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Balkan Express
April 12, 2006
The Unbearable Smugness of Being
by Nebojsa Malic
Balkans "Endgame" on Schedule – or Is it?
For a region with more history than it can handle, the Balkans is
wrought with anniversaries and commemorations no matter the season.
The end of March brought the seventh anniversary of NATO's attack that
ended in the occupation of Kosovo (March 24, 1999); it was followed by
the anniversary of the 1941 coup that overthrew the Yugoslav Regency
over signing a pact with Hitler (March 27), and the Nazi invasion that
followed (April 6); that was also the date of Bosnia-Herzegovina's
recognition by the EU and Washington in 1992, which plunged the former
Yugoslav republic into civil war. April 10 marked 65 years since the
establishment of the "Independent State of Croatia," a creation of
Hitler and Mussolini that engaged in ruthless extermination of Serbs
and Jews within its boundaries.
One month ago, Slobodan Milosevic passed away in The Hague. Unable to
convict him alive – as evidence of his presumed guilt has been just
about nonexistent – the Inquisition did its best to convict him in
death, in the court of Imperial public opinion. The media painted
Milosevic as the arch-villain of the Balkans, and incessant political
propaganda promised the people of Serbia they would be free and
prosperous once he was out of power; then after he'd been arrested and
delivered to the Inquisition; then after they "faced his legacy"…. In
the end, Milosevic's passing from power and life made not an ounce of
difference in Empire's behavior toward his country. He's gone, but
things remain the same.
No Resting in Peace
Even though Serbian laws entitled him to a state burial, Milosevic did
not receive one. No representative of the Serbian state attended the
funeral, which took place on March 18 in Milosevic's hometown of
Pozarevac. Tens of thousands flocked to the event, which in many
respects resembled a political rally – not so much in support of
Milosevic as against the current government, and most of all against
the rabid pro-Imperialist, globalist movement loudly abusing the
Serbian political scene.
That was enough for the supporters of that movement, such as ICG's
James Lyon, to rail against "rising nationalism" in Serbia. Accusing
Prime Minister Kostunica of "providing [Milosevic] with a state
funeral in all but name," Lyon bemoans the absence of "pro-Western
democratic forces" from the government. Though he specifically
mentions President Tadic's Democratic Party, the movement that most
vocally declares itself as pro-Western and "democratic" is that of
militant Ceda Jovanovic, a darling of the Imperial media who thinks a
lot like the ICG.
In Lyon's "analysis," very much in sync with the current Imperial
policy in the Balkans, Kostunica's wicked ways will open the road to
the Radical Party to seize power. But no fear – that will enable
Washington and Brussels with an excuse to detach Kosovo and back the
secession of Montenegro, as well as increase funding to "civil
society" in Serbia. Both goals are on ICG's agenda, and the increase
in funding would surely not hurt the Brussels-based organization that
promotes Imperial intervention everywhere. And everything can, once
again, be conveniently blamed on the Serbs.
Unwarranted
Indeed, the ICG has a lot to be smug about. Its former board member,
Martti Ahtisaari, is conducting "talks" in Vienna aimed at forcing
Belgrade to accept the secession of Kosovo under the guise of a
negotiated agreement. A month ago, Washington and Brussels forced the
resignation of the Albanian "prime minister" and the appointment of
Agim Ceku, former leader of the terrorist KLA, to replace him.
There was an outstanding warrant for Ceku's arrest in Serbia, on
numerous charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, stemming
from his activities as a Croatian officer (1991-95) and as leader of
the KLA. Interpol, however, claims never to have processed it, and
announced it had no intention of doing so now that Ceku was a head of
government. There's only one problem – at one time, there was an
outstanding warrant for Ceku, as demonstrated by his arrest in
Slovenia in 2003. Back then, Imperial viceroy Harri Holkeri bailed him
out and claimed Serbian warrants were no longer valid for "citizens of
Kosovo" (sic!). But why would Slovenian police execute a Serbian
warrant? Interpol's facetious announcement attempts to cover up the
fact that in today's world, political decisions trump international
law. As if that hasn't been obvious for a while…
Viceroy vs. Reality
However, even as Ceku was out of the woods and the Vienna "talks"
started putting new pressure on Belgrade, with Ahtisaari's deputy
Albert Rohan rejecting Serb proposals for autonomy within the
Albanian-dominated province, a report in the British Sunday Times
claimed widespread crime and corruption at the highest levels in
Kosovo, and accused viceroy Jessen-Petersen of deliberately ignoring
it. Allegations were first made by the UN's Office of Internal Oversight.
"You have a criminal state in real power — it needs underground
illegal structures to supply it with everything to survive," the
Sunday Times quoted Marek Antoni Nowicki, former ombudsman in Kosovo.
Jessen-Petersen issued a statement denying any wrongdoing. One must
wonder, however, how bad things in Kosovo must truly be if even the
Imperial press saw it fit to report them – and moreover, how much
longer can Jessen-Petersen stay in the job with this cloud over his
head. With his openly pro-Albanian behavior, the viceroy has long been
a most undiplomatic envoy of his Imperial masters; perhaps he has
become sufficiently embarrassing to warrant removal.
Whither Montenegro?
Separation of Montenegro from Serbia has also been a goal promoted by
the ICG. For the past nine years, ever since the former Milosevic
supporter Milo Djukanovic reinvented himself as a "democrat" – with
the help of copious amounts of cash from U.S. taxpayers – a campaign
has been underway to separate Montenegro from a union with Serbia. Not
only has the regime in Podgorica been determined to sever political
and economic ties with Belgrade, it has tried to invent a separate
national identity for some 470,000 inhabitants of the rocky republic
who once considered themselves ethnic Serbs.
Djukanovic and his separatists have been threatening a referendum on
independence for years, but always backed down, aware that they simply
did not have enough votes. They have finally decided to call a vote
for May 21, and even accepted EU's condition that 55 percent of voters
would have to approve secession, even though nothing has substantially
changed from before.
On March 24, Djukanovic's pro-union opponents produced a secretly
filmed video of separatist activists offering to buy votes. The
separatists have dismissed the video as staged, and accused their
opponents of malicious propaganda. On the other hand, what else would
explain their sudden confidence in winning the independence vote?
Empire-funded IWPR (in its latest Balkans iteration, BIRN) offers a
possible clue: Albanians and Muslims, who have thrown their support
behind the separatists. KLA ideologue Adem Demaci, recently
interviewed by a Podgorica daily, supported secession and even said he
could see an independent Montenegro in union with Kosovo some day.
The extent to which the Montenegrin separatists are trying to poison
the well with Serbia became apparent during the Eurosong selection
contest in March. Exactly as they did last year, Montenegrin TV judges
gave no votes to Serb performers, favoring instead a pro-separatist
boy band. The live concert-hall audience rioted. Serbian television
refused to endorse the result, which though technically valid was
absolutely against the spirit of the competition. "It is better not to
have a common representative at all than to accept, for the second
time, the manipulations, pressure, blackmailing, and tribal voting,"
said RTS director Aleksandar Tijanic.
One thing is certain. As May 21 approaches, there will be more
tensions, provocations, and hatred, as the separatists will pull out
all the stops to win, and the unionists will try to stop them.
