NOTA: Le notizie che seguono non sono in alcun modo esaustive degli
avvenimenti nella provincia di Kosovo-Metohija, e vengono qui
riportate solo come esempi delle informazioni negate alla pubblica
opinione.
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AMMINISTRAZIONE O.N.U. IN KOSMET APRE POSTI DI
FRONTIERA TRA ALBANIA E JUGOSLAVIA
PROTEST OVER OPENING BORDER CROSINGS WITH ALBANIA
BELGRADE, Oct. 17 (Beta) - The Yugoslav Foreign Ministry
protested on Oct 17 to the U.N. Security Council because two border
crosings had been opened between Albania and Yugoslavia in the
Kosovo and Metohija area.
The permanent Yugoslav representative in the U.N., Ambasador Dejan
Sahovic, told the cairman of the Security Council in New York that
the move contravened the provisions of U.N. Security Council
Resolution 1244, especially in view of the fact that the decision to
open border crosings had been made without prior agreement with the
Yugoslav government.
The two border crosings on the AlbanianYugoslav border in the
villages of Orcusa and Kukes were opened on Wednesday.
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ANZIANO SERBO AGGREDITO A GNJILANE
+++ SERBE ZUSAMMENGESCHLAGEN
GNJILANE. Laut einer Meldung von INET-News, wurde gestern
ein 75-jähriger Serbe, Zivorad Dokic, aus dem Dorf Zilova in
Gnjilane überfallen und zusammengeschlagen. Dokic ist nach
Gnjilane gekommen, um seine Rentenangelegenheiten zu
regulieren. INET-NEWS +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 18.Oktober 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
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"POLIZIOTTI" KOSOVARO-ALBANESI MALTRATTANO
PRETE ORTODOSSO SOTTO GLI OCCHI DEI SOLDATI
ITALIANI
+++ ALBANISCHE "POLIZISTEN" MISSHANDELN MÖNCH
KULA, DECANI. Albanische Angehörige der sogenannten "Polizei"
der serbischen Provinz Kosovo und Metochien haben den Abt des
Klosters Visoki Decani mißhandelt. Der Vorfall ereignete sich an
einem Kontrollpunkt an der Grenze der serbischen Provinz zur
Teilrepublik Montenegro. Die albanischen "Polizisten" attackierten
den Abt zunächst verbal und schlugen ihn dann auch. Der Vorfall
ereignete sich unter den Augen italienischer KFOR-Soldaten.
STIMME KOSOVOS +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 19.Oktober 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
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SOLDATI STATUNITENSI MALTRATTANO PROFUGHI SERBI
E GIORNALISTI A KLOKOT
DIOCESE OF RASKA AND PRIZREN DEEPLY HURT BY
BEHAVIOR OF U.S. KFOR IN KLOKOT
It is unacceptable for KFOR troops to beat unarmed people
COMMUNIQUE
Gracanica, October 19, 2002
The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prizren is deeply hurt by
the rough behavior of U.S. KFOR troops in the Serb village of Klokot
following the recent crime by extremists leading to the death of
Svetlana Stankovic. It is absolutely unacceptable to apply force
against unarmed civilians who were only trying to return to their
homes, deeply embittered because of the attack. Especially pathetic
was the humiliation of two Serb women, Radmila Dimic and Dobrila
Milenkovic, who were, according to their own statement, kept
handcuffed for serveral hours. Klokot residents confirmed to the
representative of the Church that the U.S. soldiers beat the Serbs
using sticks and feet.
We are also concerned regarding information by the Independent
Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) that Radio Television
Serbia (RTS) reporters who filmed the incident in Klokot were
reportedly abused and kept for two hours, handcuffed, in the mud.
Such unsuitable behavior on the part of U.S. KFOR troops is
undermining their moral reputation and the trust of the Serbs in
peacekeeping forces. We therefore appeal that this incident be
thoroughly investigated and that measures are taken to prevent
similar excesses from reoccurring.
It is quite incomprehensible that KFOR troops are blocking the Serb
village and abusing its residents, including the family members of the
deceased woman, instead of seeking the perpetrators of the most recent
attack against the Serbs. A similar situation occurred following the
recent attack by Albanian extremists in which five Serb houses were
blown up in July. Kosovo Albanian extremists have killed no fewer
that 12 Serbs from the village of Klokot since the end of war despite
the presence of KFOR forces. Despite claims that the security
situation in the region is improving, the Serb people live in
increasing uncertainty, especially after the recent incident in
Klokot. Regrettably, this is not the first time that Albanian
extremists plant land mines in Serb fields. The claim that the mine
remained in the field from the war in 1999 is unfounded because the
field has been regularly cultivated by Stankovic family since 1999 and
no explosive devices were found in this area after a thorough KFOR
search. That is one reason more why the residends of Klokot were
shocked by the reaction of peacekeepers.
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Politika, Belgrade
PROTEST BY INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS
Unacceptable behavior towards journalists
October 18, 2002
The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS)
addressed a protest letter yesterday to UNMIK head Michael Steiner
regarding the arrest, abuse and threat of imprisonment of Radio
Television Serbia (RTS) reporter Zarko Joksimovic and photographer
Boban Sekulic by US KFOR troops in the village of Klokot despite
the fact that both possessed valid accreditation.
In the letter NUNS states that Joksimovic and Sekulic were in the
village of Klokot for the purpose of filming a report regarding the
death of Svetlana Stankovic. It advises Steiner that there is no
justification for forcing the two men to lie for two hours on the wet
earth while handcuffed with 20 rifles pointed at them before
they were expelled from Klokot.
UNS emphasizes that the public is justifiably awaiting an
investigation of the incident and emphasizes that UNMIK's task "is
anything but the violation of human rights of residents of Kosovo and
Metohija, and the human and professional rights of Joksimovic and
Sekulic".
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LA KFOR ITALIANA ARRESTA CUGINO DI AGIM CEKU (EX
CAPO UCK) PER CONTRABBANDO DI SIGARETTE.
MA VIENE SUBITO RILASCIATO PER MOTIVI CHE NON E' DATO SAPERE
KFOR ARRESTS AGIM CEKU'S BROTHER, EKREM LUKA
PEC, Oct. 22 (Beta) - KFOR arrested the brother of Kosovo
Protection Corps Commander Agim Ceku and Ekrem Luka in Pec on
Oct. 22, on suspicion that they are involved in the smuggling of large
quantities of cigarettes, BETA has learned from ethnic Albanian
sources in Pristina. Luka is the owner of Dukadjini, the biggest
private company in Kosovo.
KFOR arrested another two persons, but their identity has not been
disclosed.
According to well informed sources in Kosovo, Ekrem Luka is a close
friend of Alliance for Future of Kosovo leader Ramush Haradinaj and
other former leaders of the officially disbanded Kosovo Liberation
Army in western Kosovo.
UNMIK: CEKU'S BROTHER NOT ARRESTED
PRISTINA, Oct 23 (Beta) - UNMIK spokesperson Andrea Angeli told
BETA on Oct. 23, that none of four persons, apprehended in Pec on
Oct. 22, was the brother of Kosovo Protection Corps Commander
Agim Ceku. Angeli said that the four persons, found to be in
possession of arms, were released in the afternoon on Oct. 22,
following an injunction by the relevant judge. He added that an
investigation into the matter was underway.
BETA has learned from eyewitnesses that the rumor about Ceku's
brother being arrested had spread because during the arrest, one of
the suspects said: "Don't touch me, I am Agim Ceku's brother."
KOSOVO: ITALIANI KFOR SCOPRONO DEPOSITO ARMI E SIGARETTE (2)
(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 22 OTT - Tra i quattro albaneso-kosovari
arrestati questa mattina dalla polizia militare italiana a Peja c'e'
Ekrem Lluka, 47 anni, proprietario della ''compagnia Dukagjini'',
che e' il piu' grosso gruppo imprenditoriale del Kosovo occidentale.
