http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/kosovo/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:40:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418291/posts A sixth person has been found dead following the shootings in a town near Helsinki, Finland, police said Thursday. They said it is believed the sixth victim is the shooter, who police had previously identified as 43-year-old Ibrahim Shkupolli. Shkupolli, who police said had lived in Finland "for some time," is believed to have killed at least four people at a shopping center near the Finnish capital Helsinki. Finnish police confirmed the shooting happened at 10:08 a.m. (3:08 a.m. ET), leaving three men and one woman dead. CNN affiliate MTV3 and state broadcaster YLE reported that five people were killed.... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418291/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:40:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411017/posts Wouldn’t you think that even a dime of all that rock star money that pours into the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative might get to the three-year-olds who are having heart attacks and epileptic spells because of the lead-heavy areas his war displaced them to? Instead of helping where he has caused suffering, he looks far far away, toward Africa and even obesity, to look for causes to help. Meanwhile, he is killing hundreds of Roma children like Sara: Republicna Riot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411017/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:53:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411013/posts RISTINA/BERLIN (Own report) - A new mafia scandal involving Berlin's Kosovo partner is creating unrest in Pristina. A former agent of the Kosovo intelligence service explained that a close associate of Kosovo's incumbent Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, had commissioned the assassinations of political opponents. According to his report, spies from Thaci's entourage were also responsible for threats and assaults on witnesses, who were to testify against former UCK commanders before the ICTY war crimes tribunal. The European Union, who's "Rule of Law Mission" (EULEX) has known of the accusations for months, is still dragging its feet. Hashim Thaci, who, from... german-foreign-policy.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411013/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:39:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410935/posts U.S. military surveillance cameras over Kosovo were able to be accessed by almost anyone with a satellite dish. Mark Phillips reports. CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410935/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:31:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406918/posts With proceedings at the international court of justice (ICJ) now firmly under way, the legality of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence is once again under the spotlight. With an advisory opinion expected within the next six months, the outcome of the case will have an important impact on Kosovo's status. Should the judgment favour Serbia, the impetus for further negotiations will continue to grow. Should it affirm the legality of Kosovo's declaration, however, the currently stalled process of recognition will be revitalised..... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406918/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:20:04 GMT 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-bloggers/2399150/posts Talk about partitioning Kosovo remains taboo. Almost everyone officially rejects the idea - the Albanians, the Serbs (in both Serbia and Kosovo), and the EU and U.S. However, only the Albanians probably really mean it and only if it applies to carving out pieces of “their” Kosovo and not so much as it might apply to the partitioning of Kosovo from Serbia. The Western Europeans and U.S. stand against partition arguing that Kosovo is a unique case and maintaining that Kosovo is and can be a flourishing multi-ethnic democracy. (Some EU members, and perhaps some in EU Brussels, may actually... Transconflict http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2399150/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:34:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399144/posts (ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS - The International Justice Court, which regulates controversies between nations for the UN, began this morning to examine at the Hague the legality of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia. Before the UN court, until December 11, Serbia, Kosovo and 29 nations will appear. The court's ruling will arrive in coming months. Kosovo proclaimed independence on February 17 2008. Until today, 63 countries have recognised its independence as a former Serbian province with a population that is for the most part Albanian. In the EU, 22 of 27 nations have recognised the scission. Serbia has always... ANSAmed http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399144/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:19:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2396104/posts 28 November 2008 – According to news flash which appeared in today’s edition of the Journal du Dimanche, the French Minister for Immigration, Eric Besson will sign a bilateral readmission agreement with the Kosovo authorities during a three-day-visit to the Balkans. Only a week ago, the same newspaper announced the imminent conclusion of a bilateral readmission agreement between France and Serbia. In exchange, the French minister promised to support the adoption of visa facilities for the citizens of Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia during the next meeting of the European Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which will take place in Brussels, on... romarights.wordpress.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2396104/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:51:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2394709/posts Aleksandra's Note: The following is a terrific book review and commentary on George Sava's "The Chetniks" by Carl Savich, who captures the true spirit of what this story conveys. To all the old Chetniks, the true blue freedom fighters who continue to carry the Chetnik spirit in their hearts and have passed it along to their children and grandchildren who look upon them as real heroes, I extend best wishes for a wonderful Thanksgiving 2009. Those of us who came after you, and who have had the privilege to meet you and know you, will be forever grateful that you... www.generalmihailovich.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2394709/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:23:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390269/posts ...For decades the poorest part of socialist Yugoslavia, Kosovo is weighed down by the destruction of the 1998-99 war and a legacy of waste and corruption, illustrating the limitations of international help. Over the past decade it has received 3 billion euros in aid, according to the World Bank, and is expecting another billion by 2011. Yet officials in Pristina say they may need more. The government has talked with the International Monetary Fund about a loan of $200 to $300 million (120 to 180 million pounds) and hopes to conclude a deal this month, according to the central bank... Reuters via Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390269/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:32:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390061/posts BELGRADE (Reuters) - Half a million people from Serbia and neighbouring countries attended the funeral on Thursday of Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Pavle, who presided over the revival of the faith after decades of communist rule. Pavle's departure could pave the way for a more moderate leader, although many bishops take a hard line on Kosovo, the cradle of their medieval Orthodox Christianity which declared independence last year. Pavle died at the age 95 on Sunday. Serbian police estimated at least 500,000 people lined the streets and main church along the 11 km (7 miles) route to the final resting place... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390061/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:43:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388886/posts We knew it was true all along. Bill Clinton loves Muslims–or any other force that undermines America. This is the liberal position. The historical betrayal. One of the greatest disgraces in modern American history: Bill Clinton is honored by the thieving Muslims of Albania, whose robbery of Serbia was aided and praised by Bill Clinton. The thieving Muslim masses of Kosovo have honored Clinton for his perceived loyalty to them, by naming a boulevard after him, and now hoisting an eleven-foot statue of him in downtown Pristina, capital of the Kosovo province. The American government leaders since Clinton, have all... www.badeagle.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388886/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:59:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380924/posts Wary of a Kosovo-type fate, Colombo wants to adopt a cautious approach to the issue of political settlement of Tamils, a senior Sri Lankan official told The Hindu here. “We need to move forward on the process of empowerment. But one problem with federalism in a small country is that it is more subject to splitting. Take Kosovo. They [The West] said give autonomy and we will guarantee unity. But two years later they supported independence. Clearly a promise should be a promise. We have to be careful,” said Secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights Rajiva... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380924/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:51:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2379637/posts Radovan Karadzic’s defence against 11 charges of genocide did not get off to the best possible start at the Hague last week. The chief prosecutor at the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia opened proceedings by releasing transcripts of tapped telephone conversations of the Bosnian Serb leader from 1991, which record Karadzic saying: “There are 20,000 armed Serbs around Sarajevo ... it will be a black cauldron where 300,000 Muslims will die. They will disappear. That people will disappear from the face of the earth.” It’s true that these recordings do not mention Srebrenica, where 7,000 captured Bosnian Muslim... Times Online UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2379637/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:21:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379478/posts TBILISI -- The chairman of Georgia's opposition Labor Party is in Washington to discuss Georgian-U.S.-Russian relations and the recognition of Kosovo and Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, RFE/RL's Georgian and Russian services report. Labor Party Secretary-General Joseph Shatberashvili told RFE/RL that the main goal of Shalva Natelashvili's visit to Washington is "to start a dialogue with Moscow and Washington” on Moscow’s recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and Washington’s recognition of Kosovo. Shatberashvili says that Labor Party leaders believe that if Washington would revoke its recognition of Kosovo's independence it would cause Russia to reconsider its decision... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379478/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:49:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378215/posts AS EVERYONE scrambles to predict a possible future outlook for war-ravaged Afghanistan, the negative variables continue to mount. The Taliban have boldly stepped up their attacks in the power vacuum created by the failed August elections and the countrywide apathy in anticipation of the upcoming Nov. 7 presidential run-off vote. October was by far the deadliest month of the war with 50 Allied soldiers killed, including yet another Canadian. The daring assault against the United States guest house in the fortified centre of Kabul last Tuesday — coincidental with an equally brash attack against the posh foreigners-only Serena Hotel —... The Chronicle Herald (Canada) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378215/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:29:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376837/posts Former President Bill ClintonBill Clinton attends an unveiling of a statue of himself. All Voices http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376837/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 21:17:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2376767/posts Kosovo unveils a statue of Bill Clinton The statue portrays the former president with his left arm raised while holding documents bearing the date when NATO started its air campaign against Yugoslavia – 24 March 1999. Why this is a farce: 1. It was illegal 2. It was poorly executed 3. It helped the wrong side 4. It produced the wrong outcome http://conservativedigest.wordpress.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2376767/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:40:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376192/posts PRISTINA, Kosovo (Nov. 1) - 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... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376192/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 01:46:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376081/posts The 11-foot statue, dedicated to the US president to thank him for launching a Nato bombing campaign to halt the killing of ethnic Albanians by Serbian troops in 1999, sits on a boulevard also named for Mr Clinton. "I am profoundly grateful that I had a chance to be a part of ending the horrible things that were happening to you 10 years ago, giving you a chance to build a better future for yourself," Mr Clinton told the crowd. "I never expected ... anywhere someone will make such a big statue of me," he said after the statue was... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376081/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:14:22 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-news/2373265/posts The UNHRC endorsed Goldstone's Gaza report and I, for once, am happy for this just and timely decision. However, it is clearly not enough, as there are still criminals walking among us, some of whom are even occupying key positions in the US and European governments. To fix this unbearable situation, in which criminals are not persecuted simply because of the high positions they occupy, I would like to propose for the Human Rights Council to start from the very head of the pyramid of power, to set an example for all other would-be war criminals. And what example could... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373265/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:20:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372417/posts A 70-year-old Albanian man kept his two daughters chained for 22 years, saying they were mentally ill and aggressive, local media reported Tuesday. 'They were both ill, and I kept them in chains to keep them from running away,' the man told local media. 'I have fed them and washed them, but I had no time to go and look for them if they ran away,' he said. The two women, aged 38 and 47, were living in a small room with only a blanket on the floor. Media reported that the older sister had her left foot chained, while... Malaysia News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372417/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:15:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369183/posts Enter the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations. This is anything but a minor ministry in the Russian government. Shoigu has essentially run the ministry since 1994. He is a member of the powerful and selective Russian Security Council -- a key advisory body to the Russian executive on national security -- and has roots in the foreign military intelligence directorate, better known as the GRU, which is one of the most powerful and shadowy institutions in Russia. The ministry is an unofficial wing of the GRU and an outgrowth of its activities. It handles more than natural emergencies: It is... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369183/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:44:28 GMT