Misguided Confidence
It may seem that events in the Balkans are following Empire's plan for
a victorious "endgame" to crown its interventionist efforts.
Milosevic, convicted by propaganda, is safely dead and unable to
defend himself. Rabid Empire supporters are promoting chaos in Serbian
politics. Preparations for the separation of Montenegro and Kosovo are
proceeding well, it appears. But they should not be so confident.
The thing about the Balkans is that it is always full of surprises.
Anyone who has sought to bend the world to their will, and had the
peculiar misfortune to step into the Balkans, quickly found that out –
always to their great detriment.
http://antiwar.com/malic/?articleid=8842
Balkan Express
April 12, 2006
The Unbearable Smugness of Being
by Nebojsa Malic
Balkans "Endgame" on Schedule – or Is it?
For a region with more history than it can handle, the Balkans is
wrought with anniversaries and commemorations no matter the season.
The end of March brought the seventh anniversary of NATO's attack that
ended in the occupation of Kosovo (March 24, 1999); it was followed by
the anniversary of the 1941 coup that overthrew the Yugoslav Regency
over signing a pact with Hitler (March 27), and the Nazi invasion that
followed (April 6); that was also the date of Bosnia-Herzegovina's
recognition by the EU and Washington in 1992, which plunged the former
Yugoslav republic into civil war. April 10 marked 65 years since the
establishment of the "Independent State of Croatia," a creation of
Hitler and Mussolini that engaged in ruthless extermination of Serbs
and Jews within its boundaries.
One month ago, Slobodan Milosevic passed away in The Hague. Unable to
convict him alive – as evidence of his presumed guilt has been just
about nonexistent – the Inquisition did its best to convict him in
death, in the court of Imperial public opinion. The media painted
Milosevic as the arch-villain of the Balkans, and incessant political
propaganda promised the people of Serbia they would be free and
prosperous once he was out of power; then after he'd been arrested and
delivered to the Inquisition; then after they "faced his legacy"…. In
the end, Milosevic's passing from power and life made not an ounce of
difference in Empire's behavior toward his country. He's gone, but
things remain the same.
No Resting in Peace
Even though Serbian laws entitled him to a state burial, Milosevic did
not receive one. No representative of the Serbian state attended the
funeral, which took place on March 18 in Milosevic's hometown of
Pozarevac. Tens of thousands flocked to the event, which in many
respects resembled a political rally – not so much in support of
Milosevic as against the current government, and most of all against
the rabid pro-Imperialist, globalist movement loudly abusing the
Serbian political scene.
That was enough for the supporters of that movement, such as ICG's
James Lyon, to rail against "rising nationalism" in Serbia. Accusing
Prime Minister Kostunica of "providing [Milosevic] with a state
funeral in all but name," Lyon bemoans the absence of "pro-Western
democratic forces" from the government. Though he specifically
mentions President Tadic's Democratic Party, the movement that most
vocally declares itself as pro-Western and "democratic" is that of
militant Ceda Jovanovic, a darling of the Imperial media who thinks a
lot like the ICG.
In Lyon's "analysis," very much in sync with the current Imperial
policy in the Balkans, Kostunica's wicked ways will open the road to
the Radical Party to seize power. But no fear – that will enable
Washington and Brussels with an excuse to detach Kosovo and back the
secession of Montenegro, as well as increase funding to "civil
society" in Serbia. Both goals are on ICG's agenda, and the increase
in funding would surely not hurt the Brussels-based organization that
promotes Imperial intervention everywhere. And everything can, once
again, be conveniently blamed on the Serbs.
Unwarranted
Indeed, the ICG has a lot to be smug about. Its former board member,
Martti Ahtisaari, is conducting "talks" in Vienna aimed at forcing
Belgrade to accept the secession of Kosovo under the guise of a
negotiated agreement. A month ago, Washington and Brussels forced the
resignation of the Albanian "prime minister" and the appointment of
Agim Ceku, former leader of the terrorist KLA, to replace him.
There was an outstanding warrant for Ceku's arrest in Serbia, on
numerous charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, stemming
from his activities as a Croatian officer (1991-95) and as leader of
the KLA. Interpol, however, claims never to have processed it, and
announced it had no intention of doing so now that Ceku was a head of
government. There's only one problem – at one time, there was an
outstanding warrant for Ceku, as demonstrated by his arrest in
Slovenia in 2003. Back then, Imperial viceroy Harri Holkeri bailed him
out and claimed Serbian warrants were no longer valid for "citizens of
Kosovo" (sic!). But why would Slovenian police execute a Serbian
warrant? Interpol's facetious announcement attempts to cover up the
fact that in today's world, political decisions trump international
law. As if that hasn't been obvious for a while…
Viceroy vs. Reality
However, even as Ceku was out of the woods and the Vienna "talks"
started putting new pressure on Belgrade, with Ahtisaari's deputy
Albert Rohan rejecting Serb proposals for autonomy within the
Albanian-dominated province, a report in the British Sunday Times
claimed widespread crime and corruption at the highest levels in
Kosovo, and accused viceroy Jessen-Petersen of deliberately ignoring
it. Allegations were first made by the UN's Office of Internal Oversight.
"You have a criminal state in real power — it needs underground
illegal structures to supply it with everything to survive," the
Sunday Times quoted Marek Antoni Nowicki, former ombudsman in Kosovo.
Jessen-Petersen issued a statement denying any wrongdoing. One must
wonder, however, how bad things in Kosovo must truly be if even the
Imperial press saw it fit to report them – and moreover, how much
longer can Jessen-Petersen stay in the job with this cloud over his
head. With his openly pro-Albanian behavior, the viceroy has long been
a most undiplomatic envoy of his Imperial masters; perhaps he has
become sufficiently embarrassing to warrant removal.
Whither Montenegro?
Separation of Montenegro from Serbia has also been a goal promoted by
the ICG. For the past nine years, ever since the former Milosevic
supporter Milo Djukanovic reinvented himself as a "democrat" – with
the help of copious amounts of cash from U.S. taxpayers – a campaign
has been underway to separate Montenegro from a union with Serbia. Not
only has the regime in Podgorica been determined to sever political
and economic ties with Belgrade, it has tried to invent a separate
national identity for some 470,000 inhabitants of the rocky republic
who once considered themselves ethnic Serbs.
Djukanovic and his separatists have been threatening a referendum on
independence for years, but always backed down, aware that they simply
did not have enough votes. They have finally decided to call a vote
for May 21, and even accepted EU's condition that 55 percent of voters
would have to approve secession, even though nothing has substantially
changed from before.
On March 24, Djukanovic's pro-union opponents produced a secretly
filmed video of separatist activists offering to buy votes. The
separatists have dismissed the video as staged, and accused their
opponents of malicious propaganda. On the other hand, what else would
explain their sudden confidence in winning the independence vote?
Empire-funded IWPR (in its latest Balkans iteration, BIRN) offers a
possible clue: Albanians and Muslims, who have thrown their support
behind the separatists. KLA ideologue Adem Demaci, recently
interviewed by a Podgorica daily, supported secession and even said he
could see an independent Montenegro in union with Kosovo some day.
