United States was demanding in 1995 that his Bosnian Muslim El-Mujaheed unit move to Kosovo where US was expecting new Balkan fighting to be started soon. “Believe me, it would never come to this circus if we in 1995 […]
July 18, 2008 on 4:36 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 1 Comment
Clive Leviev-Sawyer French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner said on July 16 2008 that it was his “biggest wish” that Serbia get European Union candidate status this year, international and Serbian news agencies reported. However, after a meeting in Paris between Kouchner and his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic, it was clear that fundamental differences endure between Paris […]
Clive Leviev-Sawyer French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner said on July 16 2008 that it was his “biggest wish” that Serbia get European Union candidate status this year, international and Serbian news agencies reported. However, after a meeting in Paris between Kouchner and his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic, it was clear that fundamental differences endure between Paris […]
July 18, 2008 on 4:34 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
PRIŠTINA — A UN Development Program (UNDP) report has been presented in Priština indicating Kosovo is the poorest territory in the region. According to the report, Kosovo has the highest rate of unemployment. World Bank figures show that 53 percent of the population are considered to be living in poverty, while unemployment is between 45 and […]
PRIŠTINA — A UN Development Program (UNDP) report has been presented in Priština indicating Kosovo is the poorest territory in the region. According to the report, Kosovo has the highest rate of unemployment. World Bank figures show that 53 percent of the population are considered to be living in poverty, while unemployment is between 45 and […]
July 18, 2008 on 4:32 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Despite Russian objections, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report made public on Thursday he was pushing ahead with a plan to hand over policing functions in Kosovo to the European Union. The United Nations has run the former Serbian province since 1999, when NATO bombing drove out Serb forces […]
By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Despite Russian objections, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report made public on Thursday he was pushing ahead with a plan to hand over policing functions in Kosovo to the European Union. The United Nations has run the former Serbian province since 1999, when NATO bombing drove out Serb forces […]
July 18, 2008 on 4:18 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
The essence of the initiative, launched by Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic following his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on 17 July, will be to test the legality of Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence in the UN International Court of Justice. “We support unconditionally the seizure by Serbia of the UN General […]
Next Page » The essence of the initiative, launched by Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic following his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on 17 July, will be to test the legality of Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence in the UN International Court of Justice. “We support unconditionally the seizure by Serbia of the UN General […]
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