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L'URLO DEL KOSOVO
1) Pisa 1/3: presentazione de L'Urlo del Kosovo
2) Haradinaj trial: scared witnesses continue to refuse to testimony
3) NEWS
- 15/1: Kosovo police, pan-albanian protesters clash near Serbian border
- 15/1: Albanian crime gangs top list of most feared foreign gangsters
- 31/1: Serb homes robbed, set on fire in Kosovo
- 15/2: Référendum : 99,74% des Serbes du nord du Kosovo disent « non » à Pristina
- 16/2: Lavrov: Kosovo referendum results “a signal to global community”
- 19/2: Démantèlement de barricades, blocage de routes et reprise du dialogue
3) Kosovo settentrionale: barricata di "no" contro Pristina - Tatjana Lazarević (OBC, 21 febbraio 2012)
4) Kosovo Serbs between Pristina, Belgrade and Brussels - Pyotr Iskanderov (VoR, 14 February 2012)
LINKS:
VIDEO: KOSOVO, LA DANZA DEGLI ANGELI
documentazione di Alessandro Di Meo (Un Ponte per...) divisa in 2 parti, sull'ultimo viaggio in Kosovo e Metohija a gennaio 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAeR9cW5olw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhcnbuU581g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhcnbuU581g
Sui diritti umani dei serbi nella provincia del Kosovo e Metohija - di Zivadin Jovanovic
http://www.resistenze.org/sito/te/po/se/poseca31-010399.htm
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7262
JUGOINFO POSTS ON KOSOVO-SERBS DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST NATO (2011):
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7119
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7151
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7157
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7175
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7196
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7199
50.000 Kosovo Serbs applying for Russian citizenship
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7217
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7119
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7151
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7157
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7175
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7196
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7199
50.000 Kosovo Serbs applying for Russian citizenship
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7217
What, really, is very bad in Kosovo?
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/7231
La nostra pagina sulla questione dell'irredentismo pan-albanese oggi:
https://www.cnj.it/documentazione/kosova.htm
La nostra galleria fotografica sulla storia della Grande Albania nazifascista:
https://www.cnj.it/documentazione/KOSMET/foto.htm
=== 1 ===
(Per maggiori informazioni sul film e il libro L'URLO DEL KOSOVO si veda anche:
https://www.cnj.it/INIZIATIVE/urlokosovo.htm )
Programma iniziativa L'Urlo del Kosovo. Proiezione e dibattito.
1 mar Pisa, Cinema Arsenale, Vicolo Scaramucci 4
ArsenaleNetwork propone:
L’urlo del Kosovo
di Alessandro di Meo
Giovedi 1 marzo alle 18.30
Partecipano alla presentazione del dvd e del libro, l’autore e Martina Pignatti, Un ponte per...
Storie vere da cui è impossibili fuggire. L'urlo che la propaganda non riesce a coprire. Voci che spezzano il coro allineato del pregiudizio che è letale per le persone tanto quanto le scorie della "guerra umanitaria".
Il libro vuole essere una denuncia del dramma vissuto da migliaia di persone, in prevalenza serbe, cacciate da quella terra, il Kosovo e Metohija, dove hanno da sempre vissuto e convissuto con altre etnie.
Il documentario è un viaggio tra le conseguenze dei bombardamenti che nel 1999, per 78 giorni, hanno colpito quel che rimaneva della Jugoslavia. A oltre 10 anni di distanza, i problemi e le contraddizioni che la cosiddetta “guerra umanitaria” voleva risolvere si sono, in realtà, moltiplicate.
Puoi acquistare il libro+dvd "L'Urlo del Kosovo" sulla Bottega del Ponte, cliccando qui.
http://www.unponteper.it/bottega/description.php?II=315
info e contatti
www.arsenalecinema.it
ArsenaleNetwork propone:
L’urlo del Kosovo
di Alessandro di Meo
Giovedi 1 marzo alle 18.30
Partecipano alla presentazione del dvd e del libro, l’autore e Martina Pignatti, Un ponte per...
Storie vere da cui è impossibili fuggire. L'urlo che la propaganda non riesce a coprire. Voci che spezzano il coro allineato del pregiudizio che è letale per le persone tanto quanto le scorie della "guerra umanitaria".
Il libro vuole essere una denuncia del dramma vissuto da migliaia di persone, in prevalenza serbe, cacciate da quella terra, il Kosovo e Metohija, dove hanno da sempre vissuto e convissuto con altre etnie.
Il documentario è un viaggio tra le conseguenze dei bombardamenti che nel 1999, per 78 giorni, hanno colpito quel che rimaneva della Jugoslavia. A oltre 10 anni di distanza, i problemi e le contraddizioni che la cosiddetta “guerra umanitaria” voleva risolvere si sono, in realtà, moltiplicate.
