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September 5, 2008 on 6:28 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
VIENNA — UNMIK Chief Lamberto Zannier says he wants to launch new talks between Belgrade and Priština, but not on status. Moreover, I don’t want to launch any new talks on big political issues, but on resolving practical problems in Kosovo,“ Zannier explained to Vienna daily Presse, adding that he saw UNMIK’s future role primarily as […]
Zannier for talks, “but not on status”, TanjugVIENNA — UNMIK Chief Lamberto Zannier says he wants to launch new talks between Belgrade and Priština, but not on status. Moreover, I don’t want to launch any new talks on big political issues, but on resolving practical problems in Kosovo,“ Zannier explained to Vienna daily Presse, adding that he saw UNMIK’s future role primarily as […]
September 5, 2008 on 6:25 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 1 Comment
Mr. Chairman, dear Colleagues May I first of all thank you for your kind invitation to join you today here in the OSCE Permanent Council for a discussion of recent developments in Kosovo, and in particular the role of UNMIK and of the OSCE Mission as its Pillar. Nearly a decade after UN SC Resolution 1244 […]
Mr. Chairman, dear Colleagues May I first of all thank you for your kind invitation to join you today here in the OSCE Permanent Council for a discussion of recent developments in Kosovo, and in particular the role of UNMIK and of the OSCE Mission as its Pillar. Nearly a decade after UN SC Resolution 1244 […]
September 4, 2008 on 5:08 am | In News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
Image: BBC Six years after Bosnian authorities acquitted and freed them, but then suddenly handed them over to US authorities, the Algerian Six will make their case from Guantanamo. By Anes Alic in Sarajevo for ISN Security Watch (03/09/08) Officials in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo have launched an inquiry into the actions of several former high-ranking officials involved […]
Image: BBC Six years after Bosnian authorities acquitted and freed them, but then suddenly handed them over to US authorities, the Algerian Six will make their case from Guantanamo. By Anes Alic in Sarajevo for ISN Security Watch (03/09/08) Officials in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo have launched an inquiry into the actions of several former high-ranking officials involved […]
September 3, 2008 on 5:40 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
PODGORICA — U.S. Ambassador to Montenegro Roderick Moore has dismissed any parallels between South Ossetia and Kosovo. Moore said it was impossible to compare the two situations because Resolution 1244 was passed in order to begin the final status settlement for Kosovo and bring an end to Serbian rule in the province. The ambassador reiterated that the […]
PODGORICA — U.S. Ambassador to Montenegro Roderick Moore has dismissed any parallels between South Ossetia and Kosovo. Moore said it was impossible to compare the two situations because Resolution 1244 was passed in order to begin the final status settlement for Kosovo and bring an end to Serbian rule in the province. The ambassador reiterated that the […]
September 2, 2008 on 4:37 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
Engaging with, not isolating, Russia is the path to avoiding further confrontation over South Ossetia and Abkhazia, writes Sir Ivor Roberts BEHIND the war of words over the conflict in South Ossetia and the threat of a new Cold War lies a key strategic issue which should not have caught Western policymakers napping in their August […]
Engaging with, not isolating, Russia is the path to avoiding further confrontation over South Ossetia and Abkhazia, writes Sir Ivor Roberts BEHIND the war of words over the conflict in South Ossetia and the threat of a new Cold War lies a key strategic issue which should not have caught Western policymakers napping in their August […]
September 2, 2008 on 4:24 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
David Miliband should remember the scorn heaped on those of us who protested against Blair’s Chicago speech in 1999 George Galloway Some might call it a lesson in the law of unintended consequences. For others, however, the bitter aftertaste of Tony Blair’s saccharine-coated “doctrine of the international community” was all too obvious when […]
David Miliband should remember the scorn heaped on those of us who protested against Blair’s Chicago speech in 1999 George Galloway Some might call it a lesson in the law of unintended consequences. For others, however, the bitter aftertaste of Tony Blair’s saccharine-coated “doctrine of the international community” was all too obvious when […]
September 1, 2008 on 6:42 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
Serbian Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic said Friday in Kosovska Mitrovica that UNMIK remains the Serbian government’s only partner to talk with in Kosovo-Metohija. Bogdanovic reiterated that Serbia will never recognise Kosovo as an independent state. The policy of the Serbian government on Kosovo remains dedicated to the principles of preserving territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia, […]