In carcere e' finito pure un fratello del generale Agim Ceku, ex capo
militare dell'Uck e attuale comandante del Tmk, il corpo di
protezione civile del Kosovo. ''Al momento i quattro arrestati
vengono interrogati dalla polizia italiana inquadrata nella missione
delle Nazioni Unite'' ha detto all'Ansa Andrea Angeli, portavoce
dell'Unmik. Tra il materiale sequestrato, ci sono anche
apparecchiature per la produzione di etichette di sigarette false
trovate in una tipografia del gruppo. La polizia militare italiana ha
effettuato una perquisizione anche presso gli studi di Radio
Dukagjini, un'emittente privata che fa capo all'impresa di Lluka. Gli
arresti di oggi rischiano di provocare tensioni a Peja, zona sotto il
controllo dei militari italiani e dove Ekrem Lluka e' particolarmente
influente.(ANSA) BLL 22/10/2002 16:24
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/20021022162432362436.html
KOSOVO: RILASCIATI QUATTRO ARRESTATI DA MILITARI ITALIANI
(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 24 OTT - Sono stati rilasciati dopo poche ore
su decisione di un tribunale locale i quattro albanesi-kosovari
arrestati lo scorso 22 ottobre dalla polizia militare del contingente
italiano della Kfor, forza di pace in Kosovo a guida Nato: lo apprende
oggi l'Ansa da fonti informate. Tra gli arrestati c'era Ekrem Lluka,
47 anni, titolare del piu' importante gruppo imprenditoriale del
Kosovo occidentale, e Selman Ceku, 45 anni, in un primo momento
indicato dagli inquirenti come fratello del generale Agim Ceku, ex
capo militare della guerriglia albanese (Uck) e attuale comandante
del Tmk, il corpo di protezione civile del Kosovo. Le stesse fonti
hanno successivamente rettificato, affermando che in realta' l'uomo e'
solo un cugino del generale Ceku. Gli arresti erano avvenuti dopo che
in uno dei depositi di proprieta' di Lluka erano state ritrovate armi
e 270 tonnellate di sigarette che in un primo momento si era
sospettato fossero di contrabbando. (ANSA). 24/10/2002 17:15
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/20021024171532365176.html
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AGGREDITO AMMINISTRATORE UNMIK A PRIZREN
RADIO JUGOSLAVIA
Prizren Administrator Attacked By Albanians
October 22, 2002
In Prizren, southern Kosmet, six Albanians beat up the deputy
UNMIK administrator, Julian Bilbao, causing numerous injuries.
According to news agencies, special units of the UNMIK police
intervened, and one policeman was slightly injured. All the
perpetrators were arrested and criminal proceedings are to be
instigated against them.
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AGGREDITO ANZIANO SERBO A KOSOVO POLJE
+++ SERBE ZUSAMMENGESCHLAGEN
KOSOVO POLJE. Auf dem Bahnhof von Kosovo Polje wurde
am Mittwoch gegen 20 Uhr der 75-jährige Serbe Miodrag Stankovic
zusammengeschlagen. Der alte Mann, wohnhaft in Kosovo Polje,
wurde von zwei ethnisch-albanischen Männern zu Boden geworfen
und anschließend mit Händen und Füßen attackiert. Hierbei wurden
ihm schwere Verletzungen zugefügt. TANJUG/INET-NEWS +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 24.Oktober 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
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LA KFOR PRIVA GLI STUDENTI SERBI DI PROTEZIONE PER
ANDARE A SCUOLA A MITROVICA
Tanjug - Belgrade
KFOR Escort Canceled For Serbian Students
October 23, 2002
Kosovska Mitrovica, 23 Oct - On Wednesday, KFOR canceled the
escorts for Serbian students from Crkvena Vodica, Obilic, Janjina
Voda, and the villages from central Kosovo. Those students are
attending the schools in Plemetina and Priluzje, so it is unknown how
they will attend the schools in the future, says the head of the
Department of Education in Kosovska Mitrovica, Predrag Stojcetovic.
Stojcetovic pointed out that the parents would not allow the children
to go to school without a KFOR escort, because according to the
parents of Serbian students, their children are not safe on their way
from their homes to the school.
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AGGREDITO ANZIANO SERBO A STRPCE
+++ SERBE VON ALBANERN ANGEGRIFFENS
STRPCE. Eine Gruppe bewaffneter ethnischer Albaner haben heute
gegen 15 Uhr den 71-jährigen Serben Bora Serafimovic aus dem
Dorf Pasjane bei Gnjilane angegriffen, während dieser Kühe hütete.
Die Angreifer, aus dem anliegenden Dorf Vlastice, haben den Mann
auf den Boden gestoßen, mehrmals auf den Kopf geschlagen und
anschließend seine Kühe weggeführt. Wegen den schweren
Verletzungen am Kopf wurde Serafimovic in das Krankenhaus von
Vranje verlegt. TANJUG +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 25.Oktober 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
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REGOLAMENTO DI CONTI POST-ELETTORALE
ALBANISCHE ABRECHNUNGEN IN SUVA REKA
PRIZREN. Der ?Bürgermeister" der Gemeinde Suva Reka, der
Albaner Uka Bitici und zwei seiner Mitarbeiter wurden gestern Abend
aus einem fahrenden Auto heraus von albanischen Terroristen
erschossen. Bitici und seine Mitarbeiter gehörten der Partei des
Albanerführers Rugova an. STIMME KOSOVOS
Balkan-Telegramm, 27.Oktober 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
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http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/dp/Qkosovo-vote-shooting.Rlhy_COR.html
Three shot dead by political opponents after Kosovo vote
-Hysa said celebrating members of the LDK -- which is
expected to win Saturday's election -- ran into
supporters of the rival Party of Democratic Kosovo
(PDK), led by former ethnic Albanian rebel Hashim Thaci.
"A young supporter of the PDK drew a gun and shot at
the mayor and two other people accompanying him. All
three have died," Hysa said.
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, Oct 27 (AFP) - A senior member
in the party of Kosovo's Albanian president, Ibrahim
Rugova, and two other men were shot dead by political
opponents in western Kosovo on Sunday, a day after
local elections there, officials said.
It was the first politically motivated attack during
the election period.
Kosovo's first local election in 2000, overwhelmingly
won by Rugova's League of Democratic Kosovo (LDK), was
marred by political violence between rival ethnic
Albanian groups.
Ylber Hysa, head of the non-governmental Kosovo Action
for Civic Initiatives (KACI) monitoring the election,
identified the dead LDK official as Uke Bytyci.
Bytyci was mayor of Suva Reka, some 60 kilometres (35
miles) west of provincial capital Pristina.
Hysa said celebrating members of the LDK -- which is
expected to win Saturday's election -- ran into
supporters of the rival Party of Democratic Kosovo
(PDK), led by former ethnic Albanian rebel Hashim
Thaci.
"A young supporter of the PDK drew a gun and shot at
the mayor and two other people accompanying him. All
three have died," Hysa said.
Andrea Angeli, spokesman for the United Nation mission
in Kosovo, confirmed the information.
"There is evidence to indicate that it was an ambush,"
he said from Pristina, adding that police were
investigating the incident.
Michael Steiner, the United Nation's top official in
the province, condemned the shooting as "an appalling
act of calculated murder".
"Callous killing is particularly distressing after
yesterday's municipal elections in Kosovo, which were
conducted so smoothly and without a violent incident,"
Steiner said in a statement.
Angeli said Bytyci and two people with him had been
shot and injured by at least one person in the village
of Lesan, some six kilometres south of Suva Reka.
He said UN police were interrogating a suspect held at
Suva Reka police station.
Although the official results of Kosovo's local
election have yet to be announced by the Organisation
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Hysa's
KACI said the LDK had won the vote in most of the
province's 30 municipalities, including Suva Reka.
The Albanian-dominated southern Serbian province of
Kosovo has been under UN and NATO administration since
1999.