The extent to which the Montenegrin separatists are trying to poison
the well with Serbia became apparent during the Eurosong selection
contest in March. Exactly as they did last year, Montenegrin TV judges
gave no votes to Serb performers, favoring instead a pro-separatist
boy band. The live concert-hall audience rioted. Serbian television
refused to endorse the result, which though technically valid was
absolutely against the spirit of the competition. "It is better not to
have a common representative at all than to accept, for the second
time, the manipulations, pressure, blackmailing, and tribal voting,"
said RTS director Aleksandar Tijanic.
One thing is certain. As May 21 approaches, there will be more
tensions, provocations, and hatred, as the separatists will pull out
all the stops to win, and the unionists will try to stop them.
Misguided Confidence
It may seem that events in the Balkans are following Empire's plan for
a victorious "endgame" to crown its interventionist efforts.
Milosevic, convicted by propaganda, is safely dead and unable to
defend himself. Rabid Empire supporters are promoting chaos in Serbian
politics. Preparations for the separation of Montenegro and Kosovo are
proceeding well, it appears. But they should not be so confident.
The thing about the Balkans is that it is always full of surprises.
Anyone who has sought to bend the world to their will, and had the
peculiar misfortune to step into the Balkans, quickly found that out –
always to their great detriment.
Kappa Vu Edizioni - Libreria Rebus
Presentano
Tre storie partigiane
Dalla Macedonia alle Alpi, dappertutto italiani
di Giacomo Scotti
(Kappa Vu Edizioni)
VENERDì 21 APRILE - ORE 18.00 - LIBRERIA REBUS -
VIA MATTEOTTI 46 - CORMONS (GO)
INTERVIENE:
GIACOMO SCOTTI
Con l'8 settembre e la capitolazione dell'esercito, centinaia di
migliaia di soldati italiani si ritrovarono senza direttive, senza
possibilità di difendersi, in paesi che avevano aggredito e invaso e
martoriato per ordine dei vertici militari e del regime fascista. In
Grecia, in Albania, in Jugoslavia le popolazioni avrebbero potuto
vendicarsi o lasciarli al loro destino che era quello di finire nei
campi di concentramento tedeschi. Invece quei soldati furono aiutati,
sfamati, accompagnati attraverso zone impervie perché potessero
raggiungere l'Italia, a tutti fu offerto di rimanere a combattere
nella lotta partigiana a fianco di quelli che erano stati i "ribelli"
contro cui avevano combattuto. Migliaia di essi dissero di sì, e
continuarono la loro guerra dalla parte della Resistenza. Giacomo
Scotti, uno dei maggiori scrittori della Resistenza, ha raccolto le
storie di tre di questi soldati: due ufficiali medici e un marinaio.
Dalle inenarrabili sofferenze patite e condivise con i partigiani
jugoslavi, emerge il desiderio di riscatto di tutta una generazione
di italiani dalla follia delle aggressioni fasciste.
Giacomo Scotti, oriundo napoletano (Saviano, 1 dicembre 1928), dal
1987 pendolare fra la sua città natale e Fiume e dal 1995 tra Fiume e
Trieste, è vissuto per oltre mezzo secolo nell'ex Jugoslavia, operando
come giornalista, storico, traduttore, narratore e poeta.
Penultimo figlio di una numerosa famiglia di contadini, Giacomo Scotti
vide la sua famiglia decimata nella seconda guerra mondiale: un
fratello sottoufficiale di Marina caduto nella battaglia navale di
Capo Matapan, il padre morto di crepacuore per questa perdita, un
secondo fratello finito prigioniero degli Alleati per lunghi anni, un
terzo fratello deportato dai tedeschi e mai tornato a casa. Queste
perdite hanno segnato poi le sue scelte di vita.
Ha scritto e pubblicato in Italia, Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia e Croazia
oltre centocinquanta opere in volume, in più lingue: raccolte di
poesie, libri di favole (per KappaVu Favole e Storie da recitare,
2005), romanzi e raccolte di racconti, ma anche opere storiografiche o
tra storia e narrativa.
Alle vicende della Resistenza, e in particolare al contributo dato dai
partigiani italiani alla Resistenza nell'ex Jugoslavia, ha dedicato
una ventina di volumi, fra i quali: Ventimila caduti (1970), Quelli
della montagna (1972), Il battaglione degli straccioni (1974), Rossa
una stella (1976), I disertori (1980), Bono Taliano (1981), Le aquile
delle montagne nere (1987), Juris, all'assalto (1989), L'inutile
vittoria (1989), Il partigiano del cielo (2004), Bersagliere in
Jugoslavia (2004).
Mauro Daltin - Ufficio Stampa Kappa Vu
via Bertiolo 4 - 33100 Udine
Tel: 0432530540 Fax: 0432530140
www.kappavu.it (catalogo on line)
www.kappavu.net (info casa editrice)
ufficiostampa @...
Presentano
Tre storie partigiane
Dalla Macedonia alle Alpi, dappertutto italiani
di Giacomo Scotti
(Kappa Vu Edizioni)
VENERDì 21 APRILE - ORE 18.00 - LIBRERIA REBUS -
VIA MATTEOTTI 46 - CORMONS (GO)
INTERVIENE:
GIACOMO SCOTTI
Con l'8 settembre e la capitolazione dell'esercito, centinaia di
migliaia di soldati italiani si ritrovarono senza direttive, senza
possibilità di difendersi, in paesi che avevano aggredito e invaso e
martoriato per ordine dei vertici militari e del regime fascista. In
Grecia, in Albania, in Jugoslavia le popolazioni avrebbero potuto
vendicarsi o lasciarli al loro destino che era quello di finire nei
campi di concentramento tedeschi. Invece quei soldati furono aiutati,
sfamati, accompagnati attraverso zone impervie perché potessero
raggiungere l'Italia, a tutti fu offerto di rimanere a combattere
nella lotta partigiana a fianco di quelli che erano stati i "ribelli"
contro cui avevano combattuto. Migliaia di essi dissero di sì, e
continuarono la loro guerra dalla parte della Resistenza. Giacomo
Scotti, uno dei maggiori scrittori della Resistenza, ha raccolto le
storie di tre di questi soldati: due ufficiali medici e un marinaio.
Dalle inenarrabili sofferenze patite e condivise con i partigiani
jugoslavi, emerge il desiderio di riscatto di tutta una generazione
di italiani dalla follia delle aggressioni fasciste.
Giacomo Scotti, oriundo napoletano (Saviano, 1 dicembre 1928), dal
1987 pendolare fra la sua città natale e Fiume e dal 1995 tra Fiume e
Trieste, è vissuto per oltre mezzo secolo nell'ex Jugoslavia, operando
come giornalista, storico, traduttore, narratore e poeta.
Penultimo figlio di una numerosa famiglia di contadini, Giacomo Scotti
vide la sua famiglia decimata nella seconda guerra mondiale: un
fratello sottoufficiale di Marina caduto nella battaglia navale di
Capo Matapan, il padre morto di crepacuore per questa perdita, un
secondo fratello finito prigioniero degli Alleati per lunghi anni, un
terzo fratello deportato dai tedeschi e mai tornato a casa. Queste
perdite hanno segnato poi le sue scelte di vita.