Serbian Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic said Friday in Kosovska Mitrovica that UNMIK remains the Serbian government’s only partner to talk with in Kosovo-Metohija. Bogdanovic reiterated that Serbia will never recognise Kosovo as an independent state. The policy of the Serbian government on Kosovo remains dedicated to the principles of preserving territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia, […]
September 1, 2008 on 6:26 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
As predicted, Kosovo’s declaration of independence has reverberated around the world – most thunderously in Georgia Ian Bancroft “History will judge!” were the bullish words of Bernard Kouchner, the French foreign minister, in response to Konstantin Kosachev, president of the Russian Duma foreign affairs committee, who warned that “You are absolutely wrong on Kosovo. It is […]
As predicted, Kosovo’s declaration of independence has reverberated around the world – most thunderously in Georgia Ian Bancroft “History will judge!” were the bullish words of Bernard Kouchner, the French foreign minister, in response to Konstantin Kosachev, president of the Russian Duma foreign affairs committee, who warned that “You are absolutely wrong on Kosovo. It is […]
September 1, 2008 on 5:43 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 1 Comment
Russia warned that Kosovo’s independence would create a dangerous precedent. Georgia shows how it did. Ruth Wedgwood In February, with U.S. backing, Kosovo declared its independence—nine years after NATO went to war to end Serbia’s thuggish behavior in the province. Shortly after Kosovo hoisted its new national flag, Russia, Serbia’s patron, warned (in the words of its […]
Russia warned that Kosovo’s independence would create a dangerous precedent. Georgia shows how it did. Ruth Wedgwood In February, with U.S. backing, Kosovo declared its independence—nine years after NATO went to war to end Serbia’s thuggish behavior in the province. Shortly after Kosovo hoisted its new national flag, Russia, Serbia’s patron, warned (in the words of its […]
August 29, 2008 on 8:33 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
by Gordon N. Bardos Strategic shortsightedness—defined as mistaking problems and issues of secondary or tertiary importance for those of vital importance, and being unable to foresee the predictable consequences of specific actions—is becoming a chronic malaise in Washington. So characteristic of U.S. policy in the Balkans in the 1990s and the more recent Iraq tragedy, it […]
by Gordon N. Bardos Strategic shortsightedness—defined as mistaking problems and issues of secondary or tertiary importance for those of vital importance, and being unable to foresee the predictable consequences of specific actions—is becoming a chronic malaise in Washington. So characteristic of U.S. policy in the Balkans in the 1990s and the more recent Iraq tragedy, it […]
August 29, 2008 on 7:23 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 3 Comments
Rather satirically, when the Russia-Georgia crisis erupted, John McCain and Barack Obama both interrupted their inconsequential campaigning to separately speak with Georgian President Saakashvili and call “for the protection of Georgian sovereignty.” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice likewise demanded that Russia “respect Georgia’s territorial integrity.” But then, she recently cited secessionist Kosovo’s “territorial integrity” when […]
Rather satirically, when the Russia-Georgia crisis erupted, John McCain and Barack Obama both interrupted their inconsequential campaigning to separately speak with Georgian President Saakashvili and call “for the protection of Georgian sovereignty.” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice likewise demanded that Russia “respect Georgia’s territorial integrity.” But then, she recently cited secessionist Kosovo’s “territorial integrity” when […]
August 29, 2008 on 7:17 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
Louis Charbonneau, Reuters North American News Service UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. and Russian envoys exchanged sharp words Thursday over Iraq and Kosovo at a U.N. Security Council meeting on Georgia, at which Russia found little support for its actions in the Caucasus. It was the council’s sixth emergency session on the crisis in the former Soviet […]
Louis Charbonneau, Reuters North American News Service UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. and Russian envoys exchanged sharp words Thursday over Iraq and Kosovo at a U.N. Security Council meeting on Georgia, at which Russia found little support for its actions in the Caucasus. It was the council’s sixth emergency session on the crisis in the former Soviet […]
August 27, 2008 on 4:25 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
by Ted Galen Carpenter When the United States and its key European allies ignored Russia’s protests and recognized Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia in February, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice blithely insisted that the Kosovo situation was unique and set no international precedent whatsoever. Prominent members of the foreign policy communities in Europe and the […]