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VITTORIO SGARBI PRENDE IN GIRO I SERBI DEL KOSOVO:
"BISOGNEREBBE PROTEGGERE I VOSTRI MONUMENTI"
SERBIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF RASKA AND PRIZREN
KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
For immediate release
Info - Service ERP KIM
RENOWNED ITALIAN ACTIVIST FOR PROTECTION OF
CULTURAL HERITAGE SEEKS PROTECTION OF SERBIAN
ORTHODOX MONASTERIES IN KOSOVO
Sgarbi emphasises responsibility of KFOR for protection of Visoki
Decani and Pec Patriarchate
October 27, 2002
Rome - Italian deputy-minister of culture and a member of
Parliament Hon.Vittorio Sgarbi sent a letter to the new KFOR
commander, Italian general Fabio Mini, proposing special protection
of Serb Orthodox religious monuments in Kosovo. "The situation in
Kosovo and the unavoidable reduction of NATO forces in coming
months are cause for grave concern for the future protection of the
heritage of Serbian Orthodox culture and religion, especially of
Visoki Decani Monastery and the Pec Patriarchate, which are of great
significance for art history," wrote Sgarbi. Sgarbi notes in his
letter that many Orthodox religious monuments in Kosovo are already
damaged, and in many cases irreparably destroyed. "I wish to draw
your attention especially to the precarious situation in which two
pearls in northwestern Kosovo, Visoki Decani and the Pec Patriarchate
Monasteries, are found in comparison with well-guarded Gracanica
Monastery," emphasized Sgarbi. He added that the recent attack on
Serb pensioners in Pec clearly demonstrates the length of the path to
reconciliation between the [Serb and Albanian] communities and the
high degree of violence still reigning in Kosovo. Sgarbi expressed his
hope that Decani Monastery and Pec Patriarchate will be equally well
protected in future as they are now under the Italian military
command.
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ARMI PER IL KOSOVO E L'ALBANIA VIA MONTENEGRO
Blic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
October 26, 2002
Weapons for Kosovo and Albania via Podgorica
Large quantities of infantry weapons, ammunition and military
equipment often end up in well-guarded depots in central
Montenegro, not in Middle Eastern countries; from
there, the weapons are then smuggled into Albania and Kosovo
M.B., a businessman in the Podgorica quarter of Zagoric formerly
dealing in military surplus and equipment, purchased a small quanitity
of weapons and military equipment at the beginning of May of this
year for 25,000 dollars. Instead of being loaded onto ships, about
five truckloads of various weapons ended up in central Montenegro,
where they remain in warehouses today. He has already sold some of
the of the weapons and military equipment "without difficulty" to
parties in Albania and Kosovo. According to Blic's source, as a result
of information on smuggling of weapons and military equipment
provided to Western intelligence agencies the Montenegrin State
Security has been engaged in "intensive activity" in recent months.
International forces are presently conducting little more than formal
control of the border between Kosovo and Albania. Smuggling of
arms, narcotics, white slavery and incursions, that is, unhindered
entrance of various armed groups, are taking place without
obstruction. For example, at the Cafa Morina - Tropoja border
crossing there are only two-three policemen on the Albanian side and
two members of KFOR and one member of the Kosovo Protection
Corps on the Kosovo side of the border. Inspection of documents is a
mere formality; vehicles, transporter trucks and other transportation
is not inspected at all. Only a kilometer and a half from this
crossing there is a cobblestone road going from Tropoja to Bajram Curi
to the village of Junik village in Kosovo where there is no inspection
at all.
This is the road most often used for smuggling of drugs, weapons and
military equipment, and white slaves.
Cigarettes are now generally transported from Greece through
Albania to Kosovo and further toward Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
According to our source, intelligence sources are aware that the same
dealers are involved in all these activities.
The situation is similar at a second border crossing at Cafa - Prushit
from the Albanian side on the road toward Djakovica. Inspection on
the Albanian side is carried out by only one policeman in civilian
clothing, while on the Kosovo side no one is controlling the state
border at all.
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CONTADINO SERBO AGGREDITO A KOSOVSKA MITROVICA
Ethnic Albanians beat up Serb in central Kosovo-Metohija
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Oct 30 (Tanjug) - A group of unidentified ethnic
Albanians beat up Kosovo Serb Ranko Pajevic of the village of Grace
as he was farming his land on Tuesday afternoon, Tanjug was told on
Wednesday. Pajevic was farming his land in the hamlet of Tomic near
Grace in central Kosovo-Metohija, when a group of ethnic Albanians
attacked and seriously injured him.
Ethnic Albanians also stole Pajevic's tractor and fled. Pajevic early
on Wednesday reported the case to UNMIK's police station in
Priluzje.
This is not the only attack ethnic Albanians carried out against
Serbs from this village. Serbs from Grace have repeatedly reported
cases in which their ethnic Albanian neighbors had forcibly seized
their land, stole their cattle or burnt their yield, to Kosovo's
multinational police. Grace is populated by about 250 Serbs.
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CHIESTO IL RILASCIO DI TRE SERBI IN GALERA DA ANNI
CON IMPUTAZIONI ASSURDE
http://www.serbia.sr.gov.yu/news/2002-10/31/326512.html
SERBIAN GOVERNMENT
Bozovic demands three Serbs be released
October 31, 2002
Belgrade, Oct. 30, 2002 - Coordinating Centre for Kosovo-Metohija
official Vladimir Bozovic sent a request to the UN's international
prosecutor for Kosovo-Metohija, Michael Hartmann, for the urgent
release of three imprisoned Serbs.
Bozovic revealed the identities of the three imprisoned Serbs to the
Beta news agency: Orahovac municipality President Anjelko
Kolasinac, who has been imprisoned for more than four years; Veselin
Besovic, from Pec, held in prison without evidence for almost three
years; and Slavoljub Jovic, who was, Bozovic claims, arrested
without proof.
The branch of the international criminal council in the Gnjilane
Municipal Court cleared another Serb, Bozidar Stojanovic, of
allegations of murdering an ethnic Albanian, his lawyer Zivojin
Jokanovic said. Stojanovic was previously sentenced to 16 years in
prison.
Stojanovic spent 38 months in detention. His lawyers managed to get a
new trial and prove his innocence. Hartmann was made aware of this
case of negligence. "We personally called on him and the whole
UNMIK judiciary to release the three Serbs," Bozovic said.
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AVVIATE LE ESUMAZIONI DEI CADAVERI SCOPERTI NEL
CIMITERO ORTODOSSO DI PRIZREN - LA STAMPA
OCCIDENTALE *NON* PARLA DI FOSSE COMUNI
SERBIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF RASKA AND PRIZREN
KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
Information Service
Newsletter, Oct 30, 2002
SRNA Serbian News Agency
27 BODIES EXHUMED
PRISTINA, OCTOBER 29 (SRNA) - "Members of the Yugoslav
Government's expert team exhumed the remains of 27 people, most
probably Serbs killed during 1999, at the Orthodox cemetery in
Prizren yesterday and today," Vukasin Otasevic, a team member,
told SRNA this evening. "We will continue with exhumations
tomorrow; we cannot say how many bodies there may be at this time,"
said Otasevic. He added that he expects successful cooperation with
members of UNMIK's expert team, led by the head of the
Office for Missing and Kidnapped Persons, Jose Pablo Baraibar, to
continue. He expressed the hope that Serbian Government's expert
team will complete exhumations at several additional locations by the
end of the year. "Exhumations at the Orthodox cemetery in Prizren
began upon our initiative but are being conducted under the
organization of UNMIK's Office for Missing and Kidnapped
Persons," said Otasevic.
30 BODIES FOUND IN PRIZREN CEMETARY
PRIZREN, Oct 30 (Beta)- Thirty unidentified bodies have been found
during three days of exhumation at the Orthodox Christian cemetery
in Prizren, said Kosovo expert team chief, pathologist Slavisa
Dobricanin.
There are no more unexamined graves in this location, said
Dobricanin, adding that the first results show that the bodies are
Serbian.
Exhumations in several more locations in Kosovo, especially in the
Djakovica municipality, will be carried out by the end of the year.
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AGGREDITO SERBO PRESSO GRACE
Radio Yugoslavia
A SERB BEATEN BY ALBANIANS
VUCITRN, October 30
Ranko Pajevic, a Serb from the village of Grace, northern Kosmet, has
been beaten up by a group of unidentified Albanians, Tanjug learns.