Puoi acquistare il libro+dvd "L'Urlo del Kosovo" sulla Bottega del Ponte, cliccando qui.
http://www.unponteper.it/bottega/description.php?II=315
info e contatti
www.arsenalecinema.it
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IWPR’S ICTY TRIBUNAL UPDATE No. 729, February 24, 2012
http://iwpr.net/
COURTSIDE
KEY WITNESS ABSENT FROM HARADINAJ TRIAL
Defence objects to suggestion evidence is heard through video link.
By Rachel Irwin
The conclusion of the prosecution’s case against ex-Kosovo prime
minister Ramush Haradinaj hung in the balance this week as a key
witness failed to show up and apparently refused to testify.
Witness 80, as he is called, failed to give testimony this week. The
same witness had refused to testify in the original 2007 proceedings
against Haradinaj, a former commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army,
KLA, and his two co-defendants Lahi Brahimaj and Idriz Balaj, also
ex-KLA members.
In 2008, Haradinaj was acquitted of all 37 counts against him, which
included the murder and torture of Serb civilians as well as of
suspected Albanian and Roma collaborators during the late nineties
conflict in Kosovo.
Balaj was acquitted, while Brahimaj was found guilty of cruel
treatment and torture and sentenced to six years in prison.
Prosecutors appealed against the acquittals, claiming that the trial
had been “infected” by witness intimidation. As a result, they said,
they were unable to secure the testimony of two key witnesses, one of
them being Witness 80.
The other witness, Shefqet Kabashi, was recently convicted of contempt
and could face further charges for once again refusing to answer
questions when he appeared in August as a witness in the retrial. (For
more, see Witness Refuses to Testify in Haradinaj Trial.)
The current partial retrial of the case stems from a July 2010 appeals
judgement which found that trial judges “failed to appreciate the
gravity of the threat that witness intimidation posed to the trial’s
integrity”, and that they placed too much emphasis “on ensuring that
the prosecution took no more than its pre-allotted time... irrespective
of the possibility of securing potentially important testimony”.
Appeals judges ruled that Haradinaj and Balaj should be retried on six
counts of murder, cruel treatment and torture, and Brahimaj retried on
four of those counts.
After a two-and-a-half month hiatus, the retrial convened this week
specifically to hear Witness 80 testify, but when the hearing began on
February 13, he was not there.
Prosecuting lawyer Paul Rogers alluded to a delay in “legal
proceedings” taking place in the country where the witness lives. As a
result, the witness was unable to travel to The Hague and might not be
available again until May.
This prompted a sharply-worded debate among the parties on how exactly
to proceed, given that the retrial has already lasted several months
and the three defendants have a right to be tried in a reasonable
amount of time.
Rogers alluded to the fact that the bench has already indicated it
wants to have Witness 80 appear in person in The Hague. But since this
would not possible any time soon, he said he had asked the defence to
“reconsider their objections to other methods of hearing evidence”
such as a video link.
Haradinaj’s lawyer, Ben Emmerson, completely rejected this suggestion
as “second-class justice”, and said that if Witness 80 could not
testify according to the current schedule, the prosecution should
close its case.
He also noted the effect of live confrontation on another protected
witness in the retrial, known by the number 81. [For more on his
testimony, see Tense Testimony In Haradinaj Trial.)
“Having seen the effect of live confrontation and cross-examination on
Witness 81, which, as we submit, has destroyed any scrap of
credibility that the witness may have entered courtroom with, to then
to proceed to a trial where a form of second-class justice is meted
out in respect of Witness 80, who gives evidence on the same counts...
and in circumstances where similar credibility challenges are to be
made, would be... grossly prejudicial to the accused,” Emmerson said.
In addition, he noted that in March, it would be seven years since
Haradinaj was indicted, and that “a surprising amount of the time that
has elapsed since then has been, in one way or another, attributable
to the refusal of this particular witness to testify, both in the
first trial ... and in these proceedings”.
Emmerson stressed that “nothing mentioned in private session
concerning the position in the country in which [Witness 80] resides,
in any sense justifies his unwillingness to attend and testify
voluntarily”. In fact, Emmerson said, “it demonstrates a resolute
commitment to non-cooperation” and “he is still saying that whatever
happens, he will not give evidence”.
The only option that would be fair, Emmerson said, would be to travel
to where the witness resided and attempt to hear his evidence there.
“I venture to suggest that the trial chamber would hesitate long and
hard before ordering that effort and expense for a witness who for
seven years has messed the tribunal about,” Emmerson continued, adding
later that these concerns were still “not good enough” a reason to
resort to video link testimony.