Ha scritto e pubblicato in Italia, Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia e Croazia
oltre centocinquanta opere in volume, in più lingue: raccolte di
poesie, libri di favole (per KappaVu Favole e Storie da recitare,
2005), romanzi e raccolte di racconti, ma anche opere storiografiche o
tra storia e narrativa.
Alle vicende della Resistenza, e in particolare al contributo dato dai
partigiani italiani alla Resistenza nell'ex Jugoslavia, ha dedicato
una ventina di volumi, fra i quali: Ventimila caduti (1970), Quelli
della montagna (1972), Il battaglione degli straccioni (1974), Rossa
una stella (1976), I disertori (1980), Bono Taliano (1981), Le aquile
delle montagne nere (1987), Juris, all'assalto (1989), L'inutile
vittoria (1989), Il partigiano del cielo (2004), Bersagliere in
Jugoslavia (2004).
Mauro Daltin - Ufficio Stampa Kappa Vu
via Bertiolo 4 - 33100 Udine
Tel: 0432530540 Fax: 0432530140
www.kappavu.it (catalogo on line)
www.kappavu.net (info casa editrice)
ufficiostampa @...
ITALIANI RESIDENTI A CUBA NON HANNO POTUTO VOTARE
fonte : http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200604141849-1159-RT1-
CRO-0-
L'Ambasciata d'Italia a L'Avana, affinché ciascuno potesse esprimere
la propria preferenza elettorale, ha invitato gli italiani residenti a
Cuba a prendere un aereo e starsene lassù per 11 ore (benché quasi
interamente rimborsabili)... cioè la vecchia solita soluzione....
ITALIANI RESIDENTI A CUBA NON HANNO POTUTO VOTARE ........(AGI)
----------- Roma, 14 apr.2006 ----
E' normale che il Governo italiano della Cdl non ami Fidel Castro e
Cuba.
E' meno normale che gli italiani residenti a Cuba non abbiano potuto
votare per corrispondenza come gli altri italiani residenti all'estero.
Nel sito internet del Viminale non compaiono i dati elettorali di
Cuba.
Ci sono, invece, quelli di Sao Tome e Principe, Seychelles, Mauritius,
Antigua e Barbuda, Haiti, Barbados, Belize e Capo Verde.
La spiegazione compare sul sito internet 'Cubanite' che pubblica un
documento dell'Ambasciata d'Italia all'Avana. Si tratta di un "avviso",
nel quale si scrive:
"1) La informiamo che in questo Paese (Cuba ndr.) non e' stato
possibile concludere le intese per esercitare il voto per
corrispondenza.
2) Quindi se residente nel territorio di questa circoscrizione e
regolarmente iscritto all'Aire, potra' esercitare il diritto di voto
recandosi in Italia presso il seggio di appartenenza, portando con se'
la cartolina-avviso, qualora pervenuta dal Comune italiano e la tessera
elettorale.
3) Le ricordiamo che ha diritto al rimborso del 75% del costo del
biglietto di viaggio per il rientro in Italia fino a destinazione
finale, dietro presentazione di un'apposita istanza indirizzata
all'ufficio consolare, corredata del documento di viaggio, carte di
imbarco e della tessera elettorale timbrata dalla sezione elettorale
ove si e' recato a votare.
4) Per maggiori informazioni puo' consultare il sito dell'Ambasciata o
quello del ministero Affari Esteri".
(AGI) Mal 141304 APR 06 . 141849 APR 06
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ASCOLTATE "RADIO RELOJ" http://media.enet.cu/radreloj
Visitate "Archivio Cuba Si " : www.alinet.it/gin.cuba.si
Mittente Gianfranco Ginestri : gincuba2006 @ alinet.it
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CRO-0-
L'Ambasciata d'Italia a L'Avana, affinché ciascuno potesse esprimere
la propria preferenza elettorale, ha invitato gli italiani residenti a
Cuba a prendere un aereo e starsene lassù per 11 ore (benché quasi
interamente rimborsabili)... cioè la vecchia solita soluzione....
ITALIANI RESIDENTI A CUBA NON HANNO POTUTO VOTARE ........(AGI)
----------- Roma, 14 apr.2006 ----
E' normale che il Governo italiano della Cdl non ami Fidel Castro e
Cuba.
E' meno normale che gli italiani residenti a Cuba non abbiano potuto
votare per corrispondenza come gli altri italiani residenti all'estero.
Nel sito internet del Viminale non compaiono i dati elettorali di
Cuba.
Ci sono, invece, quelli di Sao Tome e Principe, Seychelles, Mauritius,
Antigua e Barbuda, Haiti, Barbados, Belize e Capo Verde.
La spiegazione compare sul sito internet 'Cubanite' che pubblica un
documento dell'Ambasciata d'Italia all'Avana. Si tratta di un "avviso",
nel quale si scrive:
"1) La informiamo che in questo Paese (Cuba ndr.) non e' stato
possibile concludere le intese per esercitare il voto per
corrispondenza.
2) Quindi se residente nel territorio di questa circoscrizione e
regolarmente iscritto all'Aire, potra' esercitare il diritto di voto
recandosi in Italia presso il seggio di appartenenza, portando con se'
la cartolina-avviso, qualora pervenuta dal Comune italiano e la tessera
elettorale.
3) Le ricordiamo che ha diritto al rimborso del 75% del costo del
biglietto di viaggio per il rientro in Italia fino a destinazione
finale, dietro presentazione di un'apposita istanza indirizzata
all'ufficio consolare, corredata del documento di viaggio, carte di
imbarco e della tessera elettorale timbrata dalla sezione elettorale
ove si e' recato a votare.
4) Per maggiori informazioni puo' consultare il sito dell'Ambasciata o
quello del ministero Affari Esteri".
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Final solution for Kosovo Serbs
1. Final solution: ONU Prepares to Evacuate 40,000 Kosovo Serbs
L'UNHCR PIANIFICA LA ESPULSIONE DI 40MILA KOSOVARI PERCHE' DI RAZZA
("ETNIA") SERBA
2. La KFOR n'ouvrira pas ses prisons à l'UE
3. NEWS:
# KFOR won't open prisons to the EU
LE PRIGIONI DELLA NATO IN KOSOVO (KFOR) SONO OFF-LIMITS
# SERBIAN OFFICIAL WARNS BOSNIAN SERBS, CROATS MAY SEEK SAME AS KOSOVO
ALBANIANS
"IN BOSNIA FARANNO COME IN KOSOVO"
# Rampage of the mafia may delay Kosovo independence
LA MAFIA KOSOVARA E' UN PROBLEMA PERSINO PER L'OCCIDENTE
# U.N. in Kosovo hands over 11 bodies of Serb war victims to families
UNDICI CADAVERI DI DESAPARECIDOS SERBI KOSOVARI - TUTTI IDENTIFICATI -
RESTITUITI ALLE FAMIGLIE
(NB. non troverete questa notizia sui vostri quotidiani)
# Greek president slams international leaders' 'forgotten promises'
over Kosovo
IL PRESIDENTE GRECO CRITICA LA "COMUNITA' INTERNAZIONALE"
# Kosovo Serb home in Mitrovica attacked
ATTACCO CONTRO CASA DI SERBI A MITROVICA
DOPO L'ACCOLTELLAMENTO DI UN SERBO A FINE MARZO
(vedi JUGOINFO April 5, 2006 8:11:09 PM - NB. non troverete queste
notizie sui vostri quotidiani)
# Kosovo independence could destabilise Bosnia, warns Dodik
DODIK: IN BOSNIA SI FARA' COME IN KOSOVO
( LINK:
Kosovo: le potenze imperialiste preparano la soluzione finale
di Andrea Catone
https://www.cnj.it/documentazione/acatone05.htm )
=== 1 ===
UN reportedly prepared for Serb exodus from Kosovo
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - April 17, 2006 Monday
Excerpt from report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA
Podgorica, 17 April: The chairwoman of the Serb National Council for
central Kosovo, Rada Trajkovic, has said that the World Health
Organization [WHO] and UNHCR are working on a project aimed at
evacuating 40,000 Serbs who are expected to leave Kosovo-Metohija if
it becomes independent.