The agency reports that while working in the field, Pajevic was
attacked by a group of Albanians and sustained heavy bodily injuries.
http://www.mfa.gov.yu/Pressframe14.htm
ETHNIC ALBANIANS BEAT UP SERB IN CENTRAL
KOSOVO-METOHIJA
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Oct 30 (Tanjug) - A group of
unidentified ethnic Albanians beat up Kosovo Serb
Ranko Pajevic of the village of Grace as he was
farming his land on Tuesday afternoon, Tanjug was told
on Wednesday. Pajevic was farming his land in the
hamlet of Tomic near Grace in central Kosovo-Metohija,
when a group of ethnic Albanians attacked and
seriously injured him.
Ethnic Albanians also stole Pajevic's tractor and
fled. Pajevic early on Wednesday reported the case to
UNMIK's police station in Priluzje. This is not the
only attack ethnic Albanians carried out against Serbs
from this village. Serbs from Grace have repeatedly
reported cases in which their ethnic Albanian
neighbors had forcibly seized their land, stole their
cattle or burnt their yield, to Kosovo's multinational
police. Grace is populated by about 250 Serbs.
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ANCHE AD OBILIC LA KFOR ELIMINA LA PROTEZIONE PER
GLI SCOLARI SERBI - IMPEDITA LA FREQUENTAZIONE
DELLE SCUOLE
POLITIKA (Belgrade daily)
KFOR QUITS ESCORTING SCHOOLCHILDREN IN OBILIC
MUNICIPALITY
October 30, 2002
For more than a week schoolchildren of four primary and three
secondary schools have not attended their classes, since KFOR has
suspended escorting them. According to Radmila Premovic, the
principle of the primary school Branko Radicevic, pupils have
not attended the classes for some ten days. The classes have stopped,
as Norwegian KFOR has not escorted primary and secondary
schoolchildren, who commute to their schools for some 10 kilometres
through Albanian populated places. According to the principle, KFOR
as a reason stated that their base has been moved to the village of
Lebane. KFOR recently has also stopped protecting school premises.
Radio Yugoslavia
October 30, 2002
Some 1,200 Serb pupils living in enclaves in central Kosmet have not
been attending school for 10 days now due to the safety situation, the
head of the Education Ministry Department for Kosovska Mitrovica,
Predrag Stojcetovic, said. He said that KFOR had ceased to escort Serb
children from Vucitrn, Obilic, Crkvena Vodica, Babin Most and
Plemetina on their way to school. The head of the MP club of the Serb
POVRATAK coalition, Rada Trajkovic, called on institutions and
organizations in charge of children's rights to react in order that a
solution be found.
ABOUT 1200 SERB STUDENTS MISSING CLASSES IN
KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Oct 30 (Tanjug) - About 1200 Serb
students who live in enclaves in central Kosovo and Metohija have
been compelled to miss out on their classes for the past 10 days
because they cannot travel to their schools in safety, Ministry of
Education Kosovska Mitrovica Department chief Predrag Stojcevic
told Tanjug on Wednesday.
Stojcevic said the local international peacekeeping force KFOR
in the UN-administered southern Serbian province had suspended
escorts for Serb children from Vucitrn, Obilic, Crkvene Vodice,
Babin Most, and Plemetina on their way to and from school.
Kosovo-Metohija parliament Serb coalition Return whip
Rada Trajkovic gave a statement to Tanjug, in which she called on
all institutions and organizations in charge of children's rights
to react so that a safe life and regular classes can be secured for
Serb children in Kosovo and Metohija.
=== * ===
ITALIANI ED ALBANESI ARRESTATI A TIRANA IN POSSESSO
DI 18 CHILI DI EROINA
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/
ap/20021101/ap_wo_en_po/albania_drugs_1
Police detain Italians and Albanians with heroin
Fri Nov 1,11:17 AM ET
TIRANA, Albania - Police have cracked an Italian-Albanian drug
ring, arresting several people and seizing eight kilograms (18 pounds)
of heroin, the biggest drug haul in the last three months, an Interior
Ministry official said Friday.
A ministry spokesman, Florian Serjani, said that police detained the
suspects - Albanians and Italians - on Thursday at a hotel in the port
town of Durres, 30 kilometers (18 miles) west of the capital, Tirana.
He would not say how many people were detained and declined to
provide further details.
But an Albanian newspaper, Shekulli, quoted unnamed police in
Durres as saying that police had cracked a mafia network that
transports drugs from Albania to Italy.
Three Italians and six Albanians were detained, the daily reported.
Albania is a transit country for drug trafficking rings that are
active across the Balkans.
=== * ===
A KOSOVSKA MITROVICA LE STRADE VENGONO
RIBATTEZZATE CON I NOMI DELLE FIGURE
DI SPICCO DEL NAZIFASCISMO
Politika, Belgrade
November 1, 2002
SERB STREETS RENAMED AFTER BALISTS*
(Balists, or Balli Combetar, members of a pro-Nazi Albanian
nationalist organization in WW2)
Only John Kennedy and Tetovska Streets unchanged
Kosovska Mitrovica, October 31
Assemblymen of the mono-national municipal assembly of Kosovska
Mitrovica have voted unanimously to change the names of almost 260
streets and publci squares in this city on the Ibar River. Obviously
their only criterion was to replace streets bearing the names of Serbs
and other non-Albanians with the names of dead Albanian
terrorists from the ranks of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army
and notorious Balists during World War II.
The UNMIK administration did nothing to attempt to prevent the
name changes which, it should be added, are written exclusively in
Albanian in the southern, Albanian part of the city. The changing of
street names in Kosovska Mitrovica comes after the Albanians first
renamed all towns in the southern Serbian province, and then all the
street names, even in Serb enclaves where there are no Albanians. For
example, in Kosovska Mitrovica, Pasiceva Street became Milos
Kopilic Street. Karadjordjeva Street received the name of the
notorious Drenica region terrorist Adem Jashari, Duciceva Street now
bears the name Arta (golden), Railroad Street bears the name of
Bislim Bajgora, Hajduk-Stanka Street has been renamed Drenicka
Street, Drvarska Street has become Bujanska Conference Street, while
Kosovo-Maiden Street has now been renamed after the Bitoljski
Congress. Ramiz Sadiku Street has also changed its name and now
bears the name of Xhafer Deva, a notorious Balist who greeted the
fascist forces in Kosovska Mitrovica in World War II. The street
leading from the bus station which is located on the edge of the
southern, Albanian part of the city and leads to Srbica, is now called
Bloody Bridge Street. However, it was not enough for the
assemblymen to rename the streets by giving them names of terrorists
of the so-called KLA and Balists from World War II so they also gave
them names of cities in Albania. Thus some streets are now called
Shkodra, Tirana, Tropoja, Kukes... The only streets which did not
offend and are not nationalistic in tone are John Kennedy
Street and Tetovska Street. As well, it should be noted that the
assemblymen of the mono-national municipal assembly of Kosovska
Mitrovica have neglected to name at least some of the 260 streets in
the city on the Ibar River after well-known scientists, writers or
other
figures of renown in the world or at least in the region.
B. Radomirovic
=== * ===
L'INVIATO SPECIALE ONU JOSE CUTILEIRO RICONOSCE LA
SITUAZIONE INACCETTABILE DAL PUNTO DI VISTA DEI
DIRITTI UMANI IN KOSOVO-METOHIJA
CUTILEIRO DISSATISFIED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD IN KOSOVO
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Nov 3 (Tanjug) - The special human
rights envoy Jose Cutileiro said on Sunday that the human rights
record in Kosovo and Metohija has not improved.
In terms of improvement of the status of human rights, nothing
has changed since February last year when he visited Kosovo the
last time, Cutileiro told reporters in Kosovska Mitrovica,
following talks with a member of the presidency of Kosovo
parliament Oliver Ivanovic. He said he was particularly dissatisfied
with the fact that the process of return of Serbs to Kosovo and
Metohija was weak and not yet sustainable.
avvenimenti nella provincia di Kosovo-Metohija, e vengono qui
riportate solo come esempi delle informazioni negate alla pubblica
opinione.