“We are dealing with a witness upon whom the case against my client
entirely hinges,” he concluded. “Where credibility is an issue, it’s
simply not enough to say a video link is as good... because it isn’t
and everyone knows it isn’t.”
Prosecuting lawyer Rogers disagreed, saying, “It has repeatedly been
held that this method of video conferencing does meet the interests of
justice and the rights of the accused.”
Presiding Judge Bakone Justice Moloto said a decision on the matter
would be delivered at a “later stage”.
Rachel Irwin is an IWPR reporter in The Hague.
KEY WITNESS ABSENT FROM HARADINAJ TRIAL
Defence objects to suggestion evidence is heard through video link.
By Rachel Irwin
The conclusion of the prosecution’s case against ex-Kosovo prime
minister Ramush Haradinaj hung in the balance this week as a key
witness failed to show up and apparently refused to testify.
Witness 80, as he is called, failed to give testimony this week. The
same witness had refused to testify in the original 2007 proceedings
against Haradinaj, a former commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army,
KLA, and his two co-defendants Lahi Brahimaj and Idriz Balaj, also
ex-KLA members.
In 2008, Haradinaj was acquitted of all 37 counts against him, which
included the murder and torture of Serb civilians as well as of
suspected Albanian and Roma collaborators during the late nineties
conflict in Kosovo.
Balaj was acquitted, while Brahimaj was found guilty of cruel
treatment and torture and sentenced to six years in prison.
Prosecutors appealed against the acquittals, claiming that the trial
had been “infected” by witness intimidation. As a result, they said,
they were unable to secure the testimony of two key witnesses, one of
them being Witness 80.
The other witness, Shefqet Kabashi, was recently convicted of contempt
and could face further charges for once again refusing to answer
questions when he appeared in August as a witness in the retrial. (For
more, see Witness Refuses to Testify in Haradinaj Trial.)
The current partial retrial of the case stems from a July 2010 appeals
judgement which found that trial judges “failed to appreciate the
gravity of the threat that witness intimidation posed to the trial’s
integrity”, and that they placed too much emphasis “on ensuring that
the prosecution took no more than its pre-allotted time... irrespective
of the possibility of securing potentially important testimony”.
Appeals judges ruled that Haradinaj and Balaj should be retried on six
counts of murder, cruel treatment and torture, and Brahimaj retried on
four of those counts.
After a two-and-a-half month hiatus, the retrial convened this week
specifically to hear Witness 80 testify, but when the hearing began on
February 13, he was not there.
Prosecuting lawyer Paul Rogers alluded to a delay in “legal
proceedings” taking place in the country where the witness lives. As a
result, the witness was unable to travel to The Hague and might not be
available again until May.
This prompted a sharply-worded debate among the parties on how exactly
to proceed, given that the retrial has already lasted several months
and the three defendants have a right to be tried in a reasonable
amount of time.
Rogers alluded to the fact that the bench has already indicated it
wants to have Witness 80 appear in person in The Hague. But since this
would not possible any time soon, he said he had asked the defence to
“reconsider their objections to other methods of hearing evidence”
such as a video link.
Haradinaj’s lawyer, Ben Emmerson, completely rejected this suggestion
as “second-class justice”, and said that if Witness 80 could not
testify according to the current schedule, the prosecution should
close its case.
He also noted the effect of live confrontation on another protected
witness in the retrial, known by the number 81. [For more on his
testimony, see Tense Testimony In Haradinaj Trial.)
“Having seen the effect of live confrontation and cross-examination on
Witness 81, which, as we submit, has destroyed any scrap of
credibility that the witness may have entered courtroom with, to then
to proceed to a trial where a form of second-class justice is meted
out in respect of Witness 80, who gives evidence on the same counts...
and in circumstances where similar credibility challenges are to be
made, would be... grossly prejudicial to the accused,” Emmerson said.
In addition, he noted that in March, it would be seven years since
Haradinaj was indicted, and that “a surprising amount of the time that
has elapsed since then has been, in one way or another, attributable
to the refusal of this particular witness to testify, both in the
first trial ... and in these proceedings”.
Emmerson stressed that “nothing mentioned in private session
concerning the position in the country in which [Witness 80] resides,
in any sense justifies his unwillingness to attend and testify
voluntarily”. In fact, Emmerson said, “it demonstrates a resolute
commitment to non-cooperation” and “he is still saying that whatever
happens, he will not give evidence”.
The only option that would be fair, Emmerson said, would be to travel
to where the witness resided and attempt to hear his evidence there.