Trajkovic told the Podgorica-based Dan [daily] that the project was in
its final stage and that crisis headquarters were being set up to help
the refugees.
"As a doctor, I am sad that the WHO is involved in a project of ethnic
engineering, i.e. the Serb exodus from Kosovo-Metohija," Trajkovic said.
Source: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 0648
gmt 17 Apr 06
Copyright 2006 British Broadcasting Corporation
Posted for Fair Use only.
---
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=144&newsid=86704&ch=0
Focus News Agency (Bulgaria) - April 18, 2006
Europe Prepares to Evacuate 40,000 Kosovo Serbs
Podgorica - Chair of the Serbian National Council for
Central Kosovo Rada Trajkovic revealed that the WHO
and UN Refugee Agency are preparing a project for the
evacuation of 40,000 Serbs who are expected to leave
Kosovo after it receives its independence.
The project is in its final stage and crisis
headquarters that will receive Serbs who would leave
Kosovo are being set up, the Montenegrin newspaper Dan
reads today.
Trajkovic expressed her regret that the World Health
Organization participates in a project for moving
Serbians from Kosovo.
"I am waiting for an official reaction from Belgrade
because instead of creating an environment to keep the
Serbs in Kosovo there is a project that proposes
[them] leaving it," Trajkovic noted.
=== 2 ===
La KFOR n'ouvrira pas ses prisons à l'UE, 6 avril 2006, B92 News
Strasbourg – Le Secrétaire général du Conseil européen Terry Davis a
dit que la KFOR (« Force du Kosovo », sous commandement OTAN) n'a
toujours pas autorisé l'accès du Conseil de l'UE aux prisons du Kosovo
étant sous le contrôle des forces internationales.
« Le problème n'a pas surgi maintenant, son importance a crû avec le
temps », a dit Davis à Strasbourg, affirmant que Belgrade a signé
toutes les conventions nécessaires qui donnent au Comité pour la
prévention de la torture l'autorisation de visiter toutes les prisons
et voir dans quelles conditions les prisonniers y sont détenus.
« Il y a un problème dans le cas du Kosovo, parce qu'on nous a refusé
l'accès aux prisons sous le contrôle de la KFOR et de l'OTAN. J'ai
écrit au Secrétaire général de l'OTAN il y a 18 mois, et nous perdons
doucement patience », a dit Davis.
« J'avais l'impression que l'OTAN devrait défendre la liberté, les
libertés des citoyens et les droits humains », a ajouté Davis.
« Ce cas ne peut être expliqué. L'OTAN ne veut pas approuver l'accès
aux prisons du Kosovo », a dit Davis.
Selon lui, le problème ne se trouve pas chez la MINUK (« Mission des
Nations Unies au Kosovo », responsable de la police et du secteur
civil), mais auprès des commandants de la KFOR, nommant le Kosovo « le
trou de la prévention de possibles tortures humaines dans des prisons
» en conséquence du manque de coopération de la KFOR.
SOURCE : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/alerte_otan/messages
Liste gérée par des membres du Comité de Surveillance OTAN.
=== 3 ===
KFOR won't open prisons to the EU | 14:21 April 06 | B92
STRASBURG -- European Council Secretary General, Terry Davis, said
that KFOR still has not granted the EU Council the access to the
prisons in Kosovo, which are under the control of the international
forces.
"The problem did not appear just now, its importance has been growing
through time," said Davis at Strasburg, stating that Belgrade has
signed all of the necessary conventions that give the Committee for
torture prevention the go-ahead to visit all prisons and see in what
conditions the prisoners are being held.
"There is a problem in the case of Kosovo, because we have been denied
all access to the prisons under the control of KFOR and NATO. I wrote
to the NATO Secretary General 18 months ago, and we are slowly losing
our patience," said Davis.
"I was under the impression that NATO should defend liberty, freedoms
of the citizens and human rights." Davis added.
"This case cannot be explained. NATO is not willing to approve access
to the Kosovo prisons", said Davis.
According to him, the problem is not with UNMIK, but in the KFOR
commanders, calling Kosovo "the hole in the prevention of possible
human torture in prisons" as a result of KFOR's lack of cooperation.
SOURCE : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/alerte_otan/messages
Liste gérée par des membres du Comité de Surveillance OTAN.
---
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/fonet040806.htm
SERBIAN OFFICIAL WARNS BOSNIAN SERBS, CROATS MAY SEEK SAME AS KOSOVO
ALBANIANS
BBC Monitoring International Reports - April 8, 2006 Saturday
Text of report by Serbian independent news agency FoNet
Belgrade, 8 April: The chairman of the Coordination Centre for
Kosovo-Metohija, Sanda Raskovic-Ivic, said today that Kosovo
independence would be in violation and in total disregard of
international law. She noted that an imposed solution for Kosovo would
open a whole series of other processes.
"If you have a violation of international law in one place, then this
can turn into a principle," Sanda Raskovic-Ivic said in a statement to
journalists, following a session of the [Serbian] Economic Team for
Kosovo-Metohija and Southern Serbia. She said that there were a great
many places in Europe and the world awaiting the outcome of the
negotiations about the final status of Kosovo.
"If this solution is imposed and if it is not in line with
international law, then there is no reason for the Albanians in
western Macedonia, northern Greece and Montenegro not to ask for the
very same thing sought by the Albanians in Kosovo-Metohija," Sanda
Raskovic-Ivic said.
She said that that the Serbs in the [Bosnian] Serb Republic, and
Croats in Herceg-Bosna could seek the same thing, because "if two
Albanian states in the Balkans are possible, then two Serb and two
Croat states are also possible".
Source: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1254 gmt 8 Apr 06
Copyright 2006 Financial Times Information
Global News Wire - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire
Copyright 2006 BBC Monitoring/BBC Source: Financial Times Information
Limited
Posted for Fair Use only.
---
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/st040906.htm
Rampage of the mafia may delay Kosovo independence
Sunday Times (London) - April 9, 2006, Sunday
By: Tom Walker, Pristina
KOSOVO, the former Yugoslav province, is falling into the grip of
Albanian organised crime gangs, casting a shadow over attempts by the
international community to turn it into a fully fledged independent
state by the end of this year.