=== * ===
AMMINISTRAZIONE O.N.U. IN KOSMET APRE POSTI DI
FRONTIERA TRA ALBANIA E JUGOSLAVIA
PROTEST OVER OPENING BORDER CROSINGS WITH ALBANIA
BELGRADE, Oct. 17 (Beta) - The Yugoslav Foreign Ministry
protested on Oct 17 to the U.N. Security Council because two border
crosings had been opened between Albania and Yugoslavia in the
Kosovo and Metohija area.
The permanent Yugoslav representative in the U.N., Ambasador Dejan
Sahovic, told the cairman of the Security Council in New York that
the move contravened the provisions of U.N. Security Council
Resolution 1244, especially in view of the fact that the decision to
open border crosings had been made without prior agreement with the
Yugoslav government.
The two border crosings on the AlbanianYugoslav border in the
villages of Orcusa and Kukes were opened on Wednesday.
=== * ===
ANZIANO SERBO AGGREDITO A GNJILANE
+++ SERBE ZUSAMMENGESCHLAGEN
GNJILANE. Laut einer Meldung von INET-News, wurde gestern
ein 75-jähriger Serbe, Zivorad Dokic, aus dem Dorf Zilova in
Gnjilane überfallen und zusammengeschlagen. Dokic ist nach
Gnjilane gekommen, um seine Rentenangelegenheiten zu
regulieren. INET-NEWS +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 18.Oktober 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
=== * ===
"POLIZIOTTI" KOSOVARO-ALBANESI MALTRATTANO
PRETE ORTODOSSO SOTTO GLI OCCHI DEI SOLDATI
ITALIANI
+++ ALBANISCHE "POLIZISTEN" MISSHANDELN MÖNCH
KULA, DECANI. Albanische Angehörige der sogenannten "Polizei"
der serbischen Provinz Kosovo und Metochien haben den Abt des
Klosters Visoki Decani mißhandelt. Der Vorfall ereignete sich an
einem Kontrollpunkt an der Grenze der serbischen Provinz zur
Teilrepublik Montenegro. Die albanischen "Polizisten" attackierten
den Abt zunächst verbal und schlugen ihn dann auch. Der Vorfall
ereignete sich unter den Augen italienischer KFOR-Soldaten.
STIMME KOSOVOS +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 19.Oktober 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
=== * ===
SOLDATI STATUNITENSI MALTRATTANO PROFUGHI SERBI
E GIORNALISTI A KLOKOT
DIOCESE OF RASKA AND PRIZREN DEEPLY HURT BY
BEHAVIOR OF U.S. KFOR IN KLOKOT
It is unacceptable for KFOR troops to beat unarmed people
COMMUNIQUE
Gracanica, October 19, 2002
The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prizren is deeply hurt by
the rough behavior of U.S. KFOR troops in the Serb village of Klokot
following the recent crime by extremists leading to the death of
Svetlana Stankovic. It is absolutely unacceptable to apply force
against unarmed civilians who were only trying to return to their
homes, deeply embittered because of the attack. Especially pathetic
was the humiliation of two Serb women, Radmila Dimic and Dobrila
Milenkovic, who were, according to their own statement, kept
handcuffed for serveral hours. Klokot residents confirmed to the
representative of the Church that the U.S. soldiers beat the Serbs
using sticks and feet.
We are also concerned regarding information by the Independent
Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) that Radio Television
Serbia (RTS) reporters who filmed the incident in Klokot were
reportedly abused and kept for two hours, handcuffed, in the mud.
Such unsuitable behavior on the part of U.S. KFOR troops is
undermining their moral reputation and the trust of the Serbs in
peacekeeping forces. We therefore appeal that this incident be
thoroughly investigated and that measures are taken to prevent
similar excesses from reoccurring.
It is quite incomprehensible that KFOR troops are blocking the Serb
village and abusing its residents, including the family members of the
deceased woman, instead of seeking the perpetrators of the most recent
attack against the Serbs. A similar situation occurred following the
recent attack by Albanian extremists in which five Serb houses were
blown up in July. Kosovo Albanian extremists have killed no fewer
that 12 Serbs from the village of Klokot since the end of war despite
the presence of KFOR forces. Despite claims that the security
situation in the region is improving, the Serb people live in
increasing uncertainty, especially after the recent incident in
Klokot. Regrettably, this is not the first time that Albanian
extremists plant land mines in Serb fields. The claim that the mine
remained in the field from the war in 1999 is unfounded because the
field has been regularly cultivated by Stankovic family since 1999 and
no explosive devices were found in this area after a thorough KFOR
search. That is one reason more why the residends of Klokot were
shocked by the reaction of peacekeepers.
---
Politika, Belgrade
PROTEST BY INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS
Unacceptable behavior towards journalists
October 18, 2002
The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS)
addressed a protest letter yesterday to UNMIK head Michael Steiner
regarding the arrest, abuse and threat of imprisonment of Radio
Television Serbia (RTS) reporter Zarko Joksimovic and photographer
Boban Sekulic by US KFOR troops in the village of Klokot despite
the fact that both possessed valid accreditation.
In the letter NUNS states that Joksimovic and Sekulic were in the
village of Klokot for the purpose of filming a report regarding the
death of Svetlana Stankovic. It advises Steiner that there is no
justification for forcing the two men to lie for two hours on the wet
earth while handcuffed with 20 rifles pointed at them before
they were expelled from Klokot.
UNS emphasizes that the public is justifiably awaiting an
investigation of the incident and emphasizes that UNMIK's task "is
anything but the violation of human rights of residents of Kosovo and
Metohija, and the human and professional rights of Joksimovic and
Sekulic".
=== * ===
LA KFOR ITALIANA ARRESTA CUGINO DI AGIM CEKU (EX
CAPO UCK) PER CONTRABBANDO DI SIGARETTE.
MA VIENE SUBITO RILASCIATO PER MOTIVI CHE NON E' DATO SAPERE
KFOR ARRESTS AGIM CEKU'S BROTHER, EKREM LUKA
PEC, Oct. 22 (Beta) - KFOR arrested the brother of Kosovo
Protection Corps Commander Agim Ceku and Ekrem Luka in Pec on
Oct. 22, on suspicion that they are involved in the smuggling of large
quantities of cigarettes, BETA has learned from ethnic Albanian
sources in Pristina. Luka is the owner of Dukadjini, the biggest
private company in Kosovo.
KFOR arrested another two persons, but their identity has not been
disclosed.
According to well informed sources in Kosovo, Ekrem Luka is a close
friend of Alliance for Future of Kosovo leader Ramush Haradinaj and
other former leaders of the officially disbanded Kosovo Liberation
Army in western Kosovo.
UNMIK: CEKU'S BROTHER NOT ARRESTED
PRISTINA, Oct 23 (Beta) - UNMIK spokesperson Andrea Angeli told
BETA on Oct. 23, that none of four persons, apprehended in Pec on
Oct. 22, was the brother of Kosovo Protection Corps Commander
Agim Ceku. Angeli said that the four persons, found to be in
possession of arms, were released in the afternoon on Oct. 22,
following an injunction by the relevant judge. He added that an
investigation into the matter was underway.
BETA has learned from eyewitnesses that the rumor about Ceku's
brother being arrested had spread because during the arrest, one of
the suspects said: "Don't touch me, I am Agim Ceku's brother."
KOSOVO: ITALIANI KFOR SCOPRONO DEPOSITO ARMI E SIGARETTE (2)
(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 22 OTT - Tra i quattro albaneso-kosovari
arrestati questa mattina dalla polizia militare italiana a Peja c'e'
Ekrem Lluka, 47 anni, proprietario della ''compagnia Dukagjini'',
che e' il piu' grosso gruppo imprenditoriale del Kosovo occidentale.
