http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/balkans/ en-us Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:04:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405649/posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFqg1rCZUq4 If this doesn't show that liberalism and nazism are the same thing, nothing will. GIVE KOSOVO BACK TO THE SERBS! Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405649/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:04:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396138/posts The European Parliament is scheduled to give Wednesday the 'green light' on annulment of Schengen visas for Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro as of December 19, Slovenian MEP Tanja Fajon, who prepared the visa liberalization report for Western Balkan countries, told MIA. Fajon said she was certain that the European Parliament would adopt the report, including Slovenia's proposal for annulment of Schengen visas on December 19 instead of the European Commission proposal of January 1. "I believe it is very realistic to expect that citizens of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro will be able to travel freely in the EU as of... Macedonian Radio Television http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396138/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:32:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391483/posts The UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague has reached a new low. They have selected a British attorney named Richard Harvey to "defend" former Bosnian-Serb president Radovan Karadzic in his war crimes trial in The Hague -- and they've done this completely against the will of the defendant. Marko Sladojevic, one of Karadzic's chosen legal advisers, told the AP news agency that "Mr. Harvey has absolutely no knowledge whatsoever about the case," and Karadzic won't cooperate with him. In my previous columns, I explained how the Tribunal denied Karadzic the same pre-trial preparation time it afforded to several high... Nolan Chart / Balkan Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391483/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:03:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385515/posts Yesterday the New York Times reported the Norwegian financial newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv’s revelations that Peter Galbraith, a former US diplomat and advisor to the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq, stands to make hundreds of millions of dollars in profit from Iraqi oil revenues. Galbraith’s profits would result from his cashing in on his links to the Kurdish regional leadership, and his role in drafting Iraq’s Constitution, shortly after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. In 2004, Galbraith helped the Kurds arrange deals with Norwegian oil firm DNO and prepare for negotiations on the Iraqi Constitution, including controversial provisions on... Axis of Logic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385515/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:33:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2382069/posts Dear Mr. President, Major Malik Nadal Hasan falsely swore to uphold the United States Constitution when he enlisted in the U.S. Army. For this he should be court-martialed. He should also be stripped of his U.S. citizenship, as well as tried for hate crimes and murder. You swore an oath to uphold the Constitution, but violate this by permitting entry into the USA of persons sworn to overthrow our system of government. This includes all adherents of any faith or code that calls for the destruction of the United States Constitution, a goal that is repeatedly spelled out in the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2382069/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:05:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378191/posts The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague is considering imposing a defense lawyer on former Bosnian-Serb president Radovan Karadzic against his will. Radovan Karadzic Much of the, for want of a better term, "news coverage" of the Radovan Karadzic war crimes trial in The Hague has teetered fatuously somewhere between the hysterical and the completely irrational. The coverage often amounts to little more than shrill and often childish name-calling with Karadzic continually referred to as a "butcher", a "demon", a "monster" and every other spiteful epitaph our so-called "journalists" can think to hurl at him. Comparisons... Nolan Chart / Balkan Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378191/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:04:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375939/posts PRISTINA, Kosovo – Thousands of ethnic Albanians braved low temperatures and a cold wind in Kosovo's capital Pristina to welcome former President Bill Clinton on Sunday as he attended the unveiling of an 11-foot (3.5-meter) statue of himself on a key boulevard that also bears his name. Clinton is celebrated as a hero by Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority for launching NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999 that stopped the brutal Serb forces' crackdown on independence-seeking ethnic Albanians. This is his first visit to Kosovo since it declared independence from Serbia last year. Many waved American, Albanian and Kosovo flags... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375939/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:23:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364005/posts Belgrade police charged Serbian President Boris Tadic for allegedly violating anti-hooligan laws by opening a bottle of champagne to celebrate Serbia's World Cup qualification, they said today. Tadic and a number of other officials uncorked the champagne in a VIP lounge at Red Star Belgrade stadium last Saturday after Serbia's victory over Romania qualified them for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Police filed charges to a magistrate in Belgrade against Tadic, Serbia's Football Association chief Tomislav Karadzic, Sports Minister Snezana Markovic-Samardzic and other officials for "violating the law preventing violence and indecent behaviour at sports matches," the statement... timeslive.co.za http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364005/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:11:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352648/posts "...Two River Authority officials have entered into a 10-year contract with an out-of-state security firm to bring 1,000 prisoners to the Hardin jail by mid March, but law enforcement has never heard of the firm..." KULR-8 Television http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352648/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 17:39:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350572/posts BILLINGS - American Police Force officials showed up in Mercedes SUV's that had "Hardin Police" stenciled on the vehicles. The twist, the city of Hardin doesn't have a police department. Two Rivers Authority officials say having APF patrol the streets was never part of their agenda. "I have no idea. I really don't because that's not been a part of any of the discussions we've had with any of them," said Two Rivers Authority's Al Peterson. As it stands now the Big Horn County Sheriff's Department is contracted to patrol the city and APF has no jurisdiction. If that was... http://www.kulr8.com/news/local/61320122.