“I venture to suggest that the trial chamber would hesitate long and
hard before ordering that effort and expense for a witness who for
seven years has messed the tribunal about,” Emmerson continued, adding
later that these concerns were still “not good enough” a reason to
resort to video link testimony.
“We are dealing with a witness upon whom the case against my client
entirely hinges,” he concluded. “Where credibility is an issue, it’s
simply not enough to say a video link is as good... because it isn’t
and everyone knows it isn’t.”
Prosecuting lawyer Rogers disagreed, saying, “It has repeatedly been
held that this method of video conferencing does meet the interests of
justice and the rights of the accused.”
Presiding Judge Bakone Justice Moloto said a decision on the matter
would be delivered at a “later stage”.
Rachel Irwin is an IWPR reporter in The Hague.
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Agence France-Presse - January 15, 2012
Kosovo police, protesters clash near Serbian border
By Ismet Hajdari
PODUJEVO: Police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse hundreds of Kosovo Albanians who tried to blockade the border with "enemy" Serbia, arresting 146 protesters.
At least 52 people, including 31 police officers, were injured in clashes at two border crossings, police said in a statement released in Pristina.
They said they were "forced to react" after being pelted with stones and metal objects by members of the Kosovo Albanian Self-Determination movement, which opposes any contact with Serbia.
Self-Determination, led by hardline opposition leader Albin Kurti, had announced plans to temporarily block the border in order to bar Serb products from entering the breakaway territory.
Kurti joined protesters waving Albanian flags, saying: "Serbia is an enemy country for Kosovo, that is why our motto is 'Serbia will not pass through'."
After an hours-long confrontation, police managed to disperse the protest and restore traffic on the road leading from the border to Pristina, allowing two trucks from Serbia across under police escort.
Police had earlier cordoned off the road outside the northern town of Podujevo, some six kilometers (four miles) from the border with Serbia, to prevent the movement from blocking two border posts.
In an initial clash, security forces pushed the crowd back with batons and pepper spray.
Later in the day police and protesters clashed also near another border post, Konculj, some 70 kilometers east of Pristina.
...
At a border post on the frontier with Albania, Kosovo police earlier stopped several busloads of Albanians on their way to join the protest, a spokesman told reporters in Pristina.
But, according to local media in Tirana, dozens of protesters nevertheless managed to break through and take part in the protest.
Belgrade and Pristina have been at loggerheads over bilateral trade ever since Kosovo, which has an ethnic Albanian majority, unilaterally proclaimed independence from Serbia in 2008.
However in September, after months of EU-mediated negotiations, the two sides agreed to implement a free trade agreement.
Neither Kosovo's minority Serbs nor Belgrade recognise Pristina's 2008 declaration of independence, accepted by most of the European Union and many other countries, considering Kosovo still to be a province of Serbia and the cradle of its nation and religion.
PODUJEVO: Police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse hundreds of Kosovo Albanians who tried to blockade the border with "enemy" Serbia, arresting 146 protesters.
At least 52 people, including 31 police officers, were injured in clashes at two border crossings, police said in a statement released in Pristina.
They said they were "forced to react" after being pelted with stones and metal objects by members of the Kosovo Albanian Self-Determination movement, which opposes any contact with Serbia.
Self-Determination, led by hardline opposition leader Albin Kurti, had announced plans to temporarily block the border in order to bar Serb products from entering the breakaway territory.
Kurti joined protesters waving Albanian flags, saying: "Serbia is an enemy country for Kosovo, that is why our motto is 'Serbia will not pass through'."
After an hours-long confrontation, police managed to disperse the protest and restore traffic on the road leading from the border to Pristina, allowing two trucks from Serbia across under police escort.
Police had earlier cordoned off the road outside the northern town of Podujevo, some six kilometers (four miles) from the border with Serbia, to prevent the movement from blocking two border posts.
In an initial clash, security forces pushed the crowd back with batons and pepper spray.
Later in the day police and protesters clashed also near another border post, Konculj, some 70 kilometers east of Pristina.
...
At a border post on the frontier with Albania, Kosovo police earlier stopped several busloads of Albanians on their way to join the protest, a spokesman told reporters in Pristina.
But, according to local media in Tirana, dozens of protesters nevertheless managed to break through and take part in the protest.
Belgrade and Pristina have been at loggerheads over bilateral trade ever since Kosovo, which has an ethnic Albanian majority, unilaterally proclaimed independence from Serbia in 2008.
However in September, after months of EU-mediated negotiations, the two sides agreed to implement a free trade agreement.
Neither Kosovo's minority Serbs nor Belgrade recognise Pristina's 2008 declaration of independence, accepted by most of the European Union and many other countries, considering Kosovo still to be a province of Serbia and the cradle of its nation and religion.