In carcere e' finito pure un fratello del generale Agim Ceku, ex capo
militare dell'Uck e attuale comandante del Tmk, il corpo di
protezione civile del Kosovo. ''Al momento i quattro arrestati
vengono interrogati dalla polizia italiana inquadrata nella missione
delle Nazioni Unite'' ha detto all'Ansa Andrea Angeli, portavoce
dell'Unmik. Tra il materiale sequestrato, ci sono anche
apparecchiature per la produzione di etichette di sigarette false
trovate in una tipografia del gruppo. La polizia militare italiana ha
effettuato una perquisizione anche presso gli studi di Radio
Dukagjini, un'emittente privata che fa capo all'impresa di Lluka. Gli
arresti di oggi rischiano di provocare tensioni a Peja, zona sotto il
controllo dei militari italiani e dove Ekrem Lluka e' particolarmente
influente.(ANSA) BLL 22/10/2002 16:24
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/20021022162432362436.html
KOSOVO: RILASCIATI QUATTRO ARRESTATI DA MILITARI ITALIANI
(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 24 OTT - Sono stati rilasciati dopo poche ore
su decisione di un tribunale locale i quattro albanesi-kosovari
arrestati lo scorso 22 ottobre dalla polizia militare del contingente
italiano della Kfor, forza di pace in Kosovo a guida Nato: lo apprende
oggi l'Ansa da fonti informate. Tra gli arrestati c'era Ekrem Lluka,
47 anni, titolare del piu' importante gruppo imprenditoriale del
Kosovo occidentale, e Selman Ceku, 45 anni, in un primo momento
indicato dagli inquirenti come fratello del generale Agim Ceku, ex
capo militare della guerriglia albanese (Uck) e attuale comandante
del Tmk, il corpo di protezione civile del Kosovo. Le stesse fonti
hanno successivamente rettificato, affermando che in realta' l'uomo e'
solo un cugino del generale Ceku. Gli arresti erano avvenuti dopo che
in uno dei depositi di proprieta' di Lluka erano state ritrovate armi
e 270 tonnellate di sigarette che in un primo momento si era
sospettato fossero di contrabbando. (ANSA). 24/10/2002 17:15
http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/20021024171532365176.html
=== * ===
AGGREDITO AMMINISTRATORE UNMIK A PRIZREN
RADIO JUGOSLAVIA
Prizren Administrator Attacked By Albanians
October 22, 2002
In Prizren, southern Kosmet, six Albanians beat up the deputy
UNMIK administrator, Julian Bilbao, causing numerous injuries.
According to news agencies, special units of the UNMIK police
intervened, and one policeman was slightly injured. All the
perpetrators were arrested and criminal proceedings are to be
instigated against them.
=== * ===
AGGREDITO ANZIANO SERBO A KOSOVO POLJE
+++ SERBE ZUSAMMENGESCHLAGEN
KOSOVO POLJE. Auf dem Bahnhof von Kosovo Polje wurde
am Mittwoch gegen 20 Uhr der 75-jährige Serbe Miodrag Stankovic
zusammengeschlagen. Der alte Mann, wohnhaft in Kosovo Polje,
wurde von zwei ethnisch-albanischen Männern zu Boden geworfen
und anschließend mit Händen und Füßen attackiert. Hierbei wurden
ihm schwere Verletzungen zugefügt. TANJUG/INET-NEWS +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 24.Oktober 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
=== * ===
LA KFOR PRIVA GLI STUDENTI SERBI DI PROTEZIONE PER
ANDARE A SCUOLA A MITROVICA
Tanjug - Belgrade
KFOR Escort Canceled For Serbian Students
October 23, 2002
Kosovska Mitrovica, 23 Oct - On Wednesday, KFOR canceled the
escorts for Serbian students from Crkvena Vodica, Obilic, Janjina
Voda, and the villages from central Kosovo. Those students are
attending the schools in Plemetina and Priluzje, so it is unknown how
they will attend the schools in the future, says the head of the
Department of Education in Kosovska Mitrovica, Predrag Stojcetovic.
Stojcetovic pointed out that the parents would not allow the children
to go to school without a KFOR escort, because according to the
parents of Serbian students, their children are not safe on their way
from their homes to the school.
=== * ===
AGGREDITO ANZIANO SERBO A STRPCE
+++ SERBE VON ALBANERN ANGEGRIFFENS
STRPCE. Eine Gruppe bewaffneter ethnischer Albaner haben heute
gegen 15 Uhr den 71-jährigen Serben Bora Serafimovic aus dem
Dorf Pasjane bei Gnjilane angegriffen, während dieser Kühe hütete.
Die Angreifer, aus dem anliegenden Dorf Vlastice, haben den Mann
auf den Boden gestoßen, mehrmals auf den Kopf geschlagen und
anschließend seine Kühe weggeführt. Wegen den schweren
Verletzungen am Kopf wurde Serafimovic in das Krankenhaus von
Vranje verlegt. TANJUG +++
Balkan-Telegramm, 25.Oktober 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
=== * ===
REGOLAMENTO DI CONTI POST-ELETTORALE
ALBANISCHE ABRECHNUNGEN IN SUVA REKA
PRIZREN. Der ?Bürgermeister" der Gemeinde Suva Reka, der
Albaner Uka Bitici und zwei seiner Mitarbeiter wurden gestern Abend
aus einem fahrenden Auto heraus von albanischen Terroristen
erschossen. Bitici und seine Mitarbeiter gehörten der Partei des
Albanerführers Rugova an. STIMME KOSOVOS
Balkan-Telegramm, 27.Oktober 2002 - http://www.amselfeld.com
---
http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/dp/Qkosovo-vote-shooting.Rlhy_COR.html
Three shot dead by political opponents after Kosovo vote
-Hysa said celebrating members of the LDK -- which is
expected to win Saturday's election -- ran into
supporters of the rival Party of Democratic Kosovo
(PDK), led by former ethnic Albanian rebel Hashim Thaci.
"A young supporter of the PDK drew a gun and shot at
the mayor and two other people accompanying him. All
three have died," Hysa said.
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, Oct 27 (AFP) - A senior member
in the party of Kosovo's Albanian president, Ibrahim
Rugova, and two other men were shot dead by political
opponents in western Kosovo on Sunday, a day after
local elections there, officials said.
It was the first politically motivated attack during
the election period.
Kosovo's first local election in 2000, overwhelmingly
won by Rugova's League of Democratic Kosovo (LDK), was
marred by political violence between rival ethnic
Albanian groups.
Ylber Hysa, head of the non-governmental Kosovo Action
for Civic Initiatives (KACI) monitoring the election,
identified the dead LDK official as Uke Bytyci.
Bytyci was mayor of Suva Reka, some 60 kilometres (35
miles) west of provincial capital Pristina.
Hysa said celebrating members of the LDK -- which is
expected to win Saturday's election -- ran into
supporters of the rival Party of Democratic Kosovo
(PDK), led by former ethnic Albanian rebel Hashim
Thaci.
"A young supporter of the PDK drew a gun and shot at
the mayor and two other people accompanying him. All
three have died," Hysa said.
Andrea Angeli, spokesman for the United Nation mission
in Kosovo, confirmed the information.
"There is evidence to indicate that it was an ambush,"
he said from Pristina, adding that police were
investigating the incident.
Michael Steiner, the United Nation's top official in
the province, condemned the shooting as "an appalling
act of calculated murder".
"Callous killing is particularly distressing after
yesterday's municipal elections in Kosovo, which were
conducted so smoothly and without a violent incident,"
Steiner said in a statement.
Angeli said Bytyci and two people with him had been
shot and injured by at least one person in the village
of Lesan, some six kilometres south of Suva Reka.
He said UN police were interrogating a suspect held at
Suva Reka police station.
Although the official results of Kosovo's local
election have yet to be announced by the Organisation
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Hysa's
KACI said the LDK had won the vote in most of the
province's 30 municipalities, including Suva Reka.
The Albanian-dominated southern Serbian province of
Kosovo has been under UN and NATO administration since
1999.