Participants in talks in Vienna, sponsored by the United Nations, on
the "final status" of Kosovo, are concerned that the mafia networks
that smuggled guns into the disputed province from Albania in 1997 and
1998 are using the same channels for a burgeoning trade in illicit
petrol, cigarettes and cement. Prostitution and drugs are also popular
staples of the black economy.
The profits are ploughed into shopping centres and hotels, which are
going up as part of a building boom in the province. Petrol stations
are especially popular - there are more than 2,000 of them catering
for a population of 2m in a territory the size of Devon. Many are
believed to be part of a money laundering racket, controlled by a few
of the largest clan families, involving oil smuggled in from Montenegro.
Despite attempts by Soren Jessen-Petersen, head of the UN mission in
Kosovo, to downplay the extent of the problem, UN officials admit the
corruption extends deep into the heart of the Kosovo government.
"Crime groups have been able to operate with impunity," said Marek
Antoni Nowicki, Poland's leading human rights lawyer and the UN's
international ombudsman for Kosovo until last year.
"You have a criminal state in real power -it needs underground illegal
structures to supply it with everything to survive. These networks can
rely on the weakness of the public institutions to sanction their
operations."
On Friday the UN's internal watchdog, the Office of Internal
Oversight, accused Jessen-Petersen of turning a blind eye to
widespread fraud at Pristina airport. He protested that the accusation
was "entirely unwarranted".
Kosovo is still technically part of Serbia: Vojislav Kostunica, the
Serbian prime minister, argues that Belgrade must retain some form of
control.
The fight against corruption is complicated by the fact that the task
is shared between different bodies of varying degrees of competence.
"The aim is to keep the criminals under control," said Nowicki. "The
question is can the international community do it? It is very doubtful."
Copyright 2006 Times Newspapers Limited
---
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/ap040706.htm
U.N. in Kosovo hands over 11 bodies of Serb war victims to families
Associated Press Worldstream - April 7, 2006 Friday 11:10 AM GMT
MERDARE Serbia-Montenegro - U.N. officials in Kosovo on Friday handed
over the bodies of 11 Serb civilians killed during the 1998-99
conflict in the troubled southern province.
Dark wooden coffins carrying the bodies mostly Serbs from the Kosovo
towns of Prizren, Suva Reka and Gnjilane were brought to the boundary
crossing at Merdare, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the
provincial capital, Pristina.
Grieving relatives, who had arrived from various Serbian towns, lit
candles and women dressed in black wailed by the tents where the
coffins were first placed before the families ferried them home for
burials.
Of the 11 bodies, five were exhumed from a mass grave in Kosovo's
southern town of Malisevo, once a stronghold of ethnic Albanian rebels
that fought with Serb forces in 1998. The rest were retrieved from
several other sites throughout the province, said Valerie Brasey, an
official from the U.N.-run office for missing persons and forensics.
All of them were previously listed as missing persons.
There are 2,398 people still listed as missing from the 1998-1999
Kosovo conflict and their fate remains one of the most sensitive and
emotionally charged issues between the two former foes. Thousands
perished during the brief war.
Representatives of the two sides have several times attempted to
establish the whereabouts of ethnic Albanians, Serbs and others who
vanished during the fighting.
The war was halted in mid-1999 after NATO launched an air war to halt
Serb forces crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists. Since then,
Kosovo has been administered by the United Nations.
Copyright 2006 Associated Press
Posted for Fair Use only.
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Greek president slams international leaders' 'forgotten promises' over
Kosovo
Associated Press Worldstream - April 11, 2006 Tuesday 2:37 PM GMT
ATHENS Greece - Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Tuesday accused
the international community of broken promises over Kosovo, saying
little had been done to improve life in the province of Serbia.
"The better life which the international community promised after the
bombing in 1999 was lost in the bureaucratic labyrinth of economic and
humanitarian aid," Papoulias said, adding that world leaders "quickly
forgot their responsibilities and promises."
Kosovo, still formally part of Serbia-Montenegro, has been under U.N.
administrative rule since mid-1999, when a NATO air war halted Serb
forces' crackdown on independence-seeking ethnic Albanians.
"Organized crime and the black economy were the real winners of the
war," said Papoulias, a former foreign minister who was elected
president by parliament for a five-year term in 2005.
Papoulias was speaking at the University of Macedonia in the northern
port city of Thessaloniki.
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Kosovo Serb home in Mitrovica attacked
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - April 15, 2006 Saturday
Text of report by Serbian TV on 15 April
[Presenter] Another attack against the Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija has
taken place. Two explosive devices were thrown at a house owned by
Zorica Mitrovic in the northern, Serb-populated part of Kosovska
Mitrovica in which refugees from Istok live. Fortunately, nobody was
injured.
[Reporter] Seven members of the Bojic family, including children, were
inside the house when the attack took place.
[Male captioned as Bojic family member] They wanted to lob the other
one [explosive device] inside the room, but it bounced and fell, but
this one went off [presumably Molotov cocktail] here and set the roof
on fire, here [shows roof], these gutters and the roof, all the way
up. Then the firemen came.
[Reporter] Despite the facts, Kosovo Police Service spokesman Sami
Mehmeti said it is not known what caused the fire. This is the tenth
such attack on this Serb house in multiethnic Bosniak Mahala [district
of Kosovska Mitrovica].
Source: RTS 1 TV, Belgrade, in Serbian 1000 gmt 15 Apr 06
Copyright 2006 British Broadcasting Corporation
Posted for Fair Use only.
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Kosovo independence could destabilise Bosnia, warns Dodik
Agence France Presse (English) - April 17, 2006 Monday 3:01 PM GMT
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Hercegovina, April 17 2006 - Bosnian Serb Prime
Minister Milorad Dodik said Monday that granting Kosovo Albanians
independence from Serbia could destabilise Bosnia.
"I am not saying that people would take up arms, but it is certain
that this decision would result in lasting dissatisfaction and
mistrust," the Bosnian Serb news agency, SRNA, quoted Dodik as saying.
Since its 1992-1995 war, Bosnia has been split into two
semi-independent entities -- the Serb-run Republika Srpska and the
Muslim-Croat Federation.
Dodik's comments were a reference to the feeling among many Bosnian
Serbs that Bosnia's borders should be allowed to change if Kosovo
becomes independent from Serbia.
Belgrade and Pristina began talks this year on the future status of
the majority ethnic Albanian province, which has been run by the
United Nations since Serb forces were forced out by NATO-led air war
in 1999.
Still technically (SIC) a part of Serbia, the international community
hopes to settle Kosovo's status by the end of this year.
Copyright 2006 Agence France Presse
Posted for Fair Use only.