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http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2012/01/15/albanian-crime-gangs-top-list-of-most-feared-foreign-gangsters/
Deadline News - January 15, 2012
Albanian crime gangs top list of most feared foreign gangsters
http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2012/01/15/albanian-crime-gangs-top-list-of-most-feared-foreign-gangsters/
Deadline News - January 15, 2012
Albanian crime gangs top list of most feared foreign gangsters
By Peter Laing
AT least 25 foreign crime gangs are operating in Scotland, according to investigations by the country’s equivalent of the FBI.
Detectives are said to be particularly concerned about the arrival of the “ultra-violent” Albanian mafia.
Gangsters from the impoverished Balkan state have muscled in to Scotland’s drug and vice trades, according to the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA).
The crime-fighting body ranks ethnic Albanian groups as among the “non-indigenous” gangsters posing the greatest threat.
Foreign gangs now make up almost 10% of all crime groups operating north of the border, according to work by the SCDEA.
They have identified 267 organised crime groups, of which at least 25 are from abroad.
Other nationalities include Chinese gangs behind cannabis farms and bootleg DVDs, Bangladeshis and Czechs involved in people smuggling, and Yardies from the Caribbean who specialise in selling crack and running prostitutes.
But it is Albanian gangs – known as the Mafia Shqiptare – that are causing particular concern.
The gangs are said to have been brutalised by the conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s and sit on worldwide trade routes for guns, drugs and women.
The Mafia Shqiptare are believed to have taken over the sex trade in London’s Soho district and even reduced the power of the feared Italian Mafia in their own areas.
Stephen Whitelock, a Detective Chief Superintendent with the SCDEA, said: “We are noting the emergence of a number of crime groups from other countries operating in Scotland.
“This includes gangs from eastern Europe, southeast Asia – particularly Vietnam and China – as well as African countries.
“The Albanians are here now. Some of the individuals concerned are known to be capable of extreme violence.
AT least 25 foreign crime gangs are operating in Scotland, according to investigations by the country’s equivalent of the FBI.
Detectives are said to be particularly concerned about the arrival of the “ultra-violent” Albanian mafia.
Gangsters from the impoverished Balkan state have muscled in to Scotland’s drug and vice trades, according to the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA).
The crime-fighting body ranks ethnic Albanian groups as among the “non-indigenous” gangsters posing the greatest threat.
Foreign gangs now make up almost 10% of all crime groups operating north of the border, according to work by the SCDEA.
They have identified 267 organised crime groups, of which at least 25 are from abroad.
Other nationalities include Chinese gangs behind cannabis farms and bootleg DVDs, Bangladeshis and Czechs involved in people smuggling, and Yardies from the Caribbean who specialise in selling crack and running prostitutes.
But it is Albanian gangs – known as the Mafia Shqiptare – that are causing particular concern.
The gangs are said to have been brutalised by the conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s and sit on worldwide trade routes for guns, drugs and women.
The Mafia Shqiptare are believed to have taken over the sex trade in London’s Soho district and even reduced the power of the feared Italian Mafia in their own areas.
Stephen Whitelock, a Detective Chief Superintendent with the SCDEA, said: “We are noting the emergence of a number of crime groups from other countries operating in Scotland.
“This includes gangs from eastern Europe, southeast Asia – particularly Vietnam and China – as well as African countries.
“The Albanians are here now. Some of the individuals concerned are known to be capable of extreme violence.
Prostitution
“Albanian serious and organised crime groups have been know to be involved in prostitution, arms and drugs. They have been flagged up in our mapping exercise.”
He added: “We have a list of the top 20% most serious organised crime groups and, each of which is in the ownership of one of the forces or the agency. The Albanians are on that list.”
It is thought Albanian crime families arrived in the UK in the aftermath of the 1999 Kosovo war. The families are relatively small but strongly bonded by a code of honour and blood feuds.
As long ago as 2003, Luan Plakici, an Albanian from Montenegro, was jailed in Scotland for 10 years for trafficking women from Moldova.
Former SCDEA boss Graeme Pearson, now a Labour MSP, said: “The Albanians are a bit of a challenge because they have a military background in their homelands and their criminal elements have a very violent history. They are very difficult groups to penetrate.”
“Albanian serious and organised crime groups have been know to be involved in prostitution, arms and drugs. They have been flagged up in our mapping exercise.”
He added: “We have a list of the top 20% most serious organised crime groups and, each of which is in the ownership of one of the forces or the agency. The Albanians are on that list.”
It is thought Albanian crime families arrived in the UK in the aftermath of the 1999 Kosovo war. The families are relatively small but strongly bonded by a code of honour and blood feuds.
