Posted on December 11, 2007 by Mr. Cheeseburger 9000
In its attempt to not again become “a pariah state, isolated and ostracized by the rest of Western Europe,” Serbia’s Prime Minister, Vojislav Kostunica, told Reuters that the EU Mission should buzz off. He added that the coming EU Mission would damage relations with Serbia.
More specifically, Kostunica warned, “Anyone who wants Serbia as a partner has to know Serbia will accept [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2007 by Mr. Cheeseburger 9000
Here’s a brief timeline of some important dates in Kosovo’s troubled history. It’s reported by Ann Penketh in, “A history of the region: Troubled past… and a controversial present,” published here.
1389 Battle of Kosovo fought at Kosovo Polje (”Field of the Blackbirds” ), in which Prince Lazar of Serbia is killed. The comprehensive defeat of [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2007 by Mr. Cheeseburger 9000
The Department of Justice portion of UNMIK is responsible for prosecuting crimes within its mandate. UNMIK regulations mean that DOJ can essentially prosecute any crime it feels fit to prosecute. However, in practice, international prosecutors usually take over the most serious of cases or those cases that, for one reason or the other, the municipal prosecutor’s office [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2007 by Mr. Cheeseburger 9000
Michael Averko, a “noted” writer for Serbianna and other media, gave his best thoughts for why Kosovo should be an autonomous province rather than an independent nation. For starters, he writes that “the Albanian dominated and largely ethnically cleansed Kosovo is far from showing itself worthy of governing itself as an independent nation.”
“Ethnically cleansed Kosovo”? [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2007 by Mr. Cheeseburger 9000
As the clock ticks down for the day when Kosovo declares independence, a whirlwind of conspiracy theories have surfaced and resurfaced. I found another one of these theories that I thought I’d share from my favorite website for getting the pulse of the Serbian government, Serbianna.
One of the main conspiracy theories is that the quest [...]
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