Final solution for Kosovo Serbs
1. Final solution: ONU Prepares to Evacuate 40,000 Kosovo Serbs
L'UNHCR PIANIFICA LA ESPULSIONE DI 40MILA KOSOVARI PERCHE' DI RAZZA
("ETNIA") SERBA
2. La KFOR n'ouvrira pas ses prisons à l'UE
3. NEWS:
# KFOR won't open prisons to the EU
LE PRIGIONI DELLA NATO IN KOSOVO (KFOR) SONO OFF-LIMITS
# SERBIAN OFFICIAL WARNS BOSNIAN SERBS, CROATS MAY SEEK SAME AS KOSOVO
ALBANIANS
"IN BOSNIA FARANNO COME IN KOSOVO"
# Rampage of the mafia may delay Kosovo independence
LA MAFIA KOSOVARA E' UN PROBLEMA PERSINO PER L'OCCIDENTE
# U.N. in Kosovo hands over 11 bodies of Serb war victims to families
UNDICI CADAVERI DI DESAPARECIDOS SERBI KOSOVARI - TUTTI IDENTIFICATI -
RESTITUITI ALLE FAMIGLIE
(NB. non troverete questa notizia sui vostri quotidiani)
# Greek president slams international leaders' 'forgotten promises'
over Kosovo
IL PRESIDENTE GRECO CRITICA LA "COMUNITA' INTERNAZIONALE"
# Kosovo Serb home in Mitrovica attacked
ATTACCO CONTRO CASA DI SERBI A MITROVICA
DOPO L'ACCOLTELLAMENTO DI UN SERBO A FINE MARZO
(vedi JUGOINFO April 5, 2006 8:11:09 PM - NB. non troverete queste
notizie sui vostri quotidiani)
# Kosovo independence could destabilise Bosnia, warns Dodik
DODIK: IN BOSNIA SI FARA' COME IN KOSOVO
( LINK:
Kosovo: le potenze imperialiste preparano la soluzione finale
di Andrea Catone
https://www.cnj.it/documentazione/acatone05.htm )
=== 1 ===
UN reportedly prepared for Serb exodus from Kosovo
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - April 17, 2006 Monday
Excerpt from report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA
Podgorica, 17 April: The chairwoman of the Serb National Council for
central Kosovo, Rada Trajkovic, has said that the World Health
Organization [WHO] and UNHCR are working on a project aimed at
evacuating 40,000 Serbs who are expected to leave Kosovo-Metohija if
it becomes independent.
Trajkovic told the Podgorica-based Dan [daily] that the project was in
its final stage and that crisis headquarters were being set up to help
the refugees.
"As a doctor, I am sad that the WHO is involved in a project of ethnic
engineering, i.e. the Serb exodus from Kosovo-Metohija," Trajkovic said.
Source: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 0648
gmt 17 Apr 06
Copyright 2006 British Broadcasting Corporation
Posted for Fair Use only.
---
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=144&newsid=86704&ch=0
Focus News Agency (Bulgaria) - April 18, 2006
Europe Prepares to Evacuate 40,000 Kosovo Serbs
Podgorica - Chair of the Serbian National Council for
Central Kosovo Rada Trajkovic revealed that the WHO
and UN Refugee Agency are preparing a project for the
evacuation of 40,000 Serbs who are expected to leave
Kosovo after it receives its independence.
The project is in its final stage and crisis
headquarters that will receive Serbs who would leave
Kosovo are being set up, the Montenegrin newspaper Dan
reads today.
Trajkovic expressed her regret that the World Health
Organization participates in a project for moving
Serbians from Kosovo.
"I am waiting for an official reaction from Belgrade
because instead of creating an environment to keep the
Serbs in Kosovo there is a project that proposes
[them] leaving it," Trajkovic noted.
=== 2 ===
La KFOR n'ouvrira pas ses prisons à l'UE, 6 avril 2006, B92 News
Strasbourg – Le Secrétaire général du Conseil européen Terry Davis a
dit que la KFOR (« Force du Kosovo », sous commandement OTAN) n'a
toujours pas autorisé l'accès du Conseil de l'UE aux prisons du Kosovo
étant sous le contrôle des forces internationales.
« Le problème n'a pas surgi maintenant, son importance a crû avec le
temps », a dit Davis à Strasbourg, affirmant que Belgrade a signé
toutes les conventions nécessaires qui donnent au Comité pour la
prévention de la torture l'autorisation de visiter toutes les prisons
et voir dans quelles conditions les prisonniers y sont détenus.
« Il y a un problème dans le cas du Kosovo, parce qu'on nous a refusé
l'accès aux prisons sous le contrôle de la KFOR et de l'OTAN. J'ai
écrit au Secrétaire général de l'OTAN il y a 18 mois, et nous perdons
doucement patience », a dit Davis.
« J'avais l'impression que l'OTAN devrait défendre la liberté, les
libertés des citoyens et les droits humains », a ajouté Davis.
« Ce cas ne peut être expliqué. L'OTAN ne veut pas approuver l'accès
aux prisons du Kosovo », a dit Davis.
Selon lui, le problème ne se trouve pas chez la MINUK (« Mission des
Nations Unies au Kosovo », responsable de la police et du secteur
civil), mais auprès des commandants de la KFOR, nommant le Kosovo « le
trou de la prévention de possibles tortures humaines dans des prisons
» en conséquence du manque de coopération de la KFOR.
SOURCE : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/alerte_otan/messages
Liste gérée par des membres du Comité de Surveillance OTAN.
=== 3 ===
KFOR won't open prisons to the EU | 14:21 April 06 | B92
STRASBURG -- European Council Secretary General, Terry Davis, said
that KFOR still has not granted the EU Council the access to the
prisons in Kosovo, which are under the control of the international
forces.
"The problem did not appear just now, its importance has been growing
through time," said Davis at Strasburg, stating that Belgrade has
signed all of the necessary conventions that give the Committee for
torture prevention the go-ahead to visit all prisons and see in what
conditions the prisoners are being held.
"There is a problem in the case of Kosovo, because we have been denied
all access to the prisons under the control of KFOR and NATO. I wrote
to the NATO Secretary General 18 months ago, and we are slowly losing
our patience," said Davis.
"I was under the impression that NATO should defend liberty, freedoms
of the citizens and human rights." Davis added.
"This case cannot be explained. NATO is not willing to approve access
to the Kosovo prisons", said Davis.
According to him, the problem is not with UNMIK, but in the KFOR
commanders, calling Kosovo "the hole in the prevention of possible
human torture in prisons" as a result of KFOR's lack of cooperation.
SOURCE : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/alerte_otan/messages
Liste gérée par des membres du Comité de Surveillance OTAN.
---
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/fonet040806.htm
SERBIAN OFFICIAL WARNS BOSNIAN SERBS, CROATS MAY SEEK SAME AS KOSOVO
ALBANIANS
BBC Monitoring International Reports - April 8, 2006 Saturday
Text of report by Serbian independent news agency FoNet
Belgrade, 8 April: The chairman of the Coordination Centre for
Kosovo-Metohija, Sanda Raskovic-Ivic, said today that Kosovo
independence would be in violation and in total disregard of
international law. She noted that an imposed solution for Kosovo would
open a whole series of other processes.
"If you have a violation of international law in one place, then this
can turn into a principle," Sanda Raskovic-Ivic said in a statement to
journalists, following a session of the [Serbian] Economic Team for
Kosovo-Metohija and Southern Serbia. She said that there were a great
many places in Europe and the world awaiting the outcome of the
negotiations about the final status of Kosovo.
"If this solution is imposed and if it is not in line with
international law, then there is no reason for the Albanians in
western Macedonia, northern Greece and Montenegro not to ask for the
very same thing sought by the Albanians in Kosovo-Metohija," Sanda
Raskovic-Ivic said.