by Ted Galen Carpenter When the United States and its key European allies ignored Russia’s protests and recognized Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia in February, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice blithely insisted that the Kosovo situation was unique and set no international precedent whatsoever. Prominent members of the foreign policy communities in Europe and the […]
August 25, 2008 on 5:07 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
Serbian Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic stated today that Serbia will never recognise the independence of Kosovo, nor the presence of EULEX without a prior approval by the UN Security Council. Bogdanovic said in an interview with Novi Sad daily Dnevnik that Serbia insists that the presence of the EU mission is harmonised internationally and that […]
Serbian Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic stated today that Serbia will never recognise the independence of Kosovo, nor the presence of EULEX without a prior approval by the UN Security Council. Bogdanovic said in an interview with Novi Sad daily Dnevnik that Serbia insists that the presence of the EU mission is harmonised internationally and that […]
August 25, 2008 on 5:03 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
By Patrick Worsnip - Analysis UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Serbia’s bid to have the World Court say whether Kosovo’s independence is legal is a clever move that buys time for Belgrade as its new pro-Western government seeks to join the European Union, diplomats say. But the attempt may not play well either with those countries — mainly […]
By Patrick Worsnip - Analysis UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Serbia’s bid to have the World Court say whether Kosovo’s independence is legal is a clever move that buys time for Belgrade as its new pro-Western government seeks to join the European Union, diplomats say. But the attempt may not play well either with those countries — mainly […]
August 25, 2008 on 4:57 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
Some claim that Kosovo’s independence led to the events which caused the Caucasus conflict Romanian President Traian Basescu has strongly criticized the West’s policy on the Caucasus, joining a growing number of voices which claim the West’s recognition of Kosovo’s independence created the problem. After returning from a whirlwind trip to Georgia and other countries in the […]
Some claim that Kosovo’s independence led to the events which caused the Caucasus conflict Romanian President Traian Basescu has strongly criticized the West’s policy on the Caucasus, joining a growing number of voices which claim the West’s recognition of Kosovo’s independence created the problem. After returning from a whirlwind trip to Georgia and other countries in the […]
August 25, 2008 on 4:53 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
J. Victor Marshall In Russia even more than in America, “Kosovo” rhymes with “I told you so.” Many Americans don’t realize that the former Serbian province of Kosovo, which broke away in 1999 after US-led NATO forces bombed Serbia for 78 days, helped set the stage for the recent conflict between Russia and neighboring Georgia. But Russian leaders, […]
J. Victor Marshall In Russia even more than in America, “Kosovo” rhymes with “I told you so.” Many Americans don’t realize that the former Serbian province of Kosovo, which broke away in 1999 after US-led NATO forces bombed Serbia for 78 days, helped set the stage for the recent conflict between Russia and neighboring Georgia. But Russian leaders, […]
August 22, 2008 on 4:33 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
As the EU prepares to assume responsibility for policing Kosovo from the UN, French and British diplomats have warned Serbia that its strong opposition to the EU mission and its decision to seize the UN International Court of Justice over the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence could complicate the country’s EU membership bid. EU and UN representatives […]
As the EU prepares to assume responsibility for policing Kosovo from the UN, French and British diplomats have warned Serbia that its strong opposition to the EU mission and its decision to seize the UN International Court of Justice over the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence could complicate the country’s EU membership bid. EU and UN representatives […]
August 22, 2008 on 4:17 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, right, has built bridges with the EU A decision by the UN to hand over policing in Kosovo to a European Union mission violates international law, Serbia’s minister for the breakaway province, Goran Bogdanovic, said Tuesday. He said the agreement had been made between the interim UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, and […]
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, right, has built bridges with the EU A decision by the UN to hand over policing in Kosovo to a European Union mission violates international law, Serbia’s minister for the breakaway province, Goran Bogdanovic, said Tuesday. He said the agreement had been made between the interim UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, and […]