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350572/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:51:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350907/posts (IsraelNN.com) Judge Richard Goldstone, whose recent United Nations Human Rights Council investigation purported to find evidence of Israeli war crimes in Gaza, once indicted a fictional Serbian character and a dead man for war crimes as well. As in Gaza, those indictments were also allegedly based on "eyewitness testimony." The problem for NATO forces in tracking down the serial rapist was that Gruban from Bijelo Polje, also known as Gruban Malic, is a fictional character. established by the United Nations in 1993. In 1995, one year into his term as chief ICTY prosecutor, Goldstone presented an indictment of several Serbs... Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350907/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:35:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347493/posts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 24, 2009 PRESS RELEASE BROOKLYN RESIDENT INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER OVERSEAS AND CONSPIRACY TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO TERRORISTS An indictment was unsealed in federal court this morning charging Betim Kaziu, a U.S. citizen and resident of Brooklyn, with conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.1 Kaziu is scheduled to be arraigned later today before United States Magistrate Judge Joan M. Azrack, at the U.S. Courthouse, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York. The charges were announced by Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney for... US DOJ.gov/usao/nye - Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347493/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:58:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347230/posts Bosnian Muslim leader weapons smuggler Sep 23, 2009 The leader of the Bosnian Muslim extremist political party, the SDA, is also the main kernel in the Bosnian Muslim network of weapons smuggling says Bosnian Muslim expert on security and terrorism Dzevad Galijasevic. Bakir Izetbegovic, the leader of the SDA and a son of the late extremist Muslim leader, Alija Izetbegovic, who invited al-Qaeda into Bosnia, is the main organizer in smuggling of illegal weapons into Bosnia says Galijasevic and notes that the former SDA leader Hasan Cengic, who is very close to the radicals in Iran, control the black market... Serbianna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347230/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:30:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341705/posts Israel opposes Kosovo recognition, urges talks Sep 16, 2009 Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Serbia Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic have agreed that new negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina is the only way to achieve a long-term and stable solution for the future status of Kosovo. Lieberman said that direct talks is the only way that a comprehensive peace in the region can be achieved. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, left, and Serbia Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic meet in Serbia September 16, 2009. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, left, and Serbia Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic meet in Serbia September 16,... serbianna.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341705/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:11:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2340203/posts SUBOTICA -- Vandals have knocked down a statue of Martin Luther located in central Subotica. The monument was erected less than two years ago. Vice President of the Evangelistic Church Municipality Rudolf Vajs said that he believed that more than one person was responsible, because the monument weighed 300 kilograms. “The police have been informed and have investigated the scene. An investigation is ongoing and we hope that it will be successful and the culprits will be caught,” Vajs said. He said that Subotica had sent a negative message to the world with this act, adding that it was important... B92 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2340203/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:17:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2338181/posts From Alex M. in Belgrade, Serbia:For all my friends abroad - those of you who wish to learn about Belgrade or are planning to come for a visit, and for my countrymen abroad who feel nostalgic for home, I have written my own guide to Belgrade. A lot of effort went into this. I appreciate you taking the time to read this. Read it slowly, and try to imagine the pictures as you are reading. Enjoy!NOTE from Ravnagora: I have included the photos in Alex's piece and they have been taken from various sources on the internet. ***** According to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2338181/posts#comment Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:39:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326261/posts Washington may relocate the controversial missile defense system planned for Eastern Europe to the Balkans, Turkey or Israel, a Polish newspaper reports. The U.S. plan included 10 long-range interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic. That plan will almost certainly be scrapped, Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza reports. Washington is now looking for alternative locations including in the Balkans, Israel and Turkey, the daily says, citing U.S. administration officials and lobbyists based in Washington. "The signals that the generals in the Pentagon are sending are absolutely clear: as far as missile defense is concerned, the current... Space War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326261/posts#comment Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:25:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2324594/posts