=== * ===
VITTORIO SGARBI PRENDE IN GIRO I SERBI DEL KOSOVO:
"BISOGNEREBBE PROTEGGERE I VOSTRI MONUMENTI"
SERBIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF RASKA AND PRIZREN
KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
For immediate release
Info - Service ERP KIM
RENOWNED ITALIAN ACTIVIST FOR PROTECTION OF
CULTURAL HERITAGE SEEKS PROTECTION OF SERBIAN
ORTHODOX MONASTERIES IN KOSOVO
Sgarbi emphasises responsibility of KFOR for protection of Visoki
Decani and Pec Patriarchate
October 27, 2002
Rome - Italian deputy-minister of culture and a member of
Parliament Hon.Vittorio Sgarbi sent a letter to the new KFOR
commander, Italian general Fabio Mini, proposing special protection
of Serb Orthodox religious monuments in Kosovo. "The situation in
Kosovo and the unavoidable reduction of NATO forces in coming
months are cause for grave concern for the future protection of the
heritage of Serbian Orthodox culture and religion, especially of
Visoki Decani Monastery and the Pec Patriarchate, which are of great
significance for art history," wrote Sgarbi. Sgarbi notes in his
letter that many Orthodox religious monuments in Kosovo are already
damaged, and in many cases irreparably destroyed. "I wish to draw
your attention especially to the precarious situation in which two
pearls in northwestern Kosovo, Visoki Decani and the Pec Patriarchate
Monasteries, are found in comparison with well-guarded Gracanica
Monastery," emphasized Sgarbi. He added that the recent attack on
Serb pensioners in Pec clearly demonstrates the length of the path to
reconciliation between the [Serb and Albanian] communities and the
high degree of violence still reigning in Kosovo. Sgarbi expressed his
hope that Decani Monastery and Pec Patriarchate will be equally well
protected in future as they are now under the Italian military
command.
=== * ===
ARMI PER IL KOSOVO E L'ALBANIA VIA MONTENEGRO
Blic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
October 26, 2002
Weapons for Kosovo and Albania via Podgorica
Large quantities of infantry weapons, ammunition and military
equipment often end up in well-guarded depots in central
Montenegro, not in Middle Eastern countries; from
there, the weapons are then smuggled into Albania and Kosovo
M.B., a businessman in the Podgorica quarter of Zagoric formerly
dealing in military surplus and equipment, purchased a small quanitity
of weapons and military equipment at the beginning of May of this
year for 25,000 dollars. Instead of being loaded onto ships, about
five truckloads of various weapons ended up in central Montenegro,
where they remain in warehouses today. He has already sold some of
the of the weapons and military equipment "without difficulty" to
parties in Albania and Kosovo. According to Blic's source, as a result
of information on smuggling of weapons and military equipment
provided to Western intelligence agencies the Montenegrin State
Security has been engaged in "intensive activity" in recent months.
International forces are presently conducting little more than formal
control of the border between Kosovo and Albania. Smuggling of
arms, narcotics, white slavery and incursions, that is, unhindered
entrance of various armed groups, are taking place without
obstruction. For example, at the Cafa Morina - Tropoja border
crossing there are only two-three policemen on the Albanian side and
two members of KFOR and one member of the Kosovo Protection
Corps on the Kosovo side of the border. Inspection of documents is a
mere formality; vehicles, transporter trucks and other transportation
is not inspected at all. Only a kilometer and a half from this
crossing there is a cobblestone road going from Tropoja to Bajram Curi
to the village of Junik village in Kosovo where there is no inspection
at all.
This is the road most often used for smuggling of drugs, weapons and
military equipment, and white slaves.
Cigarettes are now generally transported from Greece through
Albania to Kosovo and further toward Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
According to our source, intelligence sources are aware that the same
dealers are involved in all these activities.
The situation is similar at a second border crossing at Cafa - Prushit
from the Albanian side on the road toward Djakovica. Inspection on
the Albanian side is carried out by only one policeman in civilian
clothing, while on the Kosovo side no one is controlling the state
border at all.
=== * ===
CONTADINO SERBO AGGREDITO A KOSOVSKA MITROVICA
Ethnic Albanians beat up Serb in central Kosovo-Metohija
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Oct 30 (Tanjug) - A group of unidentified ethnic
Albanians beat up Kosovo Serb Ranko Pajevic of the village of Grace
as he was farming his land on Tuesday afternoon, Tanjug was told on
Wednesday. Pajevic was farming his land in the hamlet of Tomic near
Grace in central Kosovo-Metohija, when a group of ethnic Albanians
attacked and seriously injured him.
Ethnic Albanians also stole Pajevic's tractor and fled. Pajevic early
on Wednesday reported the case to UNMIK's police station in
Priluzje.
This is not the only attack ethnic Albanians carried out against
Serbs from this village. Serbs from Grace have repeatedly reported
cases in which their ethnic Albanian neighbors had forcibly seized
their land, stole their cattle or burnt their yield, to Kosovo's
multinational police. Grace is populated by about 250 Serbs.
=== * ===
CHIESTO IL RILASCIO DI TRE SERBI IN GALERA DA ANNI
CON IMPUTAZIONI ASSURDE
http://www.serbia.sr.gov.yu/news/2002-10/31/326512.html
SERBIAN GOVERNMENT
Bozovic demands three Serbs be released
October 31, 2002
Belgrade, Oct. 30, 2002 - Coordinating Centre for Kosovo-Metohija
official Vladimir Bozovic sent a request to the UN's international
prosecutor for Kosovo-Metohija, Michael Hartmann, for the urgent
release of three imprisoned Serbs.
Bozovic revealed the identities of the three imprisoned Serbs to the
Beta news agency: Orahovac municipality President Anjelko
Kolasinac, who has been imprisoned for more than four years; Veselin
Besovic, from Pec, held in prison without evidence for almost three
years; and Slavoljub Jovic, who was, Bozovic claims, arrested
without proof.
The branch of the international criminal council in the Gnjilane
Municipal Court cleared another Serb, Bozidar Stojanovic, of
allegations of murdering an ethnic Albanian, his lawyer Zivojin
Jokanovic said. Stojanovic was previously sentenced to 16 years in
prison.
Stojanovic spent 38 months in detention. His lawyers managed to get a
new trial and prove his innocence. Hartmann was made aware of this
case of negligence. "We personally called on him and the whole
UNMIK judiciary to release the three Serbs," Bozovic said.
=== * ===
AVVIATE LE ESUMAZIONI DEI CADAVERI SCOPERTI NEL
CIMITERO ORTODOSSO DI PRIZREN - LA STAMPA
OCCIDENTALE *NON* PARLA DI FOSSE COMUNI
SERBIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF RASKA AND PRIZREN
KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
Information Service
Newsletter, Oct 30, 2002
SRNA Serbian News Agency
27 BODIES EXHUMED
PRISTINA, OCTOBER 29 (SRNA) - "Members of the Yugoslav
Government's expert team exhumed the remains of 27 people, most
probably Serbs killed during 1999, at the Orthodox cemetery in
Prizren yesterday and today," Vukasin Otasevic, a team member,
told SRNA this evening. "We will continue with exhumations
tomorrow; we cannot say how many bodies there may be at this time,"
said Otasevic. He added that he expects successful cooperation with
members of UNMIK's expert team, led by the head of the
Office for Missing and Kidnapped Persons, Jose Pablo Baraibar, to
continue. He expressed the hope that Serbian Government's expert
team will complete exhumations at several additional locations by the
end of the year. "Exhumations at the Orthodox cemetery in Prizren
began upon our initiative but are being conducted under the
organization of UNMIK's Office for Missing and Kidnapped
Persons," said Otasevic.
30 BODIES FOUND IN PRIZREN CEMETARY
PRIZREN, Oct 30 (Beta)- Thirty unidentified bodies have been found
during three days of exhumation at the Orthodox Christian cemetery
in Prizren, said Kosovo expert team chief, pathologist Slavisa
Dobricanin.
There are no more unexamined graves in this location, said
Dobricanin, adding that the first results show that the bodies are
Serbian.
Exhumations in several more locations in Kosovo, especially in the
Djakovica municipality, will be carried out by the end of the year.
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AGGREDITO SERBO PRESSO GRACE
Radio Yugoslavia
A SERB BEATEN BY ALBANIANS
VUCITRN, October 30
Ranko Pajevic, a Serb from the village of Grace, northern Kosmet, has
been beaten up by a group of unidentified Albanians, Tanjug learns.