As long ago as 2003, Luan Plakici, an Albanian from Montenegro, was jailed in Scotland for 10 years for trafficking women from Moldova.
Former SCDEA boss Graeme Pearson, now a Labour MSP, said: “The Albanians are a bit of a challenge because they have a military background in their homelands and their criminal elements have a very violent history. They are very difficult groups to penetrate.”
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2012&mm=01&dd=31&nav_id=78556
Tanjug News Agency - January 31, 2012
Serb homes robbed, set on fire in Kosovo
GNJILANE: Two houses owned by Serbis in the village of Cernica near Gnjilane were robbed and set on fire last night, it has been confirmed.
A Kosovo police (KPS) spokesperson told Tanjug news agency that nobody was inside the buildings during the incident.
But Ismet Hasani "could not say what caused the fire", adding that it was promptly put out by firemen.
The spokesperson however noted that KPS units investigated the scene "and opened the case".
Local Serb media in that part of the province are reporting that the homes belonged to Ljubiša Spasić and Stanko Stanojević, who currently live and work in Switzerland along with their families.
Cernica resident Srđan Menković said the homes were first robbed, while the fire "most likely came later and was the work of arsonists".
"Almost everything was taken from the houses, they stole everything. It is getting worse by the day, robberies are ever more frequent, while police either cannot or will not do anything about it," said Milenković.
Some 150 Serb families lived in the village prior to the war in 1999, while only about 30 remain today.
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http://balkans.courriers.info/article19254.html
Le Courrier des Balkans
Référendum : 99,74% des Serbes du nord du Kosovo disent « non » à Pristina
De notre envoyé spécial à Mitrovica
Mise en ligne : mercredi 15 février 2012
Le Courrier des Balkans
Référendum : 99,74% des Serbes du nord du Kosovo disent « non » à Pristina
De notre envoyé spécial à Mitrovica
Mise en ligne : mercredi 15 février 2012
Les communes serbes du nord du Kosovo peuvent se féliciter d’avoir remporté leur pari. Malgré le froid, la neige et le désaveu de Belgrade, 75,28% des électeurs se sont rendus aux urnes, et ils ont été 99,74% à voter « non » aux institutions du Kosovo. En réponse, le Parlement du Kosovo avait déclaré mercredi que ce référendum était « illégal et anticonstitutionnel ». Par Jean-Arnault Dérens
Selon les premiers résultats annoncés peu après 23 heures mercredi soir, seuls 69 bulletins « oui » ont été déposés dans les urnes. Les résultats définitifs seront publiés dimanche.
Les communes serbes du nord du Kosovo ont donc remporté leur pari, et l’influence de Belgrade sur la région est sérieusement remise en cause. Tel est le principal enseignement du référendum organisé mardi et mercredi.
Le maire de Mitrovica, Krstimir Pantić, a expliqué que ce vote n’aurait effectivement « aucune conséquence légale », car il ne faisait que « confirmer les dispositions de la Constitution de la Serbie », mais qu’il constituait un « message clair » envoyé à la communauté internationale.
La participation a été particulièrement élevée dans la ville de Mitrovica, un peu plus faible dans les zones rurales, où la neige rendait très difficile tout accès à certains villages. Elle était aussi nettement plus faible à Leposavić, la seule commune dirigée par le Parti démocratique (DS), où le référendum n’était organisé que la seule journée de mercredi.
Aucun incident notable n’a été relevé, selon Ljubomir Radović, porte-parole des communes serbes. Aucune mission internationale n’est venue observer le référendum, seuls quelques observateurs de l’International Crisis Group se sont rendus dans deux bureaux de vote de Zvečan.
Le Parlement du Kosovo a adopté mercredi après-midi une résolution déclarant que le référendum était « illégal et anticonstitutionnel ».
Selon les premiers résultats annoncés peu après 23 heures mercredi soir, seuls 69 bulletins « oui » ont été déposés dans les urnes. Les résultats définitifs seront publiés dimanche.
Les communes serbes du nord du Kosovo ont donc remporté leur pari, et l’influence de Belgrade sur la région est sérieusement remise en cause. Tel est le principal enseignement du référendum organisé mardi et mercredi.
Le maire de Mitrovica, Krstimir Pantić, a expliqué que ce vote n’aurait effectivement « aucune conséquence légale », car il ne faisait que « confirmer les dispositions de la Constitution de la Serbie », mais qu’il constituait un « message clair » envoyé à la communauté internationale.
La participation a été particulièrement élevée dans la ville de Mitrovica, un peu plus faible dans les zones rurales, où la neige rendait très difficile tout accès à certains villages. Elle était aussi nettement plus faible à Leposavić, la seule commune dirigée par le Parti démocratique (DS), où le référendum n’était organisé que la seule journée de mercredi.