A 23-year-old U.S. man was found guilty Wednesday by a federal jury in Atlanta, Ga. of supporting terror groups by sending videos of U.S. landmarks abroad and plotting “violent jihad” in Europe. Ehsanul Islam Sadequee could face up to 60 years in prison after he was convicted on four counts of providing material support to terrorism. Sadequee and his co-conspirators developed relationships over the Internet and maintained contact online, along with other “supporters of violent jihad”, among other places in Bosnia as well. U.S. prosecutors said Sadequee, during his stay in Bangladesh, “began to conspire more closely” with Tsouli and... Serbianna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2324594/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:08:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322374/posts Plaque in Pranjani dedicated to the Halyard Mission on September 12, 2004. The plaque next to it reflects the same inscription in the Serbian language. Photo courtesy of OSS Halyard Mission radioman Arthur "Jibby" Jibilian Serb soldiers in front of the Halyard Mission monument first dedicated in September of 2004,in Pranjani, Serbia August 15, 2009. Photo courtesy of Lt. Col. John Cappello Ohio National Guard troops that are in Serbia doing work on schools in South Serbia. They are working with Serb soldiers, some of which are also in the photo. The older folks are those who participated in assisting... www.generalmihailovich.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322374/posts#comment Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:55:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322085/posts Chinese President Hu Jintao and Serbian President Boris Tadic on Thursday agreed to establish a strategic partnership between the two countries. During their talks held Thursday afternoon, the two heads of state exchanged views on building and developing a strategic partnership and reached a broad consensus. Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) welcomes visiting Serbian President Boris Tadic in Beijing, capital of China, on Aug. 20, 2009.(Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)Hu highly valued Chinese relations with Serbia, saying the two peoples have traditional friendship and no matter what happened in the world, the relations between the two countries have developed healthily. He put forward... China Economic Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322085/posts#comment Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:42:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315026/posts Albanians block EU organ harvest probe Aug 12, 2009 The European Union (EU)’s efforts to probe the Serb allegations that Serb civilians had been kidnapped in Kosovo in 1999, taken to Albania and had organs removed ran into obstacles in Albania where angry local people blocked the investigation, local media reported Tuesday. A family in northern Albania on Monday refused to meet the Council of Europe team to investigate the Serb allegations that their house had been used as a makeshift clinic to harvest organs from Serbs abducted during the 1999 conflict between the Serbs and ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.... Serbianna.com via Xinhua http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315026/posts#comment Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:37:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2296884/posts Note: The following blog entry is a quote: Speaker At Hizb Al-Tahrir Conference In Lebanon Calls For Jihad In Cyprus, Balkans, Caucasus At the annual conference of the Islamist organization Hizb Al-Tahrir in Lebanon, on the subject of jihad, organization member Sheikh Adnan Mizyan said yesterday that in light of the fact that many countries of Muslims are today under occupation, including Palestine, Iraq, Cyprus, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Afghanistan, and Kashmir, the Islamic ummah must take jihad measures in order to free them. Source: Al-Safir, Lebanon, July 20, 2009 Posted at: 2009-07-20 ("Source: Al-Safir, Lebanon, July 20, 2009") via THE MEMR BLOG.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2296884/posts#comment Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:16:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278045/posts BELGRADE, Serbia -- Serbia's war crimes court convicted a Croatian Serb on Tuesday for his role in the 1991 torture and killing of 200 Croatian prisoners at a pig farm during the Balkan conflicts. Damir Sireta was sentenced after a six-month trial to serve 20 years in prison for war crimes. He was the 14th former paramilitary convicted for the killings near the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar during Croatia's 1991-95 war for independence from the former Serb-led Yugoslavia - one of the worst massacres of POWs during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. Serb paramilitary units seized the victims... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278045/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:35:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269985/posts BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 11, 2009 – With NATO defense ministers having agreed to reduce the alliance’s military presence in Kosovo from 14,000 to 10,000 troops by the year’s end, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today urged that the reduction take place as an organized process. On the first day of an alliance defense ministers conference here, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer announced the force reduction today, noting that Army Gen. Bantz J. Craddock, NATO’s supreme allied commander for Europe, has proposed moving toward a deterrent presence in Kosovo that will require fewer troops in the country. Gates said... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269985/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:52:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256958/posts It was the best moment of Carl Walpusk's life. He was 19 years old, and the plane he was flying over Nazi-occupied Serbia had just been shot down. He jumped from the aircraft and pulled his parachute cord. Feeling the chute open, relief hit him. He realized he would make it. U.S. Airman Carl Walpusk and his wife Virginia. // Photo courtesy of Milana "Mim" Bizic "When you're that high up, you can't even tell you're moving," said Walpusk, now in his eighties. "But the last couple hundred feet, I tried to climb back up my chute." Despite his efforts,... Sewickley Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256958/posts#comment Sat, 23 May 2009 18:00:48 GMT