The agency reports that while working in the field, Pajevic was
attacked by a group of Albanians and sustained heavy bodily injuries.
http://www.mfa.gov.yu/Pressframe14.htm
ETHNIC ALBANIANS BEAT UP SERB IN CENTRAL
KOSOVO-METOHIJA
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Oct 30 (Tanjug) - A group of
unidentified ethnic Albanians beat up Kosovo Serb
Ranko Pajevic of the village of Grace as he was
farming his land on Tuesday afternoon, Tanjug was told
on Wednesday. Pajevic was farming his land in the
hamlet of Tomic near Grace in central Kosovo-Metohija,
when a group of ethnic Albanians attacked and
seriously injured him.
Ethnic Albanians also stole Pajevic's tractor and
fled. Pajevic early on Wednesday reported the case to
UNMIK's police station in Priluzje. This is not the
only attack ethnic Albanians carried out against Serbs
from this village. Serbs from Grace have repeatedly
reported cases in which their ethnic Albanian
neighbors had forcibly seized their land, stole their
cattle or burnt their yield, to Kosovo's multinational
police. Grace is populated by about 250 Serbs.
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ANCHE AD OBILIC LA KFOR ELIMINA LA PROTEZIONE PER
GLI SCOLARI SERBI - IMPEDITA LA FREQUENTAZIONE
DELLE SCUOLE
POLITIKA (Belgrade daily)
KFOR QUITS ESCORTING SCHOOLCHILDREN IN OBILIC
MUNICIPALITY
October 30, 2002
For more than a week schoolchildren of four primary and three
secondary schools have not attended their classes, since KFOR has
suspended escorting them. According to Radmila Premovic, the
principle of the primary school Branko Radicevic, pupils have
not attended the classes for some ten days. The classes have stopped,
as Norwegian KFOR has not escorted primary and secondary
schoolchildren, who commute to their schools for some 10 kilometres
through Albanian populated places. According to the principle, KFOR
as a reason stated that their base has been moved to the village of
Lebane. KFOR recently has also stopped protecting school premises.
Radio Yugoslavia
October 30, 2002
Some 1,200 Serb pupils living in enclaves in central Kosmet have not
been attending school for 10 days now due to the safety situation, the
head of the Education Ministry Department for Kosovska Mitrovica,
Predrag Stojcetovic, said. He said that KFOR had ceased to escort Serb
children from Vucitrn, Obilic, Crkvena Vodica, Babin Most and
Plemetina on their way to school. The head of the MP club of the Serb
POVRATAK coalition, Rada Trajkovic, called on institutions and
organizations in charge of children's rights to react in order that a
solution be found.
ABOUT 1200 SERB STUDENTS MISSING CLASSES IN
KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Oct 30 (Tanjug) - About 1200 Serb
students who live in enclaves in central Kosovo and Metohija have
been compelled to miss out on their classes for the past 10 days
because they cannot travel to their schools in safety, Ministry of
Education Kosovska Mitrovica Department chief Predrag Stojcevic
told Tanjug on Wednesday.
Stojcevic said the local international peacekeeping force KFOR
in the UN-administered southern Serbian province had suspended
escorts for Serb children from Vucitrn, Obilic, Crkvene Vodice,
Babin Most, and Plemetina on their way to and from school.
Kosovo-Metohija parliament Serb coalition Return whip
Rada Trajkovic gave a statement to Tanjug, in which she called on
all institutions and organizations in charge of children's rights
to react so that a safe life and regular classes can be secured for
Serb children in Kosovo and Metohija.
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ITALIANI ED ALBANESI ARRESTATI A TIRANA IN POSSESSO
DI 18 CHILI DI EROINA
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/
ap/20021101/ap_wo_en_po/albania_drugs_1
Police detain Italians and Albanians with heroin
Fri Nov 1,11:17 AM ET
TIRANA, Albania - Police have cracked an Italian-Albanian drug
ring, arresting several people and seizing eight kilograms (18 pounds)
of heroin, the biggest drug haul in the last three months, an Interior
Ministry official said Friday.
A ministry spokesman, Florian Serjani, said that police detained the
suspects - Albanians and Italians - on Thursday at a hotel in the port
town of Durres, 30 kilometers (18 miles) west of the capital, Tirana.
He would not say how many people were detained and declined to
provide further details.
But an Albanian newspaper, Shekulli, quoted unnamed police in
Durres as saying that police had cracked a mafia network that
transports drugs from Albania to Italy.
Three Italians and six Albanians were detained, the daily reported.
Albania is a transit country for drug trafficking rings that are
active across the Balkans.
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A KOSOVSKA MITROVICA LE STRADE VENGONO
RIBATTEZZATE CON I NOMI DELLE FIGURE
DI SPICCO DEL NAZIFASCISMO
Politika, Belgrade
November 1, 2002
SERB STREETS RENAMED AFTER BALISTS*
(Balists, or Balli Combetar, members of a pro-Nazi Albanian
nationalist organization in WW2)
Only John Kennedy and Tetovska Streets unchanged
Kosovska Mitrovica, October 31
Assemblymen of the mono-national municipal assembly of Kosovska
Mitrovica have voted unanimously to change the names of almost 260
streets and publci squares in this city on the Ibar River. Obviously
their only criterion was to replace streets bearing the names of Serbs
and other non-Albanians with the names of dead Albanian
terrorists from the ranks of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army
and notorious Balists during World War II.
The UNMIK administration did nothing to attempt to prevent the
name changes which, it should be added, are written exclusively in
Albanian in the southern, Albanian part of the city. The changing of
street names in Kosovska Mitrovica comes after the Albanians first
renamed all towns in the southern Serbian province, and then all the
street names, even in Serb enclaves where there are no Albanians. For
example, in Kosovska Mitrovica, Pasiceva Street became Milos
Kopilic Street. Karadjordjeva Street received the name of the
notorious Drenica region terrorist Adem Jashari, Duciceva Street now
bears the name Arta (golden), Railroad Street bears the name of
Bislim Bajgora, Hajduk-Stanka Street has been renamed Drenicka
Street, Drvarska Street has become Bujanska Conference Street, while
Kosovo-Maiden Street has now been renamed after the Bitoljski
Congress. Ramiz Sadiku Street has also changed its name and now
bears the name of Xhafer Deva, a notorious Balist who greeted the
fascist forces in Kosovska Mitrovica in World War II. The street
leading from the bus station which is located on the edge of the
southern, Albanian part of the city and leads to Srbica, is now called
Bloody Bridge Street. However, it was not enough for the
assemblymen to rename the streets by giving them names of terrorists
of the so-called KLA and Balists from World War II so they also gave
them names of cities in Albania. Thus some streets are now called
Shkodra, Tirana, Tropoja, Kukes... The only streets which did not
offend and are not nationalistic in tone are John Kennedy
Street and Tetovska Street. As well, it should be noted that the
assemblymen of the mono-national municipal assembly of Kosovska
Mitrovica have neglected to name at least some of the 260 streets in
the city on the Ibar River after well-known scientists, writers or
other
figures of renown in the world or at least in the region.
B. Radomirovic
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L'INVIATO SPECIALE ONU JOSE CUTILEIRO RICONOSCE LA
SITUAZIONE INACCETTABILE DAL PUNTO DI VISTA DEI
DIRITTI UMANI IN KOSOVO-METOHIJA
CUTILEIRO DISSATISFIED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD IN KOSOVO
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Nov 3 (Tanjug) - The special human
rights envoy Jose Cutileiro said on Sunday that the human rights
record in Kosovo and Metohija has not improved.
In terms of improvement of the status of human rights, nothing
has changed since February last year when he visited Kosovo the
last time, Cutileiro told reporters in Kosovska Mitrovica,
following talks with a member of the presidency of Kosovo
parliament Oliver Ivanovic. He said he was particularly dissatisfied
with the fact that the process of return of Serbs to Kosovo and
Metohija was weak and not yet sustainable.