She said that that the Serbs in the [Bosnian] Serb Republic, and
Croats in Herceg-Bosna could seek the same thing, because "if two
Albanian states in the Balkans are possible, then two Serb and two
Croat states are also possible".
Source: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1254 gmt 8 Apr 06
Copyright 2006 Financial Times Information
Global News Wire - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire
Copyright 2006 BBC Monitoring/BBC Source: Financial Times Information
Limited
Posted for Fair Use only.
---
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/st040906.htm
Rampage of the mafia may delay Kosovo independence
Sunday Times (London) - April 9, 2006, Sunday
By: Tom Walker, Pristina
KOSOVO, the former Yugoslav province, is falling into the grip of
Albanian organised crime gangs, casting a shadow over attempts by the
international community to turn it into a fully fledged independent
state by the end of this year.
Participants in talks in Vienna, sponsored by the United Nations, on
the "final status" of Kosovo, are concerned that the mafia networks
that smuggled guns into the disputed province from Albania in 1997 and
1998 are using the same channels for a burgeoning trade in illicit
petrol, cigarettes and cement. Prostitution and drugs are also popular
staples of the black economy.
The profits are ploughed into shopping centres and hotels, which are
going up as part of a building boom in the province. Petrol stations
are especially popular - there are more than 2,000 of them catering
for a population of 2m in a territory the size of Devon. Many are
believed to be part of a money laundering racket, controlled by a few
of the largest clan families, involving oil smuggled in from Montenegro.
Despite attempts by Soren Jessen-Petersen, head of the UN mission in
Kosovo, to downplay the extent of the problem, UN officials admit the
corruption extends deep into the heart of the Kosovo government.
"Crime groups have been able to operate with impunity," said Marek
Antoni Nowicki, Poland's leading human rights lawyer and the UN's
international ombudsman for Kosovo until last year.
"You have a criminal state in real power -it needs underground illegal
structures to supply it with everything to survive. These networks can
rely on the weakness of the public institutions to sanction their
operations."
On Friday the UN's internal watchdog, the Office of Internal
Oversight, accused Jessen-Petersen of turning a blind eye to
widespread fraud at Pristina airport. He protested that the accusation
was "entirely unwarranted".
Kosovo is still technically part of Serbia: Vojislav Kostunica, the
Serbian prime minister, argues that Belgrade must retain some form of
control.
The fight against corruption is complicated by the fact that the task
is shared between different bodies of varying degrees of competence.
"The aim is to keep the criminals under control," said Nowicki. "The
question is can the international community do it? It is very doubtful."
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U.N. in Kosovo hands over 11 bodies of Serb war victims to families
Associated Press Worldstream - April 7, 2006 Friday 11:10 AM GMT
MERDARE Serbia-Montenegro - U.N. officials in Kosovo on Friday handed
over the bodies of 11 Serb civilians killed during the 1998-99
conflict in the troubled southern province.
Dark wooden coffins carrying the bodies mostly Serbs from the Kosovo
towns of Prizren, Suva Reka and Gnjilane were brought to the boundary
crossing at Merdare, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the
provincial capital, Pristina.
Grieving relatives, who had arrived from various Serbian towns, lit
candles and women dressed in black wailed by the tents where the
coffins were first placed before the families ferried them home for
burials.
Of the 11 bodies, five were exhumed from a mass grave in Kosovo's
southern town of Malisevo, once a stronghold of ethnic Albanian rebels
that fought with Serb forces in 1998. The rest were retrieved from
several other sites throughout the province, said Valerie Brasey, an
official from the U.N.-run office for missing persons and forensics.
All of them were previously listed as missing persons.
There are 2,398 people still listed as missing from the 1998-1999
Kosovo conflict and their fate remains one of the most sensitive and
emotionally charged issues between the two former foes. Thousands
perished during the brief war.
Representatives of the two sides have several times attempted to
establish the whereabouts of ethnic Albanians, Serbs and others who
vanished during the fighting.
The war was halted in mid-1999 after NATO launched an air war to halt
Serb forces crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists. Since then,
Kosovo has been administered by the United Nations.
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Greek president slams international leaders' 'forgotten promises' over
Kosovo
Associated Press Worldstream - April 11, 2006 Tuesday 2:37 PM GMT
ATHENS Greece - Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Tuesday accused
the international community of broken promises over Kosovo, saying
little had been done to improve life in the province of Serbia.
"The better life which the international community promised after the
bombing in 1999 was lost in the bureaucratic labyrinth of economic and
humanitarian aid," Papoulias said, adding that world leaders "quickly
forgot their responsibilities and promises."
Kosovo, still formally part of Serbia-Montenegro, has been under U.N.
administrative rule since mid-1999, when a NATO air war halted Serb
forces' crackdown on independence-seeking ethnic Albanians.
"Organized crime and the black economy were the real winners of the
war," said Papoulias, a former foreign minister who was elected
president by parliament for a five-year term in 2005.
Papoulias was speaking at the University of Macedonia in the northern
port city of Thessaloniki.
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Kosovo Serb home in Mitrovica attacked
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - April 15, 2006 Saturday
Text of report by Serbian TV on 15 April
[Presenter] Another attack against the Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija has
taken place. Two explosive devices were thrown at a house owned by
Zorica Mitrovic in the northern, Serb-populated part of Kosovska
Mitrovica in which refugees from Istok live. Fortunately, nobody was
injured.
[Reporter] Seven members of the Bojic family, including children, were
inside the house when the attack took place.
[Male captioned as Bojic family member] They wanted to lob the other
one [explosive device] inside the room, but it bounced and fell, but
this one went off [presumably Molotov cocktail] here and set the roof
on fire, here [shows roof], these gutters and the roof, all the way
up. Then the firemen came.
[Reporter] Despite the facts, Kosovo Police Service spokesman Sami
Mehmeti said it is not known what caused the fire. This is the tenth
such attack on this Serb house in multiethnic Bosniak Mahala [district
of Kosovska Mitrovica].
Source: RTS 1 TV, Belgrade, in Serbian 1000 gmt 15 Apr 06
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Kosovo independence could destabilise Bosnia, warns Dodik
Agence France Presse (English) - April 17, 2006 Monday 3:01 PM GMT
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Hercegovina, April 17 2006 - Bosnian Serb Prime
Minister Milorad Dodik said Monday that granting Kosovo Albanians
independence from Serbia could destabilise Bosnia.
"I am not saying that people would take up arms, but it is certain
that this decision would result in lasting dissatisfaction and
mistrust," the Bosnian Serb news agency, SRNA, quoted Dodik as saying.
Since its 1992-1995 war, Bosnia has been split into two
semi-independent entities -- the Serb-run Republika Srpska and the
Muslim-Croat Federation.
Dodik's comments were a reference to the feeling among many Bosnian
Serbs that Bosnia's borders should be allowed to change if Kosovo
becomes independent from Serbia.
Belgrade and Pristina began talks this year on the future status of
the majority ethnic Albanian province, which has been run by the
United Nations since Serb forces were forced out by NATO-led air war
in 1999.
Still technically (SIC) a part of Serbia, the international community
hopes to settle Kosovo's status by the end of this year.
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