August 22, 2008 on 4:15 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
BELGRADE — The Kosovo minister and the Russian ambassador believe Serbia’s initiative at the General Assembly will succeed. Goran Bogdanović in talks today (Tanjug) Serbia has launched the initiative for the International Court of Justice to give its opinion on Kosovo’s unilateral independence declaration. The Kosovo Ministry announced that Goran Bogdanović and Aleksandr Konuzin had agreed […]
BELGRADE — The Kosovo minister and the Russian ambassador believe Serbia’s initiative at the General Assembly will succeed. Goran Bogdanović in talks today (Tanjug) Serbia has launched the initiative for the International Court of Justice to give its opinion on Kosovo’s unilateral independence declaration. The Kosovo Ministry announced that Goran Bogdanović and Aleksandr Konuzin had agreed […]
August 14, 2008 on 6:01 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 2 Comments
By OBRAD KESIC (UPI Outside View Commentator) It is obvious that the current conflict in Georgia has been greatly influenced by the United States’ and the European Union’s decision to initiate, support and recognize Kosovo’s independence. Over the last few days this connection has been made in newspapers from Spain to China. Prominent European statesmen such […]
By OBRAD KESIC (UPI Outside View Commentator) It is obvious that the current conflict in Georgia has been greatly influenced by the United States’ and the European Union’s decision to initiate, support and recognize Kosovo’s independence. Over the last few days this connection has been made in newspapers from Spain to China. Prominent European statesmen such […]
August 12, 2008 on 4:19 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 1 Comment
Serbia is planning to push for a resolution to the United Nations General Assembly in September in order to create the bases to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the legality of Kosovo’s independence, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told in a news conference in Cairo on Monday. Serbia needs the support of majority […]
Serbia is planning to push for a resolution to the United Nations General Assembly in September in order to create the bases to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the legality of Kosovo’s independence, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told in a news conference in Cairo on Monday. Serbia needs the support of majority […]
August 12, 2008 on 3:59 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
PRIŠTINA — The minister for Kosovo has criticized international officials’ attitudes towards cooperation with Serbs in Kosovo. Goran Bogdanović said that international officials in Kosovo only dealt with Serb officials they deemed “appropriate,” and that this was unacceptable, because Serbs in the region already had legally-elected officials chosen at legal elections. “Statements such as those from [International […]
PRIŠTINA — The minister for Kosovo has criticized international officials’ attitudes towards cooperation with Serbs in Kosovo. Goran Bogdanović said that international officials in Kosovo only dealt with Serb officials they deemed “appropriate,” and that this was unacceptable, because Serbs in the region already had legally-elected officials chosen at legal elections. “Statements such as those from [International […]
August 12, 2008 on 3:56 am | In Economy, In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 1 Comment
Beijing, 8 August (AKI) - Italy’s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Friday pledged his country’s support for Serbia’s bid to join the European Union and boost bilateral trade and other ties. “Serbia has full support for the Italian government to become in the very near future a fully fledged member of the European community,” said Frattini […]
Beijing, 8 August (AKI) - Italy’s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Friday pledged his country’s support for Serbia’s bid to join the European Union and boost bilateral trade and other ties. “Serbia has full support for the Italian government to become in the very near future a fully fledged member of the European community,” said Frattini […]
August 12, 2008 on 3:31 am | In In Focus, News in English | 2 Comments
Just five kilometers from Melbourne’s historic City Centre, in a famous ‘Croatian House’ in Footscray, a bust of Croatia’s far more sadistic version of Hitler, WWII leader Ante Pavelic, was unveiled last month. Pavelic and his Ustashe were responsible for hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths during the Serb-extermination orgy that Croatia’s alliance with Hitler […]
Next Page » Just five kilometers from Melbourne’s historic City Centre, in a famous ‘Croatian House’ in Footscray, a bust of Croatia’s far more sadistic version of Hitler, WWII leader Ante Pavelic, was unveiled last month. Pavelic and his Ustashe were responsible for hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths during the Serb-extermination orgy that Croatia’s alliance with Hitler […]
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