Aucun incident notable n’a été relevé, selon Ljubomir Radović, porte-parole des communes serbes. Aucune mission internationale n’est venue observer le référendum, seuls quelques observateurs de l’International Crisis Group se sont rendus dans deux bureaux de vote de Zvečan.
Le Parlement du Kosovo a adopté mercredi après-midi une résolution déclarant que le référendum était « illégal et anticonstitutionnel ».
http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_02_16/66235369/
Russian Information Agency Novosti - February 16, 2012
Lavrov: Kosovo referendum results “a signal to global community”
The results of the referendum held on February 14-15 in Kosovo are “a signal to the international community” and to the parties in the Kosovo talks, which cannot be ignored, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in Vienna on Thursday.
The referendum on the legitimacy Kosovo’s Albanian authorities was held in four Serbian communities in the north of the region on the initiative of the local authorities. The local residents were asked the following question “Do you accept the institutions of the so-called Republic of Kosovo?” According to the preliminary results, more than 99.5% of the voters said “No”.
“This was a signal to Pristina, Belgrade, a signal to those who wants the international involvement in the settlement of the numerous aspects of this problem to continue”, Lavrov said.
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http://balkans.courriers.info/article19285.html
Nord du Kosovo : démantèlement de barricades, blocage de routes et reprise du dialogue
B92 - 19 février 2012
Les troupes de la KFOR ont démantelé les barrages routiers de Jarinje et de Brnjak samedi dernier. Mais les Serbes du Kosovo ont érigé de nouvelles barricades, cette fois en Serbie centrale. Les négociations entre Belgrade et Pristina reprennent mardi à Bruxelles. Elles porteront sur la représentation du Kosovo dans les initiatives régionales.
« Nous avons nettoyé les routes conduisant aux carrefours de Jarinje et de Brnjak. Ces routes sont à présent ouvertes à la circulation », a annoncé samedi à Beta le porte-parole de la KFOR Uwe Nowitzki. Celui-ci a démenti les déclaration des Serbes de Leposavić qui ont affirmé que les routes de Rudnica à Jarinje et de Ribariće à Brnjak étaient bloquées et que les véhicules devaient toujours emprunter des routes alternatives. Celles-ci restent toutefois impraticables à cause de la neige.
Selon B92, les deux barricades démantelées ont été déplacées en Serbie centrale. La première, entre Raška et Leposavić, a été installée avant Jarinje ; la seconde, entre Ribariće et Zubin Potok, avant Brnjak.
À Bruxelles, la prochaine session du dialogue entre Belgrade et Pristina mené sous les auspices de l’Union européenne aura lieu mardi 21 février. Les pourparlers porteront sur la représentation du Kosovo dans les initiatives régionales. Une « pierre d’achoppemement », selon le chef de l’équipe serbe Borislav Stefanović, mais aussi l’une des conditions pour que la Serbie obtienne son statut de candidat à l’UE. Les négociateurs serbes, qui s’opposent à l’appellation « République du Kosovo », espèrent conclure un accord qui respecte la résolution 1244 du Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies, ainsi que la Constitution serbe.
Dimanche, le Premier ministre du Kosovo Hashim Thaçi a affirmé que le Kosovo serait représenté en tant qu’État indépendant et souverain, conformément à la déclaration d’indépendance, à la décision de la Cour internationale de Justice et à la résolution 1244. « Une grossière erreur », a commenté Borislav Stefanović.
Nord du Kosovo : démantèlement de barricades, blocage de routes et reprise du dialogue
B92 - 19 février 2012
Les troupes de la KFOR ont démantelé les barrages routiers de Jarinje et de Brnjak samedi dernier. Mais les Serbes du Kosovo ont érigé de nouvelles barricades, cette fois en Serbie centrale. Les négociations entre Belgrade et Pristina reprennent mardi à Bruxelles. Elles porteront sur la représentation du Kosovo dans les initiatives régionales.
« Nous avons nettoyé les routes conduisant aux carrefours de Jarinje et de Brnjak. Ces routes sont à présent ouvertes à la circulation », a annoncé samedi à Beta le porte-parole de la KFOR Uwe Nowitzki. Celui-ci a démenti les déclaration des Serbes de Leposavić qui ont affirmé que les routes de Rudnica à Jarinje et de Ribariće à Brnjak étaient bloquées et que les véhicules devaient toujours emprunter des routes alternatives. Celles-ci restent toutefois impraticables à cause de la neige.
Selon B92, les deux barricades démantelées ont été déplacées en Serbie centrale. La première, entre Raška et Leposavić, a été installée avant Jarinje ; la seconde, entre Ribariće et Zubin Potok, avant Brnjak.
À Bruxelles, la prochaine session du dialogue entre Belgrade et Pristina mené sous les auspices de l’Union européenne aura lieu mardi 21 février. Les pourparlers porteront sur la représentation du Kosovo dans les initiatives régionales. Une « pierre d’achoppemement », selon le chef de l’équipe serbe Borislav Stefanović, mais aussi l’une des conditions pour que la Serbie obtienne son statut de candidat à l’UE. Les négociateurs serbes, qui s’opposent à l’appellation « République du Kosovo », espèrent conclure un accord qui respecte la résolution 1244 du Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies, ainsi que la Constitution serbe.
Dimanche, le Premier ministre du Kosovo Hashim Thaçi a affirmé que le Kosovo serait représenté en tant qu’État indépendant et souverain, conformément à la déclaration d’indépendance, à la décision de la Cour internationale de Justice et à la résolution 1244. « Une grossière erreur », a commenté Borislav Stefanović.
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http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Kosovo/Kosovo-settentrionale-barricata-di-no-contro-Pristina-112518
Kosovo settentrionale: barricata di "no" contro Pristina
Il referendum organizzato dalle municipalità serbe del Nord del Kosovo ha confermato il rifiuto ad accettare le autorità di Pristina. Il voto, dichiarato nullo da governo kosovaro e autorità internazionali, segna però soprattutto un momento di rottura della comunità serba del nord con Belgrado, che temendo ripercussioni sul percorso di integrazione UE ha osteggiato il voto
Secondo dati ancora preliminari, il 99.74% dei votanti ha detto “no” nel referendum organizzato in quattro municipalità del Nord del Kosovo. Il quesito su cui dovevano esprimersi era così formulato: “accettate le istituzioni della cosiddetta Repubblica del Kosovo?”
Nonostante il maltempo e la contrarietà di Belgrado, l’alta affluenza alle urne è stata evidente, ed ha raggiunto il 75.28% degli aventi diritto. Proprio nel giorno in cui si festeggiavano l’amore e il vino [San Valentino e Sveti Trifun], le strade deserte e da giorni piene di neve, sono state irraggiate dal sole, e la gente è andata a votare di buon mattino.
Tuttavia, i voti dei circa 26.500 cittadini, che senza sorpresa hanno votato “no” alle istituzioni kosovare, sono stati dichiarati nulli sia dalle istituzioni del Kosovo che dai rappresentanti della comunità internazionale, ma anche dal governo serbo. Questi tre soggetti, dalla fine dello scorso anno, quando i leader del nord del Kosovo hanno indetto il referendum per il 14 e 15 febbraio, festa nazionale della Serbia, si sono sempre opposti alla sua organizzazione, dichiarandolo incostituzionale e minimizzandone l’importanza. “Il referendum è nullo”, hanno detto quasi all’unisono i tre soggetti di cui sopra.
Anche il giorno prima del referendum, i più severi sono stati il presidente Boris Tadić e il governo kosovaro. Ma, nonostante il presidente serbo sia stato deciso nel sottolineare il danno arrecato dal referendum agli interessi nazionali serbi, il governo del Kosovo ha accusato Belgrado di aver organizzato il referendum, dichiarando in un comunicato stampa che “questa presa di posizione indica chiaramente le ambizioni malate e le pretese territoriali della Serbia verso la repubblica del Kosovo”.
Un peso per la Serbia
Dopo il voto, ai rappresentanti internazionali che da anni tramite Belgrado cercano di influire sui serbi del Nord del Kosovo, è oramai chiaro che il nord si è de facto “sottratto” all’influenza politica delle autorità serbe.
“In questo momento la situazione al nord del Kosovo è tale che Belgrado non ha più molti mezzi efficaci per influire sulle decisioni che vengono prese laggiù, anche se ciò non significa che non abbia potuto farlo in passato. Credo che la Serbia non debba essere ostaggio dei serbi del nord Kosovo e che assegnarle lo status di paese candidato sia l’aiuto migliore non solo alla Serbia, ma anche ai paesi vicini, Kosovo compreso, e quindi anche ai serbi che vivono a sud e a nord del fiume Ibar”, ha dichiarato a Radio Free Europe alla vigilia del referendum il rapporteur per la Serbia al Parlamento europeo Jelko Kacin.
Le accuse che i serbi rimasti in Kosovo siano ormai da tempo la zavorra della Serbia nella sua controversa strada verso l’Unione europea sono diventate più frequenti dallo scorso autunno, quando si è surriscaldata la questione relativa all’ottenimento dello status di paese candidato. L